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The old neighbour and hedge issue...

  • 16-11-2015 3:59pm
    #1
    Jinglejangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    I realise that this is something asked quite often on boards, but here I go. We moved into our house over a year ago. We had been prewarned by other neighbours about our immediate neighbour being difficult. There's a grisselinia (sp?) between our front gardens. It grows from our side of the boundary. Our neighbour also made it very clear that it is our responsibility.

    Her SIL cuts her side of the hedge but cuts the top quite low. For privacy, we have asked that they leave us to cut the top as we would like it to grow higher. So last week the SIL cut the hedge. Half the top of our hedge is now at signifixantly lower height than we had been growing it.

    Is there anything we can do? Or is it just one of those grey areas that always seems to cause issues between neighbours....especially ones with a rep for being difficult!


Comments

  • #2
    T-Maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭T-Maxx


    Well since it's on your property it's yours to do as you please. However....


  • #3
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    Jinglejangle wrote: »
    I realise that this is something asked quite often on boards, but here I go. We moved into our house over a year ago. We had been prewarned by other neighbours about our immediate neighbour being difficult. There's a grisselinia (sp?) between our front gardens. It grows from our side of the boundary. Our neighbour also made it very clear that it is our responsibility.

    Her SIL cuts her side of the hedge but cuts the top quite low. For privacy, we have asked that they leave us to cut the top as we would like it to grow higher. So last week the SIL cut the hedge. Half the top of our hedge is now at signifixantly lower height than we had been growing it.

    Is there anything we can do? Or is it just one of those grey areas that always seems to cause issues between neighbours....especially ones with a rep for being difficult!
    Would this half be the along the neighbour's side of the boundary line? If so I don't think there's much you can do to stop them trimming anything encroaching on their property except ask for the clippings back.


  • #4
    Jinglejangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭Jinglejangle


    slimjimmc wrote: »
    Would this half be the along the neighbour's side of the boundary line? If so I don't think there's much you can do except ask for the clippings back.

    This is where it gets messy. Due to years of non-maintenance from previous occupants, our side of the hedge is about 4feet wide; our neighbour's "half" (on their side of the boundary) is only a few inches wide. The neighbour has never liked the hedge (she told us this), so it has always been kept cut tight to the boundary (which I've no issue with). However, when the top of the hedge was recently cut it was cut at the midline of the hedge, not to the boundary. It looks especially bad to the front boundary hedge (perpendicular to the house) as this section of hedge directly in front of our house is at two different heights - this one was cut to where the two hedges meet at a 90 degree angle (front boundary meets side boundary). I hope that makes sense...


  • #5
    MarkAnthony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭MarkAnthony


    Dig it up and replant something completely within your boundary, ideally building a small wall in the process, demarcating the boundary.

    It will be way cheaper than getting involved with anything legal. You can buy hedges of certain heights pregrown.


  • #6
    barman linen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭barman linen


    If it has been badly maintained why not prune it severely and then control the next phase of growth. It gets you out of the ugly look you describe and would placate the neighbour who would get some relief while it regrows to your satisfaction.

    It would be easier to maintain a new look as it grows rather than arguing over an overgrown hedge. Cheaper too than the High Court.


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