Man to pay neighbour €50,000 for cutting down his trees

irishmoss

Okay I agree the man should not have cut down the trees and he did buy it knowing they were there but oh my God have you seen pictures of the house? DNG Stillorgan's Facebook page has the house owned by the man who cut the trees, Sans Souci, Kilgobbin Road, Stepaside. In some rooms all you can see out the windows are trees!
Considering he did buy the property for 250k less than his neighbour at the Pine Trees who is now looking for almost 900k, I think it was worth the 50k fine!

I can't post the link to the facebook page as I'm a new user

gumbo1

If you damage or destroy someone else's property or possessions you are liable for damages. Think how long those trees where there for before the neighbour destroyed them. Correct decision by the courts IMO.

irishmoss

Have you seen the trees? They look like Leylandii to me. The poor people who sold their house in 2014 must have had a terrible time selling their property and it looks like they got a lot less than his neighbour is now asking for his.
I'm not disputing the courts decision, yes it was the correct one I'm just saying if it was me I'd gladly pay the fine!

Spanish Eyes

Ah come on you guys. Don't do FB so is there any other link?

Ta.

Time

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Ah come on you guys. Don't do FB so is there any other link?

Ta.

No FB account required

https://www.facebook.com/185499534802864/photos/pcb.740652192620926/740651419287670/?type=3&theater

JackHeuston

It doesn't look terribly bad. I'd be more shocked by the interior.

HeidiHeidi

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/50k-for-man-whose-house-became-unsellable-after-neighbour-cut-down-50yearold-trees-34664897.html

Time

JackHeuston wrote: »

It doesn't look terribly bad. I'd be shocked by the interior.

That's what i was thinking, that inside need a lot more work than the overgrowth outside!

_Kaiser_

JackHeuston wrote: »

It doesn't look terribly bad. I'd be shocked by the interior.

The interior is very dated alright but to be fair some of those pictures make it look like the house is smack in the middle of a forest

The neighbour was wrong all the same but I can sorta see his point too.

Water John

As an EA might say, 'secluded'!!!!

Spanish Eyes

Strange isn't it that fences and walls have a maximum height under planning laws,

But if someone doesn't think that's high enough, well plant Leylandii. No height restrictions there!

A bit mad if you ask me.

Roadtoad

Wish someone would cut down my leylandii.
Bloody awful weeds.

Mr. Incognito

Man Trespasses on Property and Cuts down 50 Year old tress.

Has to pay compensation

Seems sensible to me

riffmongous

Depending on how the place looks now, it could well be worth the 50k fine alright, particularly with the other neighbour moving out.

Interesting name for the place, Sans Souci, probably the most pretentious adopted name I've heard so far .

vicwatson

Lol McArdles house is called "The Pine Trees"

muggles

http://touch.daft.ie/imagebrowser.daft?type=sale&id=1110807

On the other hand "The Pine Trees" property looks pretty impressive, both inside and out. Trees looked lush as well. Imagine arriving home to see them having been butchered!!

As a matter of interest is the Colin Kilgannon the same as involved in Asset Management Consultants?

Graham

muggles wrote: »

As a matter of interest is the Colin Kilgannon the same as involved in Asset Management Consultants?

No

esforum

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

The interior is very dated alright but to be fair some of those pictures make it look like the house is smack in the middle of a forest

The neighbour was wrong all the same but I can sorta see his point too.

all I see is a few trees for privacy between neighbours, what did the guy want to see? his neighbour sunbathing????

I doubt the neighbour was jack either so the trees were pretty tall prior to purchase. Not like he woke up to find them there

clocks

The attractive point of these houses, despite the modern bungalow design, is clearly a sense of country isolation relatively close to Dublin. The trees add privacy, lush greenery, keep out pollution, wind, noise etc.

There seems to have been a lack of neighbourliness on the part of the seller in dealing with what was clearly an irritation, even an encroachment. He wanted to preserve this unique aspect, sell and leave it to the successor.