General Chat

Does anyone know how far a neighbour can cut your bushes back of there path.I had a lovely plant right on the corner of my front garden.This year it has grown very big and i was going to dig it up in october when it stops growing and put it in the middle of the garden.I have just been out to it and it looks like its dying.Next door has been out and chopped it from the root 2 feet into my garden.Never even said they were going to attack it or i would have cut it back. Annie

NO!! they can only chop it back to the boundary, ie any growth overhanging their property can be cut back so its doesnt cross the line . they have no right to come inside your boundary and attack the roots of the bush

Well maybe this would not of happened if you had spoken to her and said that you was going to move it at the end of the season.

Sorry but still shouldnt have been done , The neighbours should have asked you to chop it back

and just maybe she should have asked grannie first..its called being polite..

Amy,I should not have to tell my neighbours what i am going to do with my property.Its none of there business. Annie

If the neighbours weren't happy with it they should have approached you and asked when it was going to be pruned as they didnt want it over hanging their property

We used to have a grape that we kept in check but it sometimes got away where we couldn't reach ,We told our neighbours if it was being a nuisance to chop it back to the fence , .
Similarly we have a wisteria growing over a pergola in the back garden that OH regularly prunes to keep it from wandering , Noticed today that he missed a bit and its gone over next door in the air space. I have spoken to the neighbour and she said dont bother cutting in back as she likes to see it ,but we will cut it back later when it has its winter prune,

Its all about neighbours being polite to each other .in my opinion

She is not there now but i will see her tomorrow.If it dies i am going to ask her to replace it.If not i am going to plant thorny bushes down that side of my house lol Annie

lol Annie x

Amy they didnt just cut back what was over their property they went inside Annie's boundary to attack the plant at the root ,they cant do that, they can only remove what is over the property boundary

You are allowed to cut back neighbours shrubs/bushes that are overhanging your garden - but are then meant to give them back!! LOL

I have the opposite problem.
My 'dwarf' Deanthus (3ft at it's highest, apparently), is now about 15 ft high and 20 ft wide.
Every time I try to prune it,/cut it back where it hangs over her side, my neighbour begs me not to - It did used to have the most magnificent blooms.
'Used' being the relevant word. it's an overgrown shrub - and is way past it's best - it's dying.
I'm going to have to hack it down when my neighbour's out!!

Strangely Amy - I can do that because it's MY shrub.

I shall be leaving her (the neighbours) buddleah that infringes upon my garden alone - even though I can't stand it! That, Amy, is because it's HER (the neighbours) shrub.
However, if she asks me to trim it, I will.
that's TRIM not KILL!

Ello Annie

Your naighbour should have cut back what overhangs their property., normally this is branches which can be trimmed back, but I think to the root is a bit much :(

If it was a problem, they could have approached you by asking if you minded them trimming it back, or would you like to do it.

I came home one day to find our neighbour one side had removed OUR 4ft fence which ajoins our back gardens & replaced it with a six footer !

Even worse, although we are on good terms,my 15 year old son who was at home at the time told me that they actually came into our garden whilst they were erecting it.

They diddnt even bother knocking to ask.

Now dont get me wrong, our fence was old but still ok. It was bowed in the middle section because of THEIR bushes & plants pushing it. The section nearest our house was broken at the top because of THEIR plants branches pushing through it

Ok, it saved us buying a new fence in a few years, and it gives us more privacy BUT last week an enforcement team from the council came & asked me if I was aware that rubbish had been dumped at the back of my bottom fence in the woods, and that its an offence !

It turns out it was my OLD fence dumped at the back of my property which THEY removed without permission, along with THEIR old sofa !

So I told the bloke it belonged to next door & he told me not to worry & that I was in no trouble as he could see i was telling the truth. !

ps

Annie, you go & plant some thorns & ignore whinging wilma :o))

Annie ,
My OH has just cut the neighbours hedge / bush which was overhanging in our front garden he went and asked if it would be ok for him to cut it .
yes no problem said the neighbour , but we only cut back to the boundary and no more .
If my neighbour had done that to me, what has been done to you i would be very angry they had no right to do that .
Hazelx

Ihad problems with my neighbour's willow which kept growing right over my garden and blocking the sun. In high winds my garden would be covered in twigs and small branches. It was a real nuisance. I had confirmation from the council that I had the right to cut it back to the boundary, and to offer the cut branches back to my neighbour. (he declined the offer LOL). Really, the neighbour, just out of courtesy, should have said something to you, you could then have explained your intentions.

Amy, I don't think you have to be so rude do you? You could have said all that in a far nicer way. It's only about a bush after all.

May I interrupt here? The neighbour was certainly wrong in her actions. You may only prune to the boundary. Since we do our neighbours pruning she is happy to leave it to me to decide what is cut back as long as she has a tidy boundary. What appears to be the problem is the lack of communication between neighbours. Sorry , but thats not the way to live. If you cant like someone, there is no reason why you cant be polite. Lecture over!

Jean,I get on very well usually with this neighbour.She works abroad a lot and i give eye on her house.She knocked and asked me last year if i would stop my daughters boyfriend parking outside her house.Although his car is taxed i asked him not to park there as i did not want to fall out with neighbours.I think now she has a boyfriend with a year 10 car,it was probably him and not her. Annie

Just be grateful you don't live next door to Amy :-))

*stifles a giggle at Wend*

wmsl :)) Wend ...
Hazelx

lol think i prefer my plants being hacked. Annie