I agree Franz,there is nothing worse than having battles with
neighbours.They wont be to pleased when you move in and demand the hedge to
be cut .I think in England,uk there is/going to be a law that states hedges
can be no higher than 2.5metres high,& the council if forced in action can
cut the hedges to the required height & charge the owner the costs for doing
so,also they can be fined £1000.About time too!
Nothing against hedges or trees ,if they are planted in the right place,some
people dont have any sense & plant anywere even if it makes someone elses
life miserable.
kenty
"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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"seafuryfan" wrote in message
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Situation: We want to buy a house which we really like. The only
drawback is that there is a 12' high leylandi hedge, located about 12'
widthways from the back of the house. It more or less runs the entire
length and appears to be designed to obviously give privacy to a nearby
bungalow.

The hedge is situated (just) on the neighbour's property and appears to
be well trimmed. But it blocks out an awful lot of natural light to
the rear of the property in which we are interested.

Question: If we were to buy the house, would the neigbour be forced by
law in any way to reduce the height of the hedge to afford more natural
light onto our house? Oh, the property is in Northern Ireland.

Don.t buy the house. If you do, you are going to have either a garden
with
reduced light or a neighbour who hates your guts.

Franz