p.k. wrote:
Rhiannon Macfie Miller wrote:
At the bottom of my garden (the south end) is a Leylandii-type hedge.
[...]
Finally, today, I went round to the house to ask permission to reduce
the height of the hedge. There was nobody there, and no furniture
visible through the windows either. Further investigation on the net
revealed that the house has recently been listed for sale, and has
therefore presumably just been sold. So, my question is: do I
quickly get the hedge cut before someone moves in, or should I wait
an unspecified amount of time in the hope that the new neighbour
will be amenable to a lower chop or complete removal of the hedge?

Rhiannon

who owns the hedge?

My question, too. Oh, dear. If Rhiannon owns it, then she can do what
she likes, but it may perhaps save a bit of hassle if she does it now.
If you don't own it, I'd suggest getting it sympathetically trimmed
right away: new owners next door can't complain at routine maintenance.
BUT, if you don't own it, beware of being lumbered with a ?Leylandii
hedge which has been cut back too far on your side, but which you can't
remove altogether: I inherited that situation once, and rued the day,
because it looked horrible and was never going to get any better. Sadly,
it looked lovely on the neighbours' side!

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Mike.



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