On 2009-05-26 18:29:31 +0100, "alan.holmes" said:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2009-05-26 16:14:15 +0100, "alan.holmes"
said:


"BAC" wrote in message
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She has 'dealt with the matter' by reminding the neighbours that they
are
entitled to trim growth which overhangs their land, if they wish to do
so.
People buying properties with trees and/or hedges abutting their
boundaries ought to be aware they might face some effort and/or expense
in
managing 'their' side of them, regardless of who 'owns' them. The answer
to the neighbours' point that they didn't see why they should do it or
pay
someone else to do it is that they are the ones who want the work done,
and the OP is under no obligation to do it.

We had been living here about 30 years before the trees were planted!

Alan

It's all developed a bit since then, Alan. That reply is to someone who
has an old house which has had mature trees there for at least 100 years
or more.

I must learn to read postings properly.
I must learn to read postings properly.
I must learn to read postings properly.
I must learn to read postings properly.
I must learn to read postings properly.
I must learn to read postings properly.

The only problem is I will have forgotten this as soon as I turn round!(:-(

Alan

I know the feeling!! That 'what did I come into this room for?' is all
too familiar!
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