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Originally Posted by Simmo
I was recently speaking to a friend of mine who has just had his conifer hedge trimmed by a guy who runs his own gardening business .. My friend was told that he was responsible for his side of the conifers and for the tops but the neighbour at the other side of the hedge was responsible for getting (and paying for) his side to be trimmed .. Has anyone heard of this before and is it a legally binding issue ?
Thanks very much ..
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As you were told, your friend is responsible for the whole of the hedge, assuming it is his hedge. However it may be the case that your neighbour does not want you in his garden which may be the only practical way of trimming the other side. My neighbours have in the past trimmed my side of their hedge, and were very embarrassed about coming into my garden to do it, even though I clearly told them they could. These days they don't bother and I have to do it now, but it is clearly less effort to do that (3 hours per year) than to make a fuss about it.