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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 23:02:39 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote: "Pico Rico" wrote: "EVP MAN" wrote in message ... Living right in the middle of town, most of the neighbors are respectful of one another. That is all except the neighbor who's property joins mine to the east. He has huge trees that hang way over the boundary and the leaves block up the down spouts on my rain gutters. He has all kinds of bushes planted right up against the line also. They hang over on my side so far that it's really hard to mow my lawn. Looks like one solid mass or a jungle as I call it. You have to try and duck under them or get slapped in the face or even worse, stuck with briars while mowing. If you say anything to him about trimming them, he says: not the right time of the year to trim that bush! Or, these trees and bushes were planted long before you bought your house! He did help out a bit with the problem. He moved his landscape timbers about 6" over the line onto my side so his jungle don't appear to hang over quite as far. I thought that was rather nice of him......Grrrrrrr! My small lot is only 1/5 acre. His property is 1 acre. I don't have one single plant on that boundary at all so he can't complain I'm doing the same thing! He does have a long stretch of clothes line on his side about 8 foot away from the line that his wife uses a couple times a week to dry clothes. Perhaps I will plant about 3 trees or so very close to the border. Cherry trees! Does this sound like a plan or what? LOL Rich Why don't you just prune the growth that crosses over your property line like the rest of the world? Jeez! Hire lawyers! Hire a surveyor! Spend money! Fight! Go on Jerry Springer, why don't you? Move out of the Jungle and move to the Country. A home in the boondocks with a dozen acres cost about the same as a home in the city with a lot. Taxes will be less but you will pay more for gasoline. Propane cost more than Natural gas. For the gardener, life is better in the country. A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
Brooklyn1 wrote:
A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. I had an old neighbor who did that to his neighbor. A tree sprayer asked the victom what happened to the shrubs, and notified the state EPA, who came out and tested the shrubs, then had a talk with the old man. |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:36:31 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote: Brooklyn1 wrote: A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. I had an old neighbor who did that to his neighbor. A tree sprayer asked the victom what happened to the shrubs, and notified the state EPA, who came out and tested the shrubs, then had a talk with the old man. Do you honestly think anyone believes your just now made up fairytale, were it true you'd have offered it way upthread... why do so many on usenet have to behave like they're still acting out their drunken one upmanship BS like when they're still sucking down cheap suds at their favorite watering hole. Btw, the EPA is Federal: http://epa.gov/ Homeowners have a right to eliminate whatever grows over their property line, unless restricted by laws governing wetlands, etc. This is a perfect case of wussiness, the OP had a spine, after requesting cooperation from the neighbor and being greeted with hardnosed refusal, he'd be out there trimming the offending growth and tossing it whence it came, the neighbor's side. Every municipality in the US has laws governing property line encroachment and set backs... the information for each particular community is very likely on line (county by county and state by state) and certainly available at the town clerk's office. Everywhere I've ever lived one could not legally plant anything or erect any structure (including fences) within so many feet of the property lines. However people ignore property line laws (same as all laws) all the time but that in no way alters neighbor's rights. Many times neighbors agree to erect a fence or grow a hedge right on the property line and that works so long as one or the other doesn't sell. In this present case I'm positive that the answer to the over growth question is readily available for free by a simple phone call to the town clerk/town attorney. A homeowner would be embarassed to ask such a question in public, makes me doubt the OP is the property owner, more a question posed by a tenant. |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
On Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:17:36 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:36:31 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Brooklyn1 wrote: A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. I had an old neighbor who did that to his neighbor. A tree sprayer asked the victom what happened to the shrubs, and notified the state EPA, who came out and tested the shrubs, then had a talk with the old man. Do you honestly think anyone believes your just now made up fairytale, were it true you'd have offered it way upthread... why do so many on usenet have to behave like they're still acting out their drunken one upmanship BS like when they're still sucking down cheap suds at their favorite watering hole. Btw, the EPA is Federal: http://epa.gov/ Not defending the fairytale, but there are state epa's http://www.calepa.ca.gov/ |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
"Brooklyn1" Gravesend1 wrote in message
... On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:36:31 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Brooklyn1 wrote: A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. I had an old neighbor who did that to his neighbor. A tree sprayer asked the victom what happened to the shrubs, and notified the state EPA, who came out and tested the shrubs, then had a talk with the old man. Do you honestly think anyone believes your just now made up fairytale, were it true you'd have offered it way upthread... why do so many on usenet have to behave like they're still acting out their drunken one upmanship BS like when they're still sucking down cheap suds at their favorite watering hole. Btw, the EPA is Federal: http://epa.gov/ Why do you accuse him of lieing or of being a boozer? I don't see a problem with anything he says. I've heard a story about someone poisoning a neighbour's trees and then getting into trouble for it but there was no point in my mentioning it since I don't live in the US and your laws might be different. But there are at least one example of someone getting in trouble for poisoning a tree in the US: http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=77800 Homeowners have a right to eliminate whatever grows over their property line, unless restricted by laws governing wetlands, etc. Well there's a difference. Here anyone would be in deep doodoo if they poisoned the roots of a neighbour's tree and killed the tree if those roots were the only part of the tree that was on their land. This is a perfect case of wussiness, the OP had a spine, after requesting cooperation from the neighbor and being greeted with hardnosed refusal, he'd be out there trimming the offending growth and tossing it whence it came, the neighbor's side. There's another difference. The trees could be trimmed right to the fence line but not an inch further but the trimmings could not be tossed back on the neighbour's side without agreement form the neighbour. Where there are tree preservation orders the pruning may not even be allowed to be done, or if it is, it may need to be done by an arborist to ensure it's done properly. Every municipality in the US has laws governing property line encroachment and set backs... the information for each particular community is very likely on line (county by county and state by state) and certainly available at the town clerk's office. Everywhere I've ever lived one could not legally plant anything or erect any structure (including fences) within so many feet of the property lines. There's another difference. Plants aren't structures and so there is no restriction on where they can be planted on one's own property and if a tree grows so that it's trucnk is on the boundary line, it becomes a joint responsibility regardless of who planted it. However people ignore property line laws (same as all laws) all the time but that in no way alters neighbor's rights. Many times neighbors agree to erect a fence or grow a hedge right on the property line and that works so long as one or the other doesn't sell. In this present case I'm positive that the answer to the over growth question is readily available for free by a simple phone call to the town clerk/town attorney. A homeowner would be embarassed to ask such a question in public, makes me doubt the OP is the property owner, more a question posed by a tenant. Why would a Homeowner be embarrassed? Homeowners do all sorts of things including painting their house weird colours, having appalling taste in architecture, in landscaping and plantings and furnishings. Just because you wouldn't ask a particular question in public doesn't mean that someone else wouldn't. |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle (farml)
I think it's me he may be calling names.......LOL I better own my property and not just be a tenant because I been paying property taxes for the past 15 years. As far as drinking goes, well yea I do get a tad bit drunk every once in awhile As for Mr. Brooklyn, well it's getting pretty cold out now so I would advise he stay indoors. The squirrels are out gathering NUTS for the winter and I'd sure hate to see him disappear from this fine group. It's always good to keep a chap around like him for entertainment purposes if nothing else! hehehehe!!! Rich |
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Property Line Looks Like A Jungle
Brooklyn1 wrote:
On Mon, 3 Jan 2011 19:36:31 -0800, "Bob F" wrote: Brooklyn1 wrote: A jug of RoundUp... problem solved. I had an old neighbor who did that to his neighbor. A tree sprayer asked the victom what happened to the shrubs, and notified the state EPA, who came out and tested the shrubs, then had a talk with the old man. Do you honestly think anyone believes your just now made up fairytale, were it true you'd have offered it way upthread... why do so many on usenet have to behave like they're still acting out their drunken one upmanship BS like when they're still sucking down cheap suds at their favorite watering hole. Btw, the EPA is Federal: http://epa.gov/ Washington state has it's own agencies that enforce Washington state laws. And as the story, which is true, relates, they do so. Sorry I did not post it according to your schedule. I was merely trying to relate that you cannot just kill your neighbor's plants. (At least in some places) Homeowners have a right to eliminate whatever grows over their property line, They have a right to prune back growth over the property line, not the right to kill the plants with herbcides. Goodbye, moron. |
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