Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Trees, neighbours and gardens

On behalf on a neighbour, I am wondering the best way to solve this problem.

Neighbour's back garden is overshadowed by a very big tree that's shedding bits. It belongs to the lady who has the house behind my neighbour's.

Can the council get involved and chop the tree down if the owner is amenable. Or does it have to be done privately?

If the latter, can anyone suggest a tree surgeon?

(I am assuming its a private matter but worth checking)

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Permalink Reply by David Deane on June 21, 2012 at 14:13

I believe that, if it's overhanging your land, you are entitled to chop it off at your boundary. however since the timber belongs to them you must return it to them.

you could approach this in several ways, each of varying levels of civilisedness (is that a word?):

you could get up there and chop it yourself, and then chuck it over the fence. this isn't very civilised... and falls under the category of legal but bloody rude. It's what my neighbour does instead of asking me to trim the hedge, and doesn't foster good relations.

you could tell the owner beforehand what you intend to do and ask them what they want done with the trimmings. this is a bit more civilised.

you could get a number of quotes from tree surgeons and see if you can get the owner to pay all of it.

or all the affected parties could just chip in and pay for it.

I don't see any need to get the council involved at this stage, if at all. see here: http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/environment_and_transport/nature-c...

Basically you need to contact the owner first and see what can be done. I'm not aware of what liability the owner of the tree might have in relation to bits of tree falling off. it's probably worth researching this and using it, as it were, as a stick to beat the owner with in order to encourage them to take responsibility for their property.

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Permalink Reply by Burgoyne Bec on June 21, 2012 at 17:45

Hi Neil

I recently had my tree cut down (it was a big eucalyptus hanging dangerously close to my neighbour's newly converted kitchen) and the guys who chopped it for me were just wonderful - Jeremy Bevan Gardens. I can recommend Andy if you need someone who can climb up and chop it down to a more manageable size.

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Permalink Reply by Maddy on June 21, 2012 at 14:28

Don't expect the council to pay for cutting down trees on private land - they would not even pay for cutting down those in Railway Fields which were overhanging my garden. They did eventually let me have them cut down and pay for it myself, (about £350 for three small trees.)

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on June 21, 2012 at 18:05

No wonder London is such unfriendly place to live with all you 'wild tree choppers' running wild.

I can't understand this phobia about dangerous trees being dangerously close to ... well almost anything. Next Neil will be telling us that they are also considered vermin where he comes from.

If you want to see what my area, (much closer to centre of town than Harringay), looks like look at my profile page here on HOL ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KCdDo7W5llA ) or perhaps look at this tram depot.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7pgRxzEL18 Not Wood Green is it? That name really has become an anomaly..

I'm a tree fan.. which obviously most of you are not. Chop them down at your own peril (you're just ruining your own environment).