neighbour's oak pruning

[Tellme_why]

Hi Forum,

My neighbour's oak need pruning; it's massive and just 2ft from my fence, causing havoc dropping tons of leaf and acorns, starving all my trees of light. The most annoying thing are dead branches and stick falling off at any little wind blow.

Most of my gardening time is spent cleaning up the mess of this tree that is not even mine.. 

I don't understand why law says I have to foot the bill for pruning and not my neighbour, moreover I have to ask permission for pruning their mess.

The neighbour's property is empty, dunno how to speak to him so just preparing to do a search and getting ready what to say.

 

I had once a gardener knocking door asking jobs so I shown this massive tree and he said he could only do bits and pieces but not a whole pruning to stop any branch trespassing to my  property "otherwise the tree gets unbalanced" he said. I am not sure whether this is true - I suspect he was after small jobs and quick bucks too much drama for this monster.

 

Question. See pictures of the tree and how I'd like it to be pruned (second picture). Is this possible? Can I ask the neighbour to pay for it? What kind of permission needed to get the job done?. No impeding TPO on this tree.

 

Final point, I really look forward to reduce this tree proper so hopefully a gang of grey squirrels living off its acorn leave my garden alone and can get my life's back - namely my flowers not eaten by these ba***s..

 

Thanks!

 

 

Edited April 25, 2021 by Tellme_why
bes

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Tellme_why said:

.. I though that crows are like pest.. so what shall the owner  do with that nest?

As far as I know you can not disturb any nest that is active crows or otherwise . On the other hand if he flies down on your crop and " does damage "  you can shoot the bugger . Work that out /.

[Lowestoft Firewood]

7 minutes ago, Tellme_why said:

.. interesting opinion.. thanks but no thanks my house was built way before that tree..

How old is your house then. And how long ago did you move in? Guarantee that tree predates anyone alive today by several decades. 

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

In leaf the shape might look the same Mick, but the tree won’t.

There won’t be any light getting through the canopy.

 

I’m with jfc above, boundary trees are a pita and cause loads of issues.

Anyone PLANTING a tree on a boundary is a bit of an arse really - ‘Here you go neighbour, have half of that!’

 

I do feel where the trees pre-date the houses they should be given due consideration, though.

Dont bother - Dempsey just likes trees to look horrific with their clothes  off, dunno, possibly previous  '  bad experiences' 😳 K

[Stubby]

10 minutes ago, Lowestoft Firewood said:

How old is your house then. And how long ago did you move in? Guarantee that tree predates anyone alive today by several decades. 

Even me , please ?

Edited April 25, 2021 by Stubby

[Lowestoft Firewood]

7 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Evan me , please ?

Maybe apart from Evan and you 😄

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Lowestoft Firewood said:

Maybe apart from Evan and you 😄

Sorted , thanks . 👍

[topchippyles]

Nice to read a thread about trees for a change. Most others get side tracked and another thread trigger is arranging a norwegen ho hay.

[Khriss]

Chippy, its usually how much money they spent, or other vague bollocks , had lovely time in a shwimmvagen once in Norway, they are actually really well mannnered people. K

[Tellme_why]

31 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Wait?

 

he 'Bird Nesting Season' is officially from February until August and it is recommended that vegetation works (tree or hedge cutting) or site clearance should be done outside of the nesting season. However, in reality the nesting period may start before this and extend beyond it, in some cases.

..ok so pack this and wait until December sort of thing?

[Tellme_why]

34 minutes ago, Stubby said:

As far as I know you can not disturb any nest that is active crows or otherwise . On the other hand if he flies down on your crop and " does damage "  you can shoot the bugger . Work that out /.

..exactly.. they invented scarecrow for a reason.. plenty of Hollywood horror movies with scarecrows. :))