Large Sycamore possible damage?

[Mick Dempsey]

Yes, it is. 
I’d just document the damage, send the pics to your landlord and carry on with your life. 

[AHPP]

He reads like the landlord. I don’t think it’s that bad either. Small/medium tree, well balanced. 
 

Legal side, ask a lawyer. Your tree probably shouldn’t have been on their land. Where it gets muddy (to me anyway because I’ve never properly looked into it) is when they abated the nuisance but did significant damage in the process. Not that there’s any other way.
 

Have you got an insurer or landlord trade association you can ask?

 

 

[openspaceman]

30 minutes ago, AHPP said:

Your tree probably shouldn’t have been on their land. Where it gets muddy (to me anyway because I’ve never properly looked into it) is when they abated the nuisance but did significant damage in the process. Not that there’s any other way.

@daltontrees has said in the past IIRC that the right to abate the nuisance overrides the damage to the tree but that fair warning should have been given to the tree owner or shared owner.

[steve78]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yes, it is. 
I’d just document the damage, send the pics to your landlord and carry on with your life. 

Im the landlord of the property the tree is on, it's the housing association that own the property next door that had the work done. That's why I'm a little concerned at the work they did 

[Mick Dempsey]

8 minutes ago, steve78 said:

Im the landlord of the property the tree is on, it's the housing association that own the property next door that had the work done. That's why I'm a little concerned at the work they did 

Ah right, didn’t read properly, soz. 
I still wouldn’t take the tree out. 
Reduce it in the autumn. 
As a sycamore it’ll take a decent haircut. 
 

 

[kram]

1 hour ago, steve78 said:

Its a pretty large tree

My opinion a small front garden fence line is not an appropriate location for that tree. I'd remove it.

 

You could have it reduced quite hard but then your setting yourself up for a 3 year cycle of expensive maintenece pruning.

Edited 13 hours ago by kram

[Mick Dempsey]

1 hour ago, kram said:

My opinion a small front garden fence line is not an appropriate location for that tree. I'd remove it.

 

You could have it reduced quite hard but then your setting yourself up for a 3 year cycle of expensive maintenece pruning.

Yes but you get to keep the tree.  
First thing to find out (and this belongs in @AHPP’s customer psychology thread)

is does the client like and want to keep the tree? 
 

[AHPP]

25 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yes but you get to keep the tree.  
First thing to find out (and this belongs in @AHPP’s customer psychology thread)

is does the client like and want to keep the tree? 
 

Also inconsequentially to this thread, I changed the name of it to client psychology thread. Partially to get a rise out of Jules but mainly because it’s the right word. You sell goods to customers and services to clients. 

[Tree monkey 1682]

17 hours ago, steve78 said:

Good evening 

 

Just joined the forum after doing lots of googling looking for advice

 

I have a large sycamore in the front of my rental property, the large roots at the bottom have started lifting my paving slightly, I went to the property to have a look and noticed that next door neighbours (housing association) ha

ve had contractors in to relay some of the paving, the tenant wasn't aware, the housing association have authorised the work

 

The contractors has used a stump grinder  and removed lots of the root at the bottom, about a foot down. I've had a mate who's a tree surgeon look at it, and he thinks it's potentially made the tree unsafe!  

I've added a couple of pics for info, I'm concerned now that the tree could pose a danger to mine and next doors property?

 

What do you think is the right move now, is it safe? Should I have it taken down? Talk to the housing association who authorised the work?

 

I hope this is the right place to post

Cheers Steve 

Trees knackered because of what's been done by the so called contractor ...due to it being by a school  ,just added to the risk.. you only grind roots on trees you want out ,not live trees ....as the roots are anchors .

[AHPP]

It’s a sycamore. It’ll fight back. 
They haven’t ground very deep.

They haven’t ground all the way round.
 

Yes. It’s not the best thing to happen to a tree but you see ones that size growing horizontally out of cliffs and they hang on.