Sweet Chestnut mutilated !

[treedobell]

Yes and you entirely free to pick your own clients.

 

if a client asks me to come round and quote on butchering a tree I either walk away from it or try to educate them as to what a better course of action would be, and usually you find they go with it. I think it is an important part of our job, so that's how I work that out. If their instructions are bad you should really walk away from it.

[aiden]

Treedobell i find you attitude to work strange, personally i always try to educte my clients about cutting trees to bs3998. But if they insist on topping cuts then i will do correct ( no tears ) topping cuts. As they own the tree not me!

If i had done the work in this case ( which i defo didnt) i would of checked tpo etc and only cut back to the boundary, as thats whant the clients wanted.

[Big J]

Legalities aside, I believe that the very worst thing about this tree is the fundamental lack of respect shown by the neighbours in this difficult time for the lady's family.

 

The very last thing a family who have just lost a loved one want to think about is whether the neighbours are going to trespass and butcher any tree they deem to be unsightly. Time was that in such times neighbours would offer support, whether it be emotional or just a lasagne brought round for relatives. To come to your mother's house after she's died to find this is disgraceful.

[Fredward]

I'm not sure about the British Standard but over here you can cut back to the boundary, but you can be prosecuted if the pruning is not to modern arb standards or if it is to the detriment of the tree (or if you are trespassing). In that respect I would say that it is, or is bordering on detrimental!

 

Personally I would have walked from a job like that if I'd known the clients intentions, but I'm sure many wouldn't, which is fair enough.

[bobh]

Legalities aside, I believe that the very worst thing about this tree is the fundamental lack of respect shown by the neighbours in this difficult time for the lady's family.

 

The very last thing a family who have just lost a loved one want to think about is whether the neighbours are going to trespass and butcher any tree they deem to be unsightly. Time was that in such times neighbours would offer support, whether it be emotional or just a lasagne brought round for relatives. To come to your mother's house after she's died to find this is disgraceful.

 

My thoughts exactly, on the face of it the neighbours have shown no respect

[Mark Bolam]

This 'trimming' back to boundary thing always causes issues.

You still need permission to climb the tree (unless you use a MEWP).

 

 

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[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Legalities aside, I believe that the very worst thing about this tree is the fundamental lack of respect shown by the neighbours in this difficult time for the lady's family.

 

The very last thing a family who have just lost a loved one want to think about is whether the neighbours are going to trespass and butcher any tree they deem to be unsightly. Time was that in such times neighbours would offer support, whether it be emotional or just a lasagne brought round for relatives. To come to your mother's house after she's died to find this is disgraceful.

 

It's a good point, looking at the broader potential emotional impact, it might have been a tree that had particular significance to the deceased / family. Not beyond reason that it may have been planted by a previous family member etc, etc.

 

All just speculation of course and maybe totally irrelevant, but I offer it only as an example of how trees span generations of families and offer a metaphysical link between the 'now' and the 'before.'

 

What with internet, email, mobile phones and the desire for instant gratification and reward that seems to pervade modern society, it's easy to forget that a human life span is but a fart in the greater scheme of things. Actions taken without due consideration can have long reaching impact.

 

Conkers!

[Dean Lofthouse]

The tree should never have been touched without the owner being consulted.. and that's with two full stops

It's not something you can put right again. So check and double check "everybody" is happy.

[PC tree]

I seriously hope you don't think I did it 🙈

Yes and you entirely free to pick your own clients.

 

if a client asks me to come round and quote on butchering a tree I either walk away from it or try to educate them as to what a better course of action would be, and usually you find they go with it. I think it is an important part of our job, so that's how I work that out. If their instructions are bad you should really walk away from it.

[Little Steven]

I seriously hope you don't think I did it 🙈

 

I do confirm Paul (PC tree) did not do it.... It turns out to be the father of the neighboring property (who since himself has passed away).

 

So, two deaths so far connected with this tree!

 

The new home owner wants this tree removing, of which Paul (PC tree) is going to be doing..... so if we can say our fond farewells just in case it runs in three's.

 

Steve.