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  1. graeme3000
    Thanks all for the advice and comments, there's much food for thought! I'll mull it over for a few days and then make a decision. Regards, Graeme
  2. graeme3000
    I'm in Kent. The village is Selling, just outside Faversham. No station operator here! The station is too small... NR have already confirmed that a possession is not needed, and my tree surgeon would not need access to the platform to complete the job. See above. Thanks for this advice!
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    Would this not make the trees unstable with an uneven load distribution? Things must have changed - there is zero appetite from NR to pay for this In short, I wouldn't mind (swaying towards a "yes"!). I'm aware that they have grown well beyond what was originally intended, so they are problematic. And things are just going to get worse as they grow larger. They do, however, offer protection from the platform - the garden would be a different place without them! They probably devalue the house, too, simply because of their size and the potential cost to remove/reduce them. Not sure, will check.. but probably not because I'm sure he would have mentioned it!
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    Kent! About 6 trains an hour...
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    Thanks - my tree surgeon intends to do exactly that, but NR want me to enter into an agreement before they comment on whether this is acceptable or not. Personally, I can't see how it has anything to do with them because the work would be low risk and in my garden!
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    I'm not sure TBH, would have to do a bit of research. If they were, would that mean that it would be NR's responsibility to remove them, even though they are in my garden? Wouldn't they claim something like "well you bought the house knowing about the trees, so they are your responsibility" (as I've heard before)?
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    Yikes! That definitely won't be suitable for my garden!
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    Wow, that brings it home. I definitely won't be doing this job without NR after reading that! Thanks!!
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    Yeah, these are the lines I'm being fed by NR, too. Scares the living daylights out of me, which is why I want to do the right thing and keep them involved. It just feels like they are taking complete advantage of my situation, though, and there's nowt I can do about it!
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    How would you define "reasonable access"? I've got one large entrance to the front of the house and good space down the side, but then a narrow step down into the rear garden. I should have also mentioned that there are a couple of sheds in the garden, too, which may get in the way!
  12. graeme3000
    Unfortunately not, the garden is not big enough for felling. I have asked my tree surgeon for a method statement and an approach to clear as much as possible from the garden side, thereby minimizing NR's involvement. So yes, in a best case scenario I would only have to pay for a few days of NR time. the NR daily rate still annoys me, though!
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    Hi Eddie, access is pretty bad and there's not much working room. My garden is a triangular shape, probably roughly 10m wide border-to-border at the top, and about 2.5m wide at the bottom. Typically the trees at the bottom of the garden are the tallest and most challenging to work on!
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    Deeds do mention that NR have access rights to my land if they need to access my property to prevent or resolve issues. Not much else. No specific mention of trees. I recon the trees were planted 20-30 years ago, I've only been in the house for 4 years! They are See pic further up in the thread. NR have already stated that I don't need a possession (thank goodness, because that's tens of thousands of pounds). The tree surgeon seems confident that he could take the overhanging branches out with winches from garden side, but NR are not prepared to take the risk. I've considered this but avoided lawyers for now because they could work out just as expensive as NR!!

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