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Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
edited October 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I have a tree that sits between my house and the neighbors

The tree is on my property

My neighbor came over Monday and was asking me if about trimming back because its getting close to his roof

My question is who pays for the tree to be trimmed up ?
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    i was think technically you would since you own it. but since he is asking, you can offer to go half and half on it. or you can tell him to fuck off. :lol:

    check with your local town or village to see what the rules are
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    I think its different all over.

    I know here in Hamilton County , Cincinnat, OH the tree owner would have to pay.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    81 wrote:
    i was think technically you would since you own it. but since he is asking, you can offer to go half and half on it. or you can tell him to fuck off. :lol:

    check with your local town or village to see what the rules are

    Yeah..I might ask him exaclty what he wants to do

    He caught me when i was in a hurry

    The dude is like 80 so I dont want to give him too much stress

    :P
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    the wolf wrote:
    I think its different all over.

    I know here in Hamilton County , Cincinnat, OH the tree owner would have to pay.

    I dont want to be a dick to him he's always been a nice guy

    I guess I can check with the township
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    I think its different all over.

    I know here in Hamilton County , Cincinnat, OH the tree owner would have to pay.

    I dont want to be a dick to him he's always been a nice guy

    I guess I can check with the township




    ...and the owner of what, the house or the tree? :P

    If it's not your legal responsibility but you want to be a nice guy, you can say "i don't really have money budgeted for it, but I'll pay for half of it, but you'd need to front that and I'll pay you monthly until I pay off my half" and that would make it sting less.
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    I think its different all over.

    I know here in Hamilton County , Cincinnat, OH the tree owner would have to pay.

    I dont want to be a dick to him he's always been a nice guy

    I guess I can check with the township




    ...and the owner of what, the house or the tree? :P

    If it's not your legal responsibility but you want to be a nice guy, you can say "i don't really have money budgeted for it, but I'll pay for half of it, but you'd need to front that and I'll pay you monthly until I pay off my half" and that would make it sting less.

    I guess if he didnt want me to pay he would have just asked if its OK if I trim your tree back ?

    BUT

    He seemed like he wanted me to take care of it

    :(
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    I guess if he didnt want me to pay he would have just asked if its OK if I trim your tree back ?

    BUT

    He seemed like he wanted me to take care of it

    :(


    I'm sure he felt awkward about it too...

    Check with your local laws about it. I take it to mean that your tree is too big to trim yourself?
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  • Phantom PainPhantom Pain Posts: 9,876
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    I guess if he didnt want me to pay he would have just asked if its OK if I trim your tree back ?

    BUT

    He seemed like he wanted me to take care of it

    :(


    I'm sure he felt awkward about it too...

    Check with your local laws about it. I take it to mean that your tree is too big to trim yourself?

    Yeah its pretty tall...I didn't really check it out to see if the branches he was complaining about were all the way at the top or not

    I had this same tree trimmed when I moved in about 2 years ago so it gets a little un-ruley
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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,160
    Quit being a pussy ...rent yourself a chainsaw for the day and take the fucker down
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Quit being a pussy ...rent yourself a chainsaw for the day and take the fucker down
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  • anothercloneanotherclone Posts: 1,688
    We had a huge tree from our douchebag neighbor's yard fall into our yard. Taking out the fence and coming a a few inches from the house. His reply "it's on your property, it's your problem".

    Don't be that guy.
  • YourDirtisMyfoodYourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,655
    81 wrote:
    i was think technically you would since you own it. but since he is asking, you can offer to go half and half on it. or you can tell him to fuck off. :lol:

    check with your local town or village to see what the rules are

    "or village" :lol:
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    Phantom Pain wrote:
    the wolf wrote:
    I think its different all over.

    I know here in Hamilton County , Cincinnat, OH the tree owner would have to pay.

    I dont want to be a dick to him he's always been a nice guy

    I guess I can check with the township


    as mentioned, different municipalities have different rules. definitely call to find out what holds true for your area. where i live, even if it's your tree, if i want it trimmed, i pay for it.

    we have 2 large trees that border our neighbors. one neighbor (who we despise due to many issues surrounding noise related to him basically running a mechanic shop out of his garage) asked our permission to trim off a very large branch of one of our trees (b/c they were building a humongous new garage for said business, that somehow our village approved and it would be in the way). we had their tree surgeon come over, explain exactly what was to be trimmed and also any ill effects, if any, might occur before we issued our written consent to access our property and trim the tree (and yes i realize since they hired him, he could well lie...but i still wanted someone to explain). funny too, our relations are so strained, he sent his wife over to ask b/c i think he knows if he came over, we'd tell him to go fuck himself. :P

    anyhoo....glad your relations are on GOOD terms, and definitely nice of you to offer to split costs. it's nice to realize not all neighbors are assholes. hell, most of our neighbors are great...but of course the biggest asshole has to live right next door. :x :evil: :x sorry for the rant. :mrgreen:
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Quit being a pussy ...rent yourself a chainsaw for the day and take the fucker down



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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Whatever you do, get everything that you all agree upon in writing. (Business owner here!)
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  • LesbelgesLesbelges Posts: 434
    It's your tree so it's your responsibility. If it's touching his house then you would need to cut the branches.

    You don't want it to be a liability for you later on.

    In all reality your neighbor can't really force you to do it without legal action, but it's probably not worth going there. I say, just do it...
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  • mrveddersonmrvedderson Posts: 784
    it is your responsibility, if you do not cut it and it comes to damage his house, he could sue you for negligence and would most likely would collect for damages. Especially now that he was raised the subject to your attention.
  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    If it's your tree, you should pay to be a good neighbor.

    Now, you could be a dick and refuse to do anything about it. And in that case, your neighbor has every right to mutilate your tree on their side and there is nothing you can do about it as long as they are just taking care of what hangs over onto their property.
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