Tree Issue
A beautiful old cherry tree in my backyard has 1/3 of its branches overhanging my next door neighbor’s backyard. They have complained about it to us before: they dislike the pink blossoms floating into their yard. To appease them, we have had it trimmed but for the short time that it is in bloom, the…
A beautiful old cherry tree in my backyard has 1/3 of its branches overhanging my next door neighbor’s backyard. They have complained about it to us before: they dislike the pink blossoms floating into their yard. To appease them, we have had it trimmed but for the short time that it is in bloom, the wind does blow the blossoms into their yard…a pretty high level problem, if you ask me. Today, another neighbor alerted me that the complaining neighbor has now hired a tree cutting service to cut down all the branches on their property. This will most likely kill the tree and at the very least will severely compromise its health. I’ve read the NY Times article on this site but it does not address NY legal laws. What can I do to stop them from cutting a significant number of branches?
I also wonder if anyone has tried to landmark a tree?
In the interim, short of sitting in the tree, which I plan to do tomorrow, what legal steps can I take to prevent them from cutting the tree?
Advice appreciated!
lemme guess…you live in carroll gardens and you’re neighbor is an old fart italian guy who lives in the building he grew up in so he doesnt pay a cent but still complains all day. i know him well…unfortunately.
12:22 try reading the post.
“To appease them, we have had it trimmed”
How about you trim the branches on their side and offer to clean up the petals on some regular basis. It sounds like they are averse to the ‘work’ not the actual tree. Thus address the ‘work’.
OK..if there are no branches hanging onto their property and it remains solely a petal issue then tell them to go ^%$**^ themselves. What would be the ramifications of just telling them that??
How ’bout posting a photo of the two yards!!!!
How tall is the tree now?? If you really love it and are afraid it will die then you can have it moved more centrally into your yard. Cost will depend upon height and root ball size. Is it too big for 4 guys to move?? If so I guess you can’t get any heavy equipment into the yard.
I had my apple tree moved; not because it was a problem, I just wanted to move it. In fact I moved it closer to the neighbor’s yard. But my neighbors are not like that jackass you have next door.
12:22: I DID prune the tree as they asked. But what they object to are the petals. And what’s so ridiculous is that even if they cut down all the branches on their side, the branches on my side would still have petals that the wind will carry to their yard.
Anyone have any information about landmarking a tree?
People shouldn’t think they can do whatever they want. If this tree were affecting the structural integrity of your neighbors foundation walls, that’s one thing. Some blossoms falling on their property? What a loser. They should get over it. I hope there is a confrontation with them today and it shows up on the 6 o’clock news.
replacement cost of a full grown tree that is mature enough to bloom and be a nuisance = more than you’d think.
What exactly would you get if you sued them? How are you going to value the tree and suing them once it’s dead wouldn’t bring it back. Why don’t you take responsibility for your property by calling an arborist in every year or so to properly cut back all overhanging branches? Then they won’t have an excuse to attack your property and they’ll just have to cope with the assaulting petals.