Fallen Tree in My Yard
My backyard neighbor’s tree has been dead for as long as I lived in my house. Last night because of the strong winds it broke at the base and has fallen against my healthy tree, which is holding it up. I went to their house and they wont answer their door. It’s their tree and…
My backyard neighbor’s tree has been dead for as long as I lived in my house. Last night because of the strong winds it broke at the base and has fallen against my healthy tree, which is holding it up. I went to their house and they wont answer their door. It’s their tree and I should not have to pay to have it removed what course of action should I take?
We have spoken to the neighbors who own the house from where the tree steams from. They have not retrieved the tree nor contacted us to assure us that they would. We even gave them the number of service that we use to remove one of our dying trees before it hurt our next door neighbors property awhile back. Still nothing. The deal is that yes they knew it was dead and remodeled their backyard leaving it there. The tree is to big (5 stories high) and too wide to push it back and worst it has not finished falling. Just a couple of our branches is holding it from hitting ground or what would be our next door neighbor’s house which will break their windows at least…
Is there any way that you can push the tree (maybe with a 2×4 or something) to fall back on their property, not trying to hurt anyone or break windows.
But if they do not respond to you, that’s what I would do. Push it back on their side. at night of course, tee hee hee….
Seriously, the longer it is in the state that it is now, chances of someone getting hurt, and that’s not funny.
charge it rent.
Getting a lawyer to write a letter might run you about as much as the bill from the tree service company. I would call someone to take care of the problem and continue to try to contact the neighbor and see if they’ll cooperate and split the cost (if not pick up the tab entirely). I used Urban Arborists and they did good work for a reasonable charge. http://www.urbanarb.com/
You can try your homeowner insurance, but if you have a $500 (or higher) deductible that’s probably more than what it’ll cost.
Your insurance should cover removal and clean-up of a neighbor’s tree that falls on your property. Usually policies do not cover the removal of trees growing on one’s own property but will cover ones growing on neighbor’s property. It’s one of those things.
sounds urban blight to me. Invoke your eminent domain rights, claim their property, clear it and pave it.
and I should add- the limbs were on my neighbor’s tree, but my building paid
I just used Evergreen Tree & Shrub to remove some limbs, and they were great, and the cheapest I found, and insured (but I did not look into Family Tree)
How big is the tree? I had a 30-40′ catalpa completely removed for about $400. Family Tree Service. Saw them recommended on here.