Gene Bloom on April 17, at am.

Dec 06, My neighbor who owns a house behind my house cut tree and bushes on my property.

This is the 2nd time this has happened. He cut down one of our trees in 05/ while we were not at home. It was reported to Police and he promised us not to come back to our property again.

He owned two lots and recently sold one of the lots to his cousin. Mar 19, An individual is only allowed to trim a neighbor’s tree up to the property line. He may not enter the neighbor’s property to trim or destroy the tree. If you want to trim overhanging branches of your neighbor’s tree, it is always best to ask for permission out of Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Actually in many states, including mine, you can trim encroaching plantings up to the sky and down to the earth, and if the plant dies, too bad for the neighbor.

The responsibility for getting a survey (and paying for it) belongs to the neighbor, not the OP, in the majority of. Aug 23, Your neat straight vertical line of cuts are now an angled line with the top located 3 feet onto your neighbor’s property.

His arborist claims the cuts will be. May 01, My neighbors to the back of my property put up a fence, without a permit and without a survey.

Can I do something about it?

When they installed the fence, the cut off 1 1/2 to 3 feet of bushes that were on my side of the property read more. Sep 12, If the neighbor fails to take action, you may trim the branches yourself, as long as you don’t cut any branches beyond the property line or trim the tree so much that its structural integrity or.