TNCR Brain Trust Question
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You wrote: "It litters seasonally -- pollen in the spring, acorns in the fall, leaves in the winter -- occasionally drops large branches, and shades our south exposure so we can't install pV panels."
It's mystifying, isn't it, how some people can so blithely leap over unignorable facts to get right to the I-want-what-I-want phase? How can these points be treated so dismissively? You can almost picture a judge peering down over his glasses and saying, "Mr Plaintiff, how say you about these overwhelmingly obvious facts? In what universe do you consider that it is acceptable to permit your tree to deposit its debris in your neighbors' yard?"
I can't improve much on what has already been said here. Except: I would take great care selecting your lawyer. Devote however much time you need to finding the right party. Don't stint on conveying your irritation and outrage and longstanding endurance of this matter. Don't settle for a ho-hum business-as-usual-in-the-court-of-law guy. Your letter to us is a great one -- take along a copy and give it to him/her to read. Get a guy who you are confident shares your emotional as well as your empirical position.
Your neighbors sound entirely unreasonable. You might have some intellectual hoitytoits here: "We can do this because we're very smart and you're just ordinary."
Not that I think you're ordinary.
Sic the right guy on them and watch their surprise. I do not see how they can prevail.
Good luck. Let us know what happens.
a "forensic arborist" (roll eyes)
Agreed!
Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka
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Years ago I had neighbor with what is called a tree of heaven growing very close to the property line and to both our houses. These things are essentially tree weeds, not particularly attractive or sturdy; however, my neighbor liked it because green, nature, etc.
I mentioned to him that the tree was a danger to both our homes because of its carpy nature; however, his love of the green weed meant he didn't want to remove it. Since the limbs grew close to our house and gave access to squirrels to our attic, I then suggested that I needed to trim back those limbs that overhung our yard and were a danger to us. He assented.
Having gone to the Josef Mengele School of tree trimming, I cut every single branch that overhung our yard. The thing looked ridiculous afterward - essentially only branches facing North were saved.
He wasn't terribly happy but didn't make an issue of it.
A new person bought the house a couple of years later. I mentioned to her that if she didn't like that ugly weed growing on her property that I'd be happy to remove it for her. She was delighted - as was I. It was gone about 20 minutes post her assent.
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And if all that doesn't work, I know a couple of enforcers in the Teamsters...
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We have a very large old oak near the property line. The neighbor’s house is a very short setback - maybe 6 feet. When we had the tree guys out we had them lop off everything the was hanging over her house or would be soon. She was very grateful as she was out of work at the time. That’s how neighbors should work.
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
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@mik said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:
We have a very large old oak near the property line. The neighbor’s house is a very short setback - maybe 6 feet. When we had the tree guys out we had them lop off everything the was hanging over her house or would be soon. She was very grateful as she was out of work at the time. That’s how neighbors should work.
Agreed. When we moved in, a number of trees in our backyard hang over the fence to our neighbors yard. One of my first conversations with them involved a comment that I'm happy to trim back anything that is bothering them.
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@ivorythumper said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:
@copper said in TNCR Brain Trust Question:
Do not sign a non-disclosure
We need updates
I guess you could sign a non-disclosure if we are included
They'd have to pay additional to buy my silence. A lot more.
