Neighbours complaining about trees that were present before they even purchased their houses

Resident said:
It's one of the reasons a lot of small race tracks have disappeared. Even Castle Combe faced issues at one point because townies moved nearby and complained about the noise.
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I just can't understand the mentality, people who live near things that existed before they moved there and they complain:confused:. I can only assume they are mentaly deficient in some way.
 
I would sympathise with the neighbours personally and get them trimmed. Our gardens are a precious place and whilst I like trees...I also like sun like most brits.
 
Given it's three different neighbours complaining about the trees I'd certainly be doing something about it. It's more than just a difficult neighbour when three separate households have an issue with it.

I wouldn't personally be asking for a contribution unless it's the only way you can afford to do it.
 
theone8181 said:
I just can't understand the mentality, people who live near things that existed before they moved there and they complain:confused:. I can only assume they are mentaly deficient in some way.
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I work for a bus company and our garage is on the fringes of a city centre. It's also worth mentioning that the city's main grit depot is on the same road and neither are small facilities.

Recently a small factory at the end of the road, which is our main in/out of the city and all route run in/out, was demolished and houses built.

Most have sold and been occupied for a while and now the company and the council are getting noise complaints because of our vehicles leaving and returning at all hours, first one is out at 0345 and the last in is around 0145 then you have the grit depot traffic in the winter all night too.

Both these facitilies are mentioned in the developer's info for buyers and both have existed for at least 50 years prior to the new builds.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Drill a hole into the trunk at a downward angle.

Fill hole with strong undiluted glysophate.

Wait 4 weeks and then the tree will have zero leaves and just a carcass left behind which will slowly fall apart.

Alternatively just chop them down. I cut down 7 trees last year.

The whole privacy thing is overkill. If you truly want privacy just get your neighbors to all chip in for 6 foot high fences.

Trees just create issues more than anything. Leaves, shade, constant maintainence. I had a similar issue with a neighbors trees blocking all sunlight. He got the hint when I chopped all my trees down one weekend. A month later all his were gone too.

My garden now looks double the size thanks to how airy and open it now feels.

I still have another 4 trees I'm planning on chopping down soon too.
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Psycho by name and nature by this post! Trees provide a place for birds to nest, reduce street noise and pollution, deciduous ones lose their leaves to allow light in Winter and prevent rooms becomming too hot in Summer. They also reduce crime in an area significantly:

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/75856/1/bl... partner in the fight against urban crime.pdf
 
You're wasting your time. He is convinced a garden composed of entirely porcelain slabs is the future.
 
@Squidward , I'd be interested to know what kind of work you're getting done for £3k. I've got a number of high trees that I need crowned and tamed and your post makes me worried it's going to cost a small fortune. I should get some quotes in I suppose.

Regarding your situation, I'd approach the neighbours. It'll at least show them you're thoughtful and the financial cost of appeasing them. What to do if one of them backs out though? Not really fair if one out of three doesn't contribute, got to be an all or nothing situation, after all they have everything to gain and you're the one at a loss.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
Drill a hole into the trunk at a downward angle.

Fill hole with strong undiluted glysophate.

Wait 4 weeks and then the tree will have zero leaves and just a carcass left behind which will slowly fall apart.

Alternatively just chop them down. I cut down 7 trees last year.

The whole privacy thing is overkill. If you truly want privacy just get your neighbors to all chip in for 6 foot high fences.

Trees just create issues more than anything. Leaves, shade, constant maintainence. I had a similar issue with a neighbors trees blocking all sunlight. He got the hint when I chopped all my trees down one weekend. A month later all his were gone too.

My garden now looks double the size thanks to how airy and open it now feels.

I still have another 4 trees I'm planning on chopping down soon too.
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You scare me, you truly do.

I love the trees/bushes in my garden, it gives privacy and is also always full of beautiful birds and animals - we have a pond too! I don't have a garden to either pave it or be the equivalent of a football field, i have it to sit in the garden, look at the lovely colours and listen/watch the wildlife.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
New young trees are not old massive ones.

Plus one tree isn't going to do anything neither is 10. The rainforests are being destroyed at a rate of 10% a year your talking hundreds of thousands of trees.

You would be better off getting solar panels than keeping an old tree. In fact let me just check my system.

I've planted 335 trees so far according to my system.
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pray do tell - What system and where have you planted 335 trees.....
 
booyaka said:
pray do tell - What system and where have you planted 335 trees.....
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Also worth noting that planting trees does not necessarily mean they've successfully established let alone them being maintained. Something i've had to report too many times to Highways England and local council as well.
 
Rroff said:
Depends a lot what kind of approach and contribution they are offering.

It amazes me around here (rural Somerset) with lots of working farms, etc. and getting an increasing number of people moving into the area who aren't happy that farms, at times, make noises (and smells) 24x7, etc.
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I’ve met ex-pats over here that were shocked to find that the fields surrounding their 1//2 hectare plot weren’t just there for show when the farmer and his LED light bar equipped tractor suddenly appeared one night and gave them the abduction scene light & sound experience from First Encounters Of The Third Kind.

One thing we were warned of before we moved was buying somewhere with a view that featured woods were all the trees stood in very neat rows as these are usually timber plantations and they’ll be cut down at some point, often giving you a lovely view of a farmyard or sewage works instead for the next decade.
 
Terminal_Boy said:
I’ve met ex-pats over here that were shocked to find that the fields surrounding their 1//2 hectare plot weren’t just there for show when the farmer and his LED light bar equipped tractor suddenly appeared one night and gave them the abduction scene light & sound experience from First Encounters Of The Third Kind.
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Get that around here - gets very misty/foggy sometimes over the vale then you have the farmers out with their LED light bars - does indeed look like something out of a horror/sci-fi movie.
 
Rroff said:
Get that around here - gets very misty/foggy sometimes over the vale then you have the farmers out with their LED light bars - does indeed look like something out of a horror/sci-fi movie.
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Autumn and Spring are the best time for that around here - can regularly see big cones of blueish white light on the other side of the valley.

We’d been here 2 months when we were woken by our bedroom being lit up like Wembley Stadium when the neighbouring farmer ploughed the one field he owns next to us me night around 11:30pm. There’s just the one gap in the trees where a light bar on a 3 metre tall tractor shines directly into our ground level bedroom Thought we were being abducted by a diesel powered UFO for a moment.
 
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