Daughter + neighbour + hedge = problems

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

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My daughters neighbour at the back has constantly been asking for a hedge to be cut down, got to admit this 'hedge' was very high so they had it halved in size.
The neighbours still aren't happy, they want the hedge cutting down to the same level as the wooden fence, are they in the right to ask for this?
They are saying that around 2pm they get no sunlight in their garden.

For some reason I can't attach pictures so here's the links:
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They can't insist unless it causes light blockage or something, but they look horrible and I can see why the neighbour would want them gone.
 
Agreed they do look like conifers and very unkept ones at that. Personally i would just chop them down... Wait... re-reading those photos are photos taken when they were halved? @SexyGreyFox
 
Zenduri said:
Agreed they do look like conifers and very unkept ones at that. Personally i would just chop them down... Wait... re-reading those photos are photos taken when they were halved? @SexyGreyFox
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Yes obviously inherited when they moved in.

best picture I can do but as you can see they were way taller on an old Google Satellite.

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SexyGreyFox said:
Yes obviously inherited when they moved in.

best picture I can do but as you can see they were way taller on an old Google Satellite.
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Fair, they were are true ******** height originally when she bought the place if they are at half height now. I would just chop them entirely down, they dont look well kept and were just left to grow out of control. If you chop them to fence height they will look sickly and rough so i would chop them entirely down, do something else with that area and spare the argument with the neighbours.
 
Zenduri said:
Fair, they were are true ******** height originally when she bought the place if they are at half height now. I would just chop them entirely down, they dont look well kept and were just left to grow out of control. If you chop them to fence height they will look sickly and rough so i would chop them entirely down, do something else with that area and spare the argument with the neighbours.
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What you can't see is the neighbours house is way higher than my daughters so they can look straight down into the house giving them no privacy.
That lawn is a big slope.
 
Can see exactly why they were planted but they're the wrong plant and they've been very badly cared for.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
What you can't see is the neighbours house is way higher than my daughters so they can look straight down into the house giving them no privacy.
That lawn is a big slope.
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Urgh thats not really a reason though, neighbours either side can look into here garden so whats the hubub about the neighbours at the end. Its not like your daughters nude sunbathing or the neighbour complaining is masturbating in the window.

If people truely care about privacy then 20ft fence all way around, otherwise its just part of living in that house and accepting she has close neighbours
 
Zenduri said:
Urgh thats not really a reason though, neighbours either side can look into here garden so whats the hubub about the neighbours at the end. Its not like your daughters nude sunbathing or the neighbour complaining is masturbating in the window.

If people truely care about privacy then 20ft fence all way around, otherwise its just part of living in that house and accepting she has close neighbours
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I suppose you're right, if I look from my upstairs back bedroom I can see into all the neighbours living rooms.
I daren't show you the ones at the front, the woman who had it was really private and at one time they had 10 foot high gates before I took them down.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
They are saying that around 2pm they get no sunlight in their garden
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It must have been worse before the trees were halved!
Personally if i was your daughter, i would say to the neighbour, that i am not long living there, i have halved the tress already and its better than it was.
She could even plead that financially she won't be able to do anymore for a few years, and if its that much of a problem she would grant access to her property for any tradesmen if he wants to pay for it himself ;)
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I suppose you're right, if I look from my upstairs back bedroom I can see into all the neighbours living rooms.
I daren't show you the ones at the front, the woman who had it was really private and at one time they had 10 foot high gates before I took them down.
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The previous owner sounded paranoid. I would chop the confiers down, assess the condition of the fence and if the fence is ratty i would get the neighbours to agree to replace the fence at the end with a nice 8-9ft fence tall fence. Barter with them.

Could even sell the wood from the conifer to forum members in the energy prices are getting out fo control thread :D
 
www.gov.uk

Resolving neighbour disputes

Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
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High hedges, trees and boundaries​

You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the council can intervene.
Ask your council for a complaint form if the hedge is all of these:
  • 2 or more mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen trees or shrubs
  • over 2 metres tall
  • affecting your enjoyment of your home or garden because it’s too tall
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I’d get it chopped. Her neighbour is probably in the right. It’s nice to have privacy and all, but this is the uk and we’re not all in large detached houses with acres either side unfortunately.
 
Investigate right to light V earlier thread ,
the timescale during which their light has been reduced maybe significant

jpaul said:
as a potential neighbour to such an extension,
I'd want to confirm my 'right to light' had not been impinged, whch would give a legitimate claim to protest/injunct the extension.

https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Rights_to_light

The '50:50 rule' however, may be deemed adequate. This involves determining what percentage of a room receives adequate light on a working plane 850 mm above the floor. An injury may be considered to have occurred where the percentage is reduced to less than 50%. Where more than 50% of the room still receives adequate light however, an injury may not be considered to have occurred, irrespective of the amount of light that has been lost.
there seems to be some simulators sketchup/velux, which are interesting to evalauate lighting in an extension iteself, for aspect of house.
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