Any way of getting this mes sorted out? (neighbouring property)

Iamzod

Iamzod

Iamzod

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We have an allotment that has been abandoned next door for around 4-5 years, we recently found out the the land is owned by a local farmer who owns the fields behind our house but he has no interest in sorting it out or doing anything with it. This would not bother us in the slightest as it's all nice and green and shields our back garden from the lane at the other side of it.

The issue is the amount of brambles infesting the place that want to infest our garden too, my girlfriend suggested we clear it ourselves by hand but this seems unrealistic considering that the affected area is 152 feet long by 33 feet wide, and some of these plants are now probably upwards of 8 feet tall.

We went away on holiday last week and came back today and they have grown so much in a week i've had to hack some of them down just to get the car on the drive without risking scratching it, they are even starting to climb up parts of the garage roof this year.

I took some pictures of the mess-

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Anything we can do to get the owner to sort this or do we just have to keep wasting time & money having it all cut back constantly?
 
trim and keep it under control in height, and leave it, consider it a natural barrier to crooks/kids/peeping toms.

really i would not get fussed over it, get a hobby maybe, Bonsai trees are great fun, and you dont need permission to hack them to death

or get those garage doors stripped and painted, before you know it, ****** will be in there.
 
What are your access rights for maintenance to the garage. Maybe state you need access for repairs to garage because this could be a valid reason as it looks a bit neglected and I expect the barge boards could need repainting.

You could then cut a 4ft path down the side of your fence to the garage. The rear doesn't look too bad to me.
 
soundood said:
trim and keep it under control in height, and leave it, consider it a natural barrier to crooks/kids/peeping toms.

really i would not get fussed over it, get a hobby maybe, Bonsai trees are great fun, and you dont need permission to hack them to death

or get those garage doors stripped and painted, before you know it, ****** will be in there.
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The garage doors can't be seen due to a caravan living in front of it and probably have not been opened since the 1970's, we don't even think they can be opened anymore, and ****** are welcome to the contents of the garage, in fact i'd pay them to come and clear it out lol. We want to have it demolished in the next few years anyway so tidying it up would be a waste of time.

What's a hobby got to do with anything?

And like I said before, it wouldn't bother me if it was not for the brambles, have you seen how quick they grow back?, not to mention the fact they are coming under the fence too and they are attempting to come up through the lawn.

Usel said:
The rear doesn't look too bad to me.
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That's because we pay a gardener that comes & does the back for us as we never have time. I was just demonstrating the height of them. Within 2 weeks they will be allover our side of the fence again, from top & bottom.
 
Take everything out the garage, then try to set fire to the mess...

Call the fire brigade when it looks close to being sorted, insurance will fix the rest...
 
Petrol Strimmer with a brush cutter blade. Go hire one for a weekend and go mental :D

You only need to clear a 4ft wide "path" from your fence TBH.
 
cannot see the pics but if its that much of an issue spend a day cutting it back..?

maybe a mower with the blade on the front, or some long handled cutters and cut the worst of the bramples off at the base - jsut elaving the rest to dry and rot (cutting your work down)

see how much it would cost to get it cut by a professional, with the right tools its probably not a hard job.

get permission first
 
I believe the only legal recorse you have is if you are losing a lot of light from the garden with regard to large trees that prevent light getting into your garden. My local council charge £500 to even hear a dispute before they will act.

I would suggest having a quiet word with the owner of the land and tell him you need to do some work on the fence so need to clear a path to it. If you cut back and then treat the area with some industrial roundup 3 or 4 times a year then it should grow back so quick.
 
My sister is on the waiting list for an allotment, one of the reasons she may get lucky and be offered a plot was if people were not to be maintaining theirs properly, they can have them taken off them.

Do you know who manages the allotments? I dont mean the owner of this one, there will be a management company somewhere keeping an eye on things, allocating patches in the area etc. If you got in touch with them and explained the situation, the owner may either have no choice but to sort things out, or lose his allotment.
 
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Iamzod said:
This is the issue, they aren't interested.
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I very much doubt that the weeds growing on that land are a massive cause of concern or interest to the farmer but I can't believe that he would be that bothered if you were to keep a two metre strip next to your fence cleared of weeds - so long as you didn't damage his property - you might have to pay him a peppercorn rent perhaps?

It never ceases to amaze me that people will rush to the forums to ask a question like this but are reluctant to approach the only party actually able to make a difference :confused:

Personally, I would try to buy the land but it may simply not be worth the farmer's while selling it, perhaps he believes that he could eventually get planning permission and sell it for development? Only he and perhaps you will know what it is worth.
 
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