…… New Neighbor-want to cut down Trees.

Satanta

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Dennis Olson said:
I haven’t seen it discussed yet: who planted the trees? Whenever foliage is planted, it’s important that it be back at least a foot from the property line.
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Natural growth. They pop up pretty frequently-I remove and young ones on the property I do not want or any sickly/dead ones before they get more than around 20'. I use the trunks for Poles.

The house has been empty a lot over the years-when I moved in the neighbors were cool then the guy got busted for dealing and the girls new BF was a Dick. Got in my face once about the fence being on "His" property until Itold him no-the lower fence was inside our property and ther upper on the line, as I turned to motion he saw the .45 strapped and became a bit more reasonable-they got Foreclosed on a couple months later and left a mess. Sat emoty several years then new folks-good people moved in but they moved last year and now his guy. Seems nice but I saw his Tatts and not sure if they are Cartel or such related due to where he came from. Expensive cars and he is never around it seems so....might just be my paranoia but I tend towards "Be nice, Trust no one who is not Proven and Trust those Proven only partly. Have a measn to End the Situation immediately."
 
AlfaMan

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Let Pepe have the tree.

Then casually mention you work for INS or ICE. Bet he'd be moving again in no time. Or, the fight for the tree wouldn't be an issue anymore :)
 
AlfaMan

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Satanta said:
Natural growth. They pop up pretty frequently-I remove and young ones on the property I do not want or any sickly/dead ones before they get more than around 20'. I use the trunks for Poles.

The house has been empty a lot over the years-when I moved in the neighbors were cool then the guy got busted for dealing and the girls new BF was a Dick. Got in my face once about the fence being on "His" property until Itold him no-the lower fence was inside our property and ther upper on the line, as I turned to motion he saw the .45 strapped and became a bit more reasonable-they got Foreclosed on a couple months later and left a mess. Sat emoty several years then new folks-good people moved in but they moved last year and now his guy. Seems nice but I saw his Tatts and not sure if they are Cartel or such related due to where he came from. Expensive cars and he is never around it seems so....might just be my paranoia but I tend towards "Be nice, Trust no one who is not Proven and Trust those Proven only partly. Have a measn to End the Situation immediately."
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Red flag.

Tatts and expensive cars, not being around much?

Depending on what part of the country you're in,
Ever considered he's a coyote? That house may be a transshipment point for smuggling illegals into the country? Keeping a view to the road nice and clear gives him a jump if ICE decides to pay a visit? Or, it's a drop point for drugs coming into the country and being distributed?

If you got any cop friends locally have his plates run. Find out what his story is.
 
Walrus Whisperer

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Millwright said:
I'll take the shade around a house any day, especially on the west side.
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Me too. There was 1 tree here when I moved in. It's a half dead ancient birch. I now have several mulberries planted. I discovered that mulberries grow fast, if they get enough water. Some are sterile, no fruit, some fruit. It's insipid so I give the fruit to the chickens. I also take lots of cuttings from the fruiting one, stick in a bucket of water all summer, plant them in fall. This place is hot, I need all the shade I can get.
 
Intestinal Fortitude

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Satanta said:
Natural growth. They pop up pretty frequently-I remove and young ones on the property I do not want or any sickly/dead ones before they get more than around 20'. I use the trunks for Poles.

The house has been empty a lot over the years-when I moved in the neighbors were cool then the guy got busted for dealing and the girls new BF was a Dick. Got in my face once about the fence being on "His" property until Itold him no-the lower fence was inside our property and ther upper on the line, as I turned to motion he saw the .45 strapped and became a bit more reasonable-they got Foreclosed on a couple months later and left a mess. Sat emoty several years then new folks-good people moved in but they moved last year and now his guy. Seems nice but I saw his Tatts and not sure if they are Cartel or such related due to where he came from. Expensive cars and he is never around it seems so....might just be my paranoia but I tend towards "Be nice, Trust no one who is not Proven and Trust those Proven only partly. Have a measn to End the Situation immediately."
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Trust your instincts and experience
 
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raven

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Satanta said:
We were both Amiable. He still has a lot to go thru on his back line so I asked him to wait on that/Those trees until we could get the lines figred out.

His place does not need Catting-it is already done and all except the trees at the back and the one or two in question are away from the cleared area. He is planning on a Pool and some such.

I don't see the need to clear the trees but, again, not my property-just never understood Developments and people who wanto Zero Trees-those close to the house, sure if they are a danger to the building if they fall but just to live on an open field and have to Mow it and....look at grass? Nah.
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well, if he has all that grass, he is probably gonna have a zero turn mower and a jovial relationship with him might get you a mowing once or twice a year. I've had neighbors do it for me and I have done it for neighbors.
 
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Satanta said:
While not this situation let's pretend it's one of those tree that grow along a windy coastline and it starts growing on one side of the property line but the wind causes it to for a sideways 'U' over the other before it continues it's growth and the original side-could they cut the U?
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My area tree limbs hanging over a property line can be cut back as long as it does not kill the tree.
 
cyberiot

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ainitfunny said:
I haven’t seen it mentioned, but could this have any connection to making his property SAFER FROM WILD FIRES?
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We have a small cabin next to a national forest. The firewise rule in our area is no vegetation within 30 feet of the structure. I think the insurance company may have some input on the issue, as well.

FWIW, our boundaries are spelled out on the property tax bill. I imagine that information is public record. Wouldn't a handheld GPS settle the question?
 
kyrsyan

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cyberiot said:
We have a small cabin next to a national forest. The firewise rule in our area is no vegetation within 30 feet of the structure. I think the insurance company may have some input on the issue, as well.

FWIW, our boundaries are spelled out on the property tax bill. I imagine that information is public record. Wouldn't a handheld GPS settle the question?
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No. Handheld units can be off by anywhere from 5 to 10 feet. On good days. Don't get me started on bad days.
 
straightstreet

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Satanta said:
Seems everyone here has clear-cut their properties leaving one or two trees.

I like trees.

New neighbor-havy accetn Latin American.

He is clear cutting a nice stand of trees at the back of his property-basically leavinh him looking at an open field and the road that comes down which our street meets.

Why anyone wants to leave their Six open to be seen from a distance is anyone else guess but not my property.

However, he was asking about the Pines on the property line-wants to cut them too.

Nope but there is one that seems to ride the property lines-straight up the middle of it as far as I can tell.

How does one handle that situation?
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The first house DH and I owned had 3 big pine trees about 3 feet on our side of the property line between us and our next door neighbor. I loved those trees. They shaded a good portion of our house on the side. Our neighbor complained all the time about them. She didn't like them. She didn't like mowing by them. I mean she'd lived there probably 50 years and probably complained to the owners before us. One day I heard chain saws. She had hired a crew to come in and cut down those 3 beautiful trees. I was livid! I was home with a toddler and a newborn and DH was at work. We put the house up for sale, sold it and moved on. She was a bitter old woman. That wasn't the only thing she did but it was the last.
 
Looks Harmless

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Satanta said:
Seems everyone here has clear-cut their properties leaving one or two trees.

I like trees.

New neighbor-havy accetn Latin American.

He is clear cutting a nice stand of trees at the back of his property-basically leavinh him looking at an open field and the road that comes down which our street meets.

Why anyone wants to leave their Six open to be seen from a distance is anyone else guess but not my property.

However, he was asking about the Pines on the property line-wants to cut them too.

Nope but there is one that seems to ride the property lines-straight up the middle of it as far as I can tell.

How does one handle that situation?
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Tell him it was blocking your line of sight. Walk away.
 
kyrsyan

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Quotes for a quarter acre home lot here are $600 and up. I was looking because I want to put up new fence.
 
Satanta

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meandk0610 said:
It’s one tree. Is fighting about one tree worth the however-many-years of animosity the fight will cause? Just let that one go.
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And if *They* are gone in a year? What if, since some of trees are outside the Fence but in the Property lines, he decides to get his brother to cut all of them and have the Bro pretend "No Englis'"

Claim ignorance?
 
kyrsyan

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Satanta said:
And if *They* are gone in a year? What if, since some of trees are outside the Fence but in the Property lines, he decides to get his brother to cut all of them and have the Bro pretend "No Englis'"

Claim ignorance?
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Start now with moving new babies inside the fence and along it. Or encouraging existing ones to stay. Then they are safe in the future. As for cutting on your property, if it happens, then I'd have to raise a ruckus because I'd need them to understand that they were not on their property and that the fence line is not the property line.
 
Cardinal

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straightstreet said:
The first house DH and I owned had 3 big pine trees about 3 feet on our side of the property line between us and our next door neighbor. I loved those trees. They shaded a good portion of our house on the side. Our neighbor complained all the time about them. She didn't like them. She didn't like mowing by them. I mean she'd lived there probably 50 years and probably complained to the owners before us. One day I heard chain saws. She had hired a crew to come in and cut down those 3 beautiful trees. I was livid! I was home with a toddler and a newborn and DH was at work. We put the house up for sale, sold it and moved on. She was a bitter old woman. That wasn't the only thing she did but it was the last.
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Good fences make good neighbors. She could not have done that had you guys installed a fence.
 
Cardinal

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kyrsyan said:
Start now with moving new babies inside the fence and along it. Or encouraging existing ones to stay. Then they are safe in the future. As for cutting on your property, if it happens, then I'd have to raise a ruckus because I'd need them to understand that they were not on their property and that the fence line is not the property line.
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Actually moving the fence to the property line solves the entire problem permanently.
 
Cardinal

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straightstreet said:
We had a privacy fence around the back of the house. The pine trees ran along the side of the house.
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But no fence around your property? In other words, those trees were unprotected.
I think with a neighbor like that you really do have to totally fence in the property or move, like you did.
 
Satanta

Satanta

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Well, they are out there cutting trees. FL went and told them to leave our trees along and they did the standard "No Enlgis', yes. Yes. Yes."

It's not as if we can afford to run to Lowe's and buy a bunch of fencing.

I could Spike the trees I supposed.
 
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northern watch

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Tell the neighbor to think ahead, he will need the trees for firewood very shortly. If you understand what I mean?

Trees provide shade and can act as a wind break.
 
Cardinal

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Satanta said:
Well, they are out there cutting trees. FL went and told them to leave our trees along and they did the standard "No Enlgis', yes. Yes. Yes."

It's not as if we can afford to run to Lowe's and buy a bunch of fencing.

I could Spike the trees I supposed.
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You can afford that yellow caution tape tho. Can get that at Lowe's. Run it along your property line. It makes a statement.
So does filming them if they step over it.
 
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summerthyme

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Cardinal said:
You can afford that yellow caution tape tho. Can get that at Lowe's. Run it along your property line. It makes a statement.
So does filming them if they step over it.
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That's a good idea... maybe also, bright colored card stock signs stapled to the trees you don't want them to cut IN SPANISH, saying something like "private property, DO NOT CUT"

But whatever you do, DON'T spike the trees. Not worth the lawsuit or prison time it might entail.

Summerthyme
 
straightstreet

straightstreet

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Cardinal said:
But no fence around your property? In other words, those trees were unprotected.
I think with a neighbor like that you really do have to totally fence in the property or move, like you did.
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Yes well it was suburbia so no fences except around backyards.
 
Intestinal Fortitude

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Cardinal said:
You can afford that yellow caution tape tho. Can get that at Lowe's. Run it along your property line. It makes a statement.
So does filming them if they step over it.
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or/also flour poured on the ground makes a temporary line and you can toss it at YOUR trees to mark them as yours and say "NO CUT" .
"NO" is the same in Spanish as Enlish
 
H

Hometown

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I like trees also. I like privacy. Trees give privacy. Figure out how to say "don't touch my trees" in Spanish. Tell him to get a survey before he cuts anything. You were there before him. This kind of stuff makes me so mad.
 
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