Spoke with my neighbor yesterday and we've worked out a way to split $3,400 between the two of us to cut down a dying oak tree that straddles our properties. The previous owner of the house knew about but didn't disclose
the condition of the tree so it was quite a shock when it was the first thing my neighbor brought up to me when I moved in.

Thankfully, that's a substantial discount from the $5,000 most other places were wanting *and* they're willing to work with us on payments. Makes it much less painful.

So, how are your trees?

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Spoke with my neighbor yesterday and we've worked out a way to split $3,400 between the two of us to cut down a dying oak tree that

Thats a bugger... time was I would've been out there cutting it down myself... but I'm not that spry anymore. Sometime you can get woodworking groups, or sometimes even someone with an open fire, that'll come along and either take the whole thing or a large portion of for woodwork or burning..

I had a tree trunk from a lillypilly out on the front lawn I couldn't get my weekend hackers chainsaw through. Some guy turned up out of the blue asked if we wanted it.. next weekend it was gone.

In my current location no trees... none worth worrying about anyways..

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So, how are your trees?

I have a Poplar tree firmly on my neighbor's property that's not looking too great. When I brought it up to her she refused any responsibility for it, saying she couldn't afford to do anything, but I was more than welcome to
take care of it for her.

It was way overgrown and leaning towards our house, I paid for an arborist
to remove the weight from our side of the property and now it's upright (and much farther away from the property than before)

Next is the fence that belongs to her that's falling down.


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Thats a bugger... time was I would've been out there cutting it down myself... but I'm not that spry anymore. Sometime you can get
woodworking groups, or sometimes even someone with an open fire, that'll come along and either take the whole thing or a large portion of for woodwork or burning..

I had a tree trunk from a lillypilly out on the front lawn I couldn't
get my weekend hackers chainsaw through. Some guy turned up out of the blue asked if we wanted it.. next weekend it was gone.

In my current location no trees... none worth worrying about anyways..

This tree is big and dangerous enough, especially with the positioning
relative to power lines and two houses that we really need a professional. It took a year to find somebody who'd even do it at less than $5,000.

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It was way overgrown and leaning towards our house, I paid for an
arborist to remove the weight from our side of the property and now it's upright (and much farther away from the property than before)

Hold onto that Arborist's report... If it does end up falling, it'll let you sue her homeowner's insurance. Or her if her homeowner's doesn't pay up.

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It was way overgrown and leaning towards our house, I paid for an
arborist to remove the weight from our side of the property and now it's upright (and much farther away from the property than before)

Hold onto that Arborist's report... If it does end up falling, it'll
let you sue her homeowner's insurance. Or her if her homeowner's
doesn't pay up.

I keep very extensive paper trails. The report goes right along with her
email where she states she knows the tree is old but she just can't find the money to take care of it properly. :)




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I keep very extensive paper trails. The report goes right along with her email where she states she knows the tree is old but she just can't find the money to take care of it properly. :)

Which is honestly a pretty frustrating situation for everybody. If this tree hadn't been on the property line and me thus able to lean on my neighbor to contribute towards its removal... It simply wouldn't be happening.

You can sue her I guess, but if she can't afford to cut it down, there's no money to get out there. Maybe sue her homeowner's and hope they pay out and then put collecting from her on them?

My neighbor was actually threatening legal action towards me regarding the
tree but I called his bluff and rightfully pointed out that it was shared property. That quited him up and made him much more cooperative.

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deepthaw wrote to All <=-

Spoke with my neighbor yesterday and we've worked out a way to split $3,400 between the two of us to cut down a dying oak tree that
straddles our properties. The previous owner of the house knew about
but didn't disclose the condition of the tree so it was quite a shock
when it was the first thing my neighbor brought up to me when I moved
in.

Thankfully, that's a substantial discount from the $5,000 most other places were wanting *and* they're willing to work with us on payments. Makes it much less painful.

So, how are your trees?

Oh wow! Good luck with that! No trees here... 1.7 acres and my dad had horses before he sold us the house. There were two VERY small saplings in the front yard and they weren't in good conditin, so we pulled them when we moved in YEARS ago.

No shade, but otherwise it's fine. :-)




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deepthaw wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

You can sue her I guess, but if she can't afford to cut it down,
there's no money to get out there. Maybe sue her homeowner's and hope
they pay out and then put collecting from her on them?

If it's enough of a hazard, I can get the county involved, and they'd lean
on her. That's the most realistic course of action.



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Spoke with my neighbor yesterday and we've worked out a way to split
$3,400
between the two of us to cut down a dying oak tree that straddles our properties. The previous owner of the house knew about but didn't
disclose
the condition of the tree so it was quite a shock when it was the
first thing
my neighbor brought up to me when I moved in.

Thankfully, that's a substantial discount from the $5,000 most other
places
were wanting *and* they're willing to work with us on payments. Makes
it much
less painful.

So, how are your trees?

My trees are fine. And those who aren't I cut down myself with me trusty old chainsaw. It isn't that hard to do it yourself, granted a big ol' oak tree will take substatial work to take down... not to mention the number of chains for the chainsaw that will be worn out. On the other hand oak makes excellent firewood.


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oak tree will take substatial work to take down... not to mention
the number of chains for the chainsaw that will be worn out. On the
other hand oak makes excellent firewood.

MAkes for nice furniture too.. not that I've ever been terribly good at building... I'm a better finisher.. :)

Spec


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