If you have a tree outside your window?

Question

If a tree is blocking the light from your property, can you ask to have it cut down or cut back. If so, who do you contact. My front room is like the f*****g twilight zone, and I need to have the light on 24 hours a day.

Answer 1

take a 12in. long 3/4 in.drillbit drill 2 or 3 holes at the base of the tree at a downward 45 degree angle once the holes are done, quitly hide the drill . then go to the store and get this stuff called " stump-rot" .wait till dark then pack those drilled holes ,making sure they are packed. use a twig ,a 3/8 in. extension is better but (u dont want carry if u have to bolt),bye tree

Answer 2

OK, this answer is for British residents only.

Under British law, if the branches from a neighbour's tree are overhanging your property, you are entitled to cut off the parts over your property - but you must offer the hacked-off bits back to the tree's owner.

Also under British law, there is a rule called 'ancient lights.' Basically, if your neighbour builds or plants something that blocks light from your property, then you can take them to court to have it removed. But this only applies if your property was there first, so you can't put up a new house and then complain that the 100-year-old tree next door blocks your view.

Finally, also under British law, there was a new law brought in last year (?) to stop the leylandii problems. The Leyland Cyprus (Cupressus 'leylandii') is a very fast, tall-growing tree, and has provoked violent arguments between neighbours when one neighbour's leylandii hedge would grow so tall it blocked out all the daylight from the other neighbour's garden. This caused so many court cases that a new law was brought in to allow local councils to order the offending tree(s) trimmed to a reasonable height. I don't know what the law is called or what the reasonable height is, but your local council or citizen's advice bureau would know.


Of course, the first thing in all this would be to establish who owns the tree, but if it is a street, the chances are that it's your local council.

BTW don't forget the power of the press: if you're not having much luck with the council or whoever, your local paper might love a local interest hard-luck story like yours. Plus it just might make whoever DO something about the problem.


Good luck!

Answer 3

Consider if it would be possible to simply trim the tree to allow adequate light, or possibly train the tree to not grow in the area near the window (this is done by repeatedly trimming that area of branches for a span of possibly two months. The tree will be encouraged to grow the brances elsewhere.)

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

That all depends on whose property the tree is on. If it is on your neighbors property try talking to them and let them know how it keeps you in the dark all the time, they may agree to trim it. You can trim anything that is hanging over on your side of the property, but nothing on your neighbors side. If the tree is on city or village property call and ask for it to be trimmed. Good luck, I like bright sunny rooms, so I know how you feel.

Answer 5

I have the same problem but its impossible to cut the whole tree. Ask some people who are working in cleaning the streets, to cut some branches.

Answer 6

You can certainly ask whoever the tree belongs to. It might be that they will agree to prune back some branches, and that will be great.

If it is a street tree, contact your local council.

Good luck.

Answer 7

i had this problem and solved it.Ask nieghbour to trim it or ask permission to do it yourself.Or like i did,i got in touch with council and they came and done it.It depends on what tree it is as some you are not allowed to touch

Answer 8

Ask friends to remove it or phone the council or health authority's. maybe they can help.

Answer 9

talk to whoever owns the house they may have no problem doing it