Lleylandii in neighbours garden

Hi all. Does anyone have any experience of dealing with neighbours leylandii? Ours are approx 50ft high & are blocking our light & damaging our fence & shed. Currently in pretty unsuccessful discussions about cutting them back. Is there anywhere we can go to get advice? Thanks.

 

Ceb, there are now laws in place to limit the height of hedging, especially Leylandii. Get in touch with your councils Enviroment Officer.

 

Thank you. Will give them a call on Monday.

 

Also if their trees are causing damage as you say, they are liable for the cost of remedial work.

I'd tell them politely that their trees have already caused damage and will cause further damage if left unchecked, and that you'd like to find a mutually acceptable way forward. If they are no cooperative, I'd politely drop in that I'd be claiming off my insurance for the damage, and while that would be unfortunate for you because it would affect your premium, it would also be unfortunate for them because inevitably your insurer will want to recover their losses from the liable party, ie them.

 

They turned up today with a 6ft ladder & some shears & couldn't understand why we weren't very happy. . We hadn't thought of insurance so that's worth bearing in mind.

 

Hi @Ceb, I'm really sorry to read that you are having this problem, at our old house we had a similar problem with a Hawthorn hedge, after many arguements & a few choice words I didn't really get anywhere, we were able to cut back anything which hung over our fence but that's about it. I do know that there's new laws in place now especially for leylandii. If I were you I'd speak to the council get the facts then speak to your neighbour again, if there's still no joy you may have to send them a solicitors letter, hopefully it won't get to that. I hope you are able to sort it, try not to worry my friend. Don't forget to let us know what happens
Good luck

PS Shears & a six foot ladder! Are they having a laugh??? They need a chainsaw for that!

 

No need to pay for a solicitor, the council will take care of it.

 

That's even better .

 

Thanks everyone. I'll call the council on Monday & see what they say.