Norminn wrote:

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why does it seem like the biggest part of owning a home is rectifying
all the stupid crap that the previous owners did? I think they meant
well but a lot of the green leafy stuff seems to have been planted
simply wherever without any thought on what it would encroach on as it
grew or what it'd be competing with.

nate

An awful lot of that going on ) Folks fill up space with small trees
and don't think about tomorrow. We have neighbors on one side who have
live oaks 10 feet from the building. They spread, easily, 50 feet from
the trunk. On the other side, neighbors have nasty pines planted along
the property line about 3 feet apart. They are now about 40 feet tall
and pushing our sprinklers around with their roots. The builders didn't
have to worry about them, and the owners apparently want to wait until
they are much larger and more expensive to do anything about them.

You can trim neighbors trees that hang over your property line, and the
same would apply to their trespassing roots. If they are damaging your
property I'd suggest sending them a certified letter documenting the
damage and asking them to rectify the problem (or have your lawyer send
it). After that you're good yo go just cutting them off at the property
line.