Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

On 10/15/2012 10:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.


Sorry for the loss of your husband. If you belong to a church, someone
from the congregation may be able to help you. I help my neighbors all
the time when I can and my friends at their churches when I can. I'm
sure there must be a GOOD neighbor somewhere around you or a community
service group or even a boyscout troop who would help you. There are
still nice people in this world despite much of the evidence to the
contrary. When we had a tornado come through and devastate the area, a
number of folks started calling in to the local talk radio shows and
offering to help anyone in need. The neighbors were there before FEMA
even woke up. A phone call to The Red Cross or Salvation Army might get
you a contact number for someone who would be glad to help you. ^_^

TDD

On 10/15/2012 10:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.


Sorry for the loss of your husband. If you belong to a church, someone
from the congregation may be able to help you. I help my neighbors all
the time when I can and my friends at their churches when I can. I'm
sure there must be a GOOD neighbor somewhere around you or a community
service group or even a boyscout troop who would help you. There are
still nice people in this world despite much of the evidence to the
contrary. When we had a tornado come through and devastate the area, a
number of folks started calling in to the local talk radio shows and
offering to help anyone in need. The neighbors were there before FEMA
even woke up. A phone call to The Red Cross or Salvation Army might get
you a contact number for someone who would be glad to help you. ^_^

TDD

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...

Sorry for the loss of your husband. If you belong to a church, someone
from the congregation may be able to help you. I help my neighbors all
the time when I can and my friends at their churches when I can. I'm sure
there must be a GOOD neighbor somewhere around you or a community
service group or even a boyscout troop who would help you. There are
still nice people in this world despite much of the evidence to the
contrary. When we had a tornado come through and devastate the area, a
number of folks started calling in to the local talk radio shows and
offering to help anyone in need. The neighbors were there before FEMA
even woke up. A phone call to The Red Cross or Salvation Army might get
you a contact number for someone who would be glad to help you. ^_^

TDD

Thank you for your kind words.

I'm afraid I just moved here this year, I don't drive, and have mobile
meals deliver what I need to eat. I suppose I could ask the delivery person
where to contact. I definately will look into the Red Cross & Salvation
Army.

It's just so depressing, I should have stayed in Arizona and not moved
north.

Arty was a tile expert, I see a couple people still post here, when he was
posting. It's refreshing to know, people are still trying to help people
solve their home repairs.

Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.


Hi,
Sorry about your husband. I hope your neighbor is not that bad other
ways. About a month ago exactly same thing happened to my neighbor from
my tree limbs falling over into their yard hitting their hot tub.

I called my insurance Co. and they sent a crew to clean up the mess and
I had the injured tree cut down. Likewise IMO, your neighbor or their
insurance should take care of the mess. After all it's their tree.

Luckily their hot tub did not suffer any damage, if they did it would've
been my responsibility too. As far as I am concerned, it is common sense
affair.

On Oct 15, 11:41*am, "Jan Taylor" wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. *I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

Sorry to hear of your loss.

First, anyone that would call a 73 YO widow "every name in the book"
and refuse to help needs a few large tree limbs dropped on him.
Unless of course there's some past event that we don't know about that
has caused a rift between you (or your husband?) and him.

When a neighbor's tree limbs fell on my property, I called my
Homeowners Insurance company and put in a claim. Now, in my case, they
landed on the roof and deck, not just in the yard, so the clean up was
pretty extensive. There was no damage to the house or deck, but there
was a large amount of wood hanging precariously off of my house and
not something that I wanted to tackle from the roof or a ladder.

Depending on how much of the tree is in your yard, you might want to
at least call your Ins Co and get an idea of the cost.

How about contacting a Boy Scout troop, Big Brother, or some other
community organization and see if they are looking for "community
service" projects for their members?

On 10/15/2012 08:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

I would contact the city and ask them what the policy is for a tree
overhanging onto a neighbor's property. In many cities, the tree is the
responsibility of the originating owner, and if you live in such a city,
the neighbor would be obligated to remove the limbs.

Alternately, if the limbs are big enough, take a picture of them and
post a picture in Craigslist for "free limbs for firewood".

As a third option, find a half-dozen other women such as yourself, and
mill around his house at night chanting. The next time he stubs his
toe he'll think he's been cursed, and he'll beg you to remove it.

But I'd call the city, first.

Jon

Jan Taylor wrote the following on 10/15/2012 11:41 AM (ET):
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.
Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

Perhaps if you told him that beforehand, he'll remove the branches.

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeros after @

On Oct 15, 4:41*pm, "Jan Taylor" wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. *I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.


Sorry to hear about your husband.
In my area lots of people have wood burning stoves.
If this is so where you live,why not put a sign up outside your house
"FREE FiREWOOD"
It would be gone in half a day where I live.

On 10/15/2012 11:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



Sorry to hear this but if they fall on your property it is normally your
responsibility. Your neighbor is a jerk. I had a similar situation a
couple of years ago and called neighbors to tell them that one of their
trees had fallen on my property because they cannot see it from their
house. They came over and removed it but did not have to.

Homeowners insurance will sometimes take care of. Does not sound like a
big job and if you ask around may find someone to do cheaply. My son
had a tree die is his front yard and both our chain saws were broken but
somebody looking for work saw it, knocked on his door and took it down
for less than $100.

Walk to the corner store. Approach a few strong teenagers, and ask if they
want to make a couple bucks. Have them cut the branches into small enough
pieces to lift. Then, have them pitch the pieces over the fence into his
yard.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Jan Taylor" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:41:56 -0400, "Jan Taylor"
wrote:

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

I'd check with the local city for a senior advocacy group. Seniors
helping seniors.

"Jan Taylor" wrote in message
...

I'm afraid I just moved here this year, I don't drive, and have mobile
meals deliver what I need to eat. I suppose I could ask the delivery
person where to contact. I definately will look into the Red Cross &
Salvation Army.

You can also ask local government (city, county, etc.) because some
of these offer special services to elderly taxpayers, i.e. workforces of
either volunteers or convicted minor offenders.

E.g. the city hall web site nearest to my home lists:
" Completed inventory of “What the City Does for Seniors” (Phase 1)
" Reviewed trends in Seniors’ services in other Canadian municipalities"
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this
past wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked
him if he could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me
every name in the book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on
things around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I
don't have the strength to, as it already takes me several days to
cut the grass on a city lot.

What would you do?

I rather liked the Morman's suggestion of asking teenagers at the corner
store. They'd work cheaply enough but you said "large" limbs. We all have
our own definition of "large" but I'm guessing that they need chain sawing
and that you don't have a chain saw. Even if you did I wouldn't suggest
turning teenagers loose with one.

Even though you don't get out much, you probably do so at times...doctors,
beauty parlor, etc. Try asking everyone you come in contact with if they
know someone who could/would do it reasonably. With luck, you'll find a
willing volunteer.

Good luck.


--

dadiOH
____________________________

Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race?
Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out...
http://www.floridaloghouse.net

And of course, TDD has the gentle answer. I'd open the phone book, and call
churches, to see if they can help. I'm partial to the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. They (we) do a lot of free work.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...

Sorry for the loss of your husband. If you belong to a church, someone
from the congregation may be able to help you. I help my neighbors all
the time when I can and my friends at their churches when I can. I'm
sure there must be a GOOD neighbor somewhere around you or a community
service group or even a boyscout troop who would help you. There are
still nice people in this world despite much of the evidence to the
contrary. When we had a tornado come through and devastate the area, a
number of folks started calling in to the local talk radio shows and
offering to help anyone in need. The neighbors were there before FEMA
even woke up. A phone call to The Red Cross or Salvation Army might get
you a contact number for someone who would be glad to help you. ^_^

TDD

After some thought, the teenagers idea grows less suitable. Teens seldom
display good judgement, and are often dangerous. Calling churches from the
yellow pages sounds better.

Years ago, someone posted a help wanted to move a big branch. I don't
remember the details, but I got there and had a big laugh, I could have
pulled the branch to the curb without any cutting. The woman had some
handicaps, and she could not have pulled it.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"dadiOH" wrote in message
...

I rather liked the Morman's suggestion of asking teenagers at the corner
store. They'd work cheaply enough but you said "large" limbs. We all have
our own definition of "large" but I'm guessing that they need chain sawing
and that you don't have a chain saw. Even if you did I wouldn't suggest
turning teenagers loose with one.

Even though you don't get out much, you probably do so at times...doctors,
beauty parlor, etc. Try asking everyone you come in contact with if they
know someone who could/would do it reasonably. With luck, you'll find a
willing volunteer.

Good luck.


--

dadiOH
____________________________

Winters getting colder? Tired of the rat race?
Maybe just ready for a change? Check it out...
http://www.floridaloghouse.net

On Oct 15, 1:23*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Walk to the corner store. Approach a few strong teenagers, and ask if they
want to make a couple bucks. Have them cut the branches into small enough
pieces to lift. Then, have them pitch the pieces over the fence into his
yard.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"Jan Taylor" wrote in message

...
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. *I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

Really? This nice lady comes here asking for advice and you suggest
that she tell some teenagers to throw the limbs back over the fence?
Are you going to be there when the police show up?

Oh I see, that explains the part where the members of your church do a
lot of "free work"

After all, in another post you said: "I'm partial to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They (we) do a lot of free work."

So the "free work" would be you being there when the police show up
after she follows your suggestion and has the teenagers throw the wood
over the fence, right? That's very nice of you.

"Jan Taylor" writes:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches correctly.

Forget about the advice about churches and teenagers.
Don't let non-professionals do work on your property, you could end up
with bigger problems.

I've advised my wife that if I pass unexpectedly to number 1, sell the
house and move into some place where someone else worries about issues
like this.

I don't know why you are in a private house, but I think it's a bad idea.

--
Dan Espen

On 10/15/2012 12:23 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:


Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this
past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him
if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in
the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have
the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a
city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.


Hi,
Sorry about your husband. I hope your neighbor is not that bad other
ways. About a month ago exactly same thing happened to my neighbor from
my tree limbs falling over into their yard hitting their hot tub.

I called my insurance Co. and they sent a crew to clean up the mess and
I had the injured tree cut down. Likewise IMO, your neighbor or their
insurance should take care of the mess. After all it's their tree.

Luckily their hot tub did not suffer any damage, if they did it would've
been my responsibility too. As far as I am concerned, it is common sense
affair.

Generally, what is above your property is yours, so branches overhanging
your property would not be the neighbor's responsibility. Calling
insurance co is good idea. Also most sizeable communities have senior
services organizations and semi-govt. which might help out. There was a
"one stop" information line in Florida, by calling 211, that had info
about dozens of social services. If nothing else, try the Red Cross, at
least as an info resource. The present and former cities where I reside
have yearly "good neighbor" days, where folks volunteer for all sorts of
residential help, from painting to landscaping....another place to check
would be a local scout troop.

"Jan Taylor" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a
city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

Might mention which state you reside. Some states (Texas here) you dial 211
from any phone and you reach a clearing house for assistance.

That said call the local office of your congress critter and ask to speak
with the congress critters 'constituent liaison' person. Even if they can't
help directly (very likely) that *do* know everyone in the area that is in a
position to help.

Then there is Habitat for Humanity, Salvation Army, the local Council for
the Boy Scouts, Fire Department especially if it's a volunteer group various
senior groups.

Last check with your home owners insurance company. In some states it's
legally the responsibility of the owner of the tree to make things right.
Even if not the case the insurance company should be in an excellent
position
to give you some advice.

"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
...
"Jan Taylor" wrote in message
...

I'm afraid I just moved here this year, I don't drive, and have mobile
meals deliver what I need to eat. I suppose I could ask the delivery
person where to contact. I definately will look into the Red Cross &
Salvation Army.

You can also ask local government (city, county, etc.) because some
of these offer special services to elderly taxpayers, i.e. workforces of
either volunteers or convicted minor offenders.

E.g. the city hall web site nearest to my home lists:
" Completed inventory of "What the City Does for Seniors" (Phase 1)
" Reviewed trends in Seniors' services in other Canadian municipalities"
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


Ditto...Call city or town officials...

In article , Dan Espen wrote:

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches correctly.

I wonder about the wisdom of this - insurance companies are generally
unscrupulous and greedy, and can drop a policy holder at will. I'd save calls
to the insurance company for major stuff, as if the large branch went through
the home's roof, and not risk pestering them for minor nuisances.

I think a call to see if the city or town has some sort of volunteer
organization would be a reasonable first approach. How urban or rural is the
area in question?

Art

Dan,

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this
past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property.

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches
correctly.


My homeowner's insurance has a deductible that exceeds the cost of
removing a few tree limbs. Worth checking but I doubt this will help her.

Dave M.

"David L. Martel" writes:

Dan,

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this
past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property.

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches
correctly.

My homeowner's insurance has a deductible that exceeds the cost of
removing a few tree limbs. Worth checking but I doubt this will help her.

So does mine but I specifically raised the deductible to achieve that.
My prior deductible would have made the call worthwhile.

--
Dan Espen

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:41:56 -0400, "Jan Taylor"
wrote:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



I see you already have many nice and helpful answers. Mine is a
little different.
Your neighbor is a jerk. Keep in mind, everything overhanging your
yard is allowed to be cut. I'd get someone with a chain saw to lop
every branch on your side of the properly line so he has a hideous
looking tree. Maybe it will fall onto his house.

Good luck with your problem.

On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:45:43 -0400, willshak
wrote:

Jan Taylor wrote the following on 10/15/2012 11:41 AM (ET):
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.
Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

Perhaps if you told him that beforehand, he'll remove the branches.
MOST places the tree is his, the damage is his - or his liability
insurance - and if you shave everything off your side of his tree, you
are liable for the damage to his tree.

willshak wrote in :

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.

Oh, yeah, now *there* is a good idea...

Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

If she can't afford to hire someone to remove the deadfall, how do you imagine she can afford
to hire a tree service to hack the neighbor's trees?

Dan Espen wrote in :

"Jan Taylor" writes:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches correctly.

Bad advice. Yes, the insurance will [probably] cover it, but there's almost certainly a
deductible. Unless the deductible is low *and* the cost of removal is high, the homeowner
will wind up paying for all, or nearly all, the cost anyway -- and then she has a claim on her
insurance.

Much better idea: put an ad on Craigslist -- "free firewood, you remove".

On 10/15/2012 4:46 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:41:56 -0400, "Jan Taylor"
wrote:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



I see you already have many nice and helpful answers. Mine is a
little different.
Your neighbor is a jerk. Keep in mind, everything overhanging your
yard is allowed to be cut. I'd get someone with a chain saw to lop
every branch on your side of the properly line so he has a hideous
looking tree. Maybe it will fall onto his house.

Good luck with your problem.


Bad advice! The neighbor is already unfriendly, so provoking him is
bad. Cutting the branches as you suggest is a code violation where I
lived in Florida!

On 10/15/2012 5:25 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:45:43 -0400, willshak
wrote:

Jan Taylor wrote the following on 10/15/2012 11:41 AM (ET):
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.
Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

Perhaps if you told him that beforehand, he'll remove the branches.
MOST places the tree is his, the damage is his - or his liability
insurance - and if you shave everything off your side of his tree, you
are liable for the damage to his tree.


Normally, branches over my property are MY responsibility. If the trees
on the neighbor's property are in poor condition, then it can be a code
violation and the city can require removal.

"Jan Taylor" wrote in message
...
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a
city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



The free firewood suggestion is good. Depending on the type of tree a wood
worker may have some interest. A bow saw is cheap to buy and works almost
as well as a chain saw.

I do specialize in being nice.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
news:300fe07b-0176-45fd-b61c-

Really? This nice lady comes here asking for advice and you suggest
that she tell some teenagers to throw the limbs back over the fence?
Are you going to be there when the police show up?

Oh I see, that explains the part where the members of your church do a
lot of "free work"

After all, in another post you said: "I'm partial to the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They (we) do a lot of free work."

So the "free work" would be you being there when the police show up
after she follows your suggestion and has the teenagers throw the wood
over the fence, right? That's very nice of you.

I await to see what Derby writes about you.

Of course, if the tree is cut on your side, it will
be heavier on the impolite guy's side.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...

I see you already have many nice and helpful answers. Mine is a
little different.
Your neighbor is a jerk. Keep in mind, everything overhanging your
yard is allowed to be cut. I'd get someone with a chain saw to lop
every branch on your side of the properly line so he has a hideous
looking tree. Maybe it will fall onto his house.

Good luck with your problem.

On 10/15/2012 10:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



OK you guys, lets find out where the nice lady lives and someone here
may be in the same town. If she lived around here, it wouldn't be a
problem for me to make a phone call or two and me and my friends would
get rid of the limbs tomorrow. Jan what city do you live in? If you were
in the Birmingham area, I can guarantee the limbs would be gone in no
time. Me and my friends are disabled, we're not rich but we help our
neighbors no matter how far away they live. When my friend RB, a Vietnam
vet died of cancer, me and his other friends adopted his elderly mother
and took care of her home repairs until she passed a few years ago.
There are good people everywhere who are willing to help out those in
need. Jan, you don't have to post your address but there could be
someone here who lives in the same city and if they're a righteous human
being they will get in touch with you and help you out. ^_^

TDD

"Jan Taylor" wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

First thing I would do is place them on his front door or driveway. Then I
would leave not saying problem fixed.

Greg

Dan Espen wrote:
"Jan Taylor" writes:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches correctly.

Forget about the advice about churches and teenagers.
Don't let non-professionals do work on your property, you could end up
with bigger problems.

I've advised my wife that if I pass unexpectedly to number 1, sell the
house and move into some place where someone else worries about issues
like this.

I don't know why you are in a private house, but I think it's a bad idea.

My homeowners only covers damage to house.

Greg

Norminn wrote:
On 10/15/2012 5:25 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:45:43 -0400, willshak
wrote:

Jan Taylor wrote the following on 10/15/2012 11:41 AM (ET):
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.
Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

Perhaps if you told him that beforehand, he'll remove the branches.
MOST places the tree is his, the damage is his - or his liability
insurance - and if you shave everything off your side of his tree, you
are liable for the damage to his tree.


Normally, branches over my property are MY responsibility. If the trees
on the neighbor's property are in poor condition, then it can be a code
violation and the city can require removal.

What idiot came up with this ?

Greg

Norminn wrote:
On 10/15/2012 5:25 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:45:43 -0400, willshak
wrote:

Jan Taylor wrote the following on 10/15/2012 11:41 AM (ET):
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.

I hate these neighbor dispute questions. It usually winds up with
getting revenge as the only solution.
Revenge - Everything that hangs over your property is yours, including
tree branches from other properties. The neighbor is usually not
required to remove his fallen branches from your property.
So, you get a tree person to cut up the fallen branches on your property
and then have them cut all the branches on your neighbor's trees that
hang over your property so they don't fall on your property any more.

Perhaps if you told him that beforehand, he'll remove the branches.
MOST places the tree is his, the damage is his - or his liability
insurance - and if you shave everything off your side of his tree, you
are liable for the damage to his tree.


Normally, branches over my property are MY responsibility. If the trees
on the neighbor's property are in poor condition, then it can be a code
violation and the city can require removal.

I consider leaves from my trees in other yards my problem. I hope the wind
bows real hard again this year so you can't see anything. Been like that a
couple years.

Greg

Doug Miller writes:

Dan Espen wrote in :

"Jan Taylor" writes:

Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a city
lot.

What would you do?

Your homeowners insurance covers it.
They'll pay to bring professionals on-site and remove the branches correctly.

Bad advice. Yes, the insurance will [probably] cover it, but there's almost certainly a
deductible. Unless the deductible is low *and* the cost of removal is high, the homeowner
will wind up paying for all, or nearly all, the cost anyway -- and then she has a claim on her
insurance.

Okay, what's the problem with putting a claim in?
I did last year after the October Snows here in the North East.
Part of it included branch removal.

I haven't encountered the downside yet.

Yes, I had a high deductible. I set the deductible to what I can
afford, like I suppose most people do.

I say, use the insurance, that's what it's there for.

--
Dan Espen

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...
On 10/15/2012 10:41 AM, Jan Taylor wrote:
Hello everyone. My husband used to post here, before he passed several
years ago. I used to enjoy reading this forum along side of him in the
evenings.

I have a "what would you do" question.

My neighbor has large trees, which overhang our property. During this
past
wind storm, several large limbs ended up on my property. I asked him if
he
could remove them, so I could cut the lawn. He called me every name in
the
book, and told me it's my problem.

I suppose I could hire someone to remove them, but only having a fixed
income, and Arty didn't have life insurance, sure puts a bind on things
around here. I'd move them myself, but at 73, I'm afraid I don't have
the
strength to, as it already takes me several days to cut the grass on a
city
lot.

What would you do?

Thank you.



OK you guys, lets find out where the nice lady lives and someone here may
be in the same town. If she lived around here, it wouldn't be a problem
for me to make a phone call or two and me and my friends would
get rid of the limbs tomorrow. Jan what city do you live in? If you were
in the Birmingham area, I can guarantee the limbs would be gone in no
time. Me and my friends are disabled, we're not rich but we help our
neighbors no matter how far away they live. When my friend RB, a Vietnam
vet died of cancer, me and his other friends adopted his elderly mother
and took care of her home repairs until she passed a few years ago. There
are good people everywhere who are willing to help out those in need. Jan,
you don't have to post your address but there could be someone here who
lives in the same city and if they're a righteous human being they will
get in touch with you and help you out. ^_^

TDD


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