Yes, RPW.
Hedge cutting dispute
- Thread starter Theressa
- Start date
ollie989898
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Go down mob handed with digger + telehandler and reclaim the land and boundary and refence it etc until satisfied? Put letters through their door telling them to shift their gear or else you'll do the work and bill them??
trouble is In reality its not as simple as that .
getting on with some neighbours can a very, very difficult,
getting on with some neighbours can a very, very difficult,
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
hedges must be stockproof in their own right. I guess the person who wrote that has never kept Torwen or Torddu sheep then!
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
No hedge is going to become stockproof in its own right if there are any sheep involved, unless they are fenced out too.
RPW surely know that, otherwise they wouldn’t have spent decades requiring double fencing after any hedging work.
It’s on my list to question on Monday…
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
A good job I checked.
It’s obviously far too sensible for RPW to have their roadshow meeting on a market day, when the place is heaving with their ‘customers’, so they’ve chosen Wednesday as their day to visit Welshpool, not tomorrow.
- Location
- Portsmouth
I agree that waiting for the house to go up for sale one day is the best bet to deal with long term boundary issues.
My understanding is you have to declare if there are any boundary disputes when selling. Could make it hard to sell or devalue the property.
My experience is that 'they' don't declare any such issue, in more than one example .
as in post 48 about the '95 % of people.' same in our experience.
- Location
- Portsmouth
I imagine they don't. But an email/recorded delivery letter to the seller and the agents explaing there is a boundary issue should donthe job.
kiwi pom
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- Location
- canterbury NZ
Just cut your side and the top, who cares what your neighbour does
- Location
- SW Scotland
They can't reach all the top from their side. Maybe read the post again...Just cut your side and the top, who cares what your neighbour does
- Location
- North yorks
Not always, we had a despite when neighbouring property was sold, particulars claimed there was a right of way down our lane, informed seller (who knew) and agent via email. They didn’t alter particulars but just informed purchaser ( after agreeing to buy) and made him sign a disclaimer acknowledging no right of way. Bit of a shitty trick by the sellers and agents ( but I would expect any better from land agents)
kiwi pom
Member
- Location
- canterbury NZ
It's a garden hedge, of course they can.
They can stick a photo up and prove me wrong if they want.
- Location
- SW Scotland
Punch
Member
- Location
- Warwickshire
Or coppice to get back to a starting point to lay in future.If it's entirely your hedge, and you've access from just your side, you could consider having someone come lay it. You might think it looks a tad brutal for a year or two but would do a job
Kryten
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- Location
- South Derbyshire
This happened to me when someone had built a patio over the ditch up to the stock fence! Could get no sense from the homeowner. When house went up for sale, I had a solicitor write to the home owner, copied to the estate agent disputing their ownership, resulting in any sale being blocked.
Net result, patio was removed, ditch reinstated and the home owner paid my solicitor's costs. Plus a great message sent for free to all of the other neighbours on the road.
Nearly
Member
- Location
- North of York
No, they just don't have the right tools.
Hedges are just a collection of small trees & trees near any sort of infrastructure are a right royal pain in the posterior regardless of what the eco-loons tell you.................look at the state of the country today after the latest storm .............have your husband buy a chainsaw & hire a chipper or get a proper firm in, cut it at the ground & solve the issue once & for all........................life is far to short to be hand wringing about this nonsense, once its down & through a chipper your problem is solved, if it is growing on your land you have nothing to worry about.
Lazy Sod
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- Location
- Warminster Wiltshire
As I understand it, if you own a house that is pretty well built up to the boundary with the neighbouring house and you need access to paint the windows on that side or repair the gutters etc, the neighbour cannot refuse a reasonable request for access for you to do the work. The same would apply to the OP's hedge, providing that it is planted his side of the boundary.
Bogweevil
Member
In cases like this I suggest nipping into the farmer's yard in the wee hours and borrow his tractor and hedger. Many stubborn, bloody minded farmers have very untidy farms, complete tips in fact, so do all his hedges while you are at it. Don't expect to be thanked and in fact he may get quite arsy. But it will all blow over, especially if the following night you nip out and use his post driver to replace any posts you have broken. He might even be shamed into keeping his farm more uptogether.