Nezz10

I have a bit of a problem with my next door neighbour. On my front garden there is a selection of hedge/bushes (small stuff, now more than 5 ft high, the bit in question is only 2 ft high!) that seperate my garden from her concrete drive way, when it gets a bit long she trims it then throws all the trimmings on my garden instead of in her bin!!

Now apart from being bloody rude and down right lazy, I am sure that this is against the law as it is on her side of the property and she is littering by doing what she is doing and this isnt the first time she has done it either.

Can anybody point me to website that shows where the law deals with this kind of thing so I can print it off and show her she is in the wrong.

If she had come round and asked me to trim the then I would of happily done it for her but she is takin the pee and can **** off now.

Cheers,

Neil.

ChrisB

I thought if the hedge was planted on your neighbour's property, you could cut back growth into your 'space' but you had to return the cuttings.

paul-s

have you not gone out there and said 'what are you playing at' yet ?

Brendan Hughes

If it's her hedge, she's littering.

If it's your hedge, she's acting precisely as the law dictates, so you'd look pretty stupid complaining. If she kept the clippings it would be theft.

OllyK

You are quite right, but that's hardly acting in the spirit of the law or in a neighbourly fashion. When we have done this we have bagged up the cuttings and asked if the neighbour wanted them and if not we take them down the tip.

Nezz10

I havent gone round there asking what she is playing at yet, I wanted to check out the legal side first to see if I had a strong case to tell her to stop it or not. When I do go round I can see her just saying, not my hedge blah blah blah tough tittys pal!!

It would appear as thought she is in the right even though its down right rude of her, why can she not just put it in her bin instead of my gardern? Its not even that much to put in the bin, wouldnt even fill a plastic bag.

XRS

As stated above, she is not only within her rights, but obliged to return the clippings by law as they belong to you.

The appropriate course of action would be for you to keep your hedge trimmed (obviously asking her permission to stand on her property while you do so).

PCatWork

These days the law is normally interpreted as meaning that you should "offer" the hedge timmings back to their owner, rather than just tossing them into their garden. Imagine if people did this with large trees that overhang - you could come back from work and find you garden entirely filled up with branches and timber.

ScoobyJawa

Yup, she's doing nothing wrong I'm afraid, perfectly entitled to do that, though as said, its not very "neighbourly".

Nezz10

Ok cheers guys, I will repay the nice neighbourly manner she is using by kindly returning her cats piles of sh*t that they like to leave on my flower bed.

Brendan Hughes

Oooh, cat ****e!

<opens fresh popcorn...>

Leslie

Sounds as though she is doing you a favour by clipping your hedge for you, quite reasonable to expect you to get rid of your owh hedge's clippings surely. Very polite of Olly to got that one step further but not many would do that these days. It does encourage good relations with the neighbours though, must be worth something!

Les

boxst

Hello

Just catch the cat and give it a trim ...



Steve

gsm1

All depends on past history with neighbours, Leslie.

Leslie

True gsm1, and it works both ways of course.

Les

Nezz10

PMSL at the cat pic!!! hahah Wouldnt be that cruel, I like the cat to be honest just not the fact that she uses my garden for a litter tray.

Regacy

You could just have a chat, thank her for cutting the hedge and let her know that you're not precious about the clippings and are quite happy for her to take them away.
Might do the trick

pslewis

Pop the cat **** into a PAPER bag ..... add some water (only a small bit to make it moist) ...... take it to her front door ..... put it on the doorstep .... light the paper bag and ring the door bell

Stand around the corner and watch her stamp the fire out

Pete

scoob_babe

I did chuck the branches I cut off our neigbours trees back. He was a right ar$e when POC and Rich were putting up the fence so I thought I'd return his property
Anyway, he should be pleased we put up such a huge fence otherwise there'd be a damn sight more being given back!!

urban

iTrader: (1)

Holy ****, I thought I was the only one who thought things like this were hilarious.

I have to admit, I've been guilty of this many times in my younger days.

Shaun

Chip Sengravy

So she cuts the shared hedge, and throws the clippings from HER side of the hedge into YOUR garden?

Brendan Hughes

We've solved the hedge issue, we're onto cat **** now. Get with the programmme.

Chip Sengravy

<slaps own wrist>


If you need any free cat scat, please feel free to PM, recipient collects

Squizz

Don't allow this to escalate into a dispute or you're legally obliged to divulge this when trying to sell your house.

"Play nice"