help

[smithies14]

i have a single storey extension to my home
my neigbour who i have not spoken to for 17 years .
many years ago has fixed on my wall a trelis the climbing plants attached have growwn in the past into my roof space.
i have in the past ripped them back
recently my neighbour told me not to touch them again and that he would look after them. he has not done so and the plant is now clearly in a postion to cause damage as he has not maintained the plant as he said he would. the extension is not on the boundry it is some 50mm on my side of the boundry line.
please advise on what action i can take
regards
smithies14

[ladygolfer]

I suggest you spray something on the roots in the dead of night or while they are on holiday. Great neighbours!

[SaxyJag]

If they are encroaching onto your property, and if he will not cut them back or come onto your property at your invitation to do so, then you are legally entitled to cut them back yourself - but you must give back the cuttings.

As for spraying the roots, well, what you do on your side of the property line is your business, as long as you're not doing anything that's illegal or will endanger animals.

Of course, you could go into the roof space and spray the offending growth with a systemic weedkiller. Not your problem if it works its way through the system.

[Sphinx_Svens]

If the wall is on your side of the boundary, then he must not make any fixings to it, or decorate it ... you can send him a 'poite' letter stsing he must remove anything from your wall in 7 days.

this is an excellent site I discovered after neighbour troubles...

www.gardenlaw.co.uk