Your Opinion Please

[TWR]

A person I know has ask me to cut 3" from the top of a 14ft Hedge, no problem with that, there has been issues ( not nasty) with My Daughters, regards this 80year lady, i have sorted the offending branch out, to the rear of this Lady's house, this 14ft hedge has caused issues with her another Neighbour's, also her neighbour that lives to her right, the tree is approx 40ft in height ( Above the height of her semi home, she is not in the best of health & I would not like to see her getting stressed, how would you suggest dealing with trimming these Hedges / Trees? I know that Council involvement can help but I don't want to go down that road, she own's her own home by the way. tia

[RATTER15]

If it an elderly person, be very careful, if you charge her for cutting 3" of her hedge someone is likely to say that you robbed her, unless you are doing it for free, I would be tempted to be one of those people.

[Psybbo]

Seriously TWR, I would take a tape measure round and ask 'Do you want this much or this much taken off.' Showing her 3" and 3'

[TWR]

I have asked her to be there when the cut is going to be done Psybbo.

[anneasquith]

Twr. I hope you know I was not insinuating you were " taking this lady for a ride ""

[DTCwordfan]

that's not even a male-bragging penile length.....I think she has her Imperial scale wrong, so go with Psybbs here....

[TWR]

No problem Anne xx

[snags]

''that's not even a male-bragging penile length''

It is if you're name is John Wayne Bobbitt.

[fiction-factory]

I'm with you on this, smowball. 3 inches off 14 feet is the same seemingly trivial amount whether it's off a 14 foot high tree or a 14 foot hedge.
Anyway we often have peopld coming round trimming hedges/trees- if a neighbour is happy with them then ask if they can give you a price.

[fiction-factory]

I hadn't spotted the second page of answers.