Two nights ago my neighbor called me to "ask" if he could come on my property to cut the tree down that grows on my property but hangs over his hedge. It's shading his pool (which has been there about 4 years) and since it's on his property he thinks he has the right to cut the tree back to the property line (leaving me with about a 5' stump). I said I needed to think about it and he said he was going to do it "tomorrow".
I got upset.
Needless to say in the last two days I've talked to our local police, City Council, my personal attorney, the neighbor of course, an arborist from a local community, and the area DNR forester.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to know approximately what this tree is worth. It's not ideal by any means...it grows at an angle (there was a large maple next to it that unfortunately had to come down this winter due to some bad storm damage)...but other than that it's a healthy tree. I had some people who claimed to be arborists come today to look at it...they told me it had NO value. I'm not convinced. The forester is coming but not until the 26th...I'm not sure what my next move should be...it may not be the ideal tree and it may not shade my property...but it does add to the aesthetics of the neighborhood...it helps dampen noise from the nearby highway, it adds to my "treed" view out the back window, and it reduces air pollution...I don't want to cut it down.
I'm going to try to attach a pic...what should be my next move in an attempt to get a value? (I plan to either ask the neighbor to pay for the tree in exchange for permission to cut it down OR to put in a new tree and wait for it to be securely established 2+ years and then cut the other down...I also want to know a # incase I come home next week to find it nothing but a stump...)
I got upset.
Needless to say in the last two days I've talked to our local police, City Council, my personal attorney, the neighbor of course, an arborist from a local community, and the area DNR forester.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to know approximately what this tree is worth. It's not ideal by any means...it grows at an angle (there was a large maple next to it that unfortunately had to come down this winter due to some bad storm damage)...but other than that it's a healthy tree. I had some people who claimed to be arborists come today to look at it...they told me it had NO value. I'm not convinced. The forester is coming but not until the 26th...I'm not sure what my next move should be...it may not be the ideal tree and it may not shade my property...but it does add to the aesthetics of the neighborhood...it helps dampen noise from the nearby highway, it adds to my "treed" view out the back window, and it reduces air pollution...I don't want to cut it down.
I'm going to try to attach a pic...what should be my next move in an attempt to get a value? (I plan to either ask the neighbor to pay for the tree in exchange for permission to cut it down OR to put in a new tree and wait for it to be securely established 2+ years and then cut the other down...I also want to know a # incase I come home next week to find it nothing but a stump...)