Neighbor planted future huge tree

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm clearly in the minority here - I was so sad when my neighbor cut down all of their trees to make room for more lawn! I love trees. We have a gigantic tulip poplar in our backyard - it's easily 60 years old, huge, outer edge is 5' from the property line (which has a fence, the poplar has never bothered the fence). Luckily the neighbor on that side has kept all his trees and loves them, it's the other side that removed trees. We live on 1/3 acre and have around 20 mature trees in our yard - the giant poplar, oak, hickory, maple, holly, dogwood, cherry.

We do have a tree guy come out every 2 years to remove dead branches from all of the trees in our yard. Every once in a while a small branch will fall, but no branches big enough to do any damage in the 15 years we've been here.

Walking into the backyard in the summer is heaven. It's easily 15 degrees cooler under the trees than out in the sun. I really don't get why anyone would want to reduce summer shade in this climate.

I love a well shaded lot and mature tree neighborhood too. It's so lovely year round.

[Anonymous]

OP did you take care of the problem?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do so many idiots think they're entitled to plant whatever they want right on the property lines? Huge trees on property lines can dmage fences, foundations, sewer lines, and add thousands of dollars in extra costs other neighbors since they'll have to get their gutters unclogged regularly a lot more. Not to mention all of the risks for debris that can fall and damage structures..

If you want a gigantic tree in your yard, that's fine. Put it well in your property and away from others' homes and the property lines. If you insist putting a tree in property lines, use root barriers like a responsible person or simply go with far smaller dwarf trees that pose much less risk for structural damage to peoples' homes.

So much entitlement people feel the have over other peoples' property. You going to pay $80k when my home's foundation needs to be fixed when your tree's roots cause dage or pay $50k when your stupid tree destroyed my sewer line and the whole thing needs to be dug up?

OP didn’t say the tree was planted on the property line. It’s possible the OP’s house was expanded and now too close to the border. Trees increase property value. OP should thank their neighbor.

Trees only create nuisance value when they are planted inappropriately. We had to pay $5k to remove a gigantic silver maple that some idiot had planted 10 ft from our front window.

Do you know for certain it was planted? Some silver maples are volunteers, and they grow quickly. You have to pay attention to your yard and immediately remove volunteers.

I would have done that had I been born 70 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP did you take care of the problem?

OP here. No, I'm not going to kill their tree in the middle of the night as some suggested. Thinking about installing a root barrier, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP did you take care of the problem?

OP here. No, I'm not going to kill their tree in the middle of the night as some suggested. Thinking about installing a root barrier, though.

5 years from now you’ll wish you had.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A cup of Clorox midnight every night will solve your problem.

I was going to suggest gasoline…

I hope you and the Clorox pp are joking. How could you walk around normally in life knowing you have a dark twisted soul that sneaks around in the dead of night poisoning people's trees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“Some people really hate/fear trees” is one of the things I’ve learned from dcum.

It's classy to have big, well-maintained trees
It's low class not have trees, cut down healthy trees, or try to destroy your neighbors trees

+1 Vandalizing your neighbor's property is a low-SES thing. Something the Boeberts or the Palins would do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A cup of Clorox midnight every night will solve your problem.

I tried this on a cherry tree and It didnt work. Tried for 3 months

How could you even live with yourself? Sneaking around like that. Man up and deal with problems up front.

[Anonymous]

1/4 lot is very small for that size of tree. Trees often grow much faster than expected and cause problems sooner than expected. I've planted and removed large trees and the amount of ignorance about how fast they grow and the problems they cause is impressive. The company I hired decades ago to plant large trees near my property line put them too close to the line and to my house. I had a sprinkler system and my trees grew fast and I had to remove 2 with 6 years.

Op you are right to be concerned but what can you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Some people really hate/fear trees” is one of the things I’ve learned from dcum.

It's classy to have big, well-maintained trees
It's low class not have trees, cut down healthy trees, or try to destroy your neighbors trees

+1 Vandalizing your neighbor's property is a low-SES thing. Something the Boeberts or the Palins would do.

I agree. I have a neighbor who acts friendly to my face but has been caught on security camera in my yard doing things like this multiple times. I put up cameras because she was constantly in my yard. I have multiple videos of her in my yard at night dumping something near some of the plants. She sent her son over to pour round up in a large plant feature in my yard. She is insane and she and her family are trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do so many idiots think they're entitled to plant whatever they want right on the property lines? Huge trees on property lines can dmage fences, foundations, sewer lines, and add thousands of dollars in extra costs other neighbors since they'll have to get their gutters unclogged regularly a lot more. Not to mention all of the risks for debris that can fall and damage structures..

If you want a gigantic tree in your yard, that's fine. Put it well in your property and away from others' homes and the property lines. If you insist putting a tree in property lines, use root barriers like a responsible person or simply go with far smaller dwarf trees that pose much less risk for structural damage to peoples' homes.

So much entitlement people feel the have over other peoples' property. You going to pay $80k when my home's foundation needs to be fixed when your tree's roots cause dage or pay $50k when your stupid tree destroyed my sewer line and the whole thing needs to be dug up?

This is the reality. Our builder put in too many trees and in less than 10 years we are having problems with the sidewalk and driveway. I had a 30' tree 9' from my foundation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm clearly in the minority here - I was so sad when my neighbor cut down all of their trees to make room for more lawn! I love trees. We have a gigantic tulip poplar in our backyard - it's easily 60 years old, huge, outer edge is 5' from the property line (which has a fence, the poplar has never bothered the fence). Luckily the neighbor on that side has kept all his trees and loves them, it's the other side that removed trees. We live on 1/3 acre and have around 20 mature trees in our yard - the giant poplar, oak, hickory, maple, holly, dogwood, cherry.

We do have a tree guy come out every 2 years to remove dead branches from all of the trees in our yard. Every once in a while a small branch will fall, but no branches big enough to do any damage in the 15 years we've been here.

Walking into the backyard in the summer is heaven. It's easily 15 degrees cooler under the trees than out in the sun. I really don't get why anyone would want to reduce summer shade in this climate.

I find it hard to believe you have those trees on a 1/3 acre lot. The oak alone would overwhelm that space. Hollies, dogwoods, and even cherry trees would be ok. But I call bs with the other trees. I would not want your lot if this is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You wont be alive when it’s full size so whats the problem.

People grossly underestimate how quickly trees grow. I have seen this time and time again and lived it myself. I have been derided for this several times at 3 different properties and it's a load of horse patooie.