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[quote=Anonymous]I was following the threads closely after the big storm, as we have a ton of large trees in our yard.  Thankfully we were spared.  Yesterday, during the midday storm, our neighbor's tree came down partially, and now is precariously perched partially on a limb of one of our trees, and partially on our privacy fence.  It is a very large tree, but how it is leaning, and how it was caught by our trees and fence prevented it from taking down our fence and falling down all the way.  DH is not comfortable taking care of the limb on the fence, as he fears the tree may fall the rest of the way on the fence and take it down (or injure him).  Since the crux of the problem is off our property, we are also not comfortable contacting a contractor to remove the tree.  He could not do it from our property.  (plus we do not want to take on the expense).

The house is currently vacant, and under contract.  We do not know the owners as it was rental.  My thought is, we now will notify them (I guess with a certified letter) that they have a dangerous tree on their property that is mostly dead, and putting our property/family/children at risk.  Is that the route you would go?  Do I need a lawyer involved? or will a certified letter suffice?  I have contacted the realtor, letting them know there is a problem, and that I would like the sellers to contact us.  I am a bit worried they will try to ignore it as the house is probably close to settlement, but 1) I do not want my first dealings with new neighbors to be about this and 2) the tree began to come down before it was the new owners house.  [/quote]

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