AIBU to expect my neighbour to cut back their overgrown tree?

She is disabled & she can't afford a gardener. She made her garden easier to maintain. Why can't tgd neighbour just bd a decent human being & take care of his tree so it's not impacting her?

25ft trees do not belong jn postage size new build gardens.

I have a slightly different problem, neighbours giant tree has pushed concrete fence post over into our garden and knocked two panels down but it is their fence not ours. Should they legally pay to dig out the old fence post and put new panels in? They don’t want to know and it’s sticking out onto our patio. It also now reaches the whole width of our garden (3meters), is blocking light into the house (terraced) Patio and furniture gets covered in bird poo, patio isn’t level now because of roots. We could trim branches on our side but it’s taller than the house and I think that can make it unstable. I love trees but some are too big for small spaces!

Yabu. Pp are right. Leaves drop off deciduous trees and it is your job to keep your gutters and drains clear. Having plastic grass is an issue. If you had ordinary grass the leaves would break down into the soil.

How has it damaged your fence? This is the only bit that it is reasonable to expect some action on. You could arrange to have the tree cut back on your side if it is annoying you that much.

Yes wheelchairs just love gravel.

being disabled people have to make all kinds if unwanted compromises. It might nit be Jew gardens, but it's an adapted outside sauce.

Take your Astro turf issue up with less worthy uses of it.

Not simply because she doesn't like it. She is disabled & has modified her garden to be manageable. She probably can't afford a tree surgeon to sort out a neighbours tree that has been planted in a far too small garden & in the wrong place causing damage to her fence & drainage as well as making her garden a mess.

& maybe she can't operate a robotic mower. It's a tiny patch of Astro turf. I hate the stuff as much as any environmentally aware person, but a disabled person with a small patch isn't the problem.

The OP adapted her garden due to her disability. Maybe she can't afford to pay a gardener to remove leaves from an inconsiderately planted enormous tree??

Picking on a disabled person for using fake grass to make their garden manageable is a lie blue. Proud of yourself?

Have you checked the covenant that covers your estate? Ours states explicitly that you cannot plant trees in gardens ( there are plenty on the estate) exactly for this reason- the gardens are too small. Do you have a management company if it’s a private estate? Might be worth checking in with them if so as they may be able to have a word.

Poisoning a tree is a horrible thing to do. Trees are living things and they help to create the oxygen on which we live. You can legally cut off any branches which overhang your fence but you must offer them to your neighbour.

I have leaves in my garden due to my own trees and bushes and those of a neighbouring business park. My gardener clears them away once a month. In between they just lie there. Leaves fall.

And if the neighbours get the roots tested when it suddenly drops dead for no reason, the OP could be sued by the neighbour. You cannot damage a tree that is not growing on your property deliberately, ie by cutting off an essential root system, otherwise you’re liable to pay damages. Stupid suggestion.

It would be madness. The tree is three stories high. Someone could get killed if it comes down in a storm.

That would be criminal damage

There is no evidence of any damage other than possibly a fence so you’re talking bollocks there and you can’t sue for loss of light and certainly one relatively small tree is not a nuisance. Poisoning the tree would be criminal damage however.

I doubt she’d be caught much less fined. It’s really easy to do in a discreet way. As in you don’t need to lop off any branches.

The only claim she has is the fence damage. Keeping your drains clear from debris is your responsibility. If she follows your advice to poison the tree, she'll have a hefty fine that she can't afford if a gardener is out of the question.

She also says she has people who will cut the tree but won't mow a tiny lawn. Just sounds like she would rather complain about the neighbours than do something.

Wheelchairs don't work well on gravel. If the tree was cut back there would be fewer leaves.

Trees shed leaves. Fact of life. My lawn gets covered in leaves from the trees in other people’s gardens.

All you can do is cut down overhanging branches.

Omg, gravel has the highest maintenance unless you regularly dump barrels of glyphosate on it.

Not sure what your point is? That it is better to poison a cat than a tree because it has a shorter life and it is taking up oxygen instead of making it?

Surely not! How do you cope with weeding?

Gravel would have been better for the environment. Her choice is poisoning the earth but @Nicolasaa9 is moaning about a tree shedding leaves. Fake grass is nothing like a garden.

Sorry what? We do know
It’s growing into my garden, has damaged my fence, blocked our drains twice with leaves, blocks my garden drainage by my doors - OP

You know that not how the law works, right…. You can’t just make stuff up. In order to bring a successful claim it is necessary to demonstrate both loss and causation. We don’t even know the fence belongs to the op and the rest of the things you list are pure speculation on your part.

Your right. Trees live 10 to 50 times longer than a cat and we need them to breathe.

What is your problem? Op is disabled so cannot maintain a lawn. But still wants to enjoy something resembling a garden. Nothing wrong with that at all.