to not want to cut down ivy on my wall?

[cazboldy]

we live in a tied cottage.

we have a neighbour, although the houses are detached we share a wall. the wall is a bit of a mish mash of concrete, stonework and an old fashioned flint wall along the bottom.....it also has ivy... the effect is i can see the lovely old flint wall along the bottom, but it hides the horrible concrete bit on the top. should also mention that i didn't plant it

neighbour has asked dh's boss - who is also lanlord obviously to get me to cut the ivy off at the bottom so it dies as it is hanging over their side

I am a) pissed off that they went and spoke to the landlord instead of just asking me,

and b) I don't want to cut it all down, and think they should just cut the stuff that hangs over their side, and possibly along the top.

AIBU?

terrible source but interesting read.

same as what Scotch was saying.

OP I imagine she asked your LL as it is their house and you are tenants.

If your neighbour's cottage is also tied then hasn't she asked the joint landlord to solve a problem for you both? Don't think you can get upset about that.

What does your tenancy agreement say?

This if by far and above the most important first consideration.

I would be surprised if, in a tied cottage, you are responsible for external / structural maintenance and if not then the decision and responsibility is entirely up to the landlord.

our cottage is tied

the neighbour owns their own property

our tenancy agreement is very basic.... just says we will live here rent and rates free while working here and agree to vacate if we finish working here. We are responsible for inside, LL for outside (structurally) and we agree to keep garden tidy.

Pendeen.... if his decision, then his resposibility... that's ok with me! He is notoriously slow to do anything, so will just leave it and let her pester him again at some point

although he did ask dh to ask me to do it........I think he only avoided asking me directly (he sees me every day) as he feels it is a bit unreasonable too!