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[Foxtrot92]

Our house is right next door to a school. Last year the bushes were all neatly trimmed, now they've overgrown and coming over our fence.

WIBU to ask the school to get them cut again as they're affecting our fences and we're currently renting.

Thanks

It's probably not high on their list of priorities.

The employee responsible for hedge cutting has probably had their job cut.

I would speak to your landlord or rental agent, but if it's bothering you then of course you should say something - it is your home!

I would try the LEA

You can cut anything on your side of the boundary

Well it's going to get to the point where it will end up damaging the fence and as a tenant that damage will come out of our deposit which wouldn't be fair.

That's a picture of how it looked last summer.

You can cut any overhang but must speak to them about permission to dispose of what you cut or throw it over.
It can be construed as theft, but most people/places aren't that pedantic.
Naturally the former is the most polite.

Of course YANBU.
They might not have the resources to do it, but, if it is at all possible, schools generally do what they can to get on with their neighbours.

Alternative 2 is they might be more than happy for you to go round and cut it back yourself.

Alternative 3 - as you rent - is to let the Landlord or letting agent know, and let them deal (as it is their fence getting damaged).

They might have no money left in the budget for ground maintenance! I know our school doesn't - we all went in mid holidays to tidy up the bushes ourselves, the caretaker has been weeding the driveway by hand etc...

I' d approach the school to find out who is responsible. When you know, you can make contact with them. If they aren't willing then ask if you can arrange to cut them and involve your landlord.

The LL won't do it. The garden is generally the tenant's responsibility.

You could ask the school, but I doubt they'll bother. You may need to do it yourself. I think it looks better with all the green over it, than the bland fence. JMO.

Yes, but this isn't the OP's garden. It is something from the NDN (in this case, a school) that is then effecting the LL's fence. She is just letting her/him know there is a potential issue that will arise if it isn't halted soon.

I realise the school may well have had it's budget slashed and may not have the wherewithal to do it, but it seems the most sensible place to ask first, so they are then aware. You never know, they might have one of those lovely caretakers who doesn't mind. Or they might even have a volunteer, or volunteers who will do it. Or they might apply to one of the companies that lend their staff for a day to help schools etc with jobs like gardening. They might not, of course, but at least when the LL puts in a bill for the fence being pushed over orwhatever next year, they can't claim to be unaware of the situation.