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costly garden work needed due to neighbours plants

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thisisyesterday · 01/04/2011 18:06

can anyone tell me where i stand legally???

the people round the corner from me have bamboo in their garden. their garden backs onto ours.
the bamboo has spread, as it is wont to do, all over my garden.
we tried to keep it down, by snapping it off when it popped up, and digging some of it out

now, however, it is popping up all over the grass. it's very sharp when the first points come up, which means the children can't go out barefoot.
it has ruined the sandpit... coming up through the bottom of it,
and I have now noticed that it is under the patio, lifting the slabs up!

our only way of getting rid of it is basically to dig the entire garden up, and at the same time put something down between the 2 gardens that goes down far enough and is strong enough to prevent it coming through.

here's the twist... i think the house may have changed hands since the bamboo was planted.
i would like to know, if this is the case, whether or not i can ask them for some money towards the very expensive job of making my garden useable again??

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Mirage · 03/04/2011 13:33

1973Magpie,will pm you with the details.

1973magpie · 08/04/2011 12:39

Thanks Mirage, that's really useful information. I've written to the Landlady next door, and hopefully will get permission to treat the original plant in her garden at the same time Smile

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