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Have an arborist take a look, they are knowledgeable and able to make an accurate assessment.
If the tress are likely to fall due to an issue that the arborist can identify, send a copy of his report by certified mail to your neighbor as well as a copy to your insurance carrier.
If your neighbor decides not to remove the trees and they fall on your property, your neighbor will then be legally responsible for all costs involved for any subsequent damage to your property and costs for the tree removal and cleanup.
Have an arborist take a look, they are knowledgeable and able to make an accurate assessment.
If the tress are likely to fall due to an issue that the arborist can identify, send a copy of his report by certified mail to your neighbor as well as a copy to your insurance carrier.
If your neighbor decides not to remove the trees and they fall on your property, your neighbor will then be legally responsible for all costs involved for any subsequent damage to your property and costs for the tree removal and cleanup.
This is the only way to legally protect yourself.
This sounds like the most educated approach to take.
In many states, if a tree falls onto your property and causes damages, you are responsible for handling it with your insurance company unless you can properly document that the tree was unhealthy and should be removed prior to it falling.
So it sounds like in this case you need to begin documenting and notifying the neighbor that their trees are at risk.
Have you had any palm tree experts out to look at them? You say they're rotting. Palm trees shed and need maintenance. It doesn't mean that they're rotting.
Palm trees rot and fall over all the time. I am in Florida, lots of palms. One of my neighbors palms just up and keeled over last year into my yard. Fortunately we had not built our expensive pond yet. He took care of removing it and repairing our fence. Just a couple weeks ago another huge palm in the neighborhood snapped off. The dangers are real. I would have them inspected especially since they are threatening your property, OP.
They are not on my property until they fall down they are tall palm trees the trunks are rotting and leaning into my driveway
Can’t you call the City about the danger of the trees and get the City to force homeowners to deal with issue?
Do you have an HOA for your neighborhoood?
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