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Be sure you do nothing to damage or kill the trees.
MY daughter about 12 years ago in California had some beautiful cottonwood trees about 15 feet inside her line in the back yard. Made her backyard a very nice place to be in the summer. Her neighbor hated trees, so used an injector to send weed killer down 4 feet, to kill the roots of her trees.
My daughter took him to court herself, and collected just over $40,000 for the value of the trees, plus the costs to take them out, plus replace them. It is amazing how much the court thought each tree was worth at the size they were. The court put a lien on his property, that had a 3 month time frame to pay my daughter in full, or they would lose the home to her. Really broke the other property owner, financially.
Be sure you do nothing to damage or kill the trees.
MY daughter about 12 years ago in California had some beautiful cottonwood trees about 15 feet inside her line in the back yard. Made her backyard a very nice place to be in the summer. Her neighbor hated trees, so used an injector to send weed killer down 4 feet, to kill the roots of her trees.
My daughter took him to court herself, and collected just over $40,000 for the value of the trees, plus the costs to take them out, plus replace them. It is amazing how much the court thought each tree was worth at the size they were. The court put a lien on his property, that had a 3 month time frame to pay my daughter in full, or they would lose the home to her. Really broke the other property owner, financially.
To answer your original question, the answer is no. You can't bill him for that. You just have to suck it up and deal. We have a majestic, heritage red oak in our backyard that dumps leaves into our adjacent neighbor's driveway. The magnolia also dumps leaves along its radius. Every fall leaves from our trees blow anywhere and everywhere. By the same token, leaves from their trees fall in my yard and I have to deal with it. Sure there are property lines but the trees are everywhere. They can be a pain to clean up but they provide shade, privacy and simply look better than a plain bare yard. We specifically moved to our development to get mature trees all around. Thankfully all of my neighbors appreciate the trees around them.
No, trimming vertically along the property line won't solve the problem.
Yes it will. And it is your ONLY recourse.
Also you may be held responsible for removal and replacement costs if you do anything to kill the trees and are caught at it.
Sorry, but this is entirely common along property lines. Expecting your neighbor to clean up YOUR YARD is not going to fly at all. Even if the leaves are coming from "his" trees.
I would like to know what type of tree grows so fast in the time frame the OP gave that his gutters are at risk and what tree will have such a large canopy at full maturity.
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Saltwater. But you didn't hear it from me.
We had a neighbor years ago who planted a row of pine trees down the edge of his driveway on a one foot wide strip he owned. It created a tremendous mess for my parents to deal with.
One may want to have some legal advice before proceeding with such a tactic.
Since when is a natural enhancement to nature viewed as negative. We need more trees, not less in urban settings. Besides which, I question what trees grow to be 200 feet in height. Sequios? Australian Mountain
Ash? Not many more than that.
My neighbor just planted about 5 broadleaf trees right at the property line. In my part of the country, they grow rapidly and will reach 200' tall with a 50' diameter crown. It'll take 50 years to get that large, but in another 5 or 10 years they'll be large enough to drop a ton of leaves on my property.
Wow--if Maple trees grow to 200 feet in your area, you must have really good soil! What type are they--Acersequoia?
If your neighbor just planted them, though--and if you're really that distraught about some nice Maple trees--offer to help him replant them a bit further away. Your best bet is to just get gutter guards and enjoy the shade--many years hence, of course.
if your neighbor put these trees in an area where they probably shouldn't go - this odd, terraced-sounding space at the border of your lots, then get off the internet and walk around the corner and introduce yourself and provide them information.
For example, I am dealing right now with some ungodly Leyland Cypresses that were planted by the owner before me, but now have reach full height, maturity, and PITA factor. So, I talked to my neighbor. Start there.
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