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My neighbor had planted a big stalk of bamboo by our pool about a year ago. It has been causing us trouble ever since and it's gotten huge. The wind blows the leaves into our pool everyday, so we have to spend the money to run the pool pump to vacuum the leaves up. About 1/4 of it is on our side, but it causes us loads of greif. He says that it looks good from his office, but it hangs over and makes our life hard. He has made 2 attempts to convince us that's it's okay by trimming it, but it grows back so fast that we still have to deal with it.
Do we have any legal rights to forcing him to cut it down? It's on our side, but I'm not sure if we can do anything about it.
Thanks for any ideas!
Answers:
You can cut down anything on your side of the line, but can't cross over the line to cut lower. You can dig out the roots that are on your side. I'd use Round-up on the part that was on my side of the line.
Check with the local code enforcer (city or county) about what your rights are as far as his making an illegal encroachment. Probably not much.
If you want to operate outside what is strictly permitted, go out at night and spray salt water on the base of it as far as you can reach into the clump. Or use diluted acid out of your pool supply locker.
I'm not suggesting you go outside the rules.
Since he likes how it looks from his window, you could use the stalks on your side to hang old ratty underwear and rags on to dry.
That's part of living in a 'free society'. Ur going to just have to cut down the 1/4 that keeps growing on ur side, or buid a fence. And it 'grows' back 'so fast'? ur serious on this 1?
no. if it is on there property.
in less you have there permission.
yah you cant cut stuff if it's on their side, but what's hanging on your side you can. And if it's on your side you can spray plant killer on the part that's on your side. Good idea right? haha. I mean, he has to be respectful of you as a neighbor. I don't know about legal rights, but if I were you I would spray **** on that plant to kill it. You are legally able to spray stuff on the part that's on your side. I know that much.
Whatever is on your property, you can trim back.
Don't listen to the Round Up idea, as that doesn't just kill what you spray it on. It'll affect the whole tree. And if you kill his tree, he'll sue.
And he'll win.
If the bamboo is planted on his property.there is not much you can do about it.you might be able to force him to trim the part that is coming over onto your property.but you cannot legally force him to cut it down..its on his property...
have you considered putting up a tall wall along the side where the bamboo is planted.this might keep some of the leaves out of your pool..
*** after reading some of the other replies you have gotten...don't put poison any part of this plant or it will end up killing it... Atavacron is right...it the plant dies all this person has to do is a soil sample to find the cause and you will end up getting sued. and he would win *****
I have bamboo. I'm trying to kill it. The plant is a rhizome.its all one plant. My plant has spread over to 2 of our neighbors and its out of control after 7 years. This was planted by a previous occupant. It is now pushing up all our intricate brick work and moving half way up our yard.
I believe you have recourse if you document your concerns to your neighbor. After all it will overrun your property.and his soon.
One of our neighbors was presented with a letter from a lawyer from her adjoining neighbor. The complaint was that her upkeep of her yard was encouraging ants that were making its way/invading her neighbors home. I don't know how they could prove that, but it worked. She cleaned up her yard immediately.
A letter from an attorney can be very persuasive. Even if you can't sue.your neighbor may not know that. It just has to sound legal and threatening.
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