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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
Just wondering what the thoughts are re: trees that over-hang lot lines. Our neighbor has a very large live-oak that's got limbs that arch over our yard. I did approach them about it awhile back and was told they'd take care of it. BUT so far, nothing has happened. It's concerning only because of the winds we have here. I like our neighbors and don't want to become a pain in toosh. We live in a "regular" neighborhood and not a villa one. Just looking for thoughts and if anyone has encountered this.
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Interesting discussion on your issue. It states typical positions but states that you should contact local officials.
We lived on a nice tree lined street in Marblehead, MA. Town owned and trimmed the trees on the street.(Town owned the electric company and street department)
In our backyard we had a similar tree which had its trunk on our property but had huge limbs overhanging other lots. A wind storm broke off a huge limb which fell and destroyed a large portion of our stockade fence. My responsibility. However, we found the tree to be damaged by huge colonies of carpenter ants. So, we decided to have the tree removed ($1800) which was totally my cost. Neighbor complained that I should have gotten her approval since it affected her privacy and endangered her property by disturbing the carpenter ants. We had simply told her that we were removing the tree. This all in same day we had people there to remove the broken limb.