Neighbor isuses

[dougtrr2]

Sorry about the long story....



He noticed where the neighbors had dug their trench into the ditch. He says the trees right on the edge of that trench are going to fall at some point in time. He could not specify a time frame.

His guess is they are not tall enough to hit any of our buildings when they fall.

So my first issue is do I have a talk with them about this to get it taken care of sooner rather than later? Do I send them a certified letter?

..... it appears the trench they dug and the tile line they installed is draining a federally protected wetland.

Go talk to the man. Too many what if's and maybe's here.
The trees may or may not fall.
They may or may not fall on your land.
They may or may not hit your buildings.
The tile may or may not be draining wetlands.
He may or may not already be compliance with wetlands regulations

Too much speculation, too few facts.

Go talk to your neighbor and get the facts. Feign ignorance and ask about the tile and wetlands. His response will most likely tell you which way to proceed.

Doug in SW IA

 

[Oldpath05]

Stewards of the land is usually a one sided rule and mostly works against the working man of his own land. But when it comes to a big power companies with government on their side, stewards of the land is thrown out the window. Therefore a 100' wide power line is going through western ME from Canada to MA, through high land, low land, wet land, and against a lot of ME peoples will.

Some Maine citizens tried to bring it to a vote but the rich and powerful had it thrown out, citing Eminent Domain, like for the good of all, but this power line isn't going to help me or most of ME, my power bill keeps going up, it will help the power company, Canada, MA and sure a lot of temp jobs, stewards of the land, bah humbug......

 

[Oldpath05]

Go talk to the man. Too many what if's and maybe's here.
The trees may or may not fall.
They may or may not fall on your land.
They may or may not hit your buildings.
The tile may or may not be draining wetlands.
He may or may not already be compliance with wetlands regulations

Too much speculation, too few facts.

Go talk to your neighbor and get the facts. Feign ignorance and ask about the tile and wetlands. His response will most likely tell you which way to proceed.

Doug in SW IA

:thumbsup:

 

[Oldpath05]

So, to be clear, you're worried about a tree on your neighbor's property that may or may not fall down at some point in the near or distant future, which if/when it does, may or may not even fall on your land. If it does fall on your land, it will cause no damage, only clean up?

That seems like a really easily problem with an even easier solution. Wait for the tree to fall down, and if/when it does, offer to help your neighbor clean it up whether it fell on your land or not.

I live on a private drive. The drive is technically our land, but the neighbors have a right of way. Last month a wind storm came through and knocked over a dead tree on their side of the road. It fell across the road, blocking it, and landed in my woods. I thought about suing them over it, but instead decided to get the tractor out, since they don't have one and I'm always looking for an excuse to use mine, and move the tree so everyone could get out. Then I came back with a chainsaw and log splitter (again, they don't have either and I'm always looking for an excuse to use mine) and cut and split the little bit of good wood and left it for them.

I think the issue of the wetlands can be handled in a similar fashion. It's not your property, so don't even worry about it.

:thumbsup:

 

[CobyRupert]

I disagree with most of the comments here.
Yes, talk to your neighbor and tell him you are going to send a certified letter expressing your concern that the trees are going to fall, unless he:
A) Removes trees, or
B) Agrees in writing that he accepts responsibility for what happens when they fall.
Heck, it would be neighborly to help him remove trees.

Otherwise, in most states, when they fall, it’s an Act of God, and YOU are responsible for the damage to your property by his trees that he doomed to fall. However if tree owner was warned, then its not an Act of God and they are responsible for damage.

Protect yourself first AND be neighborly.

 

[lilranch2001]

The wetlands rules in these parts are quite interesting...

Wetland rules

What does music vids have to do with wetland rules?

 

[lilranch2001]

From my experience, If it is federally protected wetlands, the fed bureaucracy will find it on their own, they have a huge budget, and there is nothing they like doing more than screwing with people doing things with their own property!

 

[two_bit_score]

I disagree with most of the comments here.
Yes, talk to your neighbor and tell him you are going to send a certified letter expressing your concern that the trees are going to fall, unless he:
A) Removes trees, or
B) Agrees in writing that he accepts responsibility for what happens when they fall.
Heck, it would be neighborly to help him remove trees.

Otherwise, in most states, when they fall, it’s an Act of God, and YOU are responsible for the damage to your property by his trees that he doomed to fall. However if tree owner was warned, then its not an Act of God and they are responsible for damage.

Protect yourself first AND be neighborly.

So if you have a dog you wouldn’t mind if your neighbor came over and served you with notice that you should get rid of the dog or agree in writing that the dog will never bark at night, bite anyone, crap out side his own yard or any number of things the dog might do to annoy, harm or inconvenience the neighbor sometime in the future and if the dog does any of these things you would be responsible.
Of course you would appreciate the neighbors gracious offer to help you rid yourself of the dog immediately least he become an unbearable nuisance at some unknown time in the future.

Very neighborly of you.

 

[lilranch2001]

Lol.

 

[Oldpath05]

What does music vids have to do with wetland rules?

Because you asked that question I had to click on his link, thats a good question, looks like a medical marageewanna post to me. Back in my day it would've been this music vid followed by a bunch of white robed people drinking coke...... Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube