Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:15 pm  

You don't have to do anything until he provides conclusive evidence that it is your tree that is causing the problem.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:48 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

If you have to cut it down, be sure to plant another one in its place - mess with his mind for the next twenty years.

If there is indeed a preservation order, I might have to even if they let me/tell me to cut it down.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:49 pm  

LF13 wrote:

You don't have to do anything until he provides conclusive evidence that it is your tree that is causing the problem.

That's what I'm really hoping for (and obviously that he then can't do so).

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:49 pm  

By the way, thanks everyone for the replies.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:58 pm  

Your trees where there long before he moved in correct?

He must have viewed the house and seen the trees, its his own stupid fault, he should have looked into the matter himself in more depth instead of then coming round and moaning that there is a problem, like the people who move next to a church and complain that the bells are loud, if you dont like it dont move there.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:27 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

Your trees where there long before he moved in correct?

He must have viewed the house and seen the trees, its his own stupid fault, he should have looked into the matter himself in more depth instead of then coming round and moaning that there is a problem, like the people who move next to a church and complain that the bells are loud, if you dont like it dont move there.

Correct. And you echo quite a bit of my thoughts on the matter. Another thing he's bugged me with is complaining about how much of a mess the sap makes on his cars when they have 3 and a garage they don't use to house any of them. When I pointed out the invention of the car cover, his response was 'Why should I have to buy one of those?'

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:04 pm  

Torch his car, you'll be alleviating his concern.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:08 pm  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:

Torch his car, you'll be alleviating his concern.

Re: Trees : Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:03 pm  

Tell him your tree is suffering as a result of his polluting vehicles. I assume your tree is used by birds? Point these things out. Post a copy of Lovelock's Revenge of Gaia through his letterbox and tell him to stuff his cars where the sun doesn't shine!

Re: Trees : Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:35 am  

He sounds like a bit of a numb-nuts anyway, just tell him your birch tree is an aspirin tree, you're growing it for medicinal reasons and after the predicted great aspirin shortage of 2014 if he needs a hangover cure then he'll have to ask you nicely before you hand over some bark tea. When he looks totally baffled, show him this article ... http://www.homeremedycentral.com/en/herbal-remedies/herb/white-birch-bark.html

He sounds like a bit of a numb-nuts anyway, just tell him your birch tree is an aspirin tree, you're growing it for medicinal reasons and after the predicted great aspirin shortage of 2014 if he needs a hangover cure then he'll have to ask you nicely before you hand over some bark tea. When he looks totally baffled, show him this article ... http://www.homeremedycentral.com/en/herbal-remedies/herb/white-birch-bark.html