What Would You Do?

firstdown · 10-20-2009, 12:43 PM

Well My neighbors tree hangs over into my yard and its the only place to park my boat. I asked the neighbor if he would mind if I trimmed back his tree and he said OK to trim back to his fence. I called a tree guy and he said he would come by and take a look at the tree and his minimum charge was $200. Never herd back from him but 4 or 5 days later he shows up with his crew but I'm at work and the wife is out of town. I talk to him and he said $200 to cut back the tree to the fence line. He starts work and the neighbors wife comes out mad he is trimming the tree back. He calls me and I tell him I talk to her husband and he said it was ok to trim tree to fence. Tree guy says ok he will let her know. I get another call from the tree guy and now she is out there again saying her property goes 4 feet past the fence. I tell him that's not true and I had a survey saying their fence is like 9 inches off the property line and I also point out my new garage that has to be 8' off the property line. He see's the garage and agrees that I could not have gotten a permit to build that there if their property was 4' on my side. He says he will take care of it and we hang up and I also said if he had any problems have her call me. He calls me back and said she was OK and he got the tree cut back. I ask him if it was cut back to the fence and he said yes. I get home and the tree is still hanging 4 to 6 feet over my property but it is better than before but not what I wanted. So I call him back and his story now is that she was ticked and without having the property line marked that was all he could do and he feard she would call the cops. I then asked him why he said he cut it back to the fence and why he did not call me back if he had an issue with her. I also said I'll talk with them and he could come and finish the job but he said he is going to charge me another $200 and I got mad and said no thanks. Its only $200 but I'm trying to figure if I should send him the $200 or should I send him like $125 for what he did. So what would you guys do?

10-20-2009, 12:43 PM	#1
firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 62 Posts: 15,817	What Would You Do? Well My neighbors tree hangs over into my yard and its the only place to park my boat. I asked the neighbor if he would mind if I trimmed back his tree and he said OK to trim back to his fence. I called a tree guy and he said he would come by and take a look at the tree and his minimum charge was $200. Never herd back from him but 4 or 5 days later he shows up with his crew but I'm at work and the wife is out of town. I talk to him and he said $200 to cut back the tree to the fence line. He starts work and the neighbors wife comes out mad he is trimming the tree back. He calls me and I tell him I talk to her husband and he said it was ok to trim tree to fence. Tree guy says ok he will let her know. I get another call from the tree guy and now she is out there again saying her property goes 4 feet past the fence. I tell him that's not true and I had a survey saying their fence is like 9 inches off the property line and I also point out my new garage that has to be 8' off the property line. He see's the garage and agrees that I could not have gotten a permit to build that there if their property was 4' on my side. He says he will take care of it and we hang up and I also said if he had any problems have her call me. He calls me back and said she was OK and he got the tree cut back. I ask him if it was cut back to the fence and he said yes. I get home and the tree is still hanging 4 to 6 feet over my property but it is better than before but not what I wanted. So I call him back and his story now is that she was ticked and without having the property line marked that was all he could do and he feard she would call the cops. I then asked him why he said he cut it back to the fence and why he did not call me back if he had an issue with her. I also said I'll talk with them and he could come and finish the job but he said he is going to charge me another $200 and I got mad and said no thanks. Its only $200 but I'm trying to figure if I should send him the $200 or should I send him like $125 for what he did. So what would you guys do?

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