On Sun, 4 May 2008 at 05:24:54, Aosmosis wrote in
uk.legal :
>I have an oak tree in my garden. My neighbour has untertaken a site
>survery and I received a letter saying that the roots are encroaching
>onto his property and some cracks have appeared.
>
>It may mean that our neighbours house would require underpinning,
>however direct line our contents and building insurer will not cover
>this.
>
>Our house was built before theirs was, and the oak tree is about 100
>years old and pre dates any of the houses on our close.
>
At 'only' 100 years old, that oak tree is just a teenager, so perhaps
your neighbour should get an ASBO served on it for the damage it is
doing... :)
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham |