Neighbor had no idea where the property lines are, and cut down my healthy 89-year-old oak because he didn't like trees being near his shed
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Then, upon my pointing out the property stakes he missed- showing that it was about forty feet into my property- he switched to demanding I pay half the $2K he spent to have day laborers cut it down.
Yeah.
That stump is 89" in circumference, by the way. I'm just glad I looked out into my backyard and was able to intervene before he had them cut down the adjacent oak as well.
Got pictures of the stump, the other trees he had cut down at the same time (mostly on his lot), the day laborers in question, the property stakes that were ignored, and photos from both my front yard and his to demonstrate before/after as compared to Google photos. Filed a police report. Wife wrote down her recollection of the confrontation. Tree lawyer contacted. Working on getting a survey. Found an arborist association that offers consulting. Let the property manager of the next-door house know that this guy took out a few trees on their lot as well. I'm a Virginia resident and it looks like we have triple damages for timber trespass so I am being thorough.
Let me know if I missed anything. I guess I'm just here to vent. My wife and I are both pretty upset.
Congratulation's, you must be a regular here because it sounds like you did everything right by the book. I hope you live in a treble damage state because this was totally intentional. I think he is going to shit a proverbial brick when he finds out what it cost to replace a 28" tree, including planting and all. And if you live in a treble state.. Hey you get your tree and your neighbor just sent you and the kids/grandkids to fly to Disneyland. Man what a dick that guy was.
An Oak at that, absolutely gorgeous trees, but not exactly fast growers
Can you even buy trees like this? I can't even fathom the cost. I have a tree fern and that thing isn't a tree, 5ft tall and it's worth a £1000+
An OAK that big, how do you even move a tree that big without it dieing. Boggles my mind
It’s absolutely possible to move them, I think it’s generally done as a conservation effort and to settle a civil dispute. But I guess if you had the money, you could do just about anything. Iirc there are so many variables that it’s not recommended. I’m sure someone else knows more, but you can look up large tree transplants on YouTube.
The type of tree also matters a lot, maples are really hardy and don’t have as many issues like an oak would in re establishing its root system.
If the tree doesn’t take, I think you’d still be on the hook to replace it or pay, that’s why most people just settle without trying