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Overgrown trees in a rented property

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  • 29-08-2010 6:45pm
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    Garvan
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I live in a house that has a rented house beside it. Does anyone know if the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses)(Amendment) Act 2009 covers overgrown trees?

    I paid a guy to top the rented property's trees along the dividing wall in the back garden last year but the landlord, having no issue with the work being done would not contribute to the cost of the work

    The issue now is he has a very large tree in his front garden is just way too big for the size of the garden

    Besides cutting off the overhanging branches and tossing them back in the garden.....what can I do???

    Legislation....
    http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,21710,en.pdf

    Regards

    Garvan


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    jezko
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭jezko


    Garvan wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I live in a house that has a rented house beside it. Does anyone know if the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses)(Amendment) Act 2009 covers overgrown trees?

    I paid a guy to top the rented property's trees along the dividing wall in the back garden last year but the landlord, having no issue with the work being done would not contribute to the cost of the work

    The issue now is he has a very large tree in his front garden is just way too big for the size of the garden

    Besides cutting off the overhanging branches and tossing them back in the garden.....what can I do???

    Legislation....
    http://www.environ.ie/en/Legislation/DevelopmentandHousing/Housing/FileDownLoad,21710,en.pdf

    Regards

    Garvan


    If the tree was a danger to you, your property or others you might go the legal way...costly !! if its just blocking sun to your property then as you say besides the over hanging branches Not very much!!

    approach the owner/landlord and ask if you can cut it down ... if it is a risk to the guttering/roof etc he may agree.. as to the cost...


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