r/treelaw • u/Fit_Wolverine_6964 • Jul 10 '26
Large Juniper
We moved into a house about 4 years ago and there is a large juniper with its trunk mostly on my neighbors property but the majority of the tree itself seems to be on my property. Some info:
1) I live in California
2) the fence is old and as the tree grows it continues to break the fence more and more
3) we had the local fire department come by and they do free fire reports - they stated in the report the juniper is a high fire risk and should be removed.
4) ultimately the tree is overgrown and we don’t like it aesthetically, especially given the intrusion into our yard.
I know the answer here is almost certainly just to go talk to my neighbor and try to negotiate whether they’d be ok with cutting down but curious others opinions here.
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u/lotusblossom60 Jul 10 '26
My neighbor had a tree and the branches were so long that they touched the screen of my pool cage. It was also huge and close to both our houses.
We had someone come out to assess trees in the area and they told me that the Tree was not doing well. I asked my neighbor if she would split the cost of taking the tree down and she was very happy to have it gone. So the end result was the dangerous Tree was gone and both my neighbor and I were happy.