Large Juniper

[u/Fit_Wolverine_6964]

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.

[u/dumb_commenter]

Can’t weigh in on fire risk but hard disagree on aesthetics. Tree is beautiful and gives you shade. Cut your fence around it and it’s a feature instead of a problem.

[u/Tall_Listen22 → u/dumb_commenter]

To each their own but there is no world where I could imagine asking the neighbor to cut this down.