My neighbours have subsidence. Their insurance company is blaming my trees in my garden and have a structural engineers report backing up this claim. We need to remove our trees which is going to cost us £500 and then it is going to cost us a considerable amount more to make the garden looking good again. The trees are a major part of the garden which in turn is a major selling point of the house.I feel my house will be devalued if I go ahead and remove the trees. Do I have any legal position on this. Can I legally not remove the trees without being liable to any future subsidence in my next door neighbours property. If I remove the trees and the subsidence continues, can I sue them for loss of value to my property?RegardsToby
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Thanks for your question. Please remember to click ACCEPT once you get my answer.What you need is another independent report conducted by yourselves.If this new report states the trees are the cause of the problem - then you have difficulty.This is because if there are future problems you could be sued for negligence. That is because if you were aware of the problem and did nothing about it and it caused further issues, they could claim against you.If you have the report and it states the trees are not to blame then yes, you can refuse to move it and they will not have any recourse to you.So it depends on what this new report states. Please remember to click accept so that I am credited for my time. Thank you.
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