04-17-2022, 02:38 PM
Hi everyone,
Anyone know the best way to figure out one's property lines? I've looked at my city's property viewer, but it's not intuitively obvious to see where the property lines are.
The issue, if anyone's curious-- my next-door neighbor, with whom I'm pretty friendly (and want to keep things that way!) has planted a tree in the area between our houses, next to the street. Stupidly, I'd thought that the tree would stay small, and not knowing much about trees, I didn't realize that what they'd planted is some kind of oak. If the tree had stayed small, I wouldn't have had a problem with it, but it's already starting to grow branches up and over my side of the property line, and also it is starting to grow up towards the power/phone lines. It also obscures my view of my car and the street with some of my Ring cameras, which I am definitely NOT happy about... defeats the whole purpose of the cameras.
I've contacted the neighbor about it, and they say that they'd planned to trim, but not until after the Spring season... they said they'd see what they could do to trim, but who knows when they'll take care of it. Frankly I'm a little surprised that they didn't speak with me first before planting it last year, given that it might lie along the property line.
I don't know all the full laws here in NOLA about trees on property lines, but I'd guess that we share responsibility for that tree... which is fine, had they asked me first before planting it. As mentioned, I do want to retain friendly relations with them, and it's also obvious that the spot where they'd planted it was intended to have something planted in that spot, but... planting an oak that close to both of our houses was maybe not a great idea? (On the flip side: trees absorb ground water, and around here, that's not a bad thing in terms of preventing flooding.)
What do you all make of this?
Anyone know the best way to figure out one's property lines? I've looked at my city's property viewer, but it's not intuitively obvious to see where the property lines are.
The issue, if anyone's curious-- my next-door neighbor, with whom I'm pretty friendly (and want to keep things that way!) has planted a tree in the area between our houses, next to the street. Stupidly, I'd thought that the tree would stay small, and not knowing much about trees, I didn't realize that what they'd planted is some kind of oak. If the tree had stayed small, I wouldn't have had a problem with it, but it's already starting to grow branches up and over my side of the property line, and also it is starting to grow up towards the power/phone lines. It also obscures my view of my car and the street with some of my Ring cameras, which I am definitely NOT happy about... defeats the whole purpose of the cameras.
I've contacted the neighbor about it, and they say that they'd planned to trim, but not until after the Spring season... they said they'd see what they could do to trim, but who knows when they'll take care of it. Frankly I'm a little surprised that they didn't speak with me first before planting it last year, given that it might lie along the property line.
I don't know all the full laws here in NOLA about trees on property lines, but I'd guess that we share responsibility for that tree... which is fine, had they asked me first before planting it. As mentioned, I do want to retain friendly relations with them, and it's also obvious that the spot where they'd planted it was intended to have something planted in that spot, but... planting an oak that close to both of our houses was maybe not a great idea? (On the flip side: trees absorb ground water, and around here, that's not a bad thing in terms of preventing flooding.)
What do you all make of this?