If a neighbor's tree is going into your yard or hanging over your roof, it can be hard to decide what to do. Before making a move, homeowners need to know exactly where the property line is, what ...

Waking up to find your neighbor's tree unexpectedly sprawled across your yard is any homeowner's unwelcome surprise. This event is the kind that can instantly trigger a cascade of issues and questions ...

You can trim branches over your property line, but confirm the boundary first. You’re liable if your trimming harms the tree’s health or stability. Talk with your neighbor before cutting and follow ...

Q: We have a situation where a neighbor’s tree is dripping some kind of brownish stuff on our wall, which comes down like streaks of paint, and there is a bunch of debris. I finally had a tree expert ...

My neighbor has a large tree with limbs that hang over the property line and overtop my garage house. The tree is starting to look unhealthy and the tree limbs are really big. I’m worried a big branch ...

When a storm hits, anything can happen. Weakened or diseased trees fall after soaking rains. Branches split from the load of heavy snow or from strong winds. Even a healthy tree can drop dead branches ...

Q: Our neighbor behind our house has a tree that is about 40 feet tall. While we enjoy watching birds in the tree, we are worried about its condition. It has many bare branches and few leaves. We live ...

Q: When we bought our home 33 years ago, we installed a privacy fence on the property line of our backyard. About 10 years later, our neighbor attached boards and building materials to our fence posts ...

If a tree was properly maintained and healthy, but was knocked over by something like storm damage, the neighbor can't be held liable. But if the tree was unhealthy and it fell over onto another’s ...

Dear Eric: The home next door is vacant. I think it is a rental property. There is a huge tree in the front yard that is coming over my property. A tree from this property fell on my house a few years ...

A pile of leaves, pieces of rotting fruit, dead tree branches. It's not your tree, it's not even planted inside your fence, but now it's your job to clean up its mess. The first reaction might be to ...