All Forum Posts by: Chirag Patel

Hi everybody, 

thank you for your help and advice, i called the township and certified that it is not my responsibility to cut the tree down, 

i notified my neighbor saying that they could trim or cut the roots if they feel necessary, 

The tree is quite large and only a few roots are on their side, don't really see it coming down.

thank you for your help !

The current fence is a metal fence, it actually has been bent a little because of the roots and normal wear and tear (they have three big dogs), 

I suggested cutting off the roots, they said we plan on staying here a while, so it will just ruin our new fence in a few years, 

I said thats a long few year LOL, 

But yeah, I wanted to know who's liable, everything I read says whoever's side its on..

The other thing is I want to make sure not to damage the tree(not really too worried about this) not trying to have it fall over on our house or theirs 

Hi, 

I recently purchased a rental property which had been on the market for some time now, 

As soon a tenant moved in, my neighbor said they wanted to rebuild the fence, and are asking me to remove a tree which is in between both properties (trunk is on my side) 

The roots are growing above ground on their end, and my neighbor is asking me remove it (will definitely cost a decent amount.) I suggested to build the fence a foot or so in their property(they do not want to do this)  or cut our the root portion from the bottom of the fence(also do not want to do this)

My property is in Woodrbidge, NJ, 

Does anyone have any advice for me? Do I have to remove it? Am I liable?