Boundary problem

[willow]

We own a house in Normandy and on our last  visit (last week) we found that our box hedge (very old) was cut back and a tree within the hedge had been cut down by our neighbour!! I spoke with the chap and he said that the tree had fallen over into his garden so he had to cut it down. The hedge looks awful and we can now see into his garden and watch them in their gazebo! We used to tie our washing line to this tree and it was perfectly ok when we left in mid July.

I have found one of the boundary blocks with the red dot on top at the front of our house on the right hand side as you look at it and know that there is one of these blocks up behind our shed which runs in more or less a straight line to the one at the front. Now the question is - how do I  find out if he has cut the tree and box back illegally. How are the boundaries determined in France???

can anyone help me - Willow

[Ewa]

Hi Willow

Did you ever find out about boundary issues and ownership of trees?

We popped over to check our barn in Normandy two weeks ago and found a tree fallen down into our garden. The tree was growing on our neighbour's land (just) and has taken some of the fence with it. We need to find out if our neighbour has to remove the tree and put the fence right, or if we have to (which would mean free fire wood, but don't want to upset the neighbour!)

[Tony F Dordogne]

Send me an email and I'll forward my copy of the regs about hedges and proximity to you which may be of some help.  Why not go ask him/her what happened?