I'm not an expert, but it appears that you don't have to pay anything. I do know that it is the responsibility of the person who has the bark on their property to remove branches interfering with the neighboring homes. However, in your case it was you who "hired" this guy to do the job and not the "owners" of the tree. That in itself could put you in a big wrong since it isn't your tree. You or your landowner is supposed to get in contact with the tee "owner" about doing something about the tree. If he is to bill someone it's the person who "hired" him, which is you. But if there was no contract he has no proof he was even the one who did the work. So it's pretty much his word against yours. I can understand him wanting some compensation for his work but he should have discussed that with your prior to him doing the work. But it was never brought up. If you feel you'd like to compensate him for his work, that is really up to you. If he pushes the matter it might make for an unfriendly situation but he was at fault for not bringing up the topic of compensation and a contract.
Like I said I'm not an expert, just someone who knws landowners who have had tree/neighbor situations just like this.
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Date: 2008-09-09 11:25 pm (UTC)I do know that it is the responsibility of the person who has the bark on their property to remove branches interfering with the neighboring homes. However, in your case it was you who "hired" this guy to do the job and not the "owners" of the tree. That in itself could put you in a big wrong since it isn't your tree. You or your landowner is supposed to get in contact with the tee "owner" about doing something about the tree.
If he is to bill someone it's the person who "hired" him, which is you. But if there was no contract he has no proof he was even the one who did the work. So it's pretty much his word against yours. I can understand him wanting some compensation for his work but he should have discussed that with your prior to him doing the work. But it was never brought up. If you feel you'd like to compensate him for his work, that is really up to you. If he pushes the matter it might make for an unfriendly situation but he was at fault for not bringing up the topic of compensation and a contract.
Like I said I'm not an expert, just someone who knws landowners who have had tree/neighbor situations just like this.