{"product_id":"vragen-27612-geachte-meneer-mevrouw-ik-heb-een-vrijstaande-woning-met-een-achtertuin-die-omheind-is-door-een","title":"Help with neighbour dispute about hedge | Legal aid centre","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Dear Sir\/Madam,\n\n I have a detached house with a backyard that is fenced in by a hedge. The hedge on the left and back is on my land. The hedge on the right is on my land and the neighbors' land. I have no problems with the neighbors on the right and back, but I do on the left.\n \nOn this side, my garden, with the hedge on my property, borders the gardens of 2 neighbours.\n Both neighbours cut the hedge lower than the rest of my hedge every year… Even when I have already cut the hedge.. They think they can decide how the hedge is. The neighbour at the back doesn’t allow it to be higher than the gutter of his garden shed that borders my garden because my hedge (according to him) is destroying his garden shed.\n\n What does the height of a hedge have to do with his garden shed? And shouldn't he just leave my hedge alone? I trim the hedge twice a year but not to the satisfaction of both neighbours.\n\n Talking is useless… One neighbor calls me derogatory… neighbor lady… and threatens me with his son the lawyer… and the other neighbor doesn’t even talk to me…..\n\n How can I solve this? I am considering moving but apart from those 2 neighbours on the left I have always liked living here (I live opposite a forest and can walk my dog ​​there).\n\n Kind regards,\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nYou are within your rights assuming the hedge is on your land and does not overhang. The neighbors are not allowed to touch your property.\n\n I advise you to use neighbourhood mediation. Neighbourhood mediation often works well in neighbourhood disputes. Ask your local council.\n\n And if that doesn't help, I recommend sending a registered letter in which you order them to leave the hedge alone and that if they fail to do so, you will take legal action and demand this under penalty of a high fine per violation.\n I'm happy to help you with this.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Following the advice of my colleague Doomernik, I would like to point out that the hedge must be at least 0.5 metres from the property boundary if the neighbours do not agree to planting the hedge.\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e \nWhat colleague Martens mentions is correct in itself. But the municipality may have decided otherwise (that sometimes happens with hedges) and there may also be a prescription. In any case, prescription occurs if the hedge has been there for 20 years (sometimes prescription can occur after 10 years).\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55014822052189,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-27612-geachte-meneer-mevrouw-ik-heb-een-vrijstaande-woning-met-een-achtertuin-die-omheind-is-door-een","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}