Neighbours fall out over removal of toppled tree

Heidi Brett, 34, who lives in one of the flats in Walderslade, Kent, said: "It is a nightmare. This is a big tree. It's taller than our three-storey house.

"The owner says as it is now on my land, it is my responsibility to get it moved.

"Surely if you own something and it breaks or damages someone else's property then it's the owner's responsibility to fix it.

"I'm in a stalemate now because my landlord is refusing to pay for it because it's not his tree, which I understand."

Ms Brett said she will not know how much damage has been done to her home until the tree is taken away.

She added: "Bits of bricks are falling off and landing in my garden and the branches are getting droopy and falling off.

"There is water running down inside of the loft space too.

"It's getting more dangerous the longer it is left there."

Sheila Stenning, 61, who owns the land where the tree is, said: "It is not our responsibility because it is in their property and I have spoken to our insurance company multiple times about it.

"Their insurance company has to get it removed and then they can recover the costs."

Read more here:
Neighbours fall out over removal of toppled tree