Moving Young Hedge
Hi
I am after some advice
I recently moved into a new build house and I am not happy with the position of the hedge. I want to move it to the boundary.
It is 6 months old so still very young.
Can I do this and what is the best method?
Thanks
Mike
I am after some advice
I recently moved into a new build house and I am not happy with the position of the hedge. I want to move it to the boundary.
It is 6 months old so still very young.
Can I do this and what is the best method?
Thanks
Mike
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Thanks for your responses
This is the hedge, it is some kind of flowering privet.
The bit on the road side of the garden is about 4 foot from the boundary as the developer put a flower bed, which I own, to the far side of it. Hedge is about a 2 foot or so high.
I am in Knaresborough nr Harrogate in North Yorkshire.
Our neighbour opposite recently knocked a child off her bike as he left his drive as his vision was obscured by tall shrubs to the right of his driveway. Fortunately she only suffered bruises and grazes and her mother was unbelievably forgiving.
It's also likely that Dove's right about the view when leaving the property. The lack of pavement is possibly a factor in that too.
It's a very good idea, but unfortunately, many estates won't have the room to take that into consideration.
Think I will write to the develop and get some info from them.
May look to add a metal fence that you can see through instead maybe.
Dont underestimate the growth of the hedging, in a couple of years it will be over the edge of the grass verge and you’ll need to cut it back.
i don’t think I would say anything to the developers, it all looks very open plan, they may ask you to remove the roadside ones.
A lot of services are under it which I found to my cost when a lamp post was replaced and they dug up part of my lawn and a flower bed! They were quite within their rights to do this as technically the land is not mine.
The house was newbuild so everything that is planted was done by the developer so they won’t ask me to remove anything but want to get their input into what I could and couldn’t do I think.