Will neighbor be responsible if tree falls?
Hi,
Our home is located at the base of a sloped hill on which there are many, very tall pine trees. They are beautiful, but we are worried about them falling on our house. The problem is that our property line cuts diagonally up the hill, causing most of the trees to be located on our neighbor's land. We have kindly approached him on the issue, asking if we (at our expense) could remove only those trees that could possibly fall on our house. (two have actually fallen in the last year, but missed the house, so this is a real danger) Also, we assured him that if there was any profit to be gained from the felled trees, it would certainly go to him. He refused. Will we have any legal recourse if one of his trees fall on our house, esp. since we requested he remove this danger? We bought our home with inheritance money, so own a nice home, but can't afford house insurance. We'll be in big trouble financially if a tree comes through our roof, not to mention the risk to our lives. We are near Spokane, WA if that info. Helps. Oh yeah, our neighbor is a lawyer so I guess I could ask him if he'll be legally responsible if a tree hits our house, but I doubt he'd appreciate it. LOL
Thanks for any advice!