22 years ago our neighbors planted a hedge on the property line. There are 40 trees that make up the hedge. Last week I trimmed 7 trees I trimmed branches that were encroaching my property and also cut them down to 7 feet. Now I received a letter from an attorney (a friend of his) threatening damages of $900.00 per tree. I've lived here for 21 years and the neighbors use it as recreational property. They trimmed it in the past, now its out of control and in places its over 13 feet tall, blocking sun to our garden.
I just got out our home owners protective covenants agreement concerning hedges and it goes: No fences hedges or boundary walls shall be planted or constructed more than 6 feet in height and, in ares where, in the opinion of the control committee, such fences, hedges, boundary walls or plantings would interfere with the view of adjacent lots in said plat they may be limited to a lesser height as specified by the control committee.