---

@davewil1964 wrote:

---

@imastawka wrote:

---

@icyfroth wrote:

---

@imastawka wrote:

She wouldn't have bought it anyway.

 

New owners - young ones.     Won't be told.

 

Fruit trees are still overhanging the house.

 

They also overhang my house, but I have them chopped and thrown back over the fence.

---

Bad neighbour! 

 

Anything hanging over your fence is yours to deal with. You can reap the fruit, it's yours, or you can chop it back. 

 

Or you can antagonise your neighbours by throwing it back over the fence.

---

Overhanging branches

Property owners are responsible for branches that overhang a neighbour’s fence or roots that grow onto neighbouring property. If these cause damage or affect the neighbour’s enjoyment of their property, the neighbour can take the property owner to court. If branches from your neighbour’s trees hang over your side of the fence, you can cut off the overhanging branches and place them on the neighbour's side of the fence. Discuss this with your neighbour first – they may be happy to do it themselves. If this is not practical, you can ask the neighbour to get a professional to lop the branches for you.

 

https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/find-legal-answers/disputes-with-neighbours

---

A lot of us don't live in Victoria.

 

That's the joy of Australia - 25 million people, 9 legal systems, 8 education systems, 8 health systems...

---

Yeah, but I do and that's the salient point in answer to icy's dig.