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Last post 08-09-2009 8:41 AM by Hilary. 1 replies.

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  • 06/09/2009 03:40 PM
    • Chocosmos
    • Suffolk
    • 08 Sep 2008
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    2009 has been the stuff of my worst nightmares.

    In March the person who bought the next door bungalow 70 meters away across an open field, cut down the line of cedars which screened the house from ours and proceeded to turn it into a much nicer, but much bigger and more visible 2-storey house.

    To add insult to injury, this past week, over 20, 60-year-old poplars have also been cut down by the farmer who owns the land between our properties — they were diseased — and the imminent removal of the last of them will bring the front as well as the side of my neighbour's property into our view. The farmer has said he intends to grow a native mix of oak, ash and maple to replace them which is fine, but won't solve the problem regarding the neighbour's house.

    What I want to know is that given the planning stipulation 'to replant in the next planting season' (now) — which deciduous trees would grow fast and go some way to replacing the screen between our houses in a 10-year time frame? (More poplars aren't the flavour of the month around here, and nobody wants Lleylandii — me included). There is ample room for some really big trees, as there's their north-west facing meadow sloping down to a farm track between our properties and no loss of light or of lack of space issues need to be taken into account from the neighbour's point of view.

    After my initial rage at their actions, we've kind of made peace and they've offered to 'soften' the view — I'll be an old lady by the time the house is completely hidden again, but some blurring in the meantime would be nice.

  • 08/09/2009 08:41 AM
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    • Hilary
    • Herts
    • 04 Sep 2009
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    Betula Jacquemontii are my favourite, they can be bought quite cheaply and fairly large and give you gorgeous white stems. They are also available as multi stemmed trees and can be planted quite close together to give an 'instant' screen, but with a dappled canopy. Another tree fairly rapid growing and very pretty (as long as it is far enough away from the house) would be Eucalyptus.What a great opportunity to start again and choose your view!

    Good luck