MtHoodRising
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Oregon
We had a natural rock retaining wall built about six inches inside of our property line along the back of our property at the time that our house was built a year ago to level the back of our yard. The wall is about five feet high in one corner and goes to about two feet high at the other corner. We then had a fence built on the top of the wall, which stands about two feet from the edge of the wall (needed due to posts being dug with 18" cement holes). Our house and wall were completed prior to the neighbors behind us buying their new construction home. What we have now discovered is that our neighbors have planted fast growing climbing vines below the wall that are climbing the wall and threaten to climb our fence below. We also do not want any plantings to encroach the two foot area between the top of the wall and the fence (this will potentially grow under the fence and into our expensive landscaping). We have approached the neighbors to get rid of the vines, but they refuse and say that the rock wall is an eye-sore. Does our neighbor have the right to plant these vines to encroach on our property and potentially climb our fence? Can I legally cut the vines off our wall or use Roundup to get rid of them? Again, the wall is 6 inches inside our lot line and the fence is at least two feet inside the lot line, so neither the wall nor the fence is shared property with the neighbor.What is the name of your state?
We had a natural rock retaining wall built about six inches inside of our property line along the back of our property at the time that our house was built a year ago to level the back of our yard. The wall is about five feet high in one corner and goes to about two feet high at the other corner. We then had a fence built on the top of the wall, which stands about two feet from the edge of the wall (needed due to posts being dug with 18" cement holes). Our house and wall were completed prior to the neighbors behind us buying their new construction home. What we have now discovered is that our neighbors have planted fast growing climbing vines below the wall that are climbing the wall and threaten to climb our fence below. We also do not want any plantings to encroach the two foot area between the top of the wall and the fence (this will potentially grow under the fence and into our expensive landscaping). We have approached the neighbors to get rid of the vines, but they refuse and say that the rock wall is an eye-sore. Does our neighbor have the right to plant these vines to encroach on our property and potentially climb our fence? Can I legally cut the vines off our wall or use Roundup to get rid of them? Again, the wall is 6 inches inside our lot line and the fence is at least two feet inside the lot line, so neither the wall nor the fence is shared property with the neighbor.What is the name of your state?