Just about to head out here for a two day Pine removal job. A person is paying to have his neighbor's trees removed, not liking the lean or the shade. Got the neighbor's tel# and called them up (it's a second home), they said, "Go ahead and cut them, but we're not paying". They hardly ever use the place, it's falling apart. The neighbor on the other side about had a heart attack, went on and on about all the trees being cut in the area, which is bs, and firmly said to stay off their property. I don't think they've used the place in over ten years, it's like a jungle there. It's pretty dumb not to want to accept the offer to have someone else pay to have your hazardous trees removed, but some folks are just..well...dumb. A common scenario here with the Pines getting on fifty years old plus, with little or no maintenance, and many of the second home builders up there in years themselves, not coming around much anymore. Can whack the limbs over the property line in such instances, but legally that's about it.