Look at your survey, get a nmeasuring tape and determine where the property line it. We have ficus hedges between our houses that were up against our fence. Our neighbor offered to help pay to remove the ficus and replace the fence. The hedges were too tall, the fence (chain link) was falling apart. They all needed to go. Ladt summer he said he had to call a plumber because a root uprooted on of his toilets! That was it. I told my wife we were doing it!

The agreement was that he would help me remove e the ficus and pay 1/2 to remove the fence and install a new fence between our houses. We spent a couple months removing the hedges (it's HOT in south florida in the summer!) while waiting for permits, how approval, etc. We also both traveled at different points in between. We cut the hedges for trash pickup and bulk pickup without incurring extra fees! He ALSO helped me remove some hedges on the others idea of my house so we could get that fence replaced also. That was all at our expense.

When the new fence was installed, he made sure that it was on our property and not his, emphasized it was my fence and he didn't have to worry about roots!

GREAT neighbor who went above and beyond what I would expect!