Whos responsible for hanging trees?
I live in Coconut Grove and my yard (as well as the yards along my entire block of Crystal View Court) backs up to L’Hermitage, a large walled in community. They have a line of trees planted along the wall. Running parallel to the wall on the north side, which is where I live, are the FPL and phone company lines. I have lived in my home since 2001 and a number of times, FPL has contracted with Asplundh to trim the trees which at times fully engulf the wires. Currently, the trees are more overgrown than ever before. Not only are they completely encroaching the wires, but in my case they are hanging very low into my yard and touching the roof of my house. I have seen rats walking along the branches and then following the wires onto the roof of my house. I have contacted the property manager at L’Hermitage, FPL, and AT&T regarding the need to trim the trees multiple times. L’Hermitage feels that FPL should undertake the job. FPL has sent someone out twice and both times told me that they
