My neighbor's enormous live oak smashed into our backyard (pic now) UPDATE

This is a huge mess. It wrecked our fence and will cost thousands to remove.

I'm adding a picture to prove I'm not lying. Y'all have some trust issues.

Stop saying I'm trashy because I have a window unit on a SHED that is detached from my home. Geez.

The people saying that their insurance covers everything have no idea. It's not clear who is going to pay yet and debris removal limits to $500. This will be about $3000, just for the removal. The costs of damages to the fence and our son's play set aren't the major expense.

Most importantly, my son wasn't on the play set when this happened.

Update: Yes she knew it was a risk and fully admits it. I'm not angry because we loved that tree too. We are going to work together to reduce both our costs. I got that quote a few hours after it happened but we all know it was probably inflated because my husband wasn't home. We both have people who want to help and want the firewood. It's not as big of a mess as I thought initially. We have a good relationship with this neighbor and it will stay that way.

Oh and frick all the posters that assumed I was a trashy litigious bitch and thanks to those that gave me real advice.

Post crash

Pre-crash pic for those saying this was not a live oak

Her backyard has no damage other than enormous trunk and our shared fence.


Her tree snapped from rot.


Our new view- and yes my son loves it.