Tree root issue?
We have a crabapple in our alley and we are 1st time homeowners. The neighbor just said the roots are popping up all over their yard (right side) and they are concerned the roots are going to grow into the foundation and cause structural damage. This is a tree that has been there since 1985 or so. I dont want to be bullied. We have already out of our pocket had tree people trim her side when she wanted it. What are we expected to do? How do we communicate boundaries? We live in the greater twin cities are of MN.
After chatting with her further... Sounds like their dogs chewed some roots and they cut the top of the roots to make sure their dogs can't chew them any more(?) Without telling us prior. They will let us have an arborist come through look at it in the future. They indicated they plan to cement the area because nothing grows back there in the far future. Nothing grows there because of the shade of the tree.