Siberian elms on neighboring property keep falling in our yard
The property behind us is undeveloped and ridden with Siberian elms. There are approved plans to have it developed into apartments so I know eventually they will probably remove the trees but for now, it’s a total pain. We and our next door neighbors have both have one of the trees drop a massive limb into our yards. His shed got smashed and while we’ve been lucky to miss anything big, today a huge limb fell and crushed about 6 trees I had planted. We also just had someone out to measure our yard for a fence install, and this makes me very hesitant paying for a fence when limbs are still falling. We’ve had the elms on our property removed or trimmed but since it’s just an empty lot right now, the property owners aren’t really over there and probably have no idea that they have an elm problem. Is there anything I can do? The trees look healthy-ish but the species is notorious for being unstable. I’m paying someone today to come cut and remove the one that fell but I don’t want to be trapped paying for someone else’s tree negligence. I have no idea if the company that owns the land is local or whether they’d write this off as not being worth their time. This is in Virginia, by the way. Any advice is welcomed, thanks!