Dear Abby: Successful Home Renovation Hinges on Neighbors Removing a Tree. ‘Can We Just Ask Them?’

Dear Abby: Successful home renovation hinges on neighbors removing a tree. ‘Can we just ask them?’

DEAR ABBY: Last year, we renovated our house. We now have a south-facing roof that is ready for the installation of solar panels. Our utility company has an incentive program to lower the cost of the equipment, but it ends in six months.

Dear Abby: Can we ask neighbors if they’d let us pay to have a tree removed from their property?

People can be prickly about their property. But maybe they wouldn’t mind someone else covering a likely inevitable cost.

Neighbors’ cracked tree blocks plans for solar panels

DEAR ABBY: Last year, we renovated our house. We now have a south-facing roof that is ready for the installation of solar panels. Our utility company has an incentive program to lower the cost of the equipment, but it ends…