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Cutting down the trees was more than neighborly, I would think they have diminished the property value by doing so. Do your parents have a pool as well? If no then I would think the responsibility to maintain a fence for the purpose of protecting the public from the pool rests solely on the pool owner. I have split fencing costs with both of my side neighbors w no pools on any of our properties, neighbor behind me has a pool and called to let me know that he wanted to replace the fence that we had been maintaining. I questioned him about cost and he said he had it covered as it was a want more than need, I suspected he was paying for it so that he could put the finished looking side towards his yard and pool. Came home after the work was completed and the finished boards were still on my side. Good fences make good neighbors. As an aside I don’t mind the unfinished side as you can put a beer, water, tools, etc., on the framing when working in the yard.
As for paying for pool repairs, would be interesting to hear the answer to the question above, what was there first, the pool or the trees? I’m friendly w the neighbors, have been in their houses or spoken by phone to all of them in the past couple of weeks, they know better than to suggest that I would be participating in their pool repairs.
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