Last fucking straw

[sarahC40]

Handhold please and advice (on how not to utterly lose my shit or get arrested for this). It’s not been a great lockdown.

Saving Grace: my garden. Lovely tree, probably in the wrong place but predates the houses, was cut down without warning, so that my view, which was of said lovely tree, is now of the back of someone’s house. They have now closed all of their blinds because, yes, we are now overlooking each other.

The tree is in no man’s land between the gardens - it doesn’t belong to them. They’ve got down everything that overhung my garden (my son woke up to find men climbing over my fence and most of tree gone) and they’ve left a twenty foot high stump. My other neighbours were open mouthed in shock, so this isn’t just me sounding off; it’s horrendous.

I know there’s nothing that I can do, but I would like some vengeful suggestions that I won’t act on but will help me as I try to stop crying at the fucking awful sight of their fugly house.

@EvilPea

If you go for the right species tree the birds will eat the berries and shit bright coloured acidic shit all over her house and car, which sounds like it will bother her more than you.

We have a tree like this on land behind us. It is a wild cherry tree and last year the crows managed to splat our back walls with cherries dropped while flying.

Buy the land! Plant new trees everywhere.

There was a fantastic thread on her a few years ago with a parking dispute solved by the OP buying the land!

Oh thank the nature gods the sobbing has stopped.

@RileyG73

Oh thank the nature gods the sobbing has stopped.

Bless you for caring so much that you took the time to post again. I am so grateful for your interest 😘😘😘😘

I grew up in a house with a huge horse chestnut in the front garden right at the hedge. During conker season kids would flo k to our street to collect the conkers that fell on the pavement. We had loads. Big fat beautiful conkers and a gorgeous tree.

We moved and in the space of 3 weeks it was gone. Literally nothing left the front looked bare and open. I was devastated. Never forgotten that.

I'm fully invested now, such a gripping tale of sorrow and lumber

What kind of idiot thinks it's the done thing to move in and do something to piss off all the neighbours ASAP 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hope she never needs a favour from you!

@RileyG73

I'm fully invested now, such a gripping tale of sorrow and lumber

Wow such enthusiasm and interest! Riley I’m so, so touched by the time you’ve spent on this, but worried for you too? Are you a little bit bored today? Do you need to read a book or something? Is my plight making you a little snappy? #concerned #areyouok?

@RandomMess

What kind of idiot thinks it's the done thing to move in and do something to piss off all the neighbours ASAP 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hope she never needs a favour from you!

Do you know what? I’m such a pushover for people in trouble, I’d probably drop anything and help. That’s what I do in times of crisis, because in spite of my vengeful plotting on here, I’m actually a really good neighbour. 😳🙄 I’m the ‘do everyone’s shopping, feed their cats and dogs for nothing, pick up prescriptions, drive to hospital appointments and take gin round in times of crisis’ kind of person.

Well I think you need to make an exception for her tbh.

Garden party with all the other neighbours in memory of the lovely tree.

Have you been able to check if there was a TPO on it?

@RandomMess

Well I think you need to make an exception for her tbh.

Garden party with all the other neighbours in memory of the lovely tree.

Have you been able to check if there was a TPO on it?

Yeh there wasn’t. 🤬 Lovely Parish clerk looked this am and I’ve been onto planning. Nothing to be done - planning officer said ‘oh poor you’ when he saw my view.

Re being helpful - you sound sensible; I will follow your advice.

@RileyG73

Oh thank the nature gods the sobbing has stopped.

Ah. It's that rare breed that we occasionally see in these parts OP.

The Goady Fucker.

@Boatingforthestars that is an absolutely glorious revenge. LOVE it 😄

Someone left the gate open at the Cunt Farm again I see.

@Jacketpotato84

Have you seriously been crying over a tree? What do you think your really upset about?

There is always one who thinks they're a therapist.

@Welikebeingcosy - isn’t it lovely that they feel that they have the expertise 😂😂 bless them.

@LemonadeBudget stealing this saying. Thanks for the chuckle. I literally can’t get excited about an online dickweed; I’ve got real life numbskulls to deal with. Smile and nod and thinking ‘f off you cunt’ keeps me going 😂

@BlackAlys couldn’t help but be touched (🙄😳) that Riley wants to reach out - clearly pandemic loneliness has hit hard 😂

Yes there's always one arsehole thinks they're being irreverent and then they just come across as thick.

I totally get it OP.
My neighbour has recently done the same thing,he removed a big chunk of MY hedge that gave me privacy going in and out my back door.

Might not seem a big deal to some but I've had a mastectomy so nipping out in my PJs to the washing line or the bin is now out of the question.

Your privacy was impotant to you,you are entitled to be upset x

LemonadeBudget

@cleanasawhistle

I totally get it OP. My neighbour has recently done the same thing,he removed a big chunk of MY hedge that gave me privacy going in and out my back door.

Might not seem a big deal to some but I've had a mastectomy so nipping out in my PJs to the washing line or the bin is now out of the question.

Your privacy was impotant to you,you are entitled to be upset x

Fuck. That’s unkind of your neighbour. Hope you’re doing ok.

Thank you @sarahC40

The mastectomy was 5 years ago.
I have no idea if my neighbour would know that.......but just pointing out there are many reasons why people value some privacy.

To those of you pretending to be shocked and concerned at the use of the words arson, murder, punch, sobbing; we don't believe you and you're not funny.

OP our local council have an interactive map where you can check for planning permissions etc. But it has property boundaries on it - can you see if your local council has that, it might give you a clue if the tree actually belongs to one of the surrounding gardens, despite being fenced off.

@WeatherwaxLives

OP our local council have an interactive map where you can check for planning permissions etc. But it has property boundaries on it - can you see if your local council has that, it might give you a clue if the tree actually belongs to one of the surrounding gardens, despite being fenced off.

That’s interesting. I will have a look. They did trespass though - branches just overhanging my garden were cut and I’ve found this:

How far can I trim the branches back?

You can cut branches and/or roots back up to the limit of your property, your garden fence, say. There you should stop.

You are not allowed to go into a neighbour’s garden without permission to cut a tree back. Nor can you lean over into his garden to cut back the ‘offending’ branch – you will be trespassing. If you cut the branch back beyond the limit of your property, into the very trunk itself, say, you could be liable for damage or trespass.

Admittedly that was on the saga website but I’m going with that. They trespassed because my son was asleep and they climbed over my six foot fence and trellis using a ladder.

@cleanasawhistle

Thank you *@sarahC40*

The mastectomy was 5 years ago.
I have no idea if my neighbour would know that.......but just pointing out there are many reasons why people value some privacy.

Quite. The key word is YOUR hedge. You wouldn’t paint your neighbour’s wall; they shouldn’t cut holes in your hedge.