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To be so sad neighbours cut down a Pear Tree

187 replies

danny735 · 02/04/2022 13:33

Just that really.

There was a beautiful pear tree right on the border of our garden. I returned from a trip and the neighbours had chopped it down.

It was on neighbours side of the fence but half of the foliage was in our garden. I love nature and adore tree silhouette.

We've only lived in this house for 2 years and the pears were blooming when we moved in. There are usually beautiful blossoms in spring time. I'm so devastated that it's gone - I can't work out if I'm being silly I not 🥺

OP posts:
AwkwardSquad · 02/04/2022 17:15

Our neighbours have a huge pear tree, it’s stunning. Beautiful in Spring. I’d be very sad if it went.

The pears are cookers, not eaters, which may the case with some of the pear trees with fruit that won’t ripen mentioned earlier in the thread.

Kanaloa · 02/04/2022 17:18

@Cieloazzurro

Poor you. This would really upset me too. Are they the sort to be making room for a bar, hot tub and some plastic grass?! Sadly not a lot you can do. But I would be bearing a grudge for the rest of my days.
I guess as it’s their garden they can have a hot tub and bar (which they’ll actually use and enjoy) if they want rather than a tree they have no use for. And op can give up some of her own garden space and weekend time to a pear tree if she’s so desperate to enjoy one. So bizarre.
Kanaloa · 02/04/2022 17:19

Also ‘poor you?’ Her neighbour cut down their tree. I couldn’t even get this upset if they’d cut down my own tree.

Papershade5 · 02/04/2022 17:21

I know how you feel, ours chopped everything down the minute they moved includjng a beautiful cherry tree which bore fruit. Fruit that costs £££ to buy. Don't know people can't enjoy nature

godmum56 · 02/04/2022 17:23

@nightfairy

I despise people who cut down trees for no good reason.
who gets to judge what the good reason is?
godmum56 · 02/04/2022 17:24

@Sceptre86

You should move next to my parents they have a pear tree and a plum tree with no plans to ever cut them down.

Plant some trees in your own garden. I'd ask why they cut them down.

and if it was me I would tell you to mind your own damn business
Blossomtoes · 02/04/2022 17:27

My parents’ house had an apple, a pear and flowering cherry trees in the garden. They were absolutely gorgeous in the spring. The people who bought it cut the lot down. They’re referred to in this house as Slash and Burn. I hate people who cut down healthy trees.

AlisonDonut · 02/04/2022 17:30

@nightfairy

I despise people who cut down trees for no good reason.
You don't know that it was for no good reason.

My neighbours cut a pear tree down last week.

Because it is covered in ivy and was a hornet magnet in the summer and they have a grandchild who they don't want to get stung.

I'm happy because I also don't want to get stung.

If the OP and you want trees, plant some. Pears are a pain anyway as they go from underripe to too ripe almost overnight.

Kanaloa · 02/04/2022 17:37

@Papershade5

I know how you feel, ours chopped everything down the minute they moved includjng a beautiful cherry tree which bore fruit. Fruit that costs £££ to buy. Don't know people can't enjoy nature
I guess it’s easier to enjoy it when it’s in someone else’s garden and their responsibility.
wonkylegs · 02/04/2022 17:52

@danny735 before you buy a pear you might want to read up about what type suits both to make sure it's not too big and that it will pollinate - there are pollination groups.
Our garden had 2 mature pears when we moved in but they had never produced any fruit - previous owner said they never had in 25yrs. We took them out and replaced with a 'family' pear tree which has 3 varieties grafted onto the same tree so it pollinates itself and a Beth pear tree which pollinates from the family tree.
They have grown fast and we have a lot of fruit now 5years on.
We have done the same with some plums which were old but suffering more and more damage each storm we had. They have been removed and replaced with varieties that now extend the season (a early, middle and late fruiting variety)
We are moving on to replacing 2 apples in the next year or so. (We have 11 but 2 although they look pretty red apples are they are inedible so we will replace with Cox's Orange Pippin apples which I love)

Chikapu · 02/04/2022 18:14

@Cieloazzurro

Poor you. This would really upset me too. Are they the sort to be making room for a bar, hot tub and some plastic grass?! Sadly not a lot you can do. But I would be bearing a grudge for the rest of my days.
They can do what they want in their own garden and your grudge would be ridiculous. Honestly, the handwringing, heartbreak and hyperbole over a bloody pear tree is ludicrous, if the OP is really that bothered she would have planted her own way before now.
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danny735 · 02/04/2022 18:17

@heldinadream

Have you got a photo that includes it OP? Being able to still 'see' it might be a comfort. (I'd like to see it if you can find a pic - I love trees.) Smile (I know you might not want to post it if it's too outing.)
This was the tree in Spring last year. I loved the blossoms and the privacy the tree gave our garden.

I know my neighbours are not responsible for creating a view but I do feel sad that something so beautiful is gone.

I will plant another for sure - I visited the garden centre this afternoon to cheer myself up!

To be so sad neighbours cut down a Pear Tree
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Snoopsnoggysnog · 02/04/2022 18:21

YANBU. We had to cut down an apple tree which produced lots of fruit because it was causing subsidence to our neighbours garage. We were forced to do it by their insurance company. I fought really hard and there was nothing we could do. I found it heartbreaking.
Neighbours absolutely awful people, just sent a letter via insurance co, didn’t even bother to come round and discuss it. Also arseholes about throwing back kids balls etc.

thebabessavedme · 02/04/2022 18:32

ahhh this makes me feel so sad, several years ago we had to have a wonderful old pear tree cut down, the tree surgeon reckoned it to be about 80 or 90 years old, we had seen it slowly dying over a few years, the fruit crop declined to nothing and most of the branches died, it became a danger to the victorian wall that surrounded the gardens, a strong wind would have had it down. It cost a bloody fortune to have it cut down and I cried for the loss of it. We did research and planted a young oak tree in its place.

Not all of us cut down a tree for the sake of it!

Unmumsymofo · 02/04/2022 19:01

Yanbu some people won’t be happy until their gardens are nothing but concrete and Astro turf, every weed is poisoned along with the soil, and it’s basically inhospitable to any wildlife. Don’t give a fig if it’s judgy Grin

FOJN · 02/04/2022 19:13

Devastated?

It was their tree, in their garden. They are within their rights to cut it down for any reason they see fit. Plant your own and mind your own business.

Blossomtoes · 02/04/2022 19:27

@FOJN

Devastated?

It was their tree, in their garden. They are within their rights to cut it down for any reason they see fit. Plant your own and mind your own business.

Nasty. What did you gain from that?
SirChenjins · 02/04/2022 19:33

Yes it’s their tree and they can do what they want yada yada, but it’s a crying shame when beautiful, healthy trees are cut down (imo of course - others prefer the more clinical look).

Definitely plant another tree asap, but just make sure it’s away from the boundary or they’ll be put at the first sign of overhang with their loppers.

Rosewaterblossom · 02/04/2022 19:37

I came home today to see the (awful) neighbours have cut down their pink flamingo tree. It was beautiful and gave some privacy. Now my conservatory is totally overlooked and I can see another's neighbours eyesore trampoline above the fence. Maybe I'll get used to it but it looks so bare and "fency" now.

HomelessPartridge · 02/04/2022 19:49

... and I've got nowhere to sleep tonight. Sad

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danny735 · 02/04/2022 19:51

@Rosewaterblossom

I came home today to see the (awful) neighbours have cut down their pink flamingo tree. It was beautiful and gave some privacy. Now my conservatory is totally overlooked and I can see another's neighbours eyesore trampoline above the fence. Maybe I'll get used to it but it looks so bare and "fency" now.
Exactly this. My view looks so bare and "fency" now.
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Grapewrath · 02/04/2022 19:58

It’s perfectly ok to be sad but some of the comments are ridiculously over invested about other people’s properties.
Plant your own OP- please don’t ask for an explanation etc it would be really overstepping

ouch321 · 02/04/2022 19:58

Actually what she said was simply true and factual.

Can't believe people think they have the right to set demands on what their neighbours do with their gardens. You must be so up yourself to think in such a manner.

godmum56 · 02/04/2022 20:02

@Rosewaterblossom

I came home today to see the (awful) neighbours have cut down their pink flamingo tree. It was beautiful and gave some privacy. Now my conservatory is totally overlooked and I can see another's neighbours eyesore trampoline above the fence. Maybe I'll get used to it but it looks so bare and "fency" now.
do you mean the pink and white salix? I hate those bloody things with a passion. They are no good for wildlife and die at the drop of a hat. If you don't want your conservatory overlooked, then plant your own tree.
TheSpottedZebra · 02/04/2022 20:04

But if you don't like 'bare and fency', why haven't you planted your own plants and trees before?