Aibu to murder my neighbour with his own leaf blower?

[DorotheaDiamond]

He is out continuously blowing the leaves on the pavement and verge and the bloody road because he can’t bear the sight of a single leaf on the ground. We have 3 30m plus deciduous trees outside our properties (on the road not belonging to either of us) - this goes on all day every day. I’ve seen him use a litter picker to pick leaves off the trees before they fall. It’s driving me round the bend.

In summer he uses it to tidy his garden whenever it’s a nice day…you know the sort of day when you might want to sunbathe in peace.

seriously can anyone think of any way I can get him to stop??? Yes I have asked many times…

I’ve seen him use a litter picker to pick leaves off the trees before they fall

Sellotape a load of dead leaves back on the tree.

You must do what - ButSheSaid said 😂

Ask for bags of leaves from anyone else gathering them on Facebook and dumped them onto his garden during the night. Eventually, the leaf blower will die from overuse?

You could put leaves through his letterbox, so he'll have to use the blower indoors.

My neighbour is the same way, so I feel your pain. It's absolutely awful. Sadly, I have no advice!

YANBU, you can bury him under the mound of leaves.

Leaf blowers I so fkn NOISY…they give me the rage as they burst into action and disturb my peace. Just bloody sweep them up, lazy bellends.

Is he really into gardening? Why isn't he bagging them up for lovely leaf mulch?

My dh just used ours for a maximum 10 minutes because he's not a bellend.
Sweeping doesn't really work on gravel or grass but he did only do our garden.

Probably not.
My next doors are lovely generally, but drive me crackers. They moved in a few years ago with full knowledge that their house (and ours/other neighbours) is in a conservation area and is surrounded by mature trees on all sides. They never stop banging on about how annoying the trees are and how they block the light (they really don't, I've been round) and how the council won't let them chop anything back. All stuff they knew before they moved in and that they could see with their own eyes before they decided to buy. It's literally in every conversation anyone has with them. I can even hear the moaning when we are both in the garden at the same time. It's all they seem to think about. Just let it go. I genuinely can't figure out why they decided to move in. My dream is a totally detached house in the future -as in absolutely no neighbours for miles 😂

It’s not even his garden - it’s the pavement, grass verge and cycle lane in the road…

He doesn’t have a garden just lots of concrete and a few small flower beds.

You are in good company anyway….

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/02/everything-that-is-wrong-with-the-human-race-inside-hollywoods-bizarre-war-on-the-leaf-blower

I’m with Hugh Grant “Anyone who uses a leaf blower, or hires anyone else to use a leaf blower, should have it rectally inserted.”

I’ve seen him use a litter picker to pick leaves off the trees before they fall.

You can use a rake on grass and gravel. A leaf rake, in fact, the clue being in the name.

They are so bad for the environment let alone ridiculously noisy. YWNBU to steal his leaf blower and break it.