I live in a city where houses are cheek-by-jowl. The house at the end of my garden (36ft long) was allowed to build a double height extention, so their property now touches my corner fence. This was annoying because I have a row of first floor windows closely overlooking my garden. Then the new owner was given permission to raise the height of the roof and add a 3rd storey. Over lockdown my garden became so overgrown that my boundaries are about 12ft high, meaning that this built-up house is now completely hidden. No one is complaining about the overgrowth. But I feel it's too much to keep up with now and my garden feels much smaller. Though I love having complete privacy outside.
An estate agent told me on no account to remove the greenery because it'll make the house much less desirable being overlooked. But I've decided to stay here for another few years yet. What should I do about all this overgrowth? In addition, the neighbour on the other side has got a trampoline & I have no hassle at all with the hedge being so high.