Woman's outrage after neighbour admits cutting down tree in her private garden – The Mirror
People urged the resident to pursue legal action after she complained about her destructive neighbour, who took it upon themselves to rearrange her private garden
An outraged woman claims her neighbour let themselves into her garden before cutting down a tree and removing plants. Ranting about the destructive behaviour in a post to Reddit, the unnamed resident explained: "So I moved in to some property that had been in the neighbour's family for years.
"These neighbours don't live in their house- they use it as a vacation home a spend less than a month of Sundays there. The last time they visited, the neighbour came and cut down a live pecan tree in my yard. Just out of the blue." To make matters worse, the neighbour even snapped a photo of themselves in action, holding a chainsaw, before sending the picture to the woman.
The message was captioned "this will improve your view, too," she claimed. A few weeks later, the woman realised the neighbour had also "lopped the top off all of my azaleas, and cut down a mature jasmine bush to the ground." Outraged, it was then that she took to Reddit to 'vent' in a forum titled, 'Neighbors from Hell'. "These are specimen in my yard, certainly delineated as such, as there is a fence on the entire property. WHO DOES SUCH THINGS!!! What would you have done in response?" she wrote.
In response, several commenters urged the woman to pursue legal action. "That's illegal. Find a lawyer and sue. Make them replace your mature bushes and pecan tree," read one such reply. "Also, I'd have them charged with trespassing AND destruction of property. Get cameras. Lots of them. Keep that photo, it's evidence," someone added, and another advised: "Get an arborist for your pecan tree to find its age, size and worth."
Although the woman's post did not include her location, Citizen's Advice sets out the below advice for disputes in England. "If the trunk or main stem of a tree or hedge is on your land, you own it. If it's on the boundary between properties, you'll need to check the legal documents you got when you bought your home. They'll indicate where the boundary is and might say who's responsible for the tree or hedge."
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