Who Would Want Neighbours Like These?

[naomi24]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15369085/neighbour-tree-cut-half-branches-driveway-sheffield/

I'm speechless!

[ToraToraTora]

yes that's probably it dave. I'd not want bird she ite and tree sap etc all over my car / drive way, not to mention the roots pushing up the block paving. I'd probably have found the local travellers and got them to hack the whole thing down for a few quid no questions asked. They do have their uses.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, I agrre with you, I think there must have been a better solution that would have satisfied both of them.

[New Judge]

I doubt very much whether this was Mr & Mrs Lees' first resort to solve their problem. It seems they had tried putting black bags in the tree to deter birds but to no avail. No doubt 25 years ago the little sapling looked very attractive. But trees have a habit of growing and when it became clear it was a nuisance steps should have been taken to abate it. You only ever hear of the end of ongoing sagas such as this one, never what went before.

[Peter Pedant]

Boundary dispute
I am sorry neighbours have come to this

I dont know what i would say if a neighbour said - the birds in your tree are poo-ing on my car ...

I did that to a boundary hedge - by the third year of asking it was up to 9' so I cut my half down to 6' - and they kinda levelled it up a year later. - all sorts of needless ya-ya: a bit like AB really. They weren't in, wouldnt give permission, and even if I paid for the whole lot, there were insurmountable difficulties about access.

[pastafreak]

It's a shame we live in a world where trees that contribute shelter and nesting for wildlife are considered a nuisance.
By the looks of it, the complainant can park anywhere in front. It looks completely concreted over...which says a lot.

[roslyn251254]

Tree should never have been allowed to get that tall.....i wouldn't want it overhanging my drive!

[eve1974]

Might be more behind it tho.

There are 3 sides to every story:

[Patsy33]

That poor tree!
Why have they only just started moaning about it now?
I think there's more to this story.
The birds will still be making a noise early in the morning and still some bird droppings.
Such a spiteful thing to do.

[davebro]

"Such a spiteful thing to do."

Nonsense!

[Chipchopper]

What a shame, what was once a lovely tree is now just an eyesore.
The guy who had it butchered, must have been half-cut.

[Patsy33]

Well I think it was done out of spite!
I still say poor tree..

[Canary42]

This really is a case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face - they now have an eyesore as a frontal outlook.

[davebro]

I think they had probably pursued all reasonable means to have the tree removed and are hoping that it now will be - as I said, it shouldn't have been put there in the first place!

(I don't think it will die of it's own accord - probably just re-grow a bit lopsided.)

[pixie374]

Who would want which neighbours? Eta really.

[andy-hughes]

On the basis that the 'Neighbours From Hell' producers seem to be able to find endless scenarios to film, we have to understand that neighbour disputes can, and often do, reach ludicrous levels of animosity, and commonly end in violence.

We are a territorial species, and the notion that someone is 'messing' with our personal space can bring out the utterly unreasonable in the most passive and thoughtful of people.

It's easy from the sidelines to accept that incidents like this look simply petty and stupid, but as advised, i doubt this is the only dispute going on, or that it has just happened.

Actions like this usually occur after months of years of attrition, which build up without either side really understanding how out of hand things now are.

I have always made every effort, almost all successful, to secure good relations with any neighbours - it saves this sort of grief and nonsense - who needs it!

[Mamyalynne]

Such a shame that they have lived as neighbours peaceably for many years and now it comes to this.

[jno]

there is something to be said for keeping your trees on your own property rather than impinging on your neighbour's. If that tree's roots spread, whose driveway is going to be heaved up?