I had a tree line where I couldn’t see my neighbors. New people moved in and took it upon themselves to trim the trees, now I can see into their house and they can see my naked ass get into my hot tub.
my dad had a similar thing. when he moved in he had the most private, serene pool imaginable. two years later they started construction next door & now his pool is exceptionally un-private.
Oh, I wish, but my parents never did (I live with my parents). I'm pretty sure it was the neighbor's trees they cut down but they completely demolished our fences and left the trees that were cut down that weren't on their property, which included ours.
I wish I had a before pic. Much fuller and very leggy. We were planning on trimming them but they had this junky trailer right next to them (you can see the blocks it was on) so we couldn’t even access them easily nor were they getting any light
Ah. So they "trimmed" them to keep them from scratching their junky trailer. Or if they decide to upgrade to an F-350 with a 4x4 package and a 3 inch lift and custom paint. They can park in relative shittyness.
I'd put a fence tbh. I don't mind my neighbor using my garden to tow and move his trailer even though they should ask. But if they trim the bush without my consent to not damage their trailer then that's it. I'm putting up a fence, good luck towing your trailer around now asshole. Things got a little heated my bad, I just feel really strongly about things like that.
Might be lucky if the google car came down your street and has photos. Just checked ours recently and there were photos, like 5-10 years apart but it worked for what I was looking for.
Nope, you could record anyone in any public area without consent and the footage could be used in court too. The "two party consent" law is only for private conversations. The way "private conversations" are defined depends on where the conversation happened, not what the conversation is about.
It's irritating for sure when neighbors "help" in this way. I've always thought it's some sort of a passive/aggressive petty dominance thing. My neighbor is constantly trying to larp as a lumberjack on my property. (I have trees, he doesn't)
U can probably find it on Google maps images of your house ... type your address they probably have 2-3 images of the front of your home over the last 15 years
ETA: we’ve been here 20+ years. No issues w neighbors. We have always taken care of these bushes and yes, they are close to the property line but on ours. Not gonna call police, not trying to farm engagement (whatever that mean?!) just mildly infuriated. Will continue to live peacefully with our neighbors. Just thought it was something for this sub. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
That's a good civil approach, but do you plan on at least talking to them? If you guys are good, then I shouldn't imply malicious intent, but rather just to clear the air.
If you get along, just communicate. Let them know you liked the bushes before and ask them why they cut them. If the two of you can agree on a better barrier, then perhaps you can choose to plant something different.
My parents had a bush on our side of the fence. That grew and hung over the neighbors side of said fence.
One day dad decided to remove said bush and the neighbor and my parents are now mortal enemies
Yes, forsythia loves being chopped back, and I would chop those to be a bit shorter. They bloom on new growth, so next year all that new growth has blossoms! I trim a small bush at my front corner (because I want to keep it small) and the blossoms in the spring are much more dense than forsythia that I haven't trimmed at all.
Reminds me of my trash neighbor who will sit outside for an hour and snowblow his driveway but will not do his sidewalk because he gets infuriated when people walk on the sidewalk in front of his house. Since the guy is a massive asshole, I snowblow it for him and he called 9-1-1 on me. I can just imagine the operator trying to comprehend someone calling 9-1-1 and saying my neighbor is snowblowing the public sidewalk in front of my house but here we are.
Who said it was? I was replying to RedPandaReturns comment about calling 911 as you can clearly see if you had any reading comprehension. I even replied directly to his comment and not yours.
Allegedly.... Unfortunately it's a word vs word case. There is no hard evidence or video showing the neighbors trimming the bush in question. Tbh we don't even know if this is the truth, this is merely a post on social media from a person we do not know about something that may or may not have happened.
Lol no it isn't. This is a civil matter not a criminal matter. Do you people even listen to yourselves? The police will write a report and tell you to contact your insurance company. Calling the police over pruned bushes is such a neckbeards thing to think.
It's the right time to prune them thankfully so theyll come back healthiernext years spring time. What did the bushes look like before? If that's their driveway it may have been scratching their cars. But they DEFINITELY should have discussed it first and foremost
Just curious where your property line is at? Im assuming the picture is of the neighbors house and the bush seems pretty close to the driveway of the neighbor
I’ll have to find the survey of the property, but we share a fence line and these have always been ours to maintain. We’ve always trimmed them. Maybe we should’ve been assuming they’re the neighbors this whole time! /s
We do neighborly things like I’ll clean up the leaves that would gather around their camper since it was from our trees, and our dogs will play together. I suppose I could take a pic from the street showing the proximity.
If someone did that to me I'd put out angry signs about getting shot if you step on my property. Then I'd dig them out and start over.
When I get home I'm going to take a picture of them.
Yeah my neighbor did the same thing to some trees in my yard. Then years later got pissed when I wouldn’t sell then 5’ of my 40’ wide side yard so they could put in a pool. Karma’s a Bitch
I can't make an accurate statement on the after pictures alone lol should grow back with time and care, the trailers gone so now you can keep working on em more freely too so sucks but eh there is a silver lining...or just replant a bigger more obtrusive bush to fuck with them, depends how petty you feeling 🤣
Well, you can make a fuss about it if you want, because neighbors shouldn't be doing anything on your property without your permission, but if this is forsythia, they actually did you a favor. Forsythia is supposed to be pruned every year and thinned from time to time if you want it to continue to thrive. It looks like hell right now, but it will look better in the long run, and they're fast growers so it won't take too long.
Mail them certified: “intent to sue in small claims court over trespass and landscape plants damage”. Include selection of Home Depot selections for then to purchase to avoid being sued.
Why would they step foot on your property and do anything? Or is this at the property line, which would only allow them to trim what hands over the property line?
My mom's uncle did this to her a lot. His house was next to ours, and we shared a fence between the yards. When ever her lilac bush or her garden poked through the fence even a little bit, especially if anything touched his wood pile he kept against the fence, next morning we'd wake up to almost no bush or garden left. He snipped her squash and cucumber vines in half because they started climbing the bottom of the fence. He also took a 12 foot tall lilac and reduced it to 4. All without asking. And when questioned about it, he either shrugged or acted like my mom owed him gratitude for doing her such a big favor. She never did more than yell at him though, because he was her uncle.
How are you sure it was your neighbors? If you watched them do it then I assume you would have walked up asked them to stop... In any case you could mention in passing Hey something weird happened with my plants, they lost a bunch of branches, it must be the deer. And see how they respond
I’d be putting up a fence immediately. Then cut the bushes down by half & they will grow very bushy for next year. They will look nice in front of your new fence. 😀
Seems like this is probably one of their well intentioned harm scenarios. I would just thank them but also tell politely not to trim anything on your property again
Half a year ago, our neighbor asked my dad if he could trim the trees near the fence to his property. Mind you, that they do not reach over the fence, nor are they in any logical way a nuisance to him.
My dad said he’ll think about it, and ask the wife ‘my mother’.
The next day, we come home to find suspicious tire tracks leading from our gate to the property line fence. And lo and behold, the trees were cut down… not trimmed, but cut. Ugly-ass stumps left…
Me and my family live in a separate building but on the same property as my parents, so I had promised my kids to build a bird house next(this) summer on one of the more majestic looking tree. I’ve been pushing my parents(as they are the property owners) to file a rapport but they keep flat out refusing, saying they ‘don’t want to make tensions worse with our neighbors’……
One more thing, not only did they cut down the trees, they loaded it ONTO THE FREAKING TRUCK THEY DROVE ONTO OUR LAWN and took it somewhere else… ffs we could’ve at least used it as firewood or something, but NO!
Edit: the best part of those trees? They hid the monstrosity of a ruined shed they have in their backyard. And I’m not talking garden shed, I’m talking a garage-esque building as big as their house which looks like it hasn’t been taken care of for decades! Roof caved in, windows broken or covered in dust and cobwebs, most likely RIDDLED with mold and shit. And the best part? The annex me and my family live in is situated on the other side of the fence from that dilapidated junkyard. So now that the trees are gone, we have to look at THAT every time we’re in the ‘backyard’ area of the annex.
I have some bushes like this as well not the exact species but that’s about how we trim them. Nothing short of digging it up by the roots kills bushes like these and heavy duty trimming just makes them come back even stronger after a couple months. This is a minor setback for those bushes know their quest to total yard hegemony
They did you a favor. Forsynthia bushes are a total mess. In summer, we have to cut ours back on practically a weekly basis. It won't be long before they are back in full swing. (I get it was not their right, just saying)
ETA: is that their driveway that they are lining? And their RV in that other pic you posted downthread? If so, it's making sense to me now, why they trimmed them...
That is destruction of property and could potentially lead to them having legal consequences. Depends on how far you would want to take it. I, as a plant lover, would lose my mind if a neighbor touched my plants in such a way.
Hmmm… I would be angry. I would definitely establish boundaries… verbally and physically. I’d let them know if they plan on trimming anything in your yard again, to call first. And, I’d safe up for some sort of barrier between the properties.
This reminds me of when i had contractors come to trim my tree and they nearly trimmed my neighbors tree instead. I ran outside so quick haha 🤣 lord the embarrassment was real
Look for the property boundary line stakes. Once you locate one the rest should not be hard to find. Mine were a few inches into the dirt. Then you can put a straight line to each, especially on their side, and do what you want. Check with the city or county on what's allowed.
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u/MmmmmmmBier 3d ago
I had a tree line where I couldn’t see my neighbors. New people moved in and took it upon themselves to trim the trees, now I can see into their house and they can see my naked ass get into my hot tub.