Neighbour trespassed and hacked our hedge down

spadoosh

Jadeelizabeth95 wrote: »

There is no damage their garage or shed none of it was even in contact with it and if there was a problem that's up to them to trim the over hanging. The hedges have been here since the houses were built... We keep it shorter and tidier than the previous owners did. But thank you for making me feel like it's my fault they maliciously attacked my property, I'll make sure I go confront a angry man on my own next time ) for the record I'm 23 years old and on my own.

Or just try adulting a bit. Im sorry i dont do apathy very well.

He wasnt going to attack you, if he does you run away and call the police (its odd im saying this to an adult). If someone starts damaging your property you need to ask them to stop or else it will be damaged, sometimes irreparably.

Its not your fault that he cut it down, its your fault you did nothing whilst watching it happen though.

For the record you could be a 99 year old granny or a 1 year old trans and my response would be the same. I just dont see your sex or age as relevant (age marginally, so if youre below the age of responsibility)

Jadeelizabeth95

I just wanted to know where I stand and if anyone had been through the same. It's all good reading articles online but it's nice to have some real advice and how it panned out for that person. Oh I have a video of him on our property in the hedge so I have evidence in abundance 🤣.

I obviously don't want to take it to court but why should I pay out because they got their knickers in a twist instead of walking two metres out their front door and speaking to me. They say me out the front walking the dogs this morning so they could've caught me then 🙃

Aylesbury_Duck

What do you want as an outcome? It would save all the back and forth.

bigisi

Jadeelizabeth95 wrote: »

I obviously don't want to take it to court but why should I pay out

Pay out for what?

Jadeelizabeth95 wrote: »

because they got their knickers in a twist instead of walking two metres out their front door and speaking to me. They say me out the front walking the dogs this morning so they could've caught me then 🙃

And likewise you're getting your knickers in a twist instead of walking two metres out of your door and speaking to him. You saw him out back cutting your hedge so could've caught him then.

It works both ways, as above, time to adult rather than cowering in your house recording him. I can only see this relationship escalating until you're at a point where it could affect any future sale as you will have to declare it, as would they.

Annie35

Put it on your local Facebook community group, shame them!

Not much else to do really

Jadeelizabeth95

Excuse me?! If you're not going to be of any help why are you here?

I have already stated they have always been hostile towards us as soon as they saw us move in. Because we're young I don't know but all we do is work eat sleep and never cause any trouble or noise.

As stated I myself a 23 year old woman did not want to go round to their house ON MY OWN when they've already done something malicious to my property so they're already obviously in a foul mood. We are speaking with them tomorrow with the police. I am far too angry to consider going round tonight, I am off work because I am unwell and this obviously isn't helping things.

I've already received some helpful advice so thank you to those who have been helpful. To those judging me, put yourself in my shoes, take a look at the picture. We saved and scrimped for years to buy this house so sorry if I'm upset that someone would do such a thing to my property and cause something I don't have the money to fix right now. It's taken the garden away from my dog who has suddenly gone blind so is struggling on long walks but loves to chill outside. It's taken away my privacy after I spent days outside in the storm redoing the flower bed.

Jadeelizabeth95

By the way he'd already was finishing up by the time I saw him so I wouldn't have stopped anything. I didn't see the massive hole until a hour later when I went outside with the dogs and saw straight through to their garden.

SO JUST FOR THE RECORD IF I WENT OUT NOTHING WOULD HAVE CHANGED.

melanzana

Right, if this was me I would put up a trellis behind the polo mint hole, nothing fancy just a barrier, costs are not much. Then grow a fast growing shrub in the middle that will cover the polo mint hole.

They will not have a full fence, but they will not be able to access your garden, job done.

Do it, have a large G+T when done, and relax. It was not nice at all, but I reckon their secateurs developed a life of its own, and they panicked, leaving the polo mint behind.

Aylesbury_Duck

Jadeelizabeth95 wrote: »

Excuse me?! If you're not going to be of any help why are you here?

I have already stated they have always been hostile towards us as soon as they saw us move in. Because we're young I don't know but all we do is work eat sleep and never cause any trouble or noise.

As stated I myself a 23 year old woman did not want to go round to their house ON MY OWN when they've already done something malicious to my property so they're already obviously in a foul mood. We are speaking with them tomorrow with the police. I am far too angry to consider going round tonight, I am off work because I am unwell and this obviously isn't helping things.

I've already received some helpful advice so thank you to those who have been helpful. To those judging me, put yourself in my shoes, take a look at the picture. We saved and scrimped for years to buy this house so sorry if I'm upset that someone would do such a thing to my property and cause something I don't have the money to fix right now. It's taken the garden away from my dog who has suddenly gone blind so is struggling on long walks but loves to chill outside. It's taken away my privacy after I spent days outside in the storm redoing the flower bed.

If you're not careful this is going to escalate into an emotionally draining and potentially expensive neighbourly dispute. They've been foolish but the way you are reacting is making things worse. You're entitled to be upset and angry but think about the bigger picture. You may not end up friendly with these neighbours but unless you or they are thinking of moving soon, they are going to be your neighbours for a while. Better to be assertive, explain why you're upset, agree a remedy and then move on. Making emotive statements about "taking the garden away" from your dog and ruining your privacy isn't helping. There will be a solution to the privacy aspect but don't get yourself into a position where you end up in a protracted and expensive neighbourly dispute over something that in the grand scheme of home ownership, is relatively trivial.

Mojisola

neilmcl wrote: »

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jtO-iNN7svLVXBnS-YCQg_Ns1Odd4Cjr/view

Wow, I thought at first they simply trimmed the height but they've actually made a right mess of that.

You can probably reduce the size of the hole by tying down some of the branches from either side of the hole to fill the gap.

What they've left at the bottom will soon grow up - give the plant a decent feed and keep it well watered if we have any dry spells.