A FRUSTRATED homeowner has revealed that his neighbour’s massive tree is blocking all of his sunlight.
Not only this, but the man’s anger has continued to grow, as now the large tree has begun growing into his home.
An angry man has claimed that his neighbour’s huge tree is growing into his house and blocking his sunlight[/caption]
And if you thought that was bad enough, think again, as this anonymous man even claimed that the tree is also home to rats too.
Posting on social media, the man uploaded a snap of his neighbour’s overgrown tree, which is towering onto his roof and is extremely close to his window, leaving many open-mouthed.
Writing on the r/GardeningUK thread on Reddit, alongside the post, the user, who shares content under the username @Jacktheforkie, explained: “Neighbours got a massive tree growing directly against my house.”
Not only this, but he claimed: “It’s blocking my sunlight and the rest of her jungle is host to a fair amount of rats.
“The rats are digging under and jumping over from the weeds.”
And it’s not just rats that have emerged, as the man later recognised: “I certainly get birds, and the grey furry birds with long pink tails.”
Unsure on how to proceed and desperate for advice, he then penned: “She doesn’t want to deal with the mess.
“I never see the neighbour, she used to take pride in the garden but now it’s a jungle that requires periodic attack with power tools to fight the weeds back.
“What can I do about it?”
Reddit users were left stunned by the man’s post and eagerly raced to the comments to share their thoughts.
One person advised: “You can complain to the council but I would speak to the neighbour first and offer to pay towards the cost of removal.
“Where I am, the expectation is that neighbours go 50/50 on this kind of work but it’s a social convention rather than a legal one.”
Another recommended: “This is an ash tree. They get huge and aren’t suitable for right next to houses. It’s probably self-seeded and nobody noticed until it suddenly was too big.
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“You need to talk to your neighbours about cutting it back – ideally taking it down altogether because the root system will also be large.
“If your neighbours won’t play ball or don’t have the money you are entitled to cut off anything that overhangs your property.
Call the council about the rats and report it as a health hazard….Who knows what state the garden is behind the foliage
Reddit user
“Monitor your foundations. First sign of cracks or movement in your house it’s a job for your insurance.”
Meanwhile, a third stressed: “Write them a polite letter, attach them that picture, see what they do. Decency starts with a polite approach.”
Whilst someone else said: “Call the council about the rats and report it as a health hazard. The rats are living off something… So who knows what state the garden is behind the foliage.”
The man later responded to the comments and wrote: “My mum asked and she said she likes it that way, but we are pretty sure she said that because she doesn’t want to deal with it.”
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