Overstepping a Boundary
My partner and I are renting the rear townhouse on a block of two. We have a shared driveway, and the area directly in front of my house and adjacent to my neighbor’s garage (technically our land) had a potted ornamental pear tree.
The tree is beautiful and provides us with some privacy to our upstairs landing. The neighbor has made a comment that he does not like the tree as the leaves fall on his car in autumn.
The tree receives good lighting and is watered regularly, and, until last week, was very healthy. Last Monday, the leaves started getting dry but were still green. Unusual for an established tree. On Thursday, my neighbor came out for a chat while I was inspecting it.
Without hesitating, he offered to cut it down. I told him that I’d fertilized it and would like to wait and see if it gets better. On Sunday morning, I realized that the tree had been cut down, leaving an ugly stump with no leaves.
On further inspection, three weeds that were thriving in the same planter were also withered, leading me to believe that the tree was poisoned.
I don’t want to cause drama with our neighbors, but I am furious. Even if he didn’t poison the tree, he overstepped a boundary by cutting it down.
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