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You bring up an excellent point. Many of those trees were in a drainage easement.

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So you day they are in a wetland area, eh?

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Im pissed About the situation in general, not on behalf of the widow. I do feel bad for her because of her loss of privacy and likely financial losses.

The tree line looks like shit from my property too.

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My side of the subdivision is smaller lots... .20-.25 acre.

The lots on the other side of the fence are on a cul-de-sac and around .25-.30 Acre

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What kind of fucked up place do you live in and which you have to have a permit to cut down trees on your own property? I can understand if this lady cut some trees that didn't belong to her, but you should absolutely have the right to cut down trees on your own property. I say mind your own business.

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This was originally going to be a rant thread, but I allowed myself to regain my bearing before flying off the handle.

Im enjoying my coffee Friday morning listening to tree crews cutting on the property behind my fence. These are small lots in a subdivision, separated by a natural vegetation buffer of mature pines and deciduous trees. Thinking that perhaps a tree was a potential threat during this hurricane season, I didn't think much of it at first. Welp, by Saturday afternoon, the fucktards had clearcut all of the trees in their backyard... 125' of treeline, probably 10-15' deep.

My nextdoor neighbor is a septuagenarian widow who has (had?) a beautifully planted backyard full of shade-loving  vegetation that is now in full sun exposure for most of the day. She now has ZERO privacy into nearly all of her bedroom and living spaces, thanks to our rear neighbor, Mrs. Paul Bunyan. The Widow's property values are probably diminished as a result. Needless to say, she is quite upset. In comparison, my tree line is thinned out considerably, but I still have fair privacy.

According to the widow, she had a previous run-in with Mrs. Bunyan, who had claimed that the widows fence was over her property line. The widow described Mrs Bunyan as "Sassy", which, taken in context, meant she is a royal cunt. Mine and the widows homes are about 15years old, and the fences were installed when new. Mrs Bunyan's home is about 5 years old and she tied into our fence line.

I pulled up the plats for the subdivision, and measured our property lines, which showed my fence on the line (although over the rear setback), and the widow's fence line doesn't even extend to the setback. Furthermore, the natural boundaries are noted as protected in the notes.

So from what I can tell, cunt Bunyan clearcut a protected natural boundary, of which at least 10' were likely on the Widow's property.

I highly doubt that any of work was permitted by Th e HOA or city, which has ordinances heavily restricting tree removal for any trees over a 8" DBH.

Sooo... throw the Bunyans under the bus to the city an HOA or MYOB?



TL;DR: asshole neighbor clearcut protected natural buffers; most likely Illegally. I would like to throw them under the bus. Im about to demand they have Bill call me.

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Cutting trees down without a permit can be a serious financial issue. I'd make a call to the city and ask if a permit was granted for that work.

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Unless you get a survey done you don’t really know where the actual property lines are.

Let it go and move on.

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Befriend Mr. Bunyan, and really lay some syrup on her whenever you interact with the fair matriarch of lumberjackery. Do a lot of yard work shirtless, casting some longing glances her way now and then. Then within a few weeks you’ll be able to break her shitter.

Then lay it out for her while you get dressed. She owes Agnus a lot of new trees, and she’ll be baking cookies for her as an apology while the nursery is delivering these replacement trees. Or, you’ll tell Paul what a skank his well kept wife is up to while he’s out doing...whatever.

Once you’ve used sexual blackmail to right all these neighborly wrongs, you can tell Agnus what a fine thing you’ve done to protect her honor.

Then, and only then, will she shoo the bats outta there for you and let you get up in them dusty gizzards.

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Do you really want to get involved a dispute between two other neighbors? You must love drama.

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A 1/4 acre? What'd she have two trees "clear cut"?  My freaken garden is 50x125

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Buffers, setbacks, and property lines are important to quality of life and general intangible enjoyment of the property.

Call zoning, ask about tree preservation and buffer ordinances in regards to (insert offending property address here) since you heard a lot of saw work.

Don't give your name or address since you aren't reporting a problem - you're just asking about tree preservation and buffering.

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HOA.... covenants and restrictions, and all that.

Not a fan of subdivisions or HOAs. One of the major reasons we bought this property was because of the privacy and shade given by the protected Natural buffers. Preventing situations like this is one of the primary reasons for having an HOA.

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Her property?  Who cares...

Only way to find the property lines is getting the Surveyors out there, she measured herself?  

Just plant more trees on your property line...

A permit to cut down a tree?  

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This was originally going to be a rant thread, but I allowed myself to regain my bearing before flying off the handle.

Im enjoying my coffee Friday morning listening to tree crews cutting on the property behind my fence. These are small lots in a subdivision, separated by a natural vegetation buffer of mature pines and deciduous trees. Thinking that perhaps a tree was a potential threat during this hurricane season, I didn’t think much of it at first. Welp, by Saturday afternoon, the fucktards had clearcut all of the trees in their backyard... 125’ of treeline, probably 10-15’ deep.

My nextdoor neighbor is a septuagenarian widow who has (had?) a beautifully planted backyard full of shade-loving  vegetation that is now in full sun exposure for most of the day. She now has ZERO privacy into nearly all of her bedroom and living spaces, thanks to our rear neighbor, Mrs. Paul Bunyan. The Widow’s property values are probably diminished as a result. Needless to say, she is quite upset. In comparison, my tree line is thinned out considerably, but I still have fair privacy.

According to the widow, she had a previous run-in with Mrs. Bunyan, who had claimed that the widows fence was over her property line. The widow described Mrs Bunyan as “Sassy”, which, taken in context, meant she is a royal cunt. Mine and the widows homes are about 15years old, and the fences were installed when new. Mrs Bunyan’s home is about 5 years old and she tied into our fence line.

I pulled up the plats for the subdivision, and measured our property lines, which showed my fence on the line (although over the rear setback), and the widow’s fence line doesn’t even extend to the setback. Furthermore, the natural boundaries are noted as protected in the notes.

So from what I can tell, cunt Bunyan clearcut a protected natural boundary, of which at least 10’ were likely on the Widow’s property.

I highly doubt that any of work was permitted by Th e HOA or city, which has ordinances heavily restricting tree removal for any trees over a 8” DBH.

Sooo... throw the Bunyans under the bus to the city an HOA or MYOB?



TL;DR: asshole neighbor clearcut protected natural buffers; most likely Illegally. I would like to throw them under the bus. Im about to demand they have Bill call me.

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UPDATE:

Measured mine and the adjacent property line; Very few of the trees were actually on the Bunyans' property. The trees were Mostly on the Widow's property, but all were part of the buffer zone. They also cut down one or two on my property. City code enforcement Shut them down this morning.

ETA: I Google Earth, I overlaid property lines in red and fence lines in blue. Yellow  Blob is the clear-cut Area.

https://i.imgur.com/wnbpoJd.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/5KCLTb3.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Vete1e3.png

https://i.imgur.com/PCl6Ypd.jpg