I went this morning to the insurance offices. The tattooed lady (from head to fingers and toes, I think I mentioned her quite some time ago) will be dealing with me. I explained everything, and the fact i couldn't phone in to the police to get the crime numbers. I need two. She is a lovely lady (although to meet her on a dark night you might think you have wandered in Ray Bradbury's 'The Illustrated man'), and understood without me explaining that ny deafness poses a few problems. She rang the police for me, and I had to authorise that verbally over the phone even though I couldn't hear what questions they were asking over the phone. And she gave me a mobile number so I can text her easily if there are any other problems. So that is in motion wherever it goes, both for AH new neighbour illegally cutting my border bushes right over on my property up to a couple of metres, and also for him destroying the bird's nests on a hedge which was not his. The bird's nest that was intact was hanging on half of what was left of my cherry tree. The AH new neighbour had massacred my cherry tree, and none of it was on his property, it was all on my property, not even a branch was overhanging on to his property,
The reason I did this initially, was for the old lady who had lived there many years. I didn't want to cause her any problems with overhanging plants or branches. And so I trimmed all that regularly, and I was carrying on with that even when she died a year ago. I was being a considerate neighbour.
But this has all left me very very tired. So exhausted that I have nothing left. It is like my body has given up. Every scrap of energy has vacuumed out of it by some unseen entities.
@jjraak I don't see how this can resolve amicably. He has committed two crimes here, and I cannot forgive him for what he has done to the birds and their nests. And he has destroyed my peace and my sanctuary and privacy.
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@Muddy Cyclist
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@Krystyna23040 I would never dream of cutting well over into someone else's property. He has pulled out my flowering Clematis (which was in full bloom) as well, which again was all on my property, He has cut my beautiful scented roses right down to about nearly 2 metres over on my property. And cut them down to about a metre in height. And much more, all on my property. I have always been careful not to let any of my vegetation intrude on the property next door.
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@ianpspurs I am very sad this has also caused the birds now to leave my garden. My garden is my sanctuary...or was...
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@dunelm Yes the insurance company are taking it seriously, and I have a lovely helpful lady. It has destroyed my peace in my garden, as well as the peace and safety of my birds. Next time I move house, I want at least a full football pitch length between me and any neighbours...
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@RFSMarch
What am I doing to get my peace and sanity back? Because that is my first priority. I cannot put the bungalow up for sale and move. The AH new neighbour has also cut down my roses at the other end of the low wall which now allows his security light which is now left on all night to beam into my bedroom window. It is like he has invaded every aspect of my property. I bought a lottery ticket this morning. I can only hope.
Well, I have a Buddliea bush in the middle of my garden. It grows very virulently. It is white, and the leaves it grows are very big and thick and stay on pretty much all winter. The butterflies love it, and it is not the variety of Buddliea which is regarded as a pest nor is it invasive, and it does not self seed. But you only have to break a stick off it, push it in the ground, and it will grow very quickly. So as a barrier to his security light shining into my garden, it will be very effective. I have already put in 3 sticks of it on the ground, by his security light are, 3 metres into my property from the wall. I have also ordered some more camouflage netting, and that will be 'filling' the other gaps the AH new neighbour. The camouflage netting came today, so I will put that in the gaps tomorrow. But I need a good night's sleep first.
I think I am going to plant that white Buddliea bush sticks all the way along the dividing wall between me and AH new neighbour. I will keep the height down to a reasonable height, but that is it.
I didn't mention before, but AH new neighbour has also butchered the hedge between me and him, also on my property, so I cannot go out and sit on J's and Meg's bench for a quiet cup of coffee in the morning without being viewed by him and the whole street. Again, I had trimmed the bits on his side so nothing went over the wall, but he deigned to cut over into my property.
I have just decided that the white Buddliea sticks will be at the back of J's and Meg's bench, and that will create my privacy again. Although not immediately, but give that white Buddliea a couple of months and it will be about a metre and a half high.
I think the butterflies might find heaven in my garden this year.
I miss my birds not feeding off my suet feeders. I could watch them from my bed. I hope they will return soon...
I knew there was a heck of a lot of birdsong from the hedge in my back garden between me and AH new neighbour, but they were nesting there. Was he trying to get rid of that noise?
