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Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it is a very old saying that people often don’t learn until it is too late.
What would you do if you had a natural ‘wall’ of beautiful vines growing between you and your neighbors, but when new people moved in next door, they demanded that you take them down?
That is what happened to the woman in this story, so she chopped the vines down and built a concrete wall in its place. Now the neighbors are complaining that their view is obstructed, but there is nothing they can do.
She tried to warn them that taking the vines down was a bad idea, but they just wouldn’t listen. Read through the full story below and see what you think about how it was handled.
You don’t want the climbing plants? Sure thing!
My parents live in a big house with an amazing garden.
She just wants to have a beautiful garden.
My mom is an agro engineer and really cares about her plants. When we moved there, it was almost a desert and she put a lot of effort to make plants grow beautifully.
The house has a direct entrance to the garden on the left part, so there’s a wall like 13m tall, then it goes down to 5m and then again up to 8m.
Great, the neighbors loved her idea.
10 years ago my mom talked to the neighbor if there was no problem with them setting a wiring where the wall is 5m tall so my mom could make climbing plants grow.
The neighbor was really happy with the idea because a green wall would make the view more appealing and it will also give the two houses more privacy.
Good things can’t last forever.
So, she put a 3m tall wiring, some ampelopsis and also two different types of climbing jasmines. The neighbor was delighted that in summer he could enjoy the sweet fragrance of the flowers. Win win for both!
Well, the neighbor died and his son sold the house and the new owner built a 3 floors apartment complex there. After some months, the new neighbor started complaining with my mom about the climbing plants.
Removing the vines is going to cause problems.
He wanted her to cut them off. Remember the wall’s height, cutting the green wall off with a 3 floor building next to them meant total privacy invasion.
The harassment to get rid of the plants became unbearable. God protect this man because NOBODY wants to mess with my mom, especially when it comes to her plants.
He got exactly what he asked for.
So, my mom cut all the plants off, talked to an architect, talked to the municipality to get the permission and built a wall.
He was SO mad and when he confronted my mom, she showed him the permission and told him “I cut them off like you asked for, now you’re not going to have problems with the plants any more”.
Let him enjoy his new ugly view.
Of course, she made the plants grow again and she has her beautiful green wall again. And the neighbor has now a beautiful concrete monster in front of the windows.
Then we learned that the building wasn’t authorized by the municipality, so an 8m wall doesn’t sound that bad after all.
Sadly, some people only learn from consequences. This person could have enjoyed the nice green vines, but now that isn’t an option. Unfortunately, it is really his tenants that will suffer.
Check out what the people in the comments have to say about this story.
The mom sounds wonderful.
This commenter can’t keep plants alive.
She must have meant feet.
This commenter misread the title.
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The neighbor should get fined.
He wanted the vines gone, so that is just what he got. It is unfortunate that there is now a huge wall there instead, but that is just what had to happen.
If he had been more reasonable about the situation, he could have still enjoyed the pleasant green view.