My next door neighbor transplanted a chestnut tree between our houses in our shared easement. It was closer to his house on his property last year when he initially pl ted it. Now he’s moved it into the side of the easement that is supposed to be “my side”.
There are so many reasons that I am spiraling over this. First and foremost the fact that I am an urban flower farmer and his lack of foresight that this tree will eventually shade out 3/4 of my growing space is so frustrating. Secondly, as I said, we are urban with probably just 40 feet between houses which means the roots will eventually creep into our foundations. Finally, he’s put wire fencing around it to protect from deer so now I need to mow around all that smh. It’s still a very young tree and I need to just tell him it needs to be moved but I’m mostly a) needing to vent and b) trying to figure out the best way to approach him about it because I do not want it to create any big problems between us as we generally get along