My customer's neighbours REFUSED to cut down their hedge... so here's what I did next

Daily Mail​

6 hours ago

A man who was fed up with his neighbour refusing to cut down their large hedge took drastic action.
In a video shared on TikTok, the irritated homeowner, posting under the username @gardenyardzmowing1982, showed how something as mundane as a garden border can cause conflict.
In the clip the frustrated gardener showed off the huge shrub separating his and his neighbour's homes.
Panning across the garden TikTok users could see the metres-long shrub standing almost twice as tall as the neighbour.
The TikToker claimed that the house next door had 'refused' to cut it back and he had been forced to take matters in to his own hands.
His video then showed a time lapse of the content creator, dressed in navy trousers and a T-shirt, using a hedge trimmer to cut down at least a foot of growth.
By the end of the video, the guerrilla gardener had taken off a considerable chunk from the top of the shrub and seemed satisfied with the transformation.
And while the TikTok user was pleased with his handiwork, others were less than impressed and took tot he comments under his video to express their concerns.
One user suggested the neighbour might sue and wrote: 'By Law in the UK you are allowed to cut anything overhanging your garden but not the entire hedge. If I was your neighbour I'd sue'.
Another TikTok user echoed this, commenting: 'If it the hedge belongs to a neighbour you can cut anything over hanging on your side of the boundary but you are not allowed to reduce the height without permission. Criminal damage'.
One voiced concern over local wildlife and asked whether the TikToker had considered nesting birds before shopping off the overhanging branches.
They commented: 'I hope you avoided the nesting season?' and another joined in the sentiment, adding, 'Hedges are for wildlife as much as anything else. you could have simply trimmed the top not hacked it off. But then I suppose most people don't consider others, least of all the natural world.'
While the TikTok user was pleased with his handiwork, others were less than impressed and took tot he comments under his video to express their concerns.
While another suggested that the neighbour might have been growing the hedge tall for privacy reasons, writing, 'Maybe the neighbour wanted it tall for a reason. Probably to block out annoying neighbours'.
Others criticised the keen gardener and asked why he had cut the hedge down and limited his own privacy with users writing: 'The hedge is great for privacy and wind protection', 'You should have left it, was more private' and 'why did you do his side you can't do it some people like privacy!'.
According to the GOV.UK website you can only trim a hedge up to the property boundary.
If you do more than this your neighbour could take you to court for damaging their property.