A tree has become a bit of a 'tourist attraction' in a suburb of Sheffield after a 'petty' homeowner had half of it cut off, leaving the other half for the neighbours next door.
Bharat Mistry and his family were left 'gutted' after the people next door had exactly half the tree cut down by tree surgeons.
It's pretty noticeable, too. There's half of the 16 foot fir tree missing.
It had been there for 25 years, as well.
This is the result of a year-long dispute between Mistry and his neighbours.
Mistry said that the neighbours had complained about the noise that birds were making in the tree, as well as the mess that was left on their driveway.
The usually quiet street in Waterthorpe has been attracting visitors from far and wide since a picture of the tree - or the remaining half of it - went viral.
Mr Mistry said: "It has been there for 25 years and we'd trimmed into a ball shape with agreement with the neighbour and he has been fine about it.
"But recently there have been birds in the tree which you would expect at this time of the year.
"He started off by putting black bin liners in the tree to stop the birds sitting there.
"Last weekend he said he was going to get a tree surgeon to cut it down and we asked him not to but they came on Friday and did it."
As the tree surgeons hacked away at the branches of their beloved tree, Mr Mistry and his family watched on in despair.
He continued: "We were absolutely distraught. We pleaded and pleaded with them not to do it, but their mind was made up. That tree was coming down.
"I believe he has the right to cut down anything that is overhanging onto his property.
"But you have to ask, why after 25 years would you do that?
"It must have been no more than 3ft onto his land.
"It is above head height, the bottom of the branches start at about 8ft high and we have cut off the branches lower down to be amiable with them.
"He can get his car on and off the drive with no issues.
"We had asked if we could get it trimmed back and put a net in it so it would stop birds getting in, but there was no compromise with them."
Now, he says that he's cut off contact with his neighbours, despite previously enjoying a good relationship with them.
"I haven't spoken to him since they cut it down," he said.
"We have never had any issues with them before this, we got on fine. Our children would play with their grandchildren when they were younger, we've always got on.
"He started complaining about the birds making noise, but my daughter sleeps in the front bedroom and she can't hear anything.
"He tried to say they have made a mess of his drive but he parks his car there and I haven't seen any evidence of that on his car.
"The weekend before last they said they were getting a tree surgeon to chop it down and they came out on Friday to do it.
"He used to bring the bins in for us, it's such a shame it has come to this.
"It is really sad to look at, because the tree has been there for so long and it's a really pretty tree."
Mr Mistry concluded: "We've had a lot of people walking past to look at it, people you can just tell have come out of their way to walk their dog on a different route to have a look.
"People have stopped to take pictures, there has been a lot posted on social media.
"You think we'd probably do the same if it was another house, but it does feel a bit like an invasion of privacy."
The neighbours have so far declined to comment.
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