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@LuLu Mom: No, it was a different neighbor. She had heard about the last month of events (yes, this "arborist" as the neighbor who hired him called him, has taken a MONTH to do their tree job) from us so when she saw them over in our yard again she went over and told them they needed to leave and when they were aggressive (they're just thugs) she called the PD.

@Mamaof2: @dagret: The thing that is most weird is the owner of the property with the trees doesn't seem to care, either. My husband went over to talk to the tree trimmer on Saturday while he was in the tree. He asked for the phone number of the property owner because we can't find his info ANYwhere and the tree trimmer refused to provide it. He said, "if you don't let me access your yard, I will cut both of your trees down; and you can just sue me!" The cops did force the number out of them yesterday so DH called the property owner. My DH recorded the call and it turns out the owner was hiding behind the fence and listening on Saturday when DH was pleading with the tree trimmer for the number!

My neighbor (the good one ) and I were in my backyard yesterday when he aggressively cut that huge half of OUR tree down into the yard. It almost hit both our fence and deck and had it hit us, would have seriously injured or killed us. The situation is so messed up. Because of how far it escalated I'm a little afraid to be home alone all day. I hate that feeling.

We hired a professional tree company to come out and they worked until dark last night and its mostly cleaned up. Our real estate agent is calling the buyer's agent after it's all cleaned up this morning and we are going to ask the buyer what he'd like done. The tree is pretty much ruined (tree company we hired said it almost certainly won't recover) so we are offering to remove it completely. If he gets cold feet because of it we may offer a credit to buy new tree coverage or something. Cross your fingers for us!

@avivoca: Thank you. I'm just hoping that the tree trimmer and his crew listen to the no trespass order given by the cops and stay away. I can't believe how out of hand this became.

@Littlebit: He was just very apathetic about the whole thing and was like "well I really don't know what to say." He never apologized or anything. We're realizing that the tree trimmer just walked all over him and I think may have even used intimidation with him. The tree guy only charges $200 to cut down a tree (vs. $1000 it usually costs for a true pro!) and so trimming is a lot more effort than just chopping it down. I think he just wanted to do the easiest quickest job possible for his money.

@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: @swurlygurl: @oliviaoblivia: @bpcmarj: @Mrs. J: @HabesBabe: @bluestriped bee: @Shutterbug: @Mrs.Pinecone316: My good friend is a cop with the SD and he stopped by today and said that the workers with the tree crew all had prior criminal history and were on suspension. Obviously the police can't do much in our situation but it's interesting to note they have a prior record.

The guy we hired did a GREAT job cleaning our back yard up and hauled 2 huge trailer loads out. Our agent says it looks like we handled it proactively and that it looks good so hoping he loss of the tree isn't a huge deal! As I said before the tree was behind our fence (even though on our property - it's an odd fencing situation that the previous owners did) so hopefully he won't have even realized the tree was part of the property. We have to disclose though, obviously.

@Mrs. Pen: @Kimberlybee: @photojane: Thank you so much for thinking of us and being sympathetic! One of those situations it feels good to rant about.

I just got word that the buyer said to leave the tree as is! So thankful!!! I was thinking he would ask us to have it removed but this is the best possible scenario.