Moving house is undoubtedly one of the most stressful things a person can do in life. It’s a long process and dealing with estate agents, solicitors, and various other people can almost feel like a full-time job. And while it’s fairly normal for those selling a property to take the furnishings and white goods, taking the garden seems a step too far.

For one couple this scenario came true after they moved into their dream home and thought they had settled in. Taking to Reddit to share their problem, she wrote: “Received a peculiar message this morning from the previous owner of my home. They want to know if they can come to take the hydrangea bushes from the backyard and front of the house as they are of sentimental value.”

She went on: “We’re talking at least half a dozen bushes, the kind that grows like trees. They’re massive and they are part of the charm of our little cottage and frankly, I don’t want to see them go. I feel that I bought the property landscaping included. We’ve lived here for two years and this is the first we’ve heard of the sentiment attached to these plants. I’d be willing to offer a cutting from one of the plants, but I’m so afraid if I give an inch, they’ll take a mile.”

The new owner later revealed in the comments that one of the hydrangea bushes was “as tall as the first story of the house,” adding they would need a digger to get one of them out of the ground as it was so big it served as a privacy barrier. She also added that the couple would have been happy to let them come around and take a cutting of the plant.

People were suitably furious by the entitled behaviour of the previous owner and rushed to give the new residents advice. One person wrote: “Do not, I repeat, do not, let them have the bushes. You bought them fair and square, it's been two whole years, and they are deluded to ask you for them. Give the cutting, yes, but not the bushes. Even giving a cutting is beyond what you owe them because what you owe them is diddly squat! Make it 100% abundantly clear to them that those bushes are staying right where they are!”

Another person advised: “Put up cameras like, yesterday because they sound like they'd just come and take them.” And someone else penned: “You bought the house and property. They included the landscaping. If they had wanted any of it, the time to take it was when they moved out of the home, before you closed on the house. The landscaping is yours. Tell them no, and if they try to take it any way you will have them arrested for trespassing. It isn’t their property anymore, and they are not entitled to anything on it.”

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courtesy of MIRROR

by Eve Wagstaff

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