Home-owner sparks outrage after paving over backyard for driveway

A home-owner has defended her resolution to chop down a tree and pave over her backyard amid cries of concern on social media.

Old images of a Bradford Road property in Bolton with a luscious backyard containing bushes, grass, bushes and shrubs emerged on social media. A second picture, taken six years later, present the backyard changed by a paved driveway.

The new scene, a gray concrete patio, has been likened to a “petrol station without pumps”. Other social media customers have known as it “vandalism” and mentioned wildlife may very well be harmed by the change.

But, talking to the MailOnline, the proprietor says the images make it look “a lot worse than it actually is”. The nurse mentioned: “It looks like its a massive area but its actually not.

“The tree got here down as a result of my roof was leaking in and the moss. It’s been there 5 years earlier than I obtained right here.

“I actually trimmed the tree at first but then when it was trimmed down all the birds started landing on it and then all this area below was full of bird crap. So, I can’t win.

“They had been additionally complaining in regards to the wildlife, however I stay on a important highway. There’s no wildlife. Just as a result of I reduce a tree down there’s been a giant uproar about it. For god’s sake simply depart me alone.”

As well as ripping out the garden, the homeowner renovated the front of the property, rendering it and having new windows installed, and had a car port put in.

Since being shared on social media, the property had received a lot of criticism. One person likened the change to “vandalism”.

They said: “They modified it from cute, if a little bit dated, with a pleasant backyard, to ‘badly transformed spa’.

A second quipped: “I’d like to report a crime.”

A 3rd instructed the change is “ecocide”.

Local resident Ian Broadbent, 75, mentioned he did not thoughts what she’d achieved. He defined: “It’s not my choice, I like a bit of greenery but I know a lot of people don’t like gardening.”

Following the web battering, the home-owner pleaded for critics to “leave me alone”. She has since put the bungalow in the marketplace, however worries the backlash might put individuals off.