
26. Conserving Nature, or Plain Stubbornness?
On Reddit, someone called out his neighbor for refusing to pay anyone to work on his house, because he wanted to do every single thing on his own. “Guy in the neighborhood chose to build his house instead of hiring contractors and people who know what they’re doing. We watched in amusement as they deal with various problems. Most recently, instead of removing a tree that partially blocks their garage, they just poured the driveway around it.” Saving these trees doesn’t seem to be out of respect for nature. You can see in the photo that he cut down one of the trees and left behind the stump, because he didn’t have the right equipment to remove it. He just completely gave up trying on the second tree. While it’s impressive that he built this house on his own, it doesn’t mean he needs to do everything alone.

If you need a tree removed, it’s best to hire professionals to deal with it. They often need to bring in a cherry picker to remove the high branches first, before using chainsaws to bring down the main tree trunk. Stump removal is an extra fee, because of the difficulty of the ordeal. Cleanup is also a big issue, especially if you don’t have the ability to mulch or burn the wood that’s leftover. Unfortunately for this person, he’s only making his own life more difficult by keeping a tree in front of his driveway. The tree roots are potentially going to crack the driveway as they grow, and future buyers are going to be scared away from buying this property.