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Place next door is being demolished making way for the most ridiculous new house to be built.
Going by the plans it'll be a single residence, 3 levels, massive basement w/ 5 underground car parks all for a single family. Going to be a big white box basically. Building will go fence to fence no or tiny garden. Why people opt for no garden on such a big block is beyond me. I completely understand on smaller blocks, and maybe the maintenence concerns but if you can fork out that much for a tacky mcmansion, you can afford a gardener or 10.
No space for trees which is the same that happened to the neighbour on the other side. Maybe I'm getting old but the whole charm of the area is a shitload of big trees and nice little front gardens. Most new places going up around here have neither. If you're lucky a few small shrubs and some synthetic lawn.
Don't care about what the place looks like really, but no green just shits me. Not sure if that makes me a NIMBY.
Shame.
the people who build large houses like that rely on all the little houses in the area to have nice gardens and trees to make the neighbourhood nice
fuck them
Same people hate your leaves in Autumn. "Messing up the place". Oh no, some nature getting about.
Once trees go bare in autumn, the only saving grace is the leaves on the ground. Looks so comforting.
Yeah, my tree is my bedroom blind for the streetlight so it sucks in winter. No leaves all streetlight.