Neighbour hits out at overgrown garden
Residents at a street in Annbank are furious at the state of an overgrown garden.
Grandfather Kenny Guthrie is a homeowner at Weston Avenue.
He has five grandchildren aged between two and seven and takes pride in keeping his garden in perfect condition for them to play in.
But the 51- year- old chef is raging at his neighbour who rents from the council and has refused to look after his own yard.
And he says one hedge is so out of control that another disabled neighbour has to walk onto the road to get past it.
Kenny told the Post: “This has been going on for over a year and it is getting beyond a joke now, it’s upsetting.
“I’ve got five grandchildren, anything could be in that garden – rats, mice who knows.
“I cut down a big tree because it was over on my side and I lay it in his pit.
“But now the rest of the bushes have started to grow up because of the summer.
“There is a blind man that lives across from me.
“Him and his family like to go a walk to the park with his stick but he’s actually got to go off the pavement to get onto the road to get past the hedge.
“And it’s the same with people with dogs.
“But he just says to me ‘ I don’t even need to speak to you’ and slams his door in my face.”
Kenny and Cathy McGrady live either side of the overgrown garden.
Cathy’s house is also rented from the council and the pensioner gets her lawn cut for her.
Kenny claims Cathy has even offered to lend the neighbour a lawn mower but he refused.
Kenny added: “I’ve spoken to the council but they have fobbed off the upkeep of his garden.
“They say the tenant is responsible. “Cathy is a pensioner and gets hers cut by the council and she even had a lawnmower which she offered to him.
“He’s a young guy he should be able to sort it no bother.
“But I just don’t understand why the council cut other gardens nearby but can’t just do his too.”
South Ayrshire Council say you need to have a special agreement in place for them to do your gardening.
But the neighbour, who asked to remain unnamed, claims they agreed to sort his for him several months ago.
He said: “I spoke to the council two months ago and they said they would sort the garden but they didn’t give me a time frame.”
However a council spokesperson said: “Both private owners and council tenants are responsible for the upkeep of their garden. “We are aware of the situation with this tenant’s garden and it will be dealt with in line with our procedures.”
I spoke to the council two months ago and they said they would sort the garden but they didn’t give me a time frame Council tenant