MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman is calling for an end to the rain of branches on her property before more damage happens.“I can’t get the help that I need when it’s your property that’s causing the havoc,” said Margaret Bradley. “It’s not mine, but if I was to do something wrong, I’m pretty sure you’d be up my tushy immediately.”Trees surrounding a vacant home consistently shower Bradley’s Cadillac with branches, causing over $4,000 in damage last year....
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - A woman is calling for an end to the rain of branches on her property before more damage happens.
“I can’t get the help that I need when it’s your property that’s causing the havoc,” said Margaret Bradley. “It’s not mine, but if I was to do something wrong, I’m pretty sure you’d be up my tushy immediately.”
Trees surrounding a vacant home consistently shower Bradley’s Cadillac with branches, causing over $4,000 in damage last year.
So she put up a carport to protect her car.
Now, the carport is broken and leaning to the side, and the tarp is full of holes.
“Just trim the trees so I can stop coming out the pocket with so much money,” said Bradley. “The branches hit my roof and awnings all the time; I can’t take it anymore.”
Bradley’s Maple Heights home is next to a city-owned lot, where trees have sent branches like hail down on her property.
She says she has reached out about the issue and has been told it has been added to a list for the past year, a list on which she says it seems her problem never advances.
19 News went to the Maple Heights City Hall and talked with the service department assistant director.
He says he called an arborist Tuesday and hopes someone will be out to the property by the end of the week or early next week.
He also explained the lot next to Bradley’s is city-owned, but the house itself is on a private lot and one the city is trying to acquire to fix up the entire area.
A city council meeting should address that in April.
Bradley says she is less concerned with the house and more focused on the trees getting addressed before an entire tree goes down on her house.
“I just received a few years back one of the city’s recognitions for having one of the most beautiful yards in Maple Heights, I can’t possibly seem to get it back again if I can’t seem to get this taken care of,” said Bradley.
19 News will follow this story to provide updates.
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