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‘I Had No Other Choice’: Resident Laments Selling House With Garden To Developers Amidst Malta’s Tree Slaughter

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The protection of Malta’s trees has been high on the agenda for many people these past few days. Whether it’s from the government or private individuals, trees are seemingly under threat on a constant basis… and it’s clear that we’ve arrived at a point where every tree counts.

Knowing this all too well, a member of the Facebook group For Our Trees has expressed her dismay over her own decision to sell her property, located in the central parts of Malta, which will be developed.

The development will result in the destruction of the garden that is part of the house, a fact the woman said she was disappointed and angry at herself about

“I’m so angry at myself for accepting to sell that house,” the user wrote. “Mind you critics that before the house was sold, I asked some people if they wanted the trees but they told me the settembrina and lemon wouldn’t survive and the orange trees are too big, nobody wanted them”.

She also went on to write that there were only a “few months left to wake up to this beautiful view and so much fresh air” until her “mom’s home becomes a fucking concrete jungle”.

Some members of the group quickly accused the woman for being a hypocrite for selling the house, but she’s now opened up about what drove her to the difficult decision.

Speaking to Lovin Malta, the group member explained to us that the house was sold due to a family disagreement, saying that she was sadly fully aware that there would be a “block of concrete”.

“We really tried for three and a half years to find someone, a family, who could turn a five-bedroom house into a beautiful home, but no one wants a 155-foot-long house, I guess,” she said. “I had no other choice.”

What do you make of this situation?

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