Bullies

I am very upset.  I came home yesterday afternoon and found two lkarge digging machines roaring around on the building site next door.  The owner builder, Mark was also there doing things with his spade.  As I walked in my gate I gave him a bit of a wave but he turned his back on me and walked away.

I then looked at what used to by my garden beside the dividing space between our two properties....... this used to be a hedge that I have planted and nurtured in order to have something green to block the concrete outlook.  it is now a lot of broken plants!
When the diggers eventually stopped their horrendous noise, I went out and called Mark over - I said that at least he could have told me what he was planning to do and that he could have been a bit more courteous.  His reply was to stride across to the fence line yelling at me and, when he got within reach, he took off his gloves and shook his fist in my face as though he wanted to hit me!  He then told me that he knew I was the one who had rung the council about him taking down the tree. 

It then went from bad to worse with him cursing me for everything that had happened since he bought the property.  It seems as though my neighbour over the back is his enemy as well at another neighbour a few doors down!  The only person who is apparently alright is his adjoining neighbour on the other side who he describes as a nice old lady - in fact, she is scared of him and is just putting up with it in the hope it will stop.
He is a bully who isn't good with words and appears to have a large inferiority comples so the only way he can get his message through is to yell and offer violence.
I felt last night as if my very existence had been threatened by the shouting - this is my home and used to be my safe haven after work.  That has now been violated.  I have told Mark that if he EVER threatens me again, I will take it further.