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Large trees near house


Oaksey84

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Hi, I'm considering buying a house that has several large mature trees in the garden.  I'm no expert but I think the three in the front are a chestnut, a holm oak and a copper beech - the latter 2 are within 5m of the property.  At the end of the back garden there's what looks like a multi stemmed scots pine.

Could anyone give me some advice? -  My concerns are whether they are likely to cause damage to the property ( I know insurance may be more) and how much and how frequent maintenance would be.   They are in a group TPO area, should I just rule this property out or are they going to be manageable? ( Or will sweeping up leaves, acorns, chestnuts and pine cones drive me nuts?!!)

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The horse chestnut is as good as dead.

The copper beech close to the house appears to have been heavily reduced in one photo.

Can’t see the holm oak.

 

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Thanks Mick,   The photo is from streetmap a few years old - the chestnut I think had just been coppiced as it's got a ball shaped head of leaves on it now.  Similarly the copper beech has alot more foliage now.  The holm oak's trunk is in the centre of the last picture (to the left of the copper beech trunk but hard to define in the dark area.

Would you be concerned about their proximity to the property?

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It looks to me as if the owner is already addressing the issues with the treework that’s been done.

 

There are other factors like soil type and when the house was built that will influence the degree to which the trees will affect the building.

 

From what I can see that house will be quite a few shekels to buy. Why not get an arboricultural consultant in on top of the normal survey?

 

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I'd be checking for the TPO application that permission for that work was granted for. Unless those species weren't covered by the TPO I'd expect there to have been a pretty compelling reason supported by engineer's reports for that level of reduction to be approved.

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I would cut them all down.

 

The Trees have out grown the garden and will be a long term cost.

 

Have the stumps ground out and plant something more suitable.

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19 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

I would cut them all down.

 

The Trees have out grown the garden and will be a long term cost.

 

Have the stumps ground out and plant something more suitable.

but for the TPO I would agree

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