Tree ID and Building Risk Advice

[roco]

Hello,

 

Please can someone tell me what type of tree this is? It's obviously very close <2m to a building and above roof height. The area is shown on maps as a clay soil area. I'd like to know if this variety generally poses a risk to structures or not?

 

I'm really trying to work out if I should run away from house purchase or if it's no big deal? There's no visible cracking, but it's rendered so maybe I wouldn't see anyway...

 

Even if it's all fine today and I get it chopped down to remove future risk, there's still a risk of heave isn't there given potential clay soil area? Can that be avoided or managed in some way?

 

Would it stop you buying a property?

 

Thanks!

 

 

Edited September 21, 2024 by roco

[Stubby]

Looks like a birch .

[openspaceman]

  On 21/09/2024 at 14:49, Stubby said:

Looks like a birch .

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Not a good picture but the leaves look pinnate at the bottom, grey bark too.

[roco]

Thanks, here's a better photo of the leaves sorry - does that look conifer like?

 

 

[openspaceman]

So there was something else at the bottom front, that's a lawsons cypress, very unlikely to damage the house and not likely to be a reason you could not fell it unless TPO or conservation area.

[skc101fc]

Fookin ' ell. We've some well dodgy tree identifiers in this group 😆

[peds]

  On 21/09/2024 at 14:49, Stubby said:

Looks like a birch .

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Would you like to borrow my reading glasses?

 

It's clearly a dehydrated eucalyptus. 

[roco]

  On 21/09/2024 at 21:58, openspaceman said:

So there was something else at the bottom front, that's a lawsons cypress, very unlikely to damage the house and not likely to be a reason you could not fell it unless TPO or conservation area.

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Thank you! There's no TPO here, would you have any concerns with the roots and heave risk if it was chopped down? Can you do anything to reduce the risk with heave as I think it's likely clay soil area?

[Stubby]

So , its quite clearly a coniliptusbirch thingy .

[woody paul]

weeping beech, Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula', Pictures of bark and leaf would help.