Leylandii hedge close to house - to remove or not to remove?

[cambadvice]

Hi everyone. I'd appreciate any advice on a tree issue, please. There is a very tall (over 4m high) Leylandii hedge in our neighbour's garden which runs along the back of our house. The trunks are 3m from the walls of our house. The hedge is a little over 10m wide. The soil type is 'Freely draining lime-rich loamy soils'. The hedge has been there for over 25 years but was initially kept low. However, about 20 years ago it was allowed to grow unchecked (albeit trimmed slightly once a year). 

 

Our neighbour has now offered to cut it down and we would love this to allow in more light. But would this risk a problem with subsidence / heave given the proximity to our house? I'm unsure whether it's better to take it down to prevent this, or leave it there to avoid changing the water levels in the soil? There is currently no sign of any damage at all to our house. Our house was built about 20 years ago. Any advice on this would be appreciated. Thanks

 

 

[AHPP]

I first worked out that tree blokes are fannies when working for a developer at his country pile in Bedfordshire. I was doing a load of pruning from a cherry picker, full of thoughtfulness and botanical sympathy. He asked me about a conifer hedge and I pissled on about chippers fed by diggers with rotating grabs, loaders to anoint his flowerbeds with mulch and a stumpgrinder to blank his canvas beautifully.

"Wouldn't it be easier to just f4ck them out with a JCB and bonfire them?"

Now you mention it, yes.

[doobin]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

I first worked out that tree blokes are fannies when working for a developer at his country pile in Bedfordshire. I was doing a load of pruning from a cherry picker, full of thoughtfulness and botanical sympathy. He asked me about a conifer hedge and I pissled on about chippers fed by diggers with rotating grabs, loaders to anoint his flowerbeds with mulch and a stumpgrinder to blank his canvas beautifully.

"Wouldn't it be easier to just f4ck them out with a JCB and bonfire them?"

Now you mention it, yes.

Bread and butter for me that is mate. 
 

 

[Deafhead]

13 hours ago, doobin said:

Bread and butter for me that is mate. 
 

 

That could easily be one of my sites.