Tree too close?

Floxxie

You need to check if they have a preservation order on them. Damn annoying and can prove expensive if they need to be trimmed back.
I wouldn't ever buy a house again that had a tree that close but only because the falling leaves and conkers and the limited light did my head in!

Doozergirl

The roots of a tree tend to mirror the canopy -they will extend the canopy slightly as they will search for water but you won't find massive roots extending beyond the canopy.

The fact is, it isn't suffering from subsidence now, the tree isn't going to get much bigger in the medium term and if if did fall down (unlikely) your buildings insurance would cover any subsequent problems providing it isn't too close (it looks okay to me but get the tape measure out if it concerns you!)

martindow

I would be concerned about the light. You are viewing the house in the height of summer. In spring and autumn with the sun lower in the sky it could be very gloomy and overshadowed.

slopemaster

Archlever wrote: »

Hi,
As for the tree falling on the house in case of a storm, hmmmm don't know what to say to that one, except that this is pretty uncommon.
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May be uncommon but certainly happens.
My mother is presently staying in a hotel because a large branch from next door's tree fell on her bedroom roof! Not even in a storm

cherry76

I bought a house in a conservation area. The surveyor mentioned in his survey that the tree in the neighbour's garden must be pruned regularly. I was a bit concerned about it but the tree itself was already pruned. I do not know exactly how many mts it is from my property. I would have thought the neighbour is also aware of this problem and will keep the tree pruned. Living in a conservation also means permission has to be granted to do the task.

dfarry

Apologies for the delayed reply, but many thanks for all the feedback...

I don't have any idea what the tree is except that it is deciduous. I have attached some aerial view pictures of the property below. The RED marker is the tree that we are concerned with, I would say that it's canopy just about reaches the house. These pictures show it without it's leaves and I think these aerial images are from a few years ago now. According to my vendor the tree was last trimmed 18 months ago but there was no mention of a tree preservation order.

The blue markers are very nice Holm Oak trees in the front garden/drive, these are within our grounds and do have tree preservation orders on them (I was also going to ask about likely up keep/costs of these).

As you can see the house has four separate garden area's really:-
The east facing front garden/drive.
The south facing main garden, the fence is now lined with conifers to offer some screening from the main road... but we don't like conifers and will remove them in favour of smaller shrubs. This garden has very good light but is a bit noisier because of the road.
West facing is a small patio area sheltered by the mature trees that run along the fence line of the property directly to the west.
The North facing garden is secluded partly as it is north facing but also because of the tree's especially the RED marked one. Sunlight in this area is less important and it's quite nice to have the cool seclusion of tree's here I think.









As you can see the neighbour to the north has a massive tree in their back garden and it is quite close to their house.... it doesn't seem to affect us though fortunately.

lincroft1710

It's a bit of an odd shaped garden(s), as it seems where offending tree is should have been your garden. Has house been extended as roofs are different colours. Don't like the big tree in neighbour's garden at rear.

staffie1

Great aeriel pictures! Where did you get them from, out of interest?

lincroft1710

staffie - looks like "about my place" - worth googling

g_attrill

staffie1 wrote: »

Great aeriel pictures! Where did you get them from, out of interest?

It's what was called Windows Live Local, now Bing Maps:

http://www.bing.com/maps/

The Bird's Eye is only available in a few areas.