Tall tree in garden, what are the complications?

paulsad

In a way you are lucky its in your property - we have one in the library car park at the back of ours and its an absolute nightmare to get the council to do anything about the bloody thing - just gets passed from one department to another. Its too high for me to prune and we get loads of hassle with leaf fall generally, leaves blocking gutters in the autumn not to mention the blocking of sunlight. I've been trying for 2 yrs we've been here to get them to act.

hshen

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I would, that tree sounds much too close to the house and I'd be worrying about what it might be doing to the foundations.

Do you know who I should ask to come and take a look? Or how much it might cost to fell a tree that doesn't have a TPO on it?

nell53

The house I was hoping to buy has 4-5 very tall trees [18m+] in the back garden, only 5 metres away from house. They were covered by an area TPO - where a group of trees have a tree preversation order on them, rather than as individual specimens- .

Even though I was only having a basic valuation done, my lender insisted on me getting a tree surgeons report. Got this done
by a qualified arborculturalist for £185 plus VAT- excellent report which put mine and lender's minds at ease. You can also speak to your council's tree officer- sometimes called tree warden- yes, they have them.

Well worth it for peace of mind.

hshen

Pigster wrote: »

Also very relevant is whether the house is on clay or not.

I have no idea whether it is on clay. It sounds like I better get someone who knows to go and take a closer look.

nell53

About £500 plus VAT for chopping, clearing and mulching a complete tree [but not stump removal] [Bristol area]

hshen

Thanks everyone.

From what I read the local searches solicitors do will flag up any TPOs relevant to me. And I'm going to get an arborculturalist to check it for my own peace of mind.

clutton_2

i have a property which has 5 very tall mature ash trees in a tiny garden.. the nearest one is 6 feet from the house, the most distant is about 25 feet away.

in the 30 years i have owned this property i have never ever had any problems whatsoever with the trees, or with my foundations. Ash has very wide roots, and i regularly cut off small shoots which appear in the middle of the garden.

Sometimes cutting down a tree is when the problems then start, as the tree roots gradually begin to shrink and the foundations then start to move.....

If there are any nearby properties, knock on their doors and ask them if they have had any problems with the tree roots....

dizziblonde

You're also going to get a steady stream of blokes of varying degree of randomness knocking on your door offering to chop the tree down for a small fee... speaking from experience here since we've got one in our garden (we rent so not my problem/judgement call to make and I think it's just past the danger boundary anyway in distance terms). Have about 5-6 try to make the offer each summer!

Ours is home to a family of squirrels which keep me endlessly amused through the months - it's better than the TV sometimes!

gooner63_2

nell53 wrote: »

About £500 plus VAT for chopping, clearing and mulching a complete tree [but not stump removal] [Bristol area]

Glad I don't live near Bristol :eek:.......had 20 tree's taken down a couple of years ago.....with removal at £100 @ tree.......still keeping me in fire wood as well !!!!!

Blacksheep1979

you may also have issues with insurance as a frequent question is do you have any trees growing within 5/10m of the house...