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gooner63_2 · 2012-12-09 13:34:46

After recent bad weather....we have a tree within our garden...which is leaning quite badly...ie 20 odd degrees towards our house...been quoted £1000 plus to remove it...due to close proximity....it's a pine tree...about 30 ft high.....and quite near our drains...is this something we could claim on insurance for…

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Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite

11 December 2012 at 7:41AM

Pine trees have shallow roots and go over relatively quickly when they go. At present, we have extreme levels of ground water in many places, and there have been recent high winds, so an insurance company probably won't question this too closely.

Being in the country, I could have a 30' pine down and cut up for around £100 if left on site, but I'd first have to convince my tree chap that it would be safe to climb. In this case, if it was 'precarious,' any quote you received would have reflected that. Once an arboriculturalist starts work, it's his/her insurers who'd be handling any claim.

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