Tree Repot

DaftyDuck

Dave - interesting though Nick's words are, if I followed Dan's advice and ringed/nailed the tree, I'd be more worried about the words "You're nicked"...

Oh, and a dead tree, 1 metre from my house, falling on it....

merrydance

I'm curious what does self seeded mean? Is 45 years young for a tree?

AdrianC

merrydance wrote: »

I'm curious what does self seeded mean?

Mother nature planted it, rather than a man with a spade.

Is 45 years young for a tree?

If it's only 20ft high and 10" trunk, I'd have thought it'd be a lot younger than that. Have to admit, I'd have had a pair of loppers to it a few years ago, when I first noticed it growing there.

merrydance

We have been here for 20 years and it was there when we moved in, no mention of it on the survey we had done. I must admit it doesn't seem to have grown much. As it is on council land they do come round every few years and trim it.

moneyistooshorttomention

AdrianC wrote: »

If it's really only a metre from the house, then it's almost certainly self-seeded. There is no way I'd be happy with a young tree that close.

When we had a timber garage built a year or two ago, Building Control insisted on a two-metre deep solid poured-concrete root-control wall for an (admittedly much larger) fir which was about four metres away from where the garage wall was going. We took the other approach - the tree is now a large pile of big logs.

:eek::mad::eek::mad: - just "saved" this because of the trees planted right against one of my garden walls by nfh.

I hadn't realised the little *expletive deleted* would cost me that much hassle/expense to deal with that little bit of selfishness/deliberate awkwardness.:(:(:mad::(:(.

Hmm...perhaps I should just "leave things be" and send her a letter about it if they get much bigger???? (ie to cover myself with my insurance company) and save myself having to spend that much money. Her insurance company would then have to cover it - rather than me if it comes to it that her trees do damage my property.:undecided:think:

AdrianC

merrydance wrote: »

We have been here for 20 years and it was there when we moved in

And you didn't think "Blimey, that's a bit close"?

I must admit it doesn't seem to have grown much.

The roots are probably being restricted by your foundations.

As it is on council land they do come round every few years and trim it.

Let's hope financial controls don't affect the council's tree maintenance services, eh...?

Miss_Samantha

AdrianC wrote: »

If it's really only a metre from the house, then it's almost certainly self-seeded. There is no way I'd be happy with a young tree that close.

Seems, then, that homeowners should periodically check near their walls and kill off self-seeded trees or bushes if they are accessible. (if neighbouring land is council-owned).

AdrianC

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

Seems, then, that homeowners should periodically check near their walls and kill off self-seeded trees or bushes if they are accessible.

If the landowner's not interested.

merrydance

Hi Adrian - No I didn't really know anything about trees being close to properties then - I do now! If there was a problem I was obviously relying on my surveyor to point it out ( I did have a full house survey done, not just a homebuyers report). If the tree is causing any problems and the council will not pay to have it felled then I will offer to pay.

Miss_Samantha

AdrianC wrote: »

If the landowner's not interested.

OK, edited my post to clarify that I meant in case the neighbouring land is council-owned (public space, park, etc).
Council will not be interested and will not carry out such inspections. If you remove a small plant they will not even notice, but if you take your chainsaw and cut off a grown tree they will sue for criminal damage, etc.