Large trees in garden

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I am buying a house but when I didn't go in the garden on my first viewing. I requested a second viewing and was chocked by what I saw.

There is a very large tree at the bottom and two large conifer trees as you can see in the images. I thought the big tree was outside the property but it turned out it's inside.

How much do you think it could cost to remove the trees?

Also, does the shed's roof look like those ones with asbestos?

Thank you.

Why do you want to remove them?

If the tree you are talking about is the one in the first tree it would be vandalism to chop it down. People are very weird about trees and very ignorant. The tree is beautiful and probably keeping your garden cool and private as well as supporting a lot of wildlife. It’s so odd to be shocked at trees.

Totally agree

I meant the tree in the first picture

If you don't like them, don't buy the house.

The one at the end of the garden is beautiful - could have a Tree Protection Order on it.

Let’s hope it does have a protection order on it. The neighbours will be devastated if this woman cuts it down. Imagine losing all your privacy because someone is shocked that trees exist is UK gardens.

Why are you shocked that there is a tree in the garden?? From the first pic it looks like a lovely old tree. Could potentially benefit from a trim but why would you chop it down? Let me guess, is it because you're planning on covering the entire garden with plastic fake grass?

Its weird that you didn't go into the garden on your first viewing, if trees in a garden is so shocking to you.

You could have the trees removed but it would be bad for wildlife, might affect drainage and might reduce privacy. The look pretty established trees so routes may be caught round fencing.
You could instead pay for a tree surgeon to come and check the trees are stable, advise and carry out work to cut the trees back a bit.

What pps said. Why are you so shocked by the presence of trees in the garden, and why do you want to remove them?

Lots of councils have an interactive map on their websites, which shows any trees with TPOs on them. First thing would be to check that to see if you’d actually be allowed to cut them down.

Unlike some on here I can fully understand why you’d want to remove them. Trees are important and beautiful in the right place. However they can be a real nuisance if too near houses. I had to put up with one for years, and would never buy another house near a tree.

How are trees a nuisance? Make it make sense.

Oh no! Not a TREE 😱

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I've got a tree that is probably between 60-80ft in the garden! Spans at least 5/6gardens. I didnt even notice it when we bought the house, yes yes, i know im stupid and probably blind!!

Neighbours are always trimming the over hanging branches.

I hated it when my children were young because of the pigeon poop on the trampoline, but now i love it. The big fat stupid wood pigeons entertain me and my cats these days.

I'm not going to scold you either - I love trees and we have five, but we've had to remove a couple that were right next to the house.

I will say, I've found it very expensive to get trees trimmed by a tree surgeon, and you keep having to re-do them, so if that's something you can't commit to, look for a house without one.

The first tree is an oak, and you would need permission to chop it down, which is unlikely to be granted. But they live to be hundreds of years old, are generally stable and their roots go deep so unlikely to cause you a problem. They provide a home for lots of other species.

The second is a leylandii or similar conifer. They are little better than weeds and you would probably be allowed to remove it, although our council would ask you to replace it with something native - you could plant a small cherry or apple tree. Or a holly.

To cut it down and take away the waste would be a few hundred pounds, depends where you are. Having the stump ground out would cost more.

Assuming they don't have preservation orders on them, my friends do.
At least £1000 a peace.

It doesn't sound like this tree is near the house though - OP didn't see it on the first viewing and thought it was outside the property boundary. So unless the garden is the size of a postage stamp, the reason for wanting to remove it (rather than trim it back, for instance) isn't clear.

The first tree looks like an oak. It would be vandalism to take it down. It may well have a TPO on it anyway. Taking it down would cost in the region of £1,500 to £3k depending on the site.

We keep ours trimmed, but our neighbour's row of unkempt birches block out all our summer light, cover our patio and fill our gutters with millions for seeds for months at a time, and damage our garage roof...

She got some passing travellers to cut them once, but they quickly grew back worse (because birches need expert trimming), and now we're wondering if they're affecting our drains, which we'll have to look into at further expense... 😡

Your friends have tree preservation orders on them? Are they ents or something?

sees tumbleweeds; quietly gets coat

Can you not cut them back on your side @HereBeWormholes ?

Well, I laughed. You don't get Ent jokes very often.

You’ve obviously never lived near a big tree:

• Blocking out light
• Blocking tv signal
• Bird mess everywhere
• Sticky sap all over cars and windows
• Leaves everywhere in autumn
• Grass not growing properly under tree
• Gutters getting blocked with detritus
• Seeds dropping all over eveything

Trees are great, but too near a house -No.

Don’t buy the house if the trees upset you. They were there first.