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Would you plant a tree that can grow very large next to your house ?


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I think we'll find that insurance companies have various offers for various scenarios, and it doesn't blow anyone's mind that the cheapest deals are where the risk is least.


We all make compromises when we step outside the door very morning, the existence of trees and the marginal impact that has upon risk are surely a tiny price to pay compare with the alternative of living in an urban concrete wasteland.


Insurance companies refusing to insure houses with trees in less than 10m is clearly an unusual issue, since to the best of my knowledge it's the first time it's been raised on here.


That trees have seeds... Is that REALLY a reason to cut down trees?

Still no information on what the tree is. Hmmm.


Trees near houses: Not a problem IF they're clipped back, espaliered; think of wisteria.


Have spent a few hours in the last few weeks spading up flower-beds and setting out bulbs, then on top pansies, then on top field-poppy seeds. (Wish me luck.) Remarkable how, under trees, DRY the soil is. The quantities of water transpired through vegetation must be amazing -- rainfall even of a couple of inches, to judge by the bucket outside my back-garden door, doesn't soak in deep.


So... when the trees are no more / we shall swim for shore.

  • 6 months later...
Anyone ever addressed this by pruning the roots of the tree that are spreading to your property and then installing a root barrier system? Obviously somewhat costly to dig up your front yard etc and in truth a cost that should be covered by the council but as a last resort to protect your property...

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