@Fairygirl More often than not, it'll depend on the insurer. Most of my insurance experience comes from motor claims, some insurers want things wrapped up as quickly as possible to keep administrative costs down, others seem to go out of their way to be awkward as possible. There are certain companies who I avoid like the plague!
When I bought this house, there was a massive ash tree on the boundary with my next door neighbour. It was a good deal taller than my house and spanned several gardens. Don't ask me how, but I have no recollection whatsoever of seeing it when I looked at the property It wasn't long before I hated it because the leaves caused such a mess and the seedlings got everywhere. A few years on, one of the branches broke off during the night and trashed my neighbour's fence. It turned out it had heart rot and had to come down. Despite my earlier feelings about it, it really broke my heart to see it chopped up.
It's more than possible that the people who bought your house butchered the tree so it didn't put off potential buyers. I think if people were a more aware of what is and isn't problematic when it comes to houses and trees, so many wouldn't be getting cut down😌 Insurers aren't being unreasonable, subsidence is an expensive problem, but it's got to the point where people are seeing all trees as an issue.
It's very sad - as you say. We need all the trees we can get, but so many people seem to regard them as a problem. It wouldn't be so bad if the person who did the hacking [I can't say pruning] of my old tree had done a good job. It was utterly dreadful. The tree was a naturally good shape, and probably part of the woodland which was prevalent in the area before the houses were built, and still exists in various parts. The chap across from me just now, pollards his every spring, and it keeps it in good nick. It's also a very mature specimen, and lovely in autumn. We have lots of ash trees here too, and the old ones are stunning - just getting their summer coats now. The saplings however, are a different matter. I took one out when I moved here, and I decided to tackle the stump over winter with SBK, to save cutting it umpteen times a year. It's sprouted again
I know what you man about certain companies too!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My front garden has a border 40ft x 8ft: when I bought the house six years ago, this border contained a beech, a copper beech, an elder, a laburnum, a spiny tree whose name I can never remember, several conifers and a tree-sized cordyline. They were all thriving, except the laburnum; it looked healthy but the heartwood was rotten. I got rid of most of them because I wanted to grow fruit and flowers, but kept the elder and the beech. Since then, I've had the tree surgeon back to take the top off the beech which was taller than the house. I've pruned the elder myself with loppers and a handsaw. They're doing fine. I've planted three fruit trees at the back of the border which I will train as espaliers, and a small acer, about 5', at the front. Lots of flowering plants under and around them all.
Thanks everyone. @Fairygirl and @februarysgirl, that's a really good point, I'll bear that in mind. I'm not planning on moving any point soon. Or ever. Besides, every third house round here has some sort of small tree in the front garden, usually cherry, elder or dwarf willow. So any future buyers better like trees I'm going to go for two and not push my luck. @Dovefromabove, thanks, I'll watch out for the drains. Luckily they're very clearly marked. I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes trees in gardens so much.
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When I bought this house, there was a massive ash tree on the boundary with my next door neighbour. It was a good deal taller than my house and spanned several gardens. Don't ask me how, but I have no recollection whatsoever of seeing it when I looked at the property
It's more than possible that the people who bought your house butchered the tree so it didn't put off potential buyers. I think if people were a more aware of what is and isn't problematic when it comes to houses and trees, so many wouldn't be getting cut down😌 Insurers aren't being unreasonable, subsidence is an expensive problem, but it's got to the point where people are seeing all trees as an issue.
It wouldn't be so bad if the person who did the hacking [I can't say pruning] of my old tree had done a good job. It was utterly dreadful. The tree was a naturally good shape, and probably part of the woodland which was prevalent in the area before the houses were built, and still exists in various parts. The chap across from me just now, pollards his every spring, and it keeps it in good nick. It's also a very mature specimen, and lovely in autumn.
We have lots of ash trees here too, and the old ones are stunning - just getting their summer coats now. The saplings however, are a different matter. I took one out when I moved here, and I decided to tackle the stump over winter with SBK, to save cutting it umpteen times a year. It's sprouted again
I know what you man about certain companies too!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Dovefromabove, thanks, I'll watch out for the drains. Luckily they're very clearly marked.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes trees in gardens so much.