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Please look at the picture attached.
I'm about to make an offer to this house. but I'm worrying about the tree just next to the house.
It is a kind of juniper.
Do you think it can give a damage to the house foundation?
If so, can I ask to the seller to cut it off?
or would it be better give up the house?
Dont give up on the house just beacuse of a tree, if the roots could cause damage, it would probably be done already due to its size. I personally would cut it down being so close. Check to make sure you dont need a permit/permission from the town/village to though, sometimes they will give you a hard time and/or fine you if its "their" tree (our right of way is 20 ft from the curb). Anyway, to cut it down could run a few hundred to a few thousands depending on degree of difficulty (fence, overhead wires, limited space or shed in the way)
This is a very nice tree. Please take a close up picture of it, so we could determine the root system and see if there is a possibility of damage. It would be a pity to cut it down just because...
So check the foundation and see if the roots are impacting it. I would guess that they are. At any rate if you buy the house you can remove the tree if you wish.
So check the foundation and see if the roots are impacting it. I would guess that they are. At any rate if you buy the house you can remove the tree if you wish.
I agree. Look closely at the foundation to see if tree roots have done any damage. If so, it has to go. Otherwise I say leave it as it is a good looking tree.
Cut it. There is more issues here than the foundation including moisture issues, potential damage to the house, extraordinary amount of leaves in the gutters.....
I agree with coalman. If it as close to the corner of the house as the photo indicates, make it a condition of the sale that it is cut. That way you don't have to deal with the permit nonsense. The tree is clearly an old planting that was allowed to get out of control and overgrow. Around here if it wasn't cut, a tornado would do it for you (along with damaging the house in the process).
If you buy the house, you can cut it down, although I'd have an expert look at it first to determine if it's damaging the foundation at all.
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Originally Posted by thecoalman
extraordinary amount of leaves in the gutters.....
A juniper is an evergreen ... with needles ... that don't die off every autumn ...
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