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No one wants yard trees as they're likely to ruin the blades at the sawmill with hidden metal.
Partly that, and partly the added labor. Mobilizing crew and equipment for one tree simply isn’t efficient, and the extra risk and care needed to avoid damaging houses, fences, septic tanks, sidewalks, etc simply makes it more expensive.
Come get my 5' diameter trunk oak tree I want cut down. Everybody wants 6k to cut it down, it's huge, they should be paying me :P
Are you asking folks with a lumber mill or landscapers to take down the tree? We have multiple lumber jack type folks around here who will take down old growth trees and either pay cash for the tree or give back a portion of the lumber in exchange for the tree. Here's one of them, although I'm sure they're not near enough to your tree for them to mill your tree: https://kamuelahardwoods.com/ But perhaps there's someone similar near you?
In my corner of flyover America, there are numerous beautiful limestone houses, churches, offices, commercial buildings, etc still left from the late 19th/early 20th century.
Let's say $$$ and time was not an issue, would one even be able to find the architects and skilled labor necessary to build a similar structure today?
I have lots of builder friends, some of them are very talented but they don't do that quality of work commercially.
One friend built a gorgeous garden shed, larger than the average shed, overhung roof with gables and a front deck.
People rung his doorbell asking how much would he charge, he said at least $10K.
As for materials, you can find absolutely anything.
I helped him build a custom deck, all teak and mahogany, not something you can source at home depot.
The wood was so hard a nail gun was useless, every hole had to be drilled, then screwed.
How hard would it be to find an architect who is competent in traditional building design? It seems like the profession of architect is almost dead, and builders today just reuse autocad building models.
I guess the bottom line is, why worry about building a house that will last two hundred years, when most houses become obsolete in much less time due to changes in taste, style, energy concerns, "the neighborhood going south", etc..
"Only in America..."
I had a friend, who was having a new home built in Germany. He told me that the only building code was that he had to prove it would last 500 years. If you asked, "why?" the town leaders pointed to 800 year old houses and said, "That's why..."
It's a waste of time and materials to build ephemeral houses that need expensive maintenance.
Wood framed houses in America are the worst offenders - susceptible to sun, water, wind, fire, vermin, mold, mildew, flying debris, etc.
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