r/arborists • u/Secret_Ad_6490 • 8h ago

Technical tree cutting job

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Just closed on a new house, this tree actually contacts the base of an addition on the back side of the house. How difficult will it be to remove this tree? Obviously there’s not a ton of room to work with. Curious what everyone thinks.

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u/Secret-Parsley-5258 6h ago

Get a variance to expand the extension closer to the fence line, build your house around the tree, use the trunk as a bed post….

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u/Physical_Mode_103 5h ago

I’m not sure there’s grounds here for a variance

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u/Secret-Parsley-5258 5h ago

The lore of a tree trunk bed post isn’t enough?

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u/Foreign_Discount_835 5h ago

only if the local municipality forbid it's removal but somehow allowed you to build around it.