Horse-chestnut tree

[twiggs66]

I am looking to buy a house that has a horse chestnut in the middle of the garden. The tree has a preservation order on it. Apart form the obvious leaf and conker fall are their any major issues i should be concerned/aware of before i commit to buying a house with this tree so close to it.

[jake-the-peg]

You'll find a table here: http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/trees.html (about half way down)

with species of trees and the "safe" distance from houses - note that this is a pretty conservative distance

You haven't told us how close it actually is because we don't know how large the garden is, so I can't say how safe it might or might not be.

Note willows are the scary ones 40m!

[emx384]

Beware kids chucking things at it when the conkers are out!!!