Cutting Down a Conifer

[ProjectBoy]

Hi All,

I'm looking at a new house and in the garden is a very large conifer Tree. Not sure the exact height but it is taller than the two story house. and only about 2-3 meters away from it.

As the tree is now quite big it cuts out a lot of light and assuming that there is no presevation order i would want to remove it.

however my concern is would removing the tree cause subsidance due to the roots that are under the house rotting away?

sounds a silly question but i'm just waying up the pro's an con's

[buildersmate]

Is this tree less than 10m from the property? What is the underlying soil type - clay?

[ProjectBoy]

Only an aproximation but

The centre of the tree is about 3 meters away but it has a diameter of about 2 meters so the branches get to about 2 meters away.

as for the soil type, the area as a hole is chalky as for this exact garden not sure but i cant see any obvious reasons why it would be different.

[raysparx1]

Well if it is a conifer I don't think the roots would go deep enough to do any damage to the property, most conifers roots are very near the surface, ask a tree surgeon to take a look, Ray