10K Plus Dead Tree Removal post closing

[Lucy Ann]

BP: I closed on a house just under a month ago. Turns out that the HUGE tree in the backyard is dead and needs to come down before it does serious damage. An arborist quoted $11.5k. I am in the process of getting additional quotes, but wanted to get the community’s thoughts on recourse against sellers. The house is in SC. One additional piece of information: a neighbor informed me that the sellers knew the tree was a big issue and they told her that they were selling the house to push the issue on the new owners.

Thoughts??