Trees, trees, trees!

Trees, trees, trees!

Rental Property Investor · Salt Lake City, UT · Member since 2018 · 8 posts · 1 vote

I have a rental where the previous owner loved trees. He lived there for over 40 years and planted many trees throughout his tenancy. The back yard hosts 2 apple trees, one pear tree, a small cherry tree, a small hawthorn tree, three large pine trees, a large spruce tree, 2 large (beautiful) maple trees and a smaller maple tree, a large walnut tree, a large horse chestnut tree, and a fairly big lilac bush. The large trees are all at least 50 ft tall and there is no pattern to how they are placed. They are scattered all over the backyard and it makes it look like a mini forest in the middle of a block in this small town. On the ground has many different flowers and plants that he also had planted.

The yard is very pretty and has grass and flowers on the ground amongst all of the trees. The reason for this post is to get opinions on what trees to cut and what trees to keep to boost curb appeal and the appraisal for a refinance. I can provide pictures and explanations of tree locations if needed. We plan to cut most of the trees down and to keep the two large maple trees. There will be stumps all over the yard if we cut the trees which adds to the dilemma. 

Any opinions are much appreciated. -Dillon

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Architect · Providence, RI · Member since 2018 · 137 posts · 55 votes
7y

Maybe you can sell them to a landscaping company at a good price and hopefully they'll do the uprooting work for you. Call around and pitch the idea to a few companies, there is probably a market for smaller cherry and hawthorn trees.

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  • Architect · Providence, RI · Member since 2018 · 137 posts · 55 votes
    7y

    Maybe you can sell them to a landscaping company at a good price and hopefully they'll do the uprooting work for you. Call around and pitch the idea to a few companies, there is probably a market for smaller cherry and hawthorn trees.

  • Real Estate Professional · West Palm Beach, FL · Member since 2012 · 23k+ posts · 13k+ votes
    7y

    The trees will be too large to transplant/move.  After you flush cut them, you need to hire a tree company to come grind the stumps, 6” below grade, fill the holes.

  • Nashville · Member since 2019 · 110 posts · 23 votes
    7y

    Call these landscape companies and come up with ideas to sell them to landscape companies at a favorable price, possibly with a smaller market for cherry and hawthorn trees.

    Maybe you can hope that they can do the work for you.

  • Rental Property Investor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2017 · 2k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    7y

    Perhaps you can enlighten us as to your thought process of wanting to spend thousands of dollars to remove mature trees from your yard, especially fruit-bearing trees that many people would be thrilled to have at their rental. The appraiser likely doesn't give a damn about trees in your yard unless they are completely dead. I can't recall a single time an appraiser mentioned trees and they generally don't care about the yard unless something is majorly wrong with it. 

  • Austin, TX · Member since 2019 · 5k+ posts · 5k+ votes
    7y

    @Dillon Alder

    It might look like a forest, but a lot of those are food trees.

    Free apples, pears, cherries,  pine nuts, maple syrup (maybe), walnuts, and chestnut (stuffing).

    I'm not sure I'd remove them. I might try to market it with all of those Free Food Benefits.

    It might not rent for more, but it might be more popular with the right long term tenants.

    That's better than a garden, you don't have to do anything except gather the food every year.

    And if it's on Eden Street even better.

    Good Luck!

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