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Trees on Grierson Road
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IWereAbsolutelyFuming


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24-03-2011 09:28 AM

Lewisham's approach to trees is plain odd. Not sure about the fear of damage to property leading to them being taken down though. We called them about a Copper Beech that has grown so large that branches from it now touch a neighbour's roof, walls and windows...only a significant problem when it is windy but worth addressing. They sounded disinterested but said the tree would be surveyed and we would be told the result. We weren't so after a few months I called back and was told it wasn't on their list of 'priority trees' that needed management. I asked if we could pay to have the tree pollarded/pruned through one of their recommended tree management companies but this was rejected too. Horrible feeling that in a few years time it'll be so big they cant ignore it and they'll just take it down.

FH without its trees will not be the FH that attracted me here in the first place.

Oh, and not sure if anyone else has been hit by this but it seems that 'tree surveys' are the latest thing with re-mortgaging. We had to pay out for one on top of the normal survey as the (not qualified in any way to talk about trees) surveyor was concerned about a number of mature trees nearby. What worried me most was the effect this might have on people who have trees of their own as I'd hate them to be removed just out of fear of future mortgaging problems.

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Trees on Grierson Road - Grier Garcon - 23-03-2011, 10:59 AM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Sherwood - 23-03-2011, 12:36 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Theotherbrian - 23-03-2011, 05:50 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - beanstalk - 23-03-2011, 06:59 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Londondrz - 23-03-2011, 07:25 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - theplanner - 23-03-2011, 09:10 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - IWereAbsolutelyFuming - 24-03-2011 09:28 AM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - FHSoc - 05-04-2011, 03:20 PM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Bonnie Blue - 17-04-2011, 09:04 AM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Londondrz - 17-04-2011, 09:12 AM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Bonnie Blue - 17-04-2011, 09:29 AM
RE: Trees on Grierson Road - Londondrz - 17-04-2011, 11:12 AM

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