Cohousing-L Mailing List: Tree Management: Overgrown Trees in Co-housing Communities

[Sara Gottlieb (sara.gottlieb]

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> As chair of our Landscape/Hardscape committee, I include an annual  budget
> line for tree maintenance to address limb removal advised by a professional
> arborist I have come do a walk-through/inspection each year.  This is not a
> one-and-done situation; trees are living, growing, changing beings with
> life-spans that can get damaged or sick and eventually die.  Checking on
> their health regularly (at least annually) and addressing potential
> problems before they become catastrophic should be part of your regular
> budget and maintenance routine.


Best,
Sara Gottlieb
Lake Claire Co-Housing, Atlanta, GA USA

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> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 12:09:14 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Len Laviolette <email4len [at] yahoo.com>
> To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Tree Management: Overgrown Trees in Co-housing
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> Hi Ed,
> Our story in Oregon may be much like yours and we have done fairly well
> with tree problems?compared to other unexpected property losses from?our
> multiple pipe break?insurance claims over our 27 year history.?
> We pay for tree pruning and removal mostly out of our general fund
> contingency account. Just two years ago one storm took out seven of our
> large Doug firs that were over 100 feet tall and over 100 years old ?and we
> were lucky to have very little real property losses, .i.e. damaged
> buildings. This one?bad storm did create?serious losses that broke pipes in
> our fire, heat and domestic hot water systems and we chose?to pay for
> without use of our casualty insurance policy, that had been overused in
> years past.?
> We trust our primary arborist to proactively advise and?remove or top off
> dangerous trees somewhat regularly now?on our?three acre heavily
> wooded?property. ?A few thousand dollars ever now or then has not impacted
> our operating budget all that much.?
> Good luck in your budget planning efforts and your tree conservation
> goals.?
> Len
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> Len LavioletteTrillium Hollow CoHo??503-432-7320 c ??
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