Solved Buying house, is this tree cause for concern?

I am not good with trees or plants. I'm looking to buy the house on the left and the site has a newish tree about 1m from the property. Should I be concerned re foundation issues? Or anything else? I'm not sure what tree it is. Thanks for any help in advance

 

Sorry, posted now, took me a while to work it out

 

It wouldn't bother me, looks like a birch.

 

Hi there @Jess129clueless and a very warm



It shouldn't really be a problem we've had them in our garden in the past. We planted one to replace a tree that had become dangerous. We had the S. Birch for 18 yrs but as @shiney said it did eventually make the path very uneven with It's shallow roots. On the plus side it was very easy to fell, my hubs did it himself

 

My biggest concern is that it will likely produce mega thousands of seeds and you may be needing to weed them from any available nook or cranny. I have even found them in cracks in brick chimneys!

 

Yes very true indeed .

 

Silver Birches tend to be tall slender trees and not ideal for a small garden. In my opinion it has been planted much too close to the fence and may be a problem as it matures both above and below ground.

If your surveyor hasn't already inspected the house it may be wise to point the tree out to him/her.

 

My idea would be to have a look into the local regulations.
Were I live, there are specific distances you need to keep when planting a tree near the border, depending on the height the tree will reach when fully grown.

My neighbors disregarded them as well, but they are very accurate when it comes to their garden, so they've hired a gardener that prunes the tree into the desired shape twice a year and removes any branches growing over the fence

 

Doesn't sound like a good start with new neighbours if you were to start questioning them regarding a tree they have planted.
I'm looking at it and it appears very narrow, just a thought, but could it be some kind of upright narrow growing variety.
I'd move in, live there for 20 years and if it starts to become a problem, have a word then.

 

I'm sorry I just think some times you can go into things too deep.
Is a tree in a neighbor's garden going to stop you buying a house, true, it could be a problem in some years time, but by then there could be lots of other trees in the area.

It doesn't appear to be growing near windows and looks to be at the side of the house.
Alienate your new neighbour at your peril.