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Contact your local government, I live in the county and that's who I would start with, your County counsel on aging. They have knowledge of all the assistance available for seniors.
They may even have volunteers that do this or companies that will do it at a huge discount.
Best of luck, that can be a scary thought to have a tree falling on your house.
Is it near any wires , sometimes your electric company will do that. But there is a dead tree at my mom's right over the wires, and they just say they will do it, but it never gets done.
I know someone else where the electric company did drop a tree, but they left all the tree in the yard, so you would still have to deal with that
Another thought is a small home town wood cutter that wants the wood to sell. It may be cheaper
Welcome to the Forum Mira. I absolutely agree with Geaton that you will get much better help with this particular issue from your Nextdoor community. Are you familiar with them? They will provide you with the names of someone who can come check on that tree, it's health and the likelihood of its falling; they can also provide you with the correct numbers in your own area to call for support such as your country supervisor, etc. I love the Nextdoor community and check in on mine every day.
Now as to that tree. Is it yours or neighbors? If the latter, did you speak to the neighbor who has it. I would do this by mail, actually and would make it really friendly. Just "Dear Neighbor; I am truly worried about the tree you have which leans close to my house. I feel it is a danger to us because ________________etc. And just end "I wonder if we could speak about preventative measures". This puts that neighbor on notice that they will be liable to damage, especially since you warned them. There are always community laws specific to this stuff. Usually you can remove any limbs that come over your property. This removes leaning weight in that direction as well. If tree is yours, time to have a tree service out, and again, use recommends from nextdoor for reliable ones. Cost would be yours.
Given that you are worried about this (whether realistically or not) I wouldn't be sleeping in your home directly under any portion of the home the tree might impact.
I sympathize in that my daughter lives in a beautiful, albeit heavily wooded area of Washington State and the leaning trees of a golf course are worrisome. Some are so tall that any fall would impact their home; one is leaning. A letter to the golf course brought out tree guy to check on the health of the trees, but wow, those things are TALL and big! People are killed yearly in our own Golden Gate Park by falling trees and/or limbs.
Good luck. Hope you have luck finding help in your community, or that your neighbor is responsive to you. Post us an update.
Check with your Homeowners but don't be surprised if they say no. They will tell you to get rid of a tree but they won't pay to have it cut down. And I would not have anyone cut down a tree that is not insured. I will bet homeowners does not cover liability for an uninsured person cutting down a tree. You need someone who knows what they are doing. My cousin was killed cutting down a tree when things went wrong. Yes, its expensive.
Call your Office of Aging to see if there are any programs to help you. If this is a neighbors tree, you may want to call the Township and see what can be done. There maybe a law that if the homeowner has been made aware that a tree on their property is dangerous and it falls and does damage to a neighbors property, they are responsible. Maybe even your Township can help if its ur tree.
Call a tree removal/tree cutting service company in your local area to come to your home to assess the situation right away. Google will give you the names of such companies and reviews of their services.
We are an international forum of caregivers to elderly loved ones here.
Cutting down over 20 huge trees is certainly a caregiving issue as I am over 65 and disabled. I have at least 6 pine trees that could fall on my house.
imorris, I disagree. Cutting down trees is not a caregiving issue, it is a homeowner's responsibility issue. Doesn't matter if you are 25 years old or 95 years old.
Yesterday I (a senior in her late 70's) paid over $3,000 to have a professional (licensed, bonded and insured) tree company thin out dead limbs and cut weight off of heavy limbs on about 10 trees.
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APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
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We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
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Join Nextdoor.com which is an intranet of your actual neighbors in your community. Ask for tree cutter references there.
This is a global forum for caregiving issues.
Contact your local government, I live in the county and that's who I would start with, your County counsel on aging. They have knowledge of all the assistance available for seniors.
They may even have volunteers that do this or companies that will do it at a huge discount.
Best of luck, that can be a scary thought to have a tree falling on your house.
I know someone else where the electric company did drop a tree, but they left all the tree in the yard, so you would still have to deal with that
Another thought is a small home town wood cutter that wants the wood to sell. It may be cheaper
Good luck
I absolutely agree with Geaton that you will get much better help with this particular issue from your Nextdoor community. Are you familiar with them? They will provide you with the names of someone who can come check on that tree, it's health and the likelihood of its falling; they can also provide you with the correct numbers in your own area to call for support such as your country supervisor, etc. I love the Nextdoor community and check in on mine every day.
Now as to that tree. Is it yours or neighbors? If the latter, did you speak to the neighbor who has it. I would do this by mail, actually and would make it really friendly. Just "Dear Neighbor; I am truly worried about the tree you have which leans close to my house. I feel it is a danger to us because ________________etc. And just end "I wonder if we could speak about preventative measures".
This puts that neighbor on notice that they will be liable to damage, especially since you warned them.
There are always community laws specific to this stuff. Usually you can remove any limbs that come over your property. This removes leaning weight in that direction as well.
If tree is yours, time to have a tree service out, and again, use recommends from nextdoor for reliable ones. Cost would be yours.
Given that you are worried about this (whether realistically or not) I wouldn't be sleeping in your home directly under any portion of the home the tree might impact.
I sympathize in that my daughter lives in a beautiful, albeit heavily wooded area of Washington State and the leaning trees of a golf course are worrisome. Some are so tall that any fall would impact their home; one is leaning. A letter to the golf course brought out tree guy to check on the health of the trees, but wow, those things are TALL and big! People are killed yearly in our own Golden Gate Park by falling trees and/or limbs.
Good luck. Hope you have luck finding help in your community, or that your neighbor is responsive to you. Post us an update.
I was told they do things like mow lawns and stuff for aging
Call your Office of Aging to see if there are any programs to help you. If this is a neighbors tree, you may want to call the Township and see what can be done. There maybe a law that if the homeowner has been made aware that a tree on their property is dangerous and it falls and does damage to a neighbors property, they are responsible. Maybe even your Township can help if its ur tree.
We are an international forum of caregivers to elderly loved ones here.
Best of luck to you!
Yesterday I (a senior in her late 70's) paid over $3,000 to have a professional (licensed, bonded and insured) tree company thin out dead limbs and cut weight off of heavy limbs on about 10 trees.