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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe
Does the "developer" own those houses across the street? If so... or even if not, he's probably trying to make these two lots look more like those.
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Don't be surprised if they scalp your lot after you move out.
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The developer does own about 50% of the houses on this street, but not the ones across the street. Those houses have no trees in front, but massive old-growth elms behind them. I don't know of any plans for development across the street.
As for the rest of the trees on this house lot, the grading guy drove by when I was out last night taking pictures of the destruction. He came by in a van with his wife & baby to see if his men had finished whatever they were supposed to. I was all misty talking to him about how sad it was to see the trees go.
He'd laughed at me the day before when the pecan went down because I ran out with my camera, stood mouth agape staring at the toppled pecan, fired up my camera and took some video saying, "I'm sorry tree! Thanks for all the years of delicious pecans, and for shading the house. I'm sorry the builder couldn't be bothered to find a place for you in his building plan!"
Anyway I asked him about the other pecan, and some of the smaller oaks and pines left around the edge of the formerly-forested lot. He said everything that was going was gone - except the remains of that oak which would come down today. No plans to remove any other (of the five remaining) trees.
Like you, I have never given a second look at those scrape-and-go cookie-cutter neighborhoods. The new place in the city has fewer trees on our actual lot, but the neighborhood is full of beautiful old-growth trees, and there are little parks everywhere.
Wish I'd thought to see if there was a tree ordinance around here. I doubt it but I will check and see just because. When I built my first house, it was in one of those huge neighborhoods, but a different builder built my house, and we were able to walk the lot and select the trees we wanted preserved.