Comments on: The Treetop View for L.A. Homebuyers: Tall Palms Are a Headache http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html Redfin Los Angeles Sweet Digs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:43:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Cindy Allen http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html/comment-page-1#comment-16181 Cindy Allen Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:49:08 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html#comment-16181 Great post, Elise. I personally have never seen the appeal of palm trees. They're so uninteresting! I like my trees to do things, like turn colors or sprout berries or flowers. And provide shade! Great post, Elise. I personally have never seen the appeal of palm trees. They’re so uninteresting! I like my trees to do things, like turn colors or sprout berries or flowers. And provide shade!

]]> By: Kim http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html/comment-page-1#comment-16146 Kim Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:33:31 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html#comment-16146 It's not fun being the next door neighbor of one either. My neighbor has 4 Palms on the backside of his property which is adjacent to my back side of my property. He never trimmed the Palms so I got the dead fronds, it blocked out all of my shade causing moss to grow on my hardscape and moss in my planters. My grass started dying. It took OVER one year to motivate him to finally trim his trees. We have an association and my insurance company said it was a fire hazard because of the dead fronts that could catch fire and set my house on fire. He finally trimmed them; it cost him $1,000 to do the work. You are right...consider those palms carefully when considering buying a new home. It’s not fun being the next door neighbor of one either. My neighbor has 4 Palms on the backside of his property which is adjacent to my back side of my property. He never trimmed the Palms so I got the dead fronds, it blocked out all of my shade causing moss to grow on my hardscape and moss in my planters. My grass started dying. It took OVER one year to motivate him to finally trim his trees. We have an association and my insurance company said it was a fire hazard because of the dead fronts that could catch fire and set my house on fire. He finally trimmed them; it cost him $1,000 to do the work. You are right…consider those palms carefully when considering buying a new home.

]]> By: Will Campbell http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html/comment-page-1#comment-16016 Will Campbell Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:25:50 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html#comment-16016 PS. We didn't have as hard or expensive time disposing of them. We just called the L.A. sanitation department and scheduled a bulky item pickup. Easy, breezy. PS. We didn’t have as hard or expensive time disposing of them. We just called the L.A. sanitation department and scheduled a bulky item pickup. Easy, breezy.

]]> By: Will Campbell http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html/comment-page-1#comment-16015 Will Campbell Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:22:16 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html#comment-16015 We have a 60-foot palm in the northwest corner of our backyard, and another 25 footer that for some reason was planted smackdab in the middle of the yard by a previous owner. Nothing like having a huge obelisk-y trunk right outside the backdoor. This past spring in a severe windstorm, the 60-footer didn't fall, but it dumped 35 fronds en masse in a huge crash. No damage, but cleaning them up was really fun, what with each between 5-6 feet long and having thoses sharp thorns on the sides. We have a 60-foot palm in the northwest corner of our backyard, and another 25 footer that for some reason was planted smackdab in the middle of the yard by a previous owner. Nothing like having a huge obelisk-y trunk right outside the backdoor.

This past spring in a severe windstorm, the 60-footer didn’t fall, but it dumped 35 fronds en masse in a huge crash. No damage, but cleaning them up was really fun, what with each between 5-6 feet long and having thoses sharp thorns on the sides.

]]> By: Phyllis Harb http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html/comment-page-1#comment-15996 Phyllis Harb Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:32:02 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/losangeles/2008/08/the_treetop_view_for_la_homebuyers_tall_palms_are_a_headache.html#comment-15996 Even worse, I heard that rats like Palm Trees. They are kind of a useless tree, but at least I don't think they have the type of roots that uproot driveways and sidewalks. Even worse, I heard that rats like Palm Trees. They are kind of a useless tree, but at least I don’t think they have the type of roots that uproot driveways and sidewalks.

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