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Originally Posted by anthony.giaimo
My Wife and I purchased a home on the golf course with golf course and water views.
Unfortunately, there is a huge Magnolia tree that blocks a major portion. We are planning to build a pool and as much as I love trees and nature this tree needs to be addressed. I was planning on trimming or transplanting the tree but did not realize it was on the golf course property line. Has anyone encountered this type of scenario? And what results if any? Naysayers need not respond. I have seen all the jokes and negativity before on this site and it is disappointing. Loving the Villages Life in The Friendliest hometown in America. Sincerely appreciate your advice.
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I assume the tree was there when you purchased the property, so you knew it was blocking your golf course view?
My first home in The Villages was on the 14th fairway of Tierra del Sol. I had a lovely view of the course and the row of trees beyond. I could sit in the living room looking out and see no other houses. I also had a pool. I also had live oaks and pines growing on the course maybe twenty feet from my property line.
I soon figured out that the rear of my house faced due west. Golfers frequently hit balls into the tree canopy or hit the trunks. If not for the trees, some of those balls would have hit my birdcage. My pool was in full sun much of the day, but by about three in the summer the trees shaded my birdcage and pool from the sun, and by four they shaded the French doors onto the pool area. I spent a summer once at the home of an aunt and uncle who had a two story home with a wall of glass on the bank of the Chesapeake opposite Annapolis, facing due west. The home was virtually unlivable until they spent tens of thousands on shades to block the sun every sunny afternoon of the year. Here in The Villages, had it not been for the shade trees on the golf course, it would have been miserable to be in the pool in the later afternoons or to have friends over then. Okay, so some of the view was blocked, but it was worth it, by far. The tree trunks also partially blocked the view and noise of golf carts passing.
I’d say ask yourselves if that tree might not be a very good thing.