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Originally Posted by misher
And if those trees are in your plan you’ll need to replant them to get permits going forward. Your very lucky they were removed before the envelope was damaged. The must have been small trees since 15k sounds way too cheap unless you mean 15k an Owner.
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We are a bit off topic here but:
1) No, 15K is total...Strata work depends on who you hire. I've seen bids range in 1 to 5 ratio for various projects...The trees were big - 45 feet. They were able to cut them and then lover them in pieces by rope to the outdoor parking as our 3rd floor patio is above the garage that we share with commercial section...Then just wood chipped them on-site....So the advice is - shop around
2) We asked City of Burnaby whether we need permits or to replace them and they said no...So we replaced them with shrubs...The other complication is that after 20 years the tree have virtually "eaten" about a foot of dirt...So to plant new trees you would have to haul about 1 foot of fresh dirt up to the 3rd floor to re-fill the area that is probably 60x90 feet.
3) The building next door has a similar patio on the 4th floor but they have planted a flower and spice garden...Which in my mind is much better idea then planting trees on roofs...First of all it looks nicer and second of all it's way less hassle...
As for that one tree being replaced for 500K that is just crazy vanity project by people who have money to burn (one can buy a car for 20K or 500K or anywhere in between...all of them do the same thing...) If they wanted to do it for less I am sure they could have...But it's their money to burn...
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