There are safety reasons for losing the trees. They are too close to the cabin, and I stand a better chance in a fire if they are gone. Not at all a bad thing, if you think about it.
My own reply isn't showing. Go figure. As I was saying, if there was a fire, it would be safer for the trees to be gone. The owner was able to have a couple of the smaller trees transplanted from outside of the main house, but these trees are too big to do that.