When buying property with obvious proplems, the best solution is usually to include them in your escrow instrutions. My grandson has spent months correcting his new house existing yard problems. Al

I'm more of a do-it-yourself kind of person. More fun that way. I wouldn't consider the trees problems. Most people would probably love them, but I have a preference for natives and fruit-bearing trees.

I cut all the trees down when we bought our place in the woods. Some trunks I used stump killer which degrades the roots over time, or you can drill and fill with remover and do a burnout if legal in your area. Some stumps I left and put undiluted brush killer on them right after cutting. The Apple tree sent up suckers which I poison as they pop up. And on an acacia and a pepper tree that were removed later by a landscaper, I used herbicide immediately and neither have popped anything since. I've done the natural manner of boric acid, boiling water, and vinegar. Go with the herbicide and save yourself the headache.

Thanks, which herbicide did you use?

In the past I used condensed brush killer without diluting it. Now I just use a product called Ground Clear at the strength it comes in out of the bottle. I have also used Glyphosate without the additives in it but not with as much luck as with brush killer or Ground Clear. One or two applications is enough generally. Wetting the cut shortly after dropping the tree is when I treat it so it gets drawn in.

Oh and any worry it will kill other trees with a connected root system (ie suckers from the roots of a previously felled tree)?

I have taken out seven trees I'm not sure the name of that kept breaking in the wind and getting mites on the foliage, plus an acacia, pepper tree, grafted apple, and an 85 year old rose taking over the neighbors old oak. The only thing we've been left with is a huge bare spot in the old oak. I've not noticed other roots systems being affected by treating the cuts. I'm in the woods though. Things regenerate rather quickly. Try it on one as a test shot and see what happens.