We bought the house with two large cypress trees out front. I was never a fan as they seem totally foreign to the area. When the summer heat hit with its fury this year, one of the trees gave up and died. Unlike mesquites (which seem to be able to resurrect), this thing did not come back. That was probably best because it gave us a reason to remove it (and its twin) sooner than later.
I had Osiel over yesterday to remove them. He did it with a pole saw and no straps. Mexican-style (but not Mexican prices!) It took him about 4 hours to completely remove them. I saved the trunks to cut up later for firewood. They smell so nice – cypress has a very unique smell.
Now you can see our house a bit better. We are thinking about doing away with the red brick exterior and stuccoing it and then painting it white. The red brick is fine, but there’s no way I know how to update it so as to match the color when the sun fades it differently in different areas.
There is a house in our neighborhood that has the look we are thinking about.
Hard to appreciate from this photo – but from a distance it looks good. This house also has two cypress trees next to it.