Giant trees can be a home’s most magnificent feature, and its greatest threat. Some intrepid homeowners take advantage when trees cause damage.
It was pitch dark and pouring rain when Leslie Stack and Frank Rizzo drove home from dinner and arrived at their historic Queen Anne Victorian mansion in Richmond, Va. They took in a horrifying sight: A 175-year-old red oak tree had fallen smack onto their house and was sticking out of their top floor.
So began a 2½-year saga of dealing with permit offices, insurance and contractors, moving to five temporary accommodations, and restoring the 1901 home identified as Holly Lawn on the National Register of Historic Places. The...
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