How do you interpret this sign?

My husband and I have been house hunting in our new location and it has been quite frustrating. We found one house we really liked, but there is a huge oak tree in the back yard, right next to the house, branches lean well over the roof, the tree prohibits me from putting in a pool where I would ideally want to. I worry a bad storm could cause damage.

These trees are protected by the city, and you have to get a permit to take them down and pay a fee to the city, let alone paying someone to take it down. An arborist came out to look at the tree and said he doesn’ think there is any way the city will approve removing the tree.

It’s been over a month since we first saw that house, I still think about it, especially since we are having trouble finding something we like.

Yesterday I drove by it. The tree is always larger than I remember it. Every time I bring up that house to my husband he reminds me how huge the tree is. I think I must make it smaller than it is in my mind. Last night I found out the famous oak tree at Virginia International Raceway has fallen down. We were there less than two weeks ago for a race. Do you think it is a sign? A sign not to buy the house? Or, to figure out a way to buy the house?