I dunno man, that kinda looks like that was there intention. Since in the pictures it doesn’t really look like anyones freaking out. Also look at their surroundings, that way and the reverse seems the only actual way they could cut it down like that(since there are apartment buildings to the left, and foreseeable more houses to their right, but i also assume the main house is behind the camera man). So i think that they cut down the tree so they can build something in place of that old house and at the same time save money by doing it themselves.