Cutting down the trees was a big mistake.
We took care of sealing the windows and doors to help prevent the cold air escaping but overall she will still have to pay more each month
In our area we experienced some rather intense storms. During the summer we can get tornadoes and thunderstorms that cause significant damage. My mom always worried about the big pine trees that were located near her home and one summer decided to have them cut down. What she hadn’t realized was the fact that these trees provided most of her shade during the day. I removing them she increased the temperature of her house significantly and had no way to cool it off other than increasing the amount of use on her air conditioner. Her energy bills went up significantly and she was complaining that she could not afford to cool the house any longer. Not only has she had to pay someone to remove the trees she was now paying nearly 25% more in her energy bill each month. She realized too late that this was a mistake and the only way we could attempt to fix any of it was to have the insulation increased in the attic. Once again she had to pay to have someone do that as well. We took care of sealing the windows and doors to help prevent the cold air escaping but overall she will still have to pay more each month. She had the trees removed because she felt it was going to possibly damage her house one day but I think she would have been better off to leave them. If you are fortunate enough to have shade trees to protect your house from the Summer sun you might want to think twice before removing them.