Leave blue fir trees next to the house?

Hello everyone,

in a few months, construction is supposed to start. Some questions are still open, such as this one:
At the property boundary (on the street side) there are 7 fir trees (blue firs), which are estimated to be 5-8m high. The house will be 8m away from the property boundary, so about 7m from the center of the trunks. I can only estimate the age of the firs, >30 years. The trees stand quite close together, the distance from trunk to trunk is between 1-2m.
Now the question: would you leave the firs standing, as a privacy screen, shade provider (solar is not shaded, the terrace in summer from about 4 pm), ecology, etc???

On the other hand, what about storms? Firs have shallow roots, storms will occur more frequently in the future, and if the trees fall, it will get "tight".

Depends... fir trees make a mess too... most (new) homeowners I know have gradually removed conifers from the property...

Cutting down the tree would not be a problem for me beforehand. The resulting wood would then be immediately available for the fireplace. The roots would be removed for me by the colleague with the excavator for the construction group for free. Basically many arguments in favor of cutting down, but I would still have a guilty conscience :-)

Then just plant new ones, they won’t be as tall, won’t make as much mess, and won’t be as susceptible to storms :)

Fir trees on the property = extremely ugly and make a mess (not much grows around them either)

I would remove them as well. They keep growing bigger, maybe bald at the bottom, and felling them becomes increasingly difficult. And I rarely find them attractive ...