Snakes like dry soil full of holes common to bamboo roots, they could easily climb to hunt then return/breed inside holes for protection.

Any tree could crack a house foundation. You could delay growth at the same time manage risk of branches falling into your property during storms by periodically trimming/ pruning the center branch of the tree.

The mango tree in the house is one of the cuttings i bought from UPLB, now i just do graftings to reproduce it in the farm. Actually lots of nice fruit trees in there, to name a few bought there some davao pomelos, rambutan, nymph tree, apple mango, some exotic palms and guava. Its very nice planting these in the backyard lalo na kung may kasama gulayin.. Hindi ka na lalabas ng haus to buy them in the market, you could just pick it right from the backyard..