@BobKamman  Paraphrasing you, don't go down the rabbit hole of venison, the $5000 repair costs, and the damaged Tesla. 

I would advocate that, at the very moment the 100% red wood (1/3 Redwood) visited the living room, it had become an integral part of the combined real estate and upon its removal should be entitled to a reasonable allocation of the basis thereof.  Likewise, I'd advocate the same if someone wanted to buy my antique French door, which is to be removed during the on-going renovation.  (Not that anyone is currently interested in my Frech door).  

Can't cite any regs or case law for the case of the red wood slash redwood, but I promise you'll be the first one to know if I get my hands on it.

Meanwhile, as for the rabbit hole of the other thread in this forum, in which you once again pitched in the UPL (Unlawful Practice of Law) angle, does a drunkard, who dropped dead on the street in shabby clothes with an empty bottle in his hand, left an estate?  Try to explain to folks there how it's a "yes", though a trust (or "estate"), or probate, was not needed (nor "was there") to distribute the shabby clothes and the empty bottle. 

And I promise to digress.