Indeed, yours is the quandary of all other humans in the physical, that all are disconnected from higher awareness, for the most part, and not working seamlessly with the environment of consciousness they are a part of, as is true for the other living things around you as well as the actual matter of which the physical Earth consists. So you are at a natural disadvantage in being blind to the nuances and the interplay among the various members of the Gaia family and what might be going on at any given time, what would be a perturbation of a significant negative sort, and what would be minor and easily tolerated by your near neighbors. We cannot sort this out for you other than to say, "You have a voice in things as does all else." So in the sense of wanting to have a good balance of things, due consideration will be given to your personal interests and benefit as you make decisions and choices in how to use the property where you live and the various component parts to see they are contributing in a positive way.
We see no particular disadvantage for the elementals in what you describe. The disadvantage is for the tree you will be killing to do what you wish for your own benefit—that is not a karmic error, for you do have dominion over those things under your personal control and which can be manipulated for human benefit. The Earth was created, after all, to provide a loving nest for human. The trees know that they might be pressured by the presence of human to perturb their environment, and even cut them down for multiple purposes, simply to clear the land for a dwelling, or for agriculture, or to supply fuel for wood stoves, or to create a source of building materials in sending the logs to a sawmill, and so on. So this is not a transgression per se; trees are not happy to be cut down but are willing to go with the flow and are philosophical about it because they know there are many competing purposes and needs to support the growth and learning of all who are a part of Gaia, and are happy to be a part at all, however long a time that might be for. After all, they are part of a much larger flow of consciousness and are aware of that, and do not fear things like death the way humans might, in their ignorance.
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