Services

Six things we do, each with a price.

A dead ash taken down in sections, a beech reduced so it stays a beech, sixty metres of laurel, three stumps on the morning of the felling, a tree off the drive at midnight, and a two-page report for the lender. Each has its own page with what it costs and how it works; the estimator turns your job into a band.

A groundsman in hi-vis orange and ear defenders feeding leafy branches into a towed wood chipper, the chips blowing into a green tipper truck

Tree felling and dismantling

A dead ash by the road, a leylandii that has swallowed the garden, a beech that is too close to the house: felled in one where there is room and dismantled in sections on ropes where there is not, the chip taken away and the logs stacked or taken. Priced by the size of the tree and the access, with a band on the estimator before you ring.

A small tree under 6 metres £220 to £380, a medium tree £450 to £850, a large tree dismantled in sections £900 to £1,800, including VAT and taking the arisings away.

Crown reduction and pruning

A tree that is too big for its garden, shading the kitchen or leaning on the phone line does not need to come down; it needs a reduction done to the British Standard, cut back to growth points so it stays the shape it was and does not throw up a thicket of regrowth. Crown lifting, thinning, deadwooding and formative pruning of young trees too.

A small tree £180 to £300, a medium tree £350 to £620, a large tree £650 to £1,200, including VAT and the chip taken away.

Hedge cutting and reduction

Laurel, leylandii, beech, yew, hawthorn and the mixed field hedges round the village gardens: trimmed once or twice a year, or taken down hard from four metres to two so it can be kept from the ground again. Sheets down, clippings chipped, the lane swept, and a date in the diary for next year if you want one.

A hedge under 10 metres and under 2 metres high £120 to £180; 10 to 30 metres or up to 3 metres £190 to £360; longer or taller, with the long-reach kit or a platform, £380 to £700, including VAT and the clippings taken away.

Stump grinding

The stump left by a felled tree, ground out to 30 centimetres below the lawn so you can turf, plant or lay a patio over it. A narrow grinder that fits through a 75-centimetre gate, the grindings raked back into the hole or taken away, and the underground services checked with a cable detector before the wheel goes in.

A stump under 30 centimetres across £90 to £130, 30 to 60 centimetres £140 to £220, over 60 centimetres £230 to £380, including VAT.

Emergency storm work

A tree across the drive, a limb on the roof, a leaning ash over the lane after a night of wind: one of us answers the storm line at any hour, tells you the price before we leave, and is with you within ninety minutes across the valley. We make it safe, clear what has to be cleared and come back in daylight for the rest if that is cheaper for you.

The first hour, two of us with the saws and the truck, £180 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Saturday, £260 at night, on Sundays and on bank holidays; then £95 an hour.

Tree surveys and planning

A written report on the tree you are worried about, a BS 5837 survey for a planning application or an extension, a mortgage lender's letter about the oak near the house, and the Tree Preservation Order and conservation area paperwork done for you. Two of us are Lantra-qualified inspectors; the report says what the tree is, what condition it is in, and what, if anything, needs doing.

One tree, a visual inspection and a written report, £150.

Fixed prices

The things with one price.

The tree work is banded by size on the estimator; these are the rates that do not need a visit.

Storm call-out, day

The first hour, two of us

£180

8am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday. Making safe, the saws, the winch and the truck; then £95 an hour.

Storm call-out, night

The first hour, two of us

£260

Nights, Sundays and bank holidays. The home page shows which rate applies right now; then £95 an hour.

A team for the day

Three of us and the chipper

£720

Clearing a plot, a line of conifers, a day of hedges on a farm. Half a day £420. The chip taken away or left for you.

Tree report, one tree

A written condition report

£150

A Lantra-qualified inspection, photographs and a report within five working days. For lenders, insurers and peace of mind.

Site survey

Up to ten trees, with a plan

£350

A BS 5837 survey for a planning application or an extension; the impact assessment and the plan included. More trees quoted.

TPO application

Filled in and submitted

£90

The check against the council map is free with every quote; the application or the conservation area notice done for you is £90.

Extras and the small print

The TPO and conservation area check with any quoteFree
A look at a worrying tree the same day, off the job if we do it£60
Stump grinding booked with the felling, from£90
Grindings removed and topsoil brought in, a stump£40
Logs cut to stove length and stacked for youFree
A builder's bag of seasoned hardwood logs, delivered£85
A load of woodchip for the garden, when we are passingFree
Travel to the outer postcodes, once per job£40
Tight access: carried through the house, no chipper access20%
Each further hour on a storm job, two of us£95
A platform (MEWP) hired for the day where a climb is unsafefrom £0
A dead or dangerous tree notice to the council, written for youFree

How a quote works

A band from the estimator; a visit for the figure; the figure is the invoice.

The estimator gives you a band from the job, the size and the access, because that is what you know on day one. When you are ready, Owen or Ffion comes out for twenty minutes, looks at what is under the tree and where the chipper can get to, checks the council map for a TPO, and sends a fixed quote in writing within two working days. The quote is the figure on the invoice unless we find something we could not see from the ground, which we tell you before we cut, not after.

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A tidy tree surgeon's yard with a green tipper truck and towed chipper, stacked split logs under a timber lean-to and wooded hills behind

A band from the estimator. A fixed quote after we have looked.

The estimator turns the job, the size of the tree and the access into a price band before you ring. The quote form takes two minutes; Owen or Ffion replies within two working days with a visit that week, and the quote after it is the figure on the invoice. A tree down right now: the storm line, any hour.

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