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The on-site quote is free. We come out, walk the tree with you, talk through the options (full removal vs heavy pruning, what the stump situation looks like, what the cleanup includes), and leave you with a written quote you can sign or shop around. No charge, no obligation, no upselling. For very simple jobs where photos plus a clear description from your end are enough (a small dead ornamental in an open backyard, a stump grind where we can see the site clearly), we can sometimes quote firmly without the visit. Anything involving a structure, fence, neighbour, or power line gets an in-person look first because the access plan changes the price.

The phone is answered during business hours (Mon-Sat 7am-7pm), so most forms get a callback inside the same business day. Forms submitted overnight or Sunday get called first thing the next business morning. If your situation is genuinely active (tree on a house, branch on a power line, trunk split and still upright over the driveway) do not use the form. Call the number on the right so we can talk it through right now and route an emergency crew.

Photos work for predictable open-access work: a small backyard ornamental removal, a single stump grind on grass with no obstructions, a clear deadwooding job on a single visible branch. Send 3 to 5 photos with at least one wide shot showing the whole tree plus what is around it (house, fence, neighbour, hydro line) and one close-up of the trunk base and any visible defects. For anything bigger than that, anything over a structure, anything with neighbour-property access constraints, anything with a permit question, anything with stump-plus-tree combinations, we come out. The 30 to 45 minutes on-site usually saves both of us money because we catch the tight access route or the hydro-line conflict before quoting.

Strongly preferred. We need to walk the access route with you (which gate, which side of the house, where the truck stages), confirm property lines with neighbours if pruning crosses fences, and talk through the cleanup level you want (haul everything vs leave wood rounds vs leave chips for your garden). For straightforward open-front-yard work where access is obvious, we can sometimes quote from the curb if you cannot be home, but we will follow up by phone before sending the written quote. Tell us at booking and we will confirm.

The written quote is the price you sign and the price you pay, unless we hit something hidden that no one could have known about. The most common surprises: rotten core inside what looked like a sound trunk (changes the rigging plan), a buried fence wire or property pin in the stump-grind zone, or a hornet nest discovered mid-job. If we hit one, we stop, show you the photo, and give you a written change-order before continuing. You can also say no and we put the site back the way we found it minus the work already paid for. We do not run up surprise charges and we do not start paid work without your written approval.

Yes. Typical south-Ontario ranges for the standard cases: small ornamental tree removal (20 to 40 feet, open access) runs $280 to $650. Mid-sized tree removal (40 to 70 feet, some access constraint) runs $700 to $2,100. Large or risky tree (70+ feet, near structure, rope-down or crane work) runs $2,000 to $7,500. Stump grinding runs $120 to $280 per stump depending on diameter and access. Tree pruning is usually quoted by crew-hours plus disposal, with most residential pruning jobs landing in the $400 to $900 band. If our range comes in well above what you heard from another arborist, we will explain the spread (typically access, rigging complexity, or stump add-ons) and tell you to compare. No high-pressure pitch.

Yes. Most homeowners get 2 to 3 quotes on jobs over $1,500, and we expect that on full removals, large pruning jobs, and storm-damage cleanups. The on-site quote is free regardless. Take the written quote, compare apples to apples (a lot of phone quotes leave out the stump, the haul-off, or the boom-truck day rate), and pick whoever you trust. If you pick someone else, no hard feelings. If our quote is the right value you call us back and we book the date.

Five things move the needle. (1) Specific neighbourhood with a cross-street so we know the travel window and any local access patterns (Cabbagetown row-house tight rear access plays very differently than a wide Whitby corner lot). (2) Tree species if you know it, or a phone photo of the leaves and bark for us to ID. (3) Approximate tree size: trunk diameter at chest height (DBH), height estimate from the roof line, and distance from the nearest structure or property line. (4) What the tree is doing that worried you: dead branches dropping, sudden lean, mushroom conks at the base, recent storm damage, EAB-pattern ash decline. (5) A real time window you can be home for the on-site visit. A form with all five gets a firmer ballpark on the callback. A form with none of them still gets a callback. We just ask more questions.