A tree program, not a pile of one off invoices.
Communities usually buy tree work the same way: a tree fails, somebody calls three numbers off a truck door, and the board approves the cheapest bid under pressure. That is the most expensive way to own trees. Failures cost more than pruning, and emergency pricing costs more than scheduled pricing.
We start the other way around. An expert arborist walks the entire property once, in daylight, with the manager or a board member if you want to come along. Every tree in the common areas gets looked at: species, size, condition, what is over a roof, what is over a walkway, what is over a parked car. Risk assessments follow TRAQ methodology.
The written plan is the product.
What you get back is a document, not a number. Every tree is photographed and located. Every recommended job carries its own price, whether that is a clearance prune or a hazard tree removal. The whole list is ordered by urgency and split into phases, so a board can approve phase one this quarter and put phases two and three into next year’s budget.
Boards set budgets in the fall for the next calendar year. The plan is built to drop into that cycle without anybody retyping it.
Scheduled rounds, so nothing arrives as a surprise.
Once the plan is approved, the work runs on a calendar you can see. Routine pruning happens in its season. Clearance over walkways, signs, and light poles gets checked on the same round. Crews are trained to ANSI A300 standards, the industry specification that treats topping, flush cuts, and spiking a tree that is staying as bad practice.
Between rounds, the plan gets refreshed once a year. Trees change. A tree that was fine two seasons ago can be a phase one item now, and you would rather find that out on a scheduled walk.
One number, whether it is Tuesday or 2am.
The same contact who runs your scheduled work runs your storm response. When something comes down overnight, crews clear the drive lanes and walkways first so residents can get out in the morning, then deal with the tree. You get photos of the site before anything is moved, which is what the association’s insurer will ask for.
We are licensed and insured, and we are glad to talk through coverage with your manager or your board before any work begins. The same program runs on office parks and mixed portfolios too, under commercial tree service.
Get the written assessment