An inspector flagged the ash by the porch, or your insurer mailed a deadline. This is exactly that job: done on time and documented.
Two letters turn a tree into a deadline. The first comes out of a real estate deal: the buyer's inspector notes a dead or overhanging tree, and suddenly the closing wants it handled. The second comes from your insurance company: address the dead tree or the limbs over the roof by a stated date, or face non-renewal. With so much borer-killed ash standing in plain sight along the county's streets and road frontage, both letters have gotten common around here.
Tell us about the letter and its date when you call — deadline work is scheduled as deadline work. The professionals we connect you with treat the paper trail as part of the job: a written quote naming the specific trees, and after the work, an itemized invoice that says plainly what was removed or pruned. Photos on request. That invoice is normally what the underwriter or the closing attorney wants to see.
If you're listing the house, walk the yard the way an inspector will: standing dead wood, big limbs over the roof, anything leaning at the driveway. Handling the obvious tree before the inspection is routine maintenance on your schedule; handling it between inspection and closing is a rush job priced like one, with your sale waiting on it.
| Job | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Small tree (roughly under 30 ft) | $350 – $800 |
| Medium tree (roughly 30–60 ft) | $800 – $1,600 |
| Large tree (roughly 60–80 ft) | $1,600 – $3,000 |
| Very large, dead, or over a structure | Quoted — often $3,000+ |
| Stump grinding (per stump) | $120 – $400 |
| Storm / winter emergency response | Quoted — priority scheduling |
Treat these ranges as a starting point, not a promise. Every tree is its own job — height, lean, rot, and what sits underneath all move the number — and in New York, standalone tree removal is subject to sales tax on top of the quoted price. The free quote comes from a local professional who has actually looked at your tree, and that number is the one that counts.
Working against a date? Say so first — it changes the schedule, not the honesty of the price.
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