Pruning trees

[Deleted User]

I had a quote for pruning an ash and an oak tree at the bottom of my garden. They wanted £1200 :eek:

Need to get some more quotes, in the meantime can anyone give me an idea of what is a reasonable one?

Joannag_2

Crikey seems steep. Tree surgery is dear though. I had a quote for a big Oak over £400.....got a friend with a chainsaw, ladder and a trailer in the end for a few beers. Sadly he emigrated so can't use him again!!

ormus

seems very steep to me.
where abouts in london are you?
i know a really good chap in the west/south west london area.

nice_pavers

To get a good idea of value for money you need to be a bit more in depth about the job. Ash trees can be anything from 2 foot to 20 foot as with most trees so no one will help out with such a vaque area of work or where the work is .

[Deleted User]

The trees are very big, I guess about 60 ft, and haven't been pruned for 8 years. I am in North London. A neighbour recommended someone he knows, hopefully they'll be more reasonable.

jackieb

I just got a quote today, for pruning about 6-8ft off 3 trees, plus some leylandi, and chipping and getting rid of what's already in the garden (dh has already cut down 2 trees but not got rid of them yet). The price we got was £750 and I thought that was pricey. Maybe not!

chivers1977

Did you get a price? My cousin does tree work so can ask what sort of price this work goes for. He is in East London so prices would be pretty similar.

[Deleted User]

jackie ~ thanks for that, shows they were trying to rip me off.

Still haven't got a quote.

chivers ~ I would love to hear what your cousin would charge, thank you!