Tree removal in Wollongong

Pricing in Wollongong runs from a few hundred dollars for a small backyard tree up to several thousand for a large gum on an escarpment block or close to powerlines. Size, access, rigging load, stump grinding and where the green waste ends up are the main drivers. Send through the details for a same-day indicative number.

Yes. The crew is made up of qualified climbers and ground hands, all locally based. Public liability cover is in place and we'll forward a current Certificate of Currency before the job if you want one for your file.

Most enquiries get a same-day reply with a time to swing past. Non-urgent jobs are usually booked within the same week. Emergency and storm work runs around the clock across the Illawarra.

Yes. Trees over rooflines, pools, decks or powerlines come down piece by piece with the rope and rigging set up first. The fell direction and landing area are walked through before any chainsaw fires up.

Yes. Emergency tree work runs around the clock through the Illawarra, including fallen limbs, hung-up branches and trees uprooted by south-easterly weather. We make safe first, then book the full removal.

Stump grinding is priced as its own line item. Add it if you want a clean finish ready to turf, pave or plant. Leave it off if the stump can stay. The grinder takes the wood to about 150–300mm below finished grade.

A small backyard tree is often a half-day job. A medium tree with rigging usually fills a day. Large trees, multi-tree jobs and steep escarpment blocks can roll across two or three days. The written quote tells you exactly what to expect for your job.

Yes. Green waste is chipped on site, the landing area is raked back and paving is blown down. Chips can stay as mulch, get spread under your beds, or get hauled away, your call. Firewood rounds can be cut and stacked by the fence on request.

The climber checks the tree before any cutting starts. If wildlife is present we either pause the job, reschedule outside breeding season, or work around the active hollow as the situation calls for.

Yes. Defendable-space clearing for properties in bushfire-prone parts of the Illawarra is handled the same as any multi-tree job, one site visit, one quote, scheduled for a low-wind day.

Yes, with both owners on board. We can quote the job and talk both sides through the scope, but the saw stays in the truck until everyone has agreed in writing on the work and the cost split.

Storm damage to your house, fence or car is usually covered, along with the make-safe work and debris removal tied to that claim. A healthy tree you simply want gone, and routine preventative pruning, sit outside the policy. Ring your insurer first, then ask us for a written job report and Certificate of Currency to attach to the claim.

Look for a current Certificate of Currency for public liability cover, an on-site quote rather than a phone number off a photo, and a written itemised quote that breaks out access, climbing, rigging, chipping, stump and clean-up. Avoid anyone asking for cash up front. A signed-up business arrives in a branded truck with a chipper, uniforms and AQF Level 3 climbing tickets.

A proper quote lists separate prices for site set-up, the climber or boom lift, rigging and rope work, on-site chipping, optional stump grinding below grade, haul-away of chips or logs, and GST. A single round number with no breakdown almost always slides upwards once the crew arrives.

If the tree was on your block, you are. Home and contents insurance usually pays for the removal where it has hit an insured structure, ring the insurer first and send photos before anything is moved. If a neighbour's tree fell onto your place, you arrange the removal and chase reimbursement via your insurer (or the neighbour's insurer if negligence is proven).

Wollongong City Council generally requires approval for trees over 0.5m trunk diameter measured at 1m height, locally protected or listed species, and anything inside an escarpment, bushland or heritage overlay. Dead, dying or dangerous trees, fruit trees and small trees under 3m are usually exempt. Check the council's tree page before booking the job, fines for unpermitted removal start around $3,000.

Most of the price is risk and rigging, not the sawing. Dropping a tree straight to lawn is fast and cheap. Bringing a big gum down behind a house, over a pool or near powerlines is hours of climbing, lowering and rope work, with the gear and cover to back it up. The chainsaw is the small part.

Backfill the void with screened topsoil rather than dropping fresh chips in, chips slump as they break down and pull nitrogen out of the soil. For a lawn, lay couch or buffalo rolls over the topsoil and water in daily for the first ten days. For garden beds, let the spot rest a season so the residual wood breaks down before planting anything you want to keep.