Cheaper Arborists Perth Service
Finding the appropriate person to handle, treat and remove your tree safely can be difficult. A lot of the time you are juggling a balance between cheap and professional. But if you know where to look there are a plethora of highly skilled Perth arborists who won’t charge you an arm and a leg.
As a general rule of thumb, any tree arborists in Perth spending the money to be in the number one spot on popular internet sites like Truelocal, or Google search, are charging higher prices.
It’s a no brainer as they need to recoup their large marketing budget by passing on the cost to their customers.
I hate to lump all companies into one basket, but in general, it’s what you can expect.
All tree arborists in Perth, WA have a very high business running costs. So for them time is money.
The quicker they can get your tree job done, the less they will charge you. Simple right?
So to save money you need to save them time.
Let’s say you have 2 identical trees. One is in the front yard and the other in your backyard with no rear access.
Depending on the size of the tree being removed and room to work, you can guarantee the tree in the front yard is going to be about half the price.
This is because the time and manpower take to get the tree from the backyard to the font and in the truck will take twice as long.
Its time vs. money.
So if you do have a tree that is hard to get to with poor access, consider having a 2-minute conversation with your neighbour to see if you can use their rear access driveway and remove a panel of fence for access.
This will allow the tree company to get their truck nice and close to the tree in your neighbor’s yard. This will save them time and money.
Some people base their tree company search criteria around the reviews on Google search or Facebook.
It’s important to remember is they are not always accurate.
Some companies actively chase reviews, where other companies do not. Yes seeing a company with 40 five star reviews is a good thing and they do require further investigation.
But according to a study originally done by the Washington Post, they found that 61% of all Amazon reviews are fake.
I’m not suggesting that all Perth arborists have asked all their friends to leave fake reviews, but reviews certainly can’t be trusted as an indicator of past performance.
They say 80% of people who had a bad experience will leave a bad review, and people who have a good experience will almost never leave one.
I have been working closely with tree surgeons in Perth over the last few years and I see lots of 1-star comments from “potential customers” for a company not returning a call after 2 hours, or some other petty reason.
Most Perth arborists are sole traders and are busy on the job from 7 – 4 pm.
So a 1-star review is pretty harsh considering this is their livelihood.
This might sound strange, but it not like that for just arborists in Perth but all tree surgeons Australia wind. During the Autumn and Winter months, there is a lot less demand for most outdoor trades such as landscaping, lawn maintenance and tree service.
People are just not out in their gardens as much, so demand is lower during this time of year.
With supply staying the same, but the number of jobs declining, arborists need to quote slightly cheaper prices to win work.
If it can wait until winter, it is worth it.
Sometimes when you want to remove a tree and it is deemed as a “significant specimen” by your local council.
In this case, they will ask you to get a third party opinion in the form of a Perth arborist to provide a report on the tree’s health, vigour and the trees Safe and Useful Life Expectancy (SULE study).
Based on these independent findings, the council can make a more informed decision on whether to grant approval to remove your tree or not.
Not all tree services in Perth do Arborist reports, but here is a list from our friends at The Tree Guild WA. Most of these guys are consulting arborists.
An arborist report will take in many factors when deciding whether to give you the approval to remove the tree.
Just because you are paying their bill, doesn’t mean they are working for you.
Their job is to give a fair and honest assessment of the tree.
That being said, if you do want approval, you are best getting a “working arborist” to do the report. This is an arborist that also removes trees as well as doing reports.
The conflict of interest and the prospect of getting paid to remove the tree after they give approval is too much to resist.
For more info on how to get council approval to remove a tree, you need to read our report on what to say and who to talk to.
It’s strange, but this question keeps coming up. People in the Hills district of Perth want to know if it costs more where they are, of if others are getting a better deal.
Although your geographic location does move the needle slightly when it comes to price, it is not a huge factor. Arborists live all over Perth, so you will find there are some in the Perth Hills, in Perth’s Western suburbs and the north.
Travel is a factor, but if you get someone local, you are more likely to get a better deal.
There is a wide range of tasks tree surgeons in Perth can perform. As most think it is not just limited to getting them to remove or prune your tree.
As discussed above they can also perform:
- Tree inspections
- Arborist reports
- Root pruning
- Stump removal
- Transplanting large trees
- Treating pest infected and diseased trees
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