A Treed Lot is such a Positive Except for When it is NOT

Our home was on a very treed lot. I absolutely love having trees around. I have somewhat of a black thumb and don’t do well with growing plants, so being able to have trees allows for having some plant life without much needed from me. Trees add a lot of character to a lot as well. I know others would disagree, but a home on a lot with no trees just looks bare to me. Taking all that in mind, our lot had a LOT of trees. And some of the trees were causing actual problems. We had one that was very close to our front door and its roots kept breaking into the sewage drain. Two other trees were destroying our driveway with their roots. Taking down those 3 trees would have left an oddly placed tree in the front yard. It would also be in the way for the removal of the tree close to our front door so we had it removed as well. In the backyard we had a tree that was mostly dead and another tree that the tree company called a toothpick. It was exactly what you would expect a tree that is called a toothpick to be. It was all trunk and nothing else. It didn’t have a single branch or leaf. With all the issues we had with the trees we knew we would have to get some tree work done at some point. We also knew it would not be cheap. We called out 3 different companies for estimates. One company gave us the estimate for everything all rolled into 1 price. It wasn’t the cheapest price and with it all being rolled into one number we didn’t do anything with that one. The other 2 broke down the estimates by the tree. We were having 6 trees taken down total. One of the 2 companies priced the 3 biggest trees for cheaper than the other company and the second company priced the 3 smallest trees cheaper than the first company. I reached out to the company that was overall cheaper. I asked the representative if they only did the 3 trees they priced out as cheaper would the quote for those 3 trees stay the same. He, being a good salesman, questioned why I was asking and I explained that I was considering having them do 3 trees and another company do 3 trees to get the cheapest price. He said he would keep his 3 cheaper trees at the same price and match the price for the other 3 trees from the other company. So that meant I was able to use one company and combine the 2 cheapest quotes. Not only that but I ended up being very happy with the communication and the work of the company. Once done we still had a treed lot and I think it improved the look of our home greatly.