Residential Tree Service in Hampstead, NC
Nearly all my work is at houses — a pine leaning at the roof, limbs over the driveway, a stump the mower keeps finding. Removals start at $800 and most land between $1,500–$3,500. My crew and I are fully insured, the estimate is free, and the phone is answered open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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What do you do at a house?
Four things, and usually more than one of them on the same visit:
- Taking trees down. From one in the open to a pine standing against the siding. Tree removal.
- Cutting limbs back. Off the roof, the driveway, the fence line. Tree trimming.
- Grinding the stump. $7 per inch of diameter, $200 minimum. Stump grinding.
- Clearing up after a storm. Snapped tops, hangers and brush across the yard. Storm cleanup.
What does tree work cost at a house?
My minimum on any removal is $800 and most come in between $1,500–$3,500. What moves the number is access and what sits underneath the tree, not just how tall it is — which is why the same pine is two different prices out front and behind the fence.
| Job | Price | What that covers |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | $800 | Smallest job we will roll a crew for. |
| Most removals | $1,500–$3,500 | — |
| Large removals | $3,500–$6,000 | — |
| Next to the house | $6,000–$8,000 | — |
| Emergency | $6,000–$15,000+ | — |
The full price list, including what specific pine sizes cost.
Do you give discounts?
Yes — seniors, military, and more than one stump at the same address. I do not publish a figure for any of them, because I would rather look at your job and tell you the real number than advertise a percentage off a price I have not worked out yet. Ask when you call and I will tell you where you land.
Will the equipment fit in my yard?
Most likely. My gear fits through a 36-inch gate, which is an ordinary garden gate, and the machines that go round the back are tracked so they spread their weight instead of cutting into the lawn. A fenced yard, a narrow side run, a gravel drive under low branches — those are the normal shape of the work here, not the exceptions.
Tight-space and backyard removal — what the 36-inch gate gets us into.
What does the yard look like when you leave?
The brush goes out with us, the wood is cut down and moved off the grass, and where the stump was gets raked level. What you should be left with is a yard you can walk across the same evening, not a pile by the driveway waiting on somebody else.
Haul-away is included unless we agree otherwise — the brush, the wood and the grindings go out with us as part of the price. The one thing worth saying out loud is the chips: plenty of people would rather I raked them back into the hole so the ground settles level. Same price either way. Say which you want when you call.
What if something comes down at two in the morning?
Call. The phone is answered open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and you will get me or one of my crew, not a machine. If a tree is on the house we come out, get it off and tarp the roof so the next band of rain does not go through the hole.
Which towns do you cover?
Hampstead, Wilmington, Jacksonville, Surf City, Sneads Ferry, Holly Ridge, Rocky Point, Burgaw, Topsail Beach, Scotts Hill / Porters Neck, across Pender County, New Hanover County, Onslow County. I live here in Hampstead, so most days I am not far from you, and the yards I work in look like yours — pines on sandy ground, a fence line at the back, a drive that was not built for a wide machine.
Work on commercial property, and rates for contractors and tree companies.
Questions I get asked
- Most removals land between $1,500–$3,500, with a $800 minimum on any removal, and stump grinding is $7 per inch of diameter with a $200 minimum. Trimming I price after I have looked at it, because two oaks the same size can be an hour apart.
- Yes — seniors and military both, and more than one stump at the same address. I do not publish a figure for any of them, so ask when you call and I will tell you where you land.
- No. The brush goes out with us, the wood is cut down and moved, and where the stump was gets raked level. What you should be left with is a yard you can walk across the same evening.
- Yes — same crew, same visit. The grinder comes on the same trailer as the lift, so you are not lining up a second outfit and waiting another two weeks for the hole in the lawn to go away.
- Not for the work, as long as I have walked the job with you first and we agree on what is coming down and where the gate key is. Most people are at work the day we are there.
- Yes, I'm fully insured, and I'll give you a free estimate before any work starts.
Tell me what is in the yard
Send the details, or call and I can usually get you a free estimate pretty quick. I'd love to be your tree guy.