How much does it cost to take down a tree right next to the house?

$6,000–$8,000. It is more than the same tree in an open yard because nothing can be felled — every piece is cut, roped and lowered, which takes longer and needs more hands on the ground.

What about a big pine leaning over the roof?

A 90 to 100 foot pine over the house with obstacles around it runs $10,000+. That is the hardest job I do: the tree is tall enough that the top has to come off in short lengths, and there is a roof under every one of them.

What happens if something does hit the roof?

I am fully insured. I would rather you never need it, which is why the pieces come down on ropes instead of being felled.

Can you take just the half that is over the house and leave the tree?

Sometimes, and I will say so if that is the better answer. A sound tree with limbs on the roof is a trimming job. One that is leaning, split or dead is a removal — gutting one side only makes it less stable.

Do you grind the stump when the tree is that close to the foundation?

Yes — $7 per inch of diameter, $200 minimum, ground up to 12 inches below grade. Close in we work from the open side and stop where the structure starts, so tell me about any irrigation, drain or cable near the trunk first.

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What does it cost to take a tree down next to the house?

$6,000–$8,000. A pine of ninety to a hundred feet standing over the roof with obstacles around it is $10,000+ — the hardest job I do, priced up front rather than discovered on the day. Those are the only two numbers I publish for this work, because everything between them depends on what is under the tree.

Published price bands for tree removal close to a house
Job	Price	What that covers
Next to the house	$6,000–$8,000	—
90–100 ft pine over the house	$10,000+	With obstacles around it.

The full price list, including open-yard pines and stump grinding.

Why is it so much more than a tree in the open?

Because none of it falls. In an open yard a trunk is cut once and dropped where we want it. Six feet from a wall there is no drop zone, so the tree comes off in short pieces, each tied into a line first and let down on the rope — a cut, a knot and a lowering instead of a cut. The same tree, several times the hours.

Bucket lift dismantling a large bare hardwood directly over a brick house. — Sectioning a large bare hardwood standing directly over a brick house.

Bucket lift removing an ivy-covered tree standing close against a house. — A different job: an ivy-covered tree hard against the wall, coming down from the top.

How do you reach a tree that close to the wall?

With lifts and climbers. The boom goes up the gap between the siding and the canopy, so the man working is beside each piece rather than under it. Where there is no room to set a lift — a courtyard, a deck, soft ground after rain — a climber goes up the tree instead.

Bucket lift topping a tall pine standing a few feet off a single-storey home in spring. — Topping a tall pine standing a few feet off a single-storey home.

Bucket lift fully extended into a tall tree standing close beside a home. — A different job: the lift run up the gap between the siding and the canopy.

Which trees near the house actually need to come down?

Not all of them, and I will say so when I look at it. A sound tree with limbs on the shingles is a trimming job and a much cheaper day. What I would take down is one that has split, died back at the top, or leaned further since the last blow — a loblolly that has shifted in sandy ground is on a timer whatever it looks like from the window.

Bucket lift set beside a house, working a large oak canopy that reaches over the roof. — A sound oak reaching over a roof — the kind that gets cut back rather than taken down.

Tree trimming — limbs off the roof, tree stays.

What if the lift cannot get round the back?

Then the tracked gear goes through the gate instead — my equipment fits a 36-inch gate. The hardest jobs are often both problems at once: a pine against the back wall, behind a closed fence, with the only way in running between two buildings.

Tight-space and backyard removal.

What about the stump against the foundation?

Ground the same visit — $7 per inch of diameter, $200 minimum, up to 12 inches below grade. Close to a wall we work in from the open side and stop where the structure starts. Tell me about irrigation, a drain run or a cable near the trunk first — the wheel finds those faster than anybody wants it to.

How stump grinding is priced and how deep it goes.

It is already on the house. What now?

Then this is not the page you need — call. A tree lying on a roof is emergency work, priced differently, and the phone is answered open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 24/7 emergency tree service.

Where do you do this work?

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 a pine leaning at a roof on the US-17 corridor is usually a short run for me.

Questions I get asked

How much does it cost to take down a tree right next to the house?: $6,000–$8,000. It is more than the same tree in an open yard because nothing can be felled — every piece is cut, roped and lowered, which takes longer and needs more hands on the ground.
What about a big pine leaning over the roof?: A 90 to 100 foot pine over the house with obstacles around it runs $10,000+. That is the hardest job I do: the tree is tall enough that the top has to come off in short lengths, and there is a roof under every one of them.
What happens if something does hit the roof?: I am fully insured. I would rather you never need it, which is why the pieces come down on ropes instead of being felled.
Can you take just the half that is over the house and leave the tree?: Sometimes, and I will say so if that is the better answer. A sound tree with limbs on the roof is a trimming job. One that is leaning, split or dead is a removal — gutting one side only makes it less stable.
Do you grind the stump when the tree is that close to the foundation?: Yes — $7 per inch of diameter, $200 minimum, ground up to 12 inches below grade. Close in we work from the open side and stop where the structure starts, so tell me about any irrigation, drain or cable near the trunk first.

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