Frequently Asked Questions in Nottingham

If you've landed on a page of frequently asked questions in Nottingham because you've got a tree that needs sorting and a head full of things you're not sure about, that's a normal place to be. Most homeowners only deal with a tree surgeon once every few years, so questions about cost, permissions, insurance and what actually happens to the branches once they're on the ground are entirely reasonable, not silly ones. Below are the questions George Beck and the team get asked at the gate and down the phone, week in and week out, from Nottingham and Long Eaton out to Derby, Mansfield and the villages in between.

The aim here isn't to sell you something you don't need, it's to give you enough to make a sensible decision before anyone sets foot on your property. Where a straight answer is "it depends," you'll get the reasons why, not a dodge. If your particular situation isn't covered below, that's what the phone is for, and you'll get George or a team member on the other end, not a call centre reading from a script.

1. You get in touch -- Call or message with what's worrying you - a leaning tree, an overgrown hedge, a branch over the shed. You don't need to know the species or the technical term for what you want doing; describing the problem is enough to get things moving.
2. Free site visit -- George or a team member comes out to look at the actual tree, not a photo of it. Height, trunk and crown width, access, what's underneath it (patio, greenhouse, power line, driveway) and the condition of the wood all affect how the job's done and what it costs.
3. Written quote -- You get a price broken down by the work involved, not a vague estimate. If there's a TPO or the tree's in a Conservation Area, that's flagged here too, along with a realistic timescale for any council consent needed.
4. The work itself -- Climbing, rigging, chainsaw work from a rope and harness or a MEWP where the access demands it, sectional dismantling near buildings or lines where a straight fell isn't safe. The method depends on the tree and the site, not a one-size approach.
5. Clean-up and completion -- Brash chipped, logs stacked or removed depending on what you've asked for, and the site left tidy - this is the bit customers mention most in reviews, because a job that leaves your garden worse than a skip site isn't finished.

Based on current UK tree surgery pricing guides (myjobquote.co.uk and mybuilder.com, 2026), general tree work runs roughly £250 to £3,500 or more depending on the size of the tree. A small tree up to around 15ft typically falls in the £250-£550 range, a medium tree of 15-30ft is more often £550-£1,200, and a large tree over 30ft, especially one needing sectional dismantling near a building or overhead lines, can run £1,200-£3,500 or beyond. Where a job's priced by the day rather than per tree, day rates for a qualified crew generally sit between £250 and £460, averaging around £375. These figures are a starting point for budgeting, not a quote - the actual price depends on access, the condition of the tree, whether cranes or extra rigging are needed, and how much waste has to come off site, which is exactly why George does a free site visit rather than pricing over the phone. Stump grinding, TPO applications and any additional visits for advice are priced separately once we've seen what's involved.

This is a small, personal outfit run by George Beck, an NPTC qualified arborist with over 20 years spent working on trees across Nottingham, Derby and the surrounding areas, based at 20 Prince St in Long Eaton. That matters for a frequently asked questions page because most of what's answered here comes from things George has actually been asked on the doorstep, not copied from a generic industry checklist. The team holds City & Guilds NPTC Certificates of Competence across the full range needed for real tree work - from chainsaw maintenance and cross-cutting through to aerial tree rigging, assisted felling of large trees over 760mm, and dealing with part-blown or windblown trees after storms - plus full public liability and employers' liability insurance, with documentation available if you'd like to see it before booking. Customers who've had this work done recently back that up in their own words: Jennifer Leahy in Long Eaton had ivy cleared quickly despite rainy weather and called the job fabulous; Ruth Nettleship in West Bridgford had a large larch removed promptly with the site left clean and tidy; Karl Hall in Alfreton had trees cut back and hedges trimmed, and said the garden was left tidier than before; and David King on The Park Estate had a mature, 25m copper beech that had never been pruned reduced by 20% in height and width, describing George and the team as excellent and pleasant to deal with. You're invited to ask for George directly rather than being passed around a switchboard, and the business runs a genuine 24/7 emergency service for storm damage, not just office hours with an answerphone.

Nottingham is the main area this FAQ page is written for, with the business itself based just south-west of the city in Long Eaton, which puts places like Beeston, Bramcote, Stapleford and Ilkeston within easy reach for a same-day site visit rather than a scheduled trip across the county. Trees in Nottingham's older, established suburbs - The Park Estate, West Bridgford, Wollaton and Mapperley - tend to bring their own set of questions, since large gardens with mature specimen trees near Victorian and Edwardian houses are more likely to sit inside a Conservation Area or carry a TPO than a tree on a newer estate, which is exactly the kind of thing that comes up in the TPO answer below. Further out, coverage extends to Derby and Derbyshire towns including Long Eaton, Ilkeston, Heanor, Ripley and Alfreton, and into Nottinghamshire towns such as Mansfield, Newark-on-Trent, Southwell, Worksop, Bingham, Radcliffe on Trent and the villages along the Trent - Lowdham, Burton Joyce and Ruddington among them - as well as Hucknall, Arnold, Carlton, Gedling and Ravenshead, where mixed woodland and heathland edges bring more windblown and storm-damage call-outs than the city centre does. Whichever part of that area you're in, the same free site-visit process and the same person answering the phone apply - there's no separate "out of town" pricing tier just because you're calling from Southwell rather than Sleaford Street.

Every garden and every tree throws up something the general questions above don't quite cover, and that's fine - it's what the phone is for. Get in touch and you'll speak to George directly, get a straight answer, and if it turns into a job, a free site visit and a proper written quote rather than a guess. Available 7 days a week, with 24/7 cover if it's a storm-damaged or genuinely dangerous tree that can't wait.

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