Have you had a tree removed from your yard? How much did it cost?
This question brought to you by me being lazy, and not wanting to get more than two quotes. There are three trees that are maybe 30 feet high and 1-2 feet in diameter? Spatial thinking isn’t where I shine. I can take a picture if you guys want to see some trees.
Expect somewhere between $500-$1000 or more a tree, lower end of that range if they’re away from buildings and utility lines, higher end if they’re close to stuff and they have to do a lot of rope work to safely drop branches.
Per my emailed quote. All of these required a bucket truck, stump grinding was not included but they referred me to a local guy who I think was $250 for everything and came back at no extra charge to redo the biggest stump.
42" laurel oak out by the road $2,100. If I can find a picture of the stump from this one, it’s impressive
24" turkey oak between our garage and power lines, $1,300. This was growing close enough to practically touch our house, I’m sure our homeowners insurance was glad it was gone.
18" turkey oak in back yard, growing arched over our roof $1,400
They removed part of our fence and put it back after. Their reinstallation job wasn’t stellar but it was easier than doing it ourselves (I think they charged an extra $100 for that?) and we’re getting it replaced in the hopefully not too distant future anyway.
We got a quote for our large cherry tree to be taken down in the back. It’s probably 30 years old, about the height of our two-story house may be a little shorter. The quote was somewhere between 800 and $1000, I forget how much exactly.
Mine wasn’t going to require any special equipment, as far as I know. I think they were just gonna chainsaw it down and haul it through the side gate. Out away from the house so no risk of it hitting anything other than maybe our fence.
Poor tree!
That almost looks like some sort of crazy fossilized footprint or something
I had one taken down in East Colfax about 6 years ago for only $400. No idea who did it but I probably found them on NextDoor. Good luck!
Thanks! I’m heartbroken, lol: I was quoted $4500 for 3 trees, and even factoring COL and everything being expensive right now, I do think I’ll have to find someone else to do it. Annoying!
We’re overdue for a tree pruning, so I was hoping I could combine the two services, but it sounds like I should look around. Waaaaa
We need to get tree work done in the spring. I should call and make an appt. now. I was hoping to do it after I had some idea how much income I supposedly made in 2021… Because I wanted an idea of the taxes. Shouldn’t be as bad as last year.
I am going to try the free trial thanks for the suggestion @Clare-Dragonfly
@druidessie I have never been into journalling before but i will give it a try. Thank you
I wasn’t either until ~8 years ago but it’s helped me tremendously. I hope it’s helpful but if it’s not for you, don’t force it 
more crowdsourcing for things for my house. I should probably make a journal just for house ideas because I’m having to do some renovations right away and I’m feeling a little frazzled about making so many choices. Anyway, does anyone have a rec for a good keypad door lock that they have and actually like using? Reviews on Amazon seem so mixed for everything and I’ve looked at reddit threads that seem the same. Security is really important to me, living alone and in Tucson where break-ins happen somewhat regularly. I don’t want to spend like $300, but I also want something reliable and somewhat easy to use.
I got this as a placeholder while I researched locks for the airbnb, back when I managed it.
That being said, get a security chain like they have in hotels, or other secondary lock, if you want that extra safe feeling. Two locks, one that only opens from the inside, is smart.
I have this lock, too! It’s been 5 or 6years, I think? I’ve replaced the batteries twice.
Are you thinking of getting one or more security cameras too? We have Arlo, the subscription cost to store the videos depends on how many cameras you have.
Does it already have security lights (motion-activated)?
thank you for the rec! I’ve heard mixed things about Kwikset, but I like the price and I’ve seen them at a bunch of houses I’ve dogsat at too so that seems like the way to go. Good thought on the security chain, I hadn’t thought of that but now I’ll plan to install that as well.
@Gdogg Yeah I’ll probably end up with security cameras as well. Thanks for the rec! I haven’t even explored those yet. I’m not sure if there are lights, I didn’t notice any…I know they are good for safety but I really hate lights…so maybe I’ll just get motion sensor ones? Some people leave them on ALL night here and I hate it. I’m a super light sleeper, and even with the best blackout curtains I can see the light through my closed eyes and my brain is like “don’t you see that tiny faint sliver of light from the neighbors floodlight? You should definitely stay awake all night because of it”
I layer custom blackout honey comb blinds with blackout curtains. Went through Lowe’s for the blinds. 10/10 recommend. So dark you can barely see your own hand in the middle of the day, and not a single “point of light”, only diffuse.
ooO I’ve been looking at the honeycomb blinds. Do you happen to know which brand you have? That’s definitely one of my first to-dos after closing. My room has a sliding glass door out to a balcony, so it definitely needs to be completely covered with multiple layers of light blocking
