Gold Coast storms don’t muck around, and the trees that come down are usually the big ones on saturated ground, roots and all. After a storm it pays to call a crew you can actually check out. We’re qualified, insured, and we’ve spent years dealing with trees that are down, hung up or leaning the wrong way. We make the site safe, then sort the paperwork so your claim isn’t a fight.
A tree that’s already come down or hung up is under load, and it moves in ways you don’t expect the second you start cutting. Cut the wrong section first and it can spring, roll or drop. That’s how people get hurt and how a bad situation gets worse. We read the tension, take it out in the right order, and get the tree off your house or out of your yard under control. It’s the rigging and dismantling work we built the business on, and storm jobs are exactly where it earns its keep.
The highest-value work on any block is the deadwooding and crown thinning done before storm season, not the emergency removal after it. Saturated soil brings whole trees over at the root plate, and dead standing trees get more dangerous the longer they’re left. If you’ve got big trees near the house, a pre-season prune is a fraction of the cost of an emergency removal plus a roof repair. We’re happy to tell you which of your trees are the real risk and which are fine.
Call us and we’ll give you a straight answer on timing, prioritising anything unsafe. We turn up equipped and insured, make the site safe, then remove the tree and clean up properly. If you’re claiming, we photograph the damage, write the arborist report your insurer wants, and liaise with your insurer and builder to keep it moving. You get a clear price and no surprise invoice, just the tree gone and your property safe.
A storm claim goes smoother when you’ve got the right bits together, so here’s what helps: photos of the damage before anything’s moved (we take our own too), the date and rough time of the storm, and your policy details. We provide the arborist report and our own photos, itemise the work, and can talk to your insurer or builder directly if that’s easier for you. The aim is to make the claim a formality, not a fight, so you’re not out of pocket on work a storm caused.
Soon. A leaning or hung-up tree is under load and can drop without warning. Keep clear of it and call us to make it safe rather than waiting to see what it does.
Often, yes, for damage from a storm event. We provide the photos and arborist report insurers ask for and can liaise with your insurer and builder.
Stay well clear and call Energex on 13 19 62. Anything touching the network is their job. Once it’s safe, we handle the tree.
Yes. Tell us it’s urgent and we’ll prioritise it.
Yes. Pre-season deadwooding and thinning on your big trees is the cheapest way to avoid the next storm call-out.
