If you are a committee member or a strata manager, tree work sits on your list somewhere between annoying and genuinely risky. The trees are common property, the responsibility for them is yours, and nobody on the committee is an arborist.
We work with body corporates and strata complexes across the Gold Coast, from small townhouse blocks to large gated communities.
We will walk your property with a qualified arborist and give you a written assessment of every significant tree on it, at no cost.
You get a list of what is there, what condition each tree is in, what needs attention now, what needs watching, and roughly what the priorities cost. It is the document you need to actually make a decision at a committee meeting instead of another discussion that gets deferred.
There is no obligation attached to it. If you take the report and get three other quotes off the back of it, that is fine.
Approval is almost always required. Trees on body corporate and common property are treated differently to trees on a private lot, and council approval is generally needed before removal. Getting that wrong is a fine against the body corporate, not against the contractor.
Duty of care sits with the body corporate. If a limb comes down on a resident’s car, a visitor or a child in the common area, the question is what the committee knew and what it did about it. A dated arborist assessment on file is the difference between a manageable situation and a very unpleasant one.
Records matter at handover. Committees turn over. Managers change. Work that is not documented effectively did not happen, and the next committee starts from zero.
Residents notice everything. Fronds in the pool, leaf in the gutters, a branch over someone’s balcony. Scheduled maintenance stops most of it becoming a complaint.
Scheduled palm maintenance. Fronds and seed pods off before they drop into pools, onto footpaths and over cars. This is the single most common recurring job in Gold Coast complexes.
Programmed pruning. Clearance from buildings, balconies, driveways, lighting and security cameras. Deadwood out of the big trees before storm season.
Removals. Including trees in courtyards and internal spaces where access is through the complex and there is no room to drop anything.
Storm response. Priority attendance for complexes we already look after.
Arborist reports. Formal written reports for council applications, insurers, disputes and long term planning.
Long term tree management plans. A schedule across three to five years so the work is budgeted rather than turning up as an unexpected special levy.
One quote, itemised properly. Committees need to see what each item costs so they can approve some things and defer others. You will not get a single lump sum with no breakdown.
Notification before we arrive. Residents get grumpy when a chipper starts at seven on a Saturday with no warning. We give you notice you can circulate, and the system sends confirmations and reminders automatically.
Photo records of every visit. Before and after, on file, so the committee can see what was done and the next committee can see the history.
Insurance and documentation ready to go. Certificate of currency, safe work method statement and any site induction requirements handled before we turn up, not on the morning. If your manager runs a contractor compliance portal, send us the link and we will get ourselves onboarded before the first job rather than holding up the schedule.
We work around residents. Cars in the way, pool access, school pick-up, garbage collection days. We plan for it.
Townhouse and villa complexes. Gated communities and resort style developments, particularly through Hope Island and Sanctuary Cove. High rise and mid rise complexes with landscaped ground floors and podium gardens. Retirement villages. Schools and childcare centres, where tree risk is taken seriously for obvious reasons. Commercial sites and business parks.
If you manage multiple properties, talk to us about handling the lot on one schedule. It is cheaper and far less work for you.
Book the free tree risk assessment. We come out, walk the site, and send the written report through.
From there you can put it to the committee with real information in front of you.
Yes. A qualified arborist walks your complex and provides a written assessment with condition, priorities and indicative costs, at no charge and with no obligation to book any work.
Generally yes. Trees on body corporate and common property are treated differently to trees on a private lot on the Gold Coast. We check the position and can handle the application.
Yes. Photo records of every visit, written scopes, and formal arborist reports where you need them for council, insurers or a dispute.
Either. Most complexes end up on a schedule because it is cheaper and stops problems building up, but we are happy to quote one-off work.
