How to Choose your Arborist

Are you a member of a professional organisation?

Tree Solutions are proud to be Approved Contractors with both the Arboricultural Association and the Government’s Trust Mark scheme, which means the quality of our work is continually assessed and our practices are always up to date. For more information on these schemes see trees.org.uk and trustmark.org.uk

Are you insured?

Tree solutions hold £10m of Public Liability Insurance and £10m Employers Liability Insurance (the recommendation is a minimum of £5m) and we are happy to provide documentation to this effect.

Do you work to a British Standard?

Tree Solutions operate to British Standard (BS) 3998

What qualifications do you and your staff hold?

We include degree educated Arborists and Landscape Architects and all staff are holders of relevant Lantra and NPTC certificates and we have trained British Red Cross first aiders. As well as further relevant qualifications Tree Solutions have in excess of 100 years combined experience!!

Will you provide a written quotation?

Tree Solutions will provide written quotations (inc. Risk Assessments and Method Statements on request ) by post or e-mail.

Can you provide me with the phone number of a referee who can show me some of your work?

As you will see from our Testimonials Page we are more than happy to provide this for you. Contact our Emergency Tree Surgery team today on 0118 973 7873.

When you receive your quotation check it includes the following before deciding which one to accept:

• Reference to BS3998
• Clear and full details of the work to be undertaken
• What will be done with the debris
• Whether VAT is included
• Who will be responsible for obtaining permissions (if the trees are protected i.e have a Tree Preservation Order or are in a conservation area)
• What steps will be taken to protect you and your property