Put both bids on one page. The missing lines are the expensive ones.
Owners compare the bottom number. A property manager has to compare the scope. A low bid on an apartment tree often prices the cuts and leaves the rest of the day off the page: haul-away, the stump, the street permit, and a crew that is licensed and insured for a common area full of cars.
A topped tree over a walk is how a cheap trim becomes next year’s removal.
Lines worth matching
Ask both bidders the same questions, then send the owner the answers.
- Is haul-away included, or does the brush stay for your landscaper?
- Is stump grinding in this visit, or a second invoice after the tenant complains about the stump?
- Is the tree a street tree or a courtyard tree? A parkway tree in San Jose can need a permit a yard tree does not. We flag when a permit may apply — you confirm with the city. We do not pull permits unless that is scoped in writing.
- Are they topping it? Topping, stub cuts, and stripping the inside are not a clearance trim. The city tag, if there is one, already says how much live canopy can come off.
- License and insurance. CSLB #930660 is the number we work under. The certificate belongs in the property file before anyone starts a saw over a carport.
A real removal costs more than a trim because the tree, the stump, and sometimes the replacement are different jobs. Splitting them on the page is fair. Hiding them is how the cheap number wins and the second bill shows up after the owner thought it was done.
Start Easy Estimate or call 408-439-6975. Send the other bid if you want the same lines priced.
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