Walk the buildings before the next wind

A list in September is a trim day. The same list in a storm is six emergencies.

Property managers miss September because turns, notices, and owner budgets eat the month. The trees do not wait. A dead limb over a carport, a walk, or a bedroom window is still a maintenance item if you mark it before the next wind. After it is on a roof, it is emergency tree service.

Mark what hangs over people and cars. Leave the healthy tree that only drops leaves.

What to mark on the walk

Walk the common area in daylight. You are not writing an arborist report. You are making a list the owner can approve.

• Deadwood over roofs, carports, play areas, and the main walk.
• A new lean, a crack at the trunk, or soil lifted on one side. That tree is not a “take a little off the top” item. See what showed the week before.
• Clearance the city already asked for on a street tree. A pruning tag that sits through one more wind is how it comes back as a removal. See tagged for pruning, or tagged for removal.
• A stump in a yard that is about to turn. Grind it before the landscaper, not after the sod is down.

One photo per tree, and a note of what it hangs over. Twelve sound trees is a scheduled trim. The cracked one is a removal on its own line, so the owner sees the difference before the invoice.

We flag when a permit may apply — you confirm with the city. We do not pull permits unless that is scoped in writing.

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