Tree Service in Novi, MI

Most Novi removals run $450 to $3,200. Small ornamentals under 30 feet are $450 to $800, mature 30 to 60 foot trees are $900 to $1,600, and large oaks or pines over 60 feet run $1,800 and up. Access matters a lot here. If a bucket truck can reach the tree from the driveway the job is cheaper than if everything has to be climbed and rigged out through a side yard.

In Novi, often yes. Novi's Woodlands Protection ordinance is one of the stricter ones in the region. Inside a regulated woodland every tree 8 inches in diameter at breast height or larger is protected. Outside a regulated woodland the threshold is 36 inches, plus any designated historic or specimen tree. Protected does not mean untouchable. It means removal requires a permit and replacement planting, up to four replacement trees for one removal, or a contribution to the city's Tree Fund if your lot has no room. Check Novi's Regulated Woodland Map before you plan anything, and we will confirm it with Community Development before we quote.

Emergency calls in Novi, meaning a tree on a house, a car, or blocking a driveway, get a crew dispatched same day, 24 hours a day. Standard removals and pruning are usually scheduled within a week.

Oak, hickory, black cherry, ash, and wetland-edge cottonwood. Ash removal is still steady work across all of Metro Detroit because emerald ash borer killed most untreated ash and dead ash gets more dangerous and more expensive to take down every year it stands.

Novi has a woodland protection ordinance that is one of the more serious ones in the region. Removing regulated woodland trees can require a permit and replacement trees. It applies most often to larger parcels and new construction, less often to a single dead tree in a subdivision. We check before we quote.

Every crew we send carries general liability and workers compensation, and you get the certificate before work starts. Ask any company that quotes you for the same document. If they hesitate, that is your answer.