Over a year ago, I had a tree surgeon/gardener (RFS CERT ARB) quote me £1,500 to Remove a Large Robinia and Poison its stump. The tree was prob at least 30 feet tall and old and dying.
I was in a big rush as I wanted it gone before LABC came to inspect my impending extension so I took him for the job and paid him up pronto when he said he was finished. At the time I thought it somewhat strange that he had left about 3 ft of stump but he said he couldnt cut it because 'there were nails in the stump and he was worried his saw would break on them' so I just took his word for it. Like I said, I was in a rush.
Since then, we've moved in, and got a new gardener to quote for sorting out our 'jungle'. He said the reason the first fellow left the stump is because it is the most difficult/hardest part of the tree to get rid of and he probably couldnt be bothered.
Who is correct? If £1500 should cover the removal of the tree right down to the ground, including removing the stump, then I'd feel inclined to call back the first fellow on the grounds that he should have taken care of it at the time...
Thanks for the advice, as ever.
I was in a big rush as I wanted it gone before LABC came to inspect my impending extension so I took him for the job and paid him up pronto when he said he was finished. At the time I thought it somewhat strange that he had left about 3 ft of stump but he said he couldnt cut it because 'there were nails in the stump and he was worried his saw would break on them' so I just took his word for it. Like I said, I was in a rush.
Since then, we've moved in, and got a new gardener to quote for sorting out our 'jungle'. He said the reason the first fellow left the stump is because it is the most difficult/hardest part of the tree to get rid of and he probably couldnt be bothered.
Who is correct? If £1500 should cover the removal of the tree right down to the ground, including removing the stump, then I'd feel inclined to call back the first fellow on the grounds that he should have taken care of it at the time...
Thanks for the advice, as ever.