Westchase is a planned community built largely through the 1990s, and it shows in the tree work. Lots are close together, the landscaping was installed to a plan, and the associations take their covenants seriously.
Thirty years on, the trees put in with those houses have reached the size the original plan did not really account for.
Planted too close, thirty years on
The single most common job we get in Westchase is a live oak or magnolia that went in ten feet from the house in 1996 and now has its canopy on the roof and its roots under the driveway. Pruning buys time. Where the trunk is genuinely too close to the foundation, removal and a replanting further out is the answer that stops the problem recurring.
Association requirements
Westchase's associations generally want written notice, a scope of work, and proof of contractor insurance before tree work goes ahead, and in some sections a replacement planting is expected. We supply the paperwork as a matter of routine. Getting the approval itself is between you and the association.
Working on tight lots
Zero-lot-line and close-set homes mean there is often nowhere to drop anything. These are rigging jobs: pieces roped and lowered rather than cut and dropped, with the crew working off the bucket. It is slower, and it is why nothing ends up on the neighbor's lanai.
Where we work in Westchase
We cover Westchase and the surrounding neighborhoods, including The Greens, Harbor Links, Radcliffe, Stonebridge, West Park Village, Baybridge and Abbotsford.
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