Dunwoody does not require a permit for most single-family removals — but inside a 75-foot stream buffer it requires both a permit and a certified arborist’s report, with penalties that run to $1,000 and six months.
Tree services we provide in Dunwoody
- Tree removal — hazardous, dead, storm-damaged or in-the-way trees, including crane-assisted and tight-access removals.
- Tree trimming and pruning — crown thinning, deadwooding and clearance from roofs, drives and lines, cut to ISA standards rather than topped.
- Stump grinding — ground below grade with surface roots taken out, cleaned up and the grade restored.
- Storm damage response — trees on structures, blocked driveways, hangers and split leaders.
- Tree health diagnostics — an ISA Certified Arborist diagnoses decline, pests and disease and writes a treatment plan instead of guessing.
- Cabling and bracing — structural support for split trunks, weak unions and heavy horizontal limbs worth saving.
- Lot and land clearing — selective or full clearing for building, drainage or reclaiming overgrown ground.
What makes tree work in Dunwoody different
A major tornado tore through Dunwoody late on 8 April 1998, damaging thousands of homes and bringing down tens of thousands of trees. Today’s canopy is a mix of storm survivors and roughly twenty-eight years of regrowth, and the survivors carry old wounds and included bark that are not always obvious from the ground. The 1960s and 70s subdivisions through Georgetown and Dunwoody Village now hold fifty- to sixty-year-old oaks and pines standing directly over houses on lots laid out before anyone expected them to get that big.
Tree removal permits in Dunwoody
For portions of single-family lots outside the 75-foot stream buffer, no tree removal permit is required. Inside that buffer a permit and a certified arborist’s report on the tree’s condition are both required, with penalties up to $1,000 and six months. A minimum tree density standard scaled to lot size still applies, and owners who fall below it must replant. The published DBH thresholds govern non-residential and multi-family property rather than single-family lots.
Where we work in Dunwoody
We are on jobs across Dunwoody regularly, including Dunwoody Village, Georgetown, Perimeter Center, Winters Chapel, Tilly Mill, Brook Run Park and Windwood Hollow Park. Dunwoody is in DeKalb County, bounded by Fulton to the north and west and Gwinnett to the northeast.
Why Dunwoody homeowners call us
- Every job is scoped by an ISA Certified Arborist, not a salesperson — so you get a straight answer on whether a tree has to come down.
- Family-owned and working in Metro Atlanta since 1985, from our yard on Nekoma Street in Marietta.
- Fully licensed and insured, and TrustDale certified.
- Written estimates before any work starts, and no charge for the estimate.
- Open seven days a week, 7am to 11pm, including storm days.
- We clean up. Chips, brush and rounds go with us unless you want the wood.
Dunwoody tree service questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in Dunwoody, GA?
Usually not. Dunwoody exempts the parts of a single-family lot that sit outside the 75-foot stream buffer. Inside the buffer you need both a permit and a certified arborist’s report, and the penalties are real. The stream buffers thread through a lot of Dunwoody back yards, so the first thing we do is work out which side of that line your tree is on.
How much does tree removal cost in Dunwoody?
Price comes down to height, trunk diameter, what is underneath the tree and how much room we have to work. A straightforward pine in an open back yard is a completely different job from a seventy-foot oak leaning over a roof with no room for a crane. We price on site, in writing, and the estimate is free.
Can you get your equipment into my yard?
Usually yes. The 1960s and 70s subdivision lots have room to work. What we watch for in Dunwoody is the storm history — trees that came through 1998 often have old internal damage, so we assess before we climb rather than assume a healthy-looking trunk is sound.
Free tree service estimate in Dunwoody
Tell us what you are looking at and we will come out, put eyes on the tree and give you a written price. Call (770) 974-3964 or request an estimate online. Financing is available, and new customers get 20% off.
