East Cobb has a Marietta mailing address but it is unincorporated Cobb County, and that distinction matters the moment you want a tree removed. We work here every week.
Tree services we provide in East Cobb
- 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 East Cobb different
Ground here runs from about 1,000 feet up to 1,688 at Sweat Mountain, and the ravines cut by Sope Creek, Willeo Creek and the Chattahoochee are steep and heavily wooded. On a lot like that the difficult part is getting equipment to the tree, not the cutting. The subdivisions went in from the 1960s onward on large wooded lots where builders left the original hardwoods standing, so sixty-plus years of canopy is now directly over houses, in Piedmont clay that takes more than fifty inches of rain a year. That is the classic setup for a shallow-rooted pine going over in wind on ground that is already saturated.
Tree removal permits in East Cobb
East Cobb is unincorporated Cobb County, not the City of Marietta, even though your mail says Marietta. Cobb’s tree ordinance (Code of Cobb County, Chapter 50, Article VI) attaches to activity that requires a land disturbance permit, and routine removal on an already-developed residential lot generally does not trigger one. We confirm with Cobb Community Development on any job where that is in question. Worth checking your HOA covenants too — in East Cobb they are often stricter than the county.
Where we work in East Cobb
We are on jobs across East Cobb regularly, including Sope Creek and the Paper Mill Road corridor, Mount Bethel and Johnson Ferry Road, Sewell Mill and Old Canton Road, Timber Ridge, Chattahoochee Plantation, and the Sandy Plains corridor around Lassiter and Pope. East Cobb is unincorporated Cobb County.
Why East Cobb 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.
East Cobb tree service questions
Do I need a permit to remove a tree in East Cobb, GA?
Usually not, but check the HOA. Cobb County’s tree ordinance is written around land disturbance permits, so clearing tied to grading or construction is regulated while a homeowner taking down a yard tree on a developed lot generally is not. Because East Cobb addresses read as Marietta, people sometimes assume city rules apply — they do not. We verify with Cobb Community Development before the job rather than after.
How much does tree removal cost in East Cobb?
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 water 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?
That is the main question on East Cobb jobs. Wooded lots on ravine slopes off Paper Mill and Johnson Ferry often have no straight route for a bucket truck, so we plan the job around what can actually reach the tree — sometimes a crane staged on the street, sometimes climbing and rigging the whole tree out by rope. We work that out on the estimate visit, and we lay ground protection so a truck does not tear up your lawn.
Free tree service estimate in East Cobb
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.
