Viewbank is the kind of suburb where the trees have been around longer than the houses. Big established gums, old fruit trees wedged between fences, the occasional pine that made sense forty years ago but now hangs over three properties at once. It’s a great-looking area, but those trees eventually need attention — and some of them need to come down.
Brothers Tree Service has been doing tree removal in Viewbank for over 15 years. We’re not a call centre operation that books you in and sends out a crew you’ve never spoken to. You call us, we come out, we look at the tree with you, and we tell you exactly what needs to happen and what it’ll cost. That’s how it works.
The biggest thing that goes wrong with tree removal isn’t the cutting — it’s the lack of care around everything else. The garden bed that gets flattened. The fence that gets bumped. The pile of chips and branches is left sitting on the lawn for someone else to deal with.
We take a different approach. Before anything gets touched, we assess the site properly. Where’s the tree going to fall? What’s the safest way to bring it down on a block this size? Are there power lines, structures, or neighbours we need to work around? On most properties, the answer to at least one of those is yes, and that’s fine — we’ve done it hundreds of times.
The tree comes down in sections when the space calls for it. Everything gets chipped or removed. By the time we leave, the only sign we were there is the stump — and we can take care of that too if you want it gone completely.
Most people only think about their trees twice: when something breaks off in a storm, and when the neighbour mentions a branch is crossing the fence. Neither of those is a great time to realise the tree needed work six months ago.
Tree pruning in Viewbank is something worth doing on a proper schedule, not just when there’s a problem. The suburb sits in that wind corridor that runs through Melbourne’s north-east, and a poorly balanced canopy in February can turn into a call to us at 11 pm when something comes through. We’ve taken those calls. It’s a much harder job in the dark after a storm than it is on a Tuesday morning with good conditions.
Our arborists look at the whole tree — the structure, the weight distribution, which branches are doing work and which ones are hanging off the ones that are. We don’t just cut to make it look tidier. We cut with the tree’s growth in mind, which means fewer problems down the track and a tree that actually stays healthy.
We cover the full suburb — Waiora Road, Para Road, Banyule Road, the blocks backing onto Banyule Flats, all of it. Tight side access, sloped blocks, older properties with heritage overlays. If you’re not sure whether your tree needs a council permit before it’s removed, we can sort through that with you and provide the arborist report that Banyule City Council needs.
We proudly provide more than just tree removal in Viewbank. Our experienced team also delivers tree removal in Croydon, Carrum, Bonbeach, and more.
If you’ve got a tree that’s overdue for attention, tree removal, tree pruning, stump grinding, or just an honest assessment — give us a call on 0419 484 011. We’ll come out, have a look, and give you a price on the spot.