Tree Services We Offer in the patch
How We Approach Every Job
Regardless of how large or small the work is, every job follows the same process:
- Get in touch – Call or use our online enquiry form with a few details about your property and your foliage concern.
- On-site assessment – One of our arborists visits to properly inspect the tree, check access, and run through your options in person.
- Written quote – You’ll receive a clear, itemised price before anything is agreed. No hidden costs, no surprises.
- Work completed – Our team carries out the job safely, works around your schedule where possible, and leaves the site completely clean before leaving.
Understanding the patch's Landscape
the patch has a character that sets it apart from the more tourist-frequented parts of the Dandenong Ranges. It’s quieter and more agricultural in feel, with properties that reflect decades of mixed use – fruit trees alongside native windbreaks, garden ornamentals growing next to large eucalypts, and creek-line vegetation that follows the Menzies Creek boundary along the eastern edge of the suburb.
This variety means the work here tends to be more diverse than in areas with predominantly native bushland or purely suburban gardens. A single property might need an old orchard tree removed, a windbreak lopped back, a line of hedging trimmed, and a stump ground down from a removal done years earlier – all in the same visit. Our team is set up for exactly this kind of mixed, practical work on rural and semi-rural properties.
Get a Free Quote for Tree Work in the patch
If you’ve got a tree – or a whole property’s worth of them – that needs attention, contact NS Tree Removals for a free, no-obligation quote. We’ll come out to the patch, take a proper look, and give you a straight recommendation on what needs doing and what it’ll cost.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
In most cases, yes. the patch falls under the Yarra Ranges Council, where the Vegetation Protection Overlay and Significant Landscape Overlay apply across much of the area. A planning permit is generally required before removing or significantly lopping indigenous vegetation or substantial flora. There are specific exemptions - including dead or defective ones, environmental weed species, and vegetation managed under the 10/30 bushfire protection rule for eligible properties - but whether those exemptions apply depends on your specific circumstances. Our arborists can advise on this as part of the on-site assessment.
Yes - this is something we handle regularly across the Yarra Ranges. Larger blocks, paddock settings, steep slopes, and properties with limited vehicle access are all common, and we plan each job with that in mind. Our equipment includes machinery suited to more open rural settings as well as confined or awkward access sites.
The lopping services focus on reducing the overall size or height of a tree - useful when it has grown too large for the space or is encroaching on structures and powerlines. Tree pruning is a more careful, targeted process aimed at enhancing the health and structure by removing specific branches. Pruning tends to be the better long-term option for trees you want to keep, while lopping is often used where size is the primary issue. Our arborists can recommend the right approach after assessing the tree.
Both. We provide stump grinding as a standalone service for stumps left over from previous work, as well as in combination with a full tree removal. If you have multiple old stumps across a property that need clearing in a single visit, we can quote for all of them together. Where more substantial excavation is needed to remove root systems entirely, full stump removal is also available.
If a vegetation or branch has come down and is creating a safety risk, contact us as soon as possible, and we'll arrange to attend promptly. Storm-related tree cutting services are treated as a priority. Emergency work involving fallen or structurally failed trees that pose an immediate hazard generally falls under council exemptions, so a planning permit is unlikely to be required for that kind of urgent job - but we'll confirm that when we attend.
The costs depend on the type, size, accessibility, and whether there is stump grinding involved. There are usually larger or more difficult sites within the Patch area than standard suburban locations that affect pricing. We offer free estimates for our customers before any work is done.
Absolutely - this is one of the most common situations we're called in for. Our arborist in the Patch will first do the inspection, look at its structural condition and health, and give you a clear recommendation on whether removal, lopping, or a professional pruning service is the right path forward. We'll only suggest what the tree actually warrants.
Next step tree removals were fantastic. Removed trees from my pool area. The did an amazing job, left the site clean and tidy and were best priced by far and very professional at their job. I can’t ask for a better job, Im more than happy with their work and would use them again. I highly recommend them.
Chris Matthies
Next step tree removals are very professional at their job and did an amazing work. I can’t ask for a better job, Im more than happy with their professional work and are very reasonable with their prices. They removed the trees in no time with no mess around. I highly recommend them
Abrar Ali
Needed a hand removing clumping bamboo from my back yard and trimming our ivy. Chris removed the bamboo and completed stump grinding at our property efficiently and left our yard neat and tidy. Good communication and by far the best price I was quoted for the job. Would highly recommend
Lachlan Taylor