Tree work for strata, body corporate and agents

Yes. We handle body corporate common-property trees, real estate pre-sale and pre-inspection work, and ongoing maintenance across multiple properties. We're reliable on timing, we document the work, and we deal with the council side so you don't have to chase it. Note that common-property trees always need a council application lodged by the body corporate or its representative.

The paperwork is usually what managers care about most: a certificate of currency for our $20M public liability, a job-specific SWMS, and a written fixed-price quote with photos of the trees in question, all of it available before anyone commits to a date.

For multi-property portfolios we'll quote the lot in one visit rather than trip by trip, which keeps the per-tree cost down and gives you a single document to take to the committee. If a tree needs a formal arborist report for a dispute or a DA, we coordinate that with an AQF Level 5 consulting arborist.

Of course. We carry $20M public liability and can supply a certificate of currency and a Safe Work Method Statement for the job on request. Strata managers and agents need a paper trail, and we keep one as standard.

What we can put in front of a committee or an insurer: the certificate of currency, a job-specific SWMS, our ABN (22 675 810 885), and a written fixed-price quote with photos of the trees in question. If the work needs council approval, we'll flag which trees hit the threshold and what the application involves before anyone commits to a date.

We're AQF Level 3 qualified, and for anything needing a formal arborist report — a tree dispute, a development application, or a council submission — we coordinate that with an AQF Level 5 consulting arborist. Reports generally run $400 to $800 plus GST depending on scope.

The owner does, which on common property means the body corporate or whoever it authorises to act for it. We don't lodge it for you, and we say that up front rather than letting you find out later.

What we do is the part that makes the application straightforward. We assess the tree, identify which pathway it falls under, and write the scope in the terms council expects to see, so the committee is submitting a documented proposal rather than a description of a problem.

The pathway itself depends on which side of the border the building sits on. Under Tweed Shire a protected tree needs an application regardless of size, and koala feed trees are always protected. On the Gold Coast some species come out under a self-assessable outcome instead, which is a different and much shorter process. We tell you which one applies before you take anything to the committee.

Yes, and that's the main reason managers with a split portfolio call us. We work Tweed Shire in NSW and City of Gold Coast in QLD, so a portfolio that straddles the border doesn't need two contractors, two sets of insurance certificates and two approval processes to keep track of.

The rules genuinely differ, which is the part that catches people out. Tweed Shire has no pest-species exemption and caps pruning on a protected tree at 20% of canopy in any two-year period, to AS 4373, by an AQF Level 3 arborist. The Gold Coast allows cocos palm, coral tree, cadaghi, slash pine and umbrella tree to be removed under a self-assessable outcome, but only with a documented Level 3 identification. Casey holds that qualification, so on those jobs the identification and the removal happen in one visit.

Same crew, same paperwork format, same phone number, whichever side the building is on.

Here's the honest split. Casey holds AQF Level 3, which covers the climbing, rigging, removal and pruning work, and species identification. Formal consulting work is Level 5: written arborist reports, tree protection plans, and dangerous-tree determinations that council will act on.

For Level 5 work we bring in a consulting arborist we partner with and coordinate it as one project, so the committee deals with us rather than managing two contractors. On the Gold Coast that's also how an SO6 dangerous-tree determination gets signed, which lets a genuinely dangerous tree come down without a full application.

We could describe ourselves as offering arborist reports and leave the detail vague. We'd rather tell you exactly who holds which qualification, because a committee that discovers the gap halfway through an insurance dispute is not a committee that calls us again.

Genuine hazards get same-day priority when it's safe to access the site. In business hours you'll usually hear back within about four hours, and if we miss the call you'll get an SMS inside a minute so you're not left wondering.

On arrival we triage rather than starting at the nearest branch: what's an immediate danger to people or the building, and what can safely wait a day or two. Make-safe comes first, full removal and cleanup follow. Trees under tension, split trunks and hanging limbs get proper rigging, because those are the ones that hurt people when they're rushed.

Everything gets photographed and documented as we go, which matters when the work is going to an insurer. We worked the Cyclone Alfred cleanup across this corridor in 2025, so the volume situation after a big blow is familiar territory. We'll tell you honestly where you sit in the queue rather than promising a time we can't hold.

Not to get started. Text photos of the tree to the same number you'd call, and we can usually tell you whether you're looking at a straightforward job, a council application, or something that needs a closer look. That's often enough for a manager to know what they're dealing with before raising it with a committee.

For a firm price we do want to walk the property, and that visit is free with no call-out fee. On managed property we'd rather assess everything in one walk than come back tree by tree, so you get a single quote covering the lot instead of a trickle of separate ones.

What comes back is a written fixed price with annotated site photos, an overhead map of the property, the scope and method, and any council pathway flagged. It's valid 30 days, which is usually enough to get it in front of a committee. No "from $" figures that move once work starts.