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Hedge Cutting in Highgate

Hedges cut to a line you pick, not a guess.

  • Free on-site quotes
  • No payment until you are happy
  • Covering Highgate

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Tell us where you are and what needs doing. We come and look before we price it.

  • Free estimates, no obligation
  • No deposit required
  • No payment until you are satisfied
  • 14 day cooling off period

The Work

Hedge Cutting You Can Trust in Highgate

Hedge Cutting across Highgate and the streets around it. What follows is how the job runs wherever we are; what changes from one Highgate address to the next is access, and that is what we come and look at before quoting.

Highgate has some of the largest, oldest gardens we work in, many within a conservation area, and hedges here have often been established for decades without a real cut-back.

Whatever state the hedge is in, the first step is the same: someone comes and looks at it properly, tells you what it needs, and gives you a price in writing before any work starts.

We cover Highgate (N6) and the surrounding streets.

  • A look at the hedge on site before any price is given
  • Trimming, shaping or a hard cut-back, whichever the hedge needs
  • Checking for active bird nests before cutting anything with growth in it
  • Cuttings cleared and taken away as we go
  • The site swept and left tidy at the end of the day
Hedge Cutting in progress

What We Do

How Hedge Cutting Works in Highgate, Step by Step

1

You call or send the form

Tell us the address and roughly what you are looking at. A photo from your phone saves a lot of guessing.

2

We come and look

Height, length and access decide the price, so it gets seen rather than described. You get the price in writing.

3

We check for nests

Between March and August we check for active bird nests before cutting anything with growth in it.

4

The hedge gets cut

Trimmed, shaped or cut hard back, whichever it needs, staying within the green growth on conifers so it recovers properly.

5

We clear up

Cuttings go with us and the site gets swept before we leave.

Conifers Topped

Conifers Topped in Highgate

Mature conifer hedges are a feature of many Highgate gardens, and we bring them back to a manageable height carefully, staying within the green growth so nothing is left with bare patches.

Leylandii Removal

Leylandii Removal in Highgate

Leylandii hedges in Highgate's larger gardens can reach a genuinely substantial size if left long enough. We bring an overgrown hedge back under control, or remove it entirely where needed.

The Price

How Much Does Hedge Cutting Cost in Highgate?

Height, length and access decide most of what a hedge job costs, and none of those can be judged from a description. So every hedge job is quoted on site, free and with no obligation.

  • Highgate's larger, more established hedges often mean a longer job, and conservation area consent can apply to some boundary features, which we check first.
  • The height and how far back the hedge needs to be brought.
  • Whether it is a straightforward trim or a hard cut-back into old wood.
  • Access for clearing the cuttings away.
  • Whether the hedge is shared with a neighbour or sits fully on your side.
A tall garden hedge trimmed back to shape

Why Choose Us

Why Highgate calls us back

  • The price comes after we have seen it

    Access decides most of what a tree job costs, and you cannot see access down a phone line. Someone comes and looks, then you get a figure in writing that does not move on the day.

  • We finish the job the same day we start it

    The chipper runs alongside the cutting, so there is no stack of brash left by the gate waiting on a second visit.

  • Trees and grounds from one team

    The same crew fells the tree, washes the patio it was dropping on, and lays the turf afterwards. You are not chasing three different trades to finish one garden.

  • You are told when something is a bad idea

    Conifers cut past the green never recover. Gravel over bare soil sinks. Where a job will not give you what you are hoping for, we say so before quoting, not after.

  • You do not pay until you are happy with it

    No deposit up front, and nothing asked for until the work is finished and you have checked it over. There is a fourteen day cooling off period on top of that.

Get a price for hedge cutting in Highgate

Ring and speak to someone, or send the details and we will come and look.

FAQs

Highgate hedge cutting questions

When can hedges be cut?

Most of the year is fine. Between March and August, birds are nesting, so we check for active nests before cutting anything with growth in it and will hold off on a section if we find one.

Can I make my neighbour cut their side of a shared hedge?

If a hedge genuinely sits on the boundary, both sides are usually expected to keep their half in order, though there is no single law forcing a neighbour to cut theirs unless it has become a formal high hedge complaint to the council. Overhanging growth onto your side, you are entitled to cut back to the boundary line.

What happens to the cuttings?

They are cleared and taken away as we go. You do not need to bag anything up or arrange separate collection.

Can a conifer hedge be brought back down once it has grown tall?

Yes, if there is still green growth lower down the plant. Cut back past that point into bare wood and it will not regrow, so we will tell you honestly what a conifer can and cannot take before we start.

How is this different from tree surgery?

Hedge cutting is about shape and height along a line of planting. Once something has grown into a single trunk with a proper crown, rather than a dense screen, it is more a tree job than a hedge one, and we will say which applies when we look at it.

Is the quote free?

Yes. Someone comes and looks at the hedge and gives you a price in writing, with no obligation.

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Hedge Cutting across Highgate and the surrounding N6 streets.

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