University Park, TX · The Park Cities
Mature pecans and live oaks on tight Park Cities lots, worked from the alley with the drive protected and the site left clean. Tree care, lawn service, irrigation, and drainage, quoted by owner Rafael Godoy himself.
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University Park has the canopy people move here for and almost no room to work on it. Live oaks and pecans planted in the twenties and thirties now stand over slate and tile roofs on lots where the neighbor's wall is a few feet from the trunk, and most access is a single alley shared with everyone else on the block. There is no felling anything and rarely room for a crane, so the work is rope, rigging, and patience.
The other half of the job is what the property looks like when we leave. Drives get matted before anything comes down, beds are protected, and the site is blown clean rather than left with sawdust in the mortar joints. Common species: Live Oak, Pecan, Cedar Elm, Red Oak, Magnolia, and Crape Myrtle.
Crown thinning, lifting, and deadwood removal done to ISA standard, which means cuts at the branch collar and no topping. Park Cities trimming is canopy lifting off slate and tile roofs, done from ropes because there is nowhere to set a bucket.
Hazardous, dead, and unwanted trees taken down with rigging that protects what is underneath. Everything comes down in small controlled pieces over a roof line, with the drop zone matted and the alley kept passable.
Stumps ground to roughly twelve inches below grade so the ground will take sod or planting afterwards. Old Park Cities lots hide brick footings, sewer taps, and irrigation near the stump, so we locate before grinding.
Same-day response for fallen trees and split limbs on a roof, a car, or across access. A mature pecan losing a limb here lands on a slate roof or a car, so storm calls in the Park Cities are triaged first.
Weekly and biweekly routes across University Park with the same uniformed crew each visit, cut at the right height for the grass you actually have. Park Cities lawns are small, shaded and closely watched, so they get a fixed day and a proper blow-down rather than being fitted into a route.
Zones that will not come on, heads spraying the fence, valves stuck open, and controllers nobody has reprogrammed since the house was built. Diagnosed properly rather than guessed at from the curb.
Standing water does not soak away on North Texas ground, it works toward the slab. French drains, surface drains, regrading, and retaining walls. University Park lots are tight and heavily hard-surfaced, so water has fewer places to go and drainage work has to be precise rather than large.
New sod, flowerbeds, shrub shaping, mulch, seasonal color, and full front-yard rebuilds. Design and install are the same crew, so nothing is lost between them. Established University Park beds are part of how the house presents, so they are edged and refreshed on schedule rather than once they look tired.
Yard waste, storm debris, construction leftovers, and the pile behind the garage. Loaded and hauled rather than dragged to the curb for someone else to worry about.
One crew, one number, and owner Rafael Godoy on the job. Most University Park properties that call us about a tree end up handing us the rest of the yard too.
Owner-quoted work across the Park Cities and the neighborhoods either side.
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Small tree removals typically run $150–$500, medium trees $500–$1,500, and large trees $1,500–$4,000+ depending on access and condition. Stump grinding adds $100–$400. Trimming is priced per tree after Rafael sees it, because a crape myrtle and a sixty-foot pecan are not the same job. Every quote is free and on site.
The whole property. The same crew handles mowing, edging, sprinkler repair, drainage, sod, beds, and hauling. Most people find us through a tree and keep us for the rest, which is cheaper for them than coordinating four companies and better for us than a one-off job.
Yes. Full liability insurance and workers compensation, with certificates available before any work begins.
Estimates usually go out within the hour during business hours, and hazards get a two-hour response. Storm work runs seven days, and anything on a roof or touching a line is triaged ahead of routine jobs.
It leaves with us. Limbs, chips, and the trunk are hauled off and the ground is raked and blown before we go. If you would rather keep the wood cut to length and stacked, say so and we will do that instead.
Yes. We photograph the damage before anything is cut and give you an itemized invoice your adjuster can work from. Emergency make-safe work usually goes ahead first and the paperwork follows.
Rafael Godoy owns the company and quotes the work himself. You are not handed to an account manager, and the crew on site is his crew rather than a subcontractor with a magnet on the truck.
University Park regulates tree removal, and the requirement is stricter than most surrounding cities. We check exactly what applies to your address and your specific tree during the estimate rather than assuming, and we will not start work that needs an approval you do not have.
Yes. Almost every Park Cities job is alley access or nothing, and that is how we work here. Everything comes out through the alley in controlled pieces, the drive gets matted before anything comes down, and the alley stays passable for your neighbors.
By never letting anything fall on it. Limbs over a roof are rigged and lowered rather than dropped, which is slower and costs more than a suburban job on the same tree. That difference is in the quote up front, not discovered afterwards.
Clean. Chips and sawdust blown off the drive, walks, and beds, debris hauled rather than piled at the curb, and nothing left in the alley. If your neighbors can tell we were there, we did not finish.
Yes, and most Park Cities clients prefer it that way. Weekly lawn service, bed and shrub work, seasonal color, irrigation, and drainage from the same crew, with Rafael pricing the whole property himself.
Owner-direct on every Park Cities property. Free estimate, no obligation.
