Tree Removal Hampton Park
Razor Blade Tree Specialists works right across Hampton Park, from the older ground between Pound Road and Hallam Road through to the newer streets on the eastern side. We are a family owned business operating since 2006, based at Narre Warren North, which is a few minutes away rather than the other side of the city. Hampton Park is really three suburbs wearing one name, and which one you live in decides what sort of tree job you are looking at.
About The Area
You can tell which part of Hampton Park you are standing in by what is growing in the yard. The first part is the old Hampton Park Estate, subdivided after the First World War on former Cranbourne pound land between Pound Road and Hallam Road, offered as 40 lots of five to twenty-six acres. There was no reticulated water out here until 1961. Some of those old paddock and windbreak trees are still standing in back yards that are now a fraction of their original size, and they are the biggest thing we get called to in this suburb. The second part is the Housing Commission development of the 1970s: small houses on regular blocks, with garden stock now fifty years old and sitting far too close to the house. The third part is the big eastern expansion through the 1980s and 90s, which took the suburb from about 5,800 people in 1981 to over 20,000 by 2001 and is where most of the tighter-frontage blocks are. Three eras, three completely different tree problems, sometimes within a couple of streets of each other. It is the reason a quote from someone who has never worked here tends to be wrong in one direction or the other. Running through the lot of it is the Hallam Main Drain. The Hallam Valley Trail follows that drainage corridor for ten kilometres from K M Reedy Reserve on Pound Road, past the Loxley Boulevard wetland and through to Berwick, and the low ground along it drains into Eumemmerring Creek the same way Hallam does, with the same wet-ground behaviour. Council's own Hampton Park Central plan is written around one-in-100-year flood levels and restricting stormwater discharge to pre-development rates, which tells you what they are managing. The suburb sits in the City of Casey, bounded by the South Gippsland Freeway to the west, Centre Road to the north and Glasscocks Road to the south, with Fordholm Road, Shrives Road and Somerville Road through the middle. Casey's indigenous plant list for this part of the municipality is the wet plains set: River Red Gum, Swamp Gum, Mealy Stringybark, Blackwood, Lightwood, Golden Wattle, Silver Banksia and the Black and Drooping Sheoaks. On permits, Casey publishes the rule for private property, and Hampton Park is the suburb where it bites hardest. A planning permit is required if the land carries an Environmental Significance, Vegetation Protection, Significant Landscape or Heritage Overlay. It is required if the tree is over 5 metres tall with a canopy at least 4 metres across and a trunk circumference over 0.5 metres measured 1.4 metres above the ground, which almost any surviving paddock tree will exceed. And it is required if the property is over 4,000 square metres and the vegetation is native, which still catches some of the original estate lots. A permit is not required for a tree likely to fail within 48 hours, and even then only the hazardous parts may come off, nor for minor maintenance pruning, safety pruning near power lines, or environmental weeds. Controls vary across Casey, and in a suburb built in three separate goes that is not a throwaway line, so check your own property on VicPlan, the Victorian Government's planning map.
What We Do
Tree removal, from old paddock and windbreak trees left over from the acreage days through to estate trees on tight blocks. Tree pruning and canopy reduction. Stump grinding and stump removal. Storm damage and emergency call outs. Land and block clearing on larger lots. Hazard assessment on shallow-rooted trees along the drain corridor where the ground stays wet. Mulching and green waste removal.
Why Razor Blade
Operating since 2006. Based at Narre Warren North, not on the other side of Melbourne, so we are close enough to come and look properly before quoting. Fully insured. Qualified and experienced crew. Set up for the big old remnant trees on the acreage side and for tight-access work on the newer blocks, which are genuinely different jobs. Emergency call outs available 24/7. Site left clean on completion. Free quotes with no obligation. Phone 0481 111 804 or email info@razorbladetreespecialists.com.au.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does tree removal cost in Hampton Park?
It depends which part of Hampton Park you are in, more than in most suburbs. An old paddock gum left over from the acreage days is a completely different job to a twenty-year-old ornamental on a narrow estate block, and they can be two streets apart. Size, condition and access all feed in. We look at the tree and the way in before we put a number on it.
Do I need council permission to remove a tree in Hampton Park?
Hampton Park is in the City of Casey, and Casey publishes the rule for private property. This matters more here than in most suburbs. A permit is required if your land carries an Environmental Significance, Vegetation Protection, Significant Landscape or Heritage Overlay. It is required if the tree is over 5 metres tall with a canopy at least 4 metres across and a trunk circumference over 0.5 metres measured 1.4 metres above the ground, and almost any surviving paddock tree will be well over that. And it is required if the property is over 4,000 square metres and the vegetation is native, which still catches some of the original estate lots. You do not need a permit for a tree likely to fail within 48 hours, and even then only the hazardous parts come off, nor for minor maintenance pruning, safety pruning near power lines, or environmental weeds. Controls vary across Casey, so check your own property on VicPlan, the Victorian Government's planning map, before you book anything in. The nature strip tree is Council's, not yours.
Are you actually local to Hampton Park?
Yes, and it is worth checking that with everyone you ring. We are based at Narre Warren North, a few minutes away. Have a look at the address on the website of the other tree companies advertising in Hampton Park. Most of them are run out of somewhere else entirely, in some cases the far side of Melbourne. That shows up as travel built into the quote, a longer wait for someone to come and look, and a slower answer when something comes down overnight.
Why is there a huge old tree in the middle of a normal suburban yard?
Because it was there before the yard was. The original Hampton Park Estate was subdivided after the First World War into 40 lots of five to twenty-six acres, and paddock trees and windbreaks from that era survived when the land was cut up for housing decades later. You end up with a full-size farm tree on a suburban block that was never designed to carry it. Those are the most demanding removals in the suburb, they need proper rigging, and they are also the ones most likely to need a permit first.
My neighbour's place is nothing like mine. Why does that matter for trees?
Because Hampton Park was built in three separate goes: the post-First World War acreage estate, the Housing Commission work in the 1970s, and the big eastern expansion in the 1980s and 90s. Each era has its own block size, its own planting and its own set of problems. It is why the tree advice that suits one street can be useless in the next, and why checking your own property on VicPlan beats assuming.
Does the ground get wet in Hampton Park?
Along the drain corridor, yes. The Hallam Main Drain runs through the suburb and the Hallam Valley Trail follows it from K M Reedy Reserve on Pound Road past the Loxley Boulevard wetland through to Berwick, draining into Eumemmerring Creek. Council's Hampton Park Central plan is written around one-in-100-year flood levels. On that low ground, trees put out shallow wide root plates and can lean or lift after a wet spell followed by wind. If you have noticed the ground lifting on one side of the trunk, get it looked at.
Do you handle storm damage in Hampton Park?
Yes. Call as soon as it is practical and tell us what has happened, and say whether it is one of the big old trees or estate stock, because it changes what we bring. Do not go near hanging limbs or a leaning tree just to get a look at it.
Can I send photos before arranging an inspection?
Yes. Email them to info@razorbladetreespecialists.com.au or call 0481 111 804. Photos of the tree, the base of the trunk, what sits underneath it and the access from the street tell us most of what we need before deciding whether an on site inspection is required.