Walk the block
Every block up here accumulates. The only question is where, and how deep.
Below are the five places it happens on nearly every job we do, from Wahroonga down to Roseville. Walk them in order, tap how far along yours has got, and we'll give you an honest sense of the load in plain words. Not a price, that's agreed on-site before we lift a thing, and never sooner.
01 The back corner
Behind the shed or against the back fence, where prunings have gone to wait since before Christmas.
02 The hedge line
The photinia or murraya got its big cut, and the pile it left is taller than the hedge now.
03 The storm drop
What the last southerly brought down out of the gums and liquidambars, still lying where it fell.
04 The shed
You'd like to walk into it again. Right now that's a negotiation with a mower, three ladders and a door that barely opens.
05 The under-house
The space under the floorboards on the low side of the slope. Every long-held house up here has one, and it's never empty.
Walk your own block above.
Tap what's grown on yours and we'll give you an honest sense of the load, no numbers, no obligation.
The garden and the shed pair onto one visit. That's the usual shape of our day up here.
Why the bin never catches up, with the real numbers: Ku-ring-gai Council's booked clean-up service allows up to 4 bulky-goods and 4 green-waste collections per property per year, capped at 3 cubic metres each and booked ahead online, and loose green waste isn't accepted in the bulky-goods cleanup (Ku-ring-gai Council, Book a clean-up). One hedge reduction can beat that whole allowance in an afternoon. That's the gap we exist for.
What the words mean
When we say a van load, think a single garden corner or a small shed shelf-clear. A half-truck is a real hedge reduction or a packed single garage bay. A truck-and-two is a day's work for two of us, a whole-garden overhaul or the full under-house. Past that, we plan a two-visit clear and you still get one all-in price for the lot before we start.
Whatever the size, the sequence never changes: we come and look, you hear one figure covering lifting, loading, sweeping and tip fees, and only then does anything move. Where it all goes afterwards is a page of its own.