It all depends where you are as to what the cost will be.

My son recently had to have an enormous (over 30feet) sycamore tree removed as it was diseased and dangerous - he found several tree surgeons on the internet, mailed them photos and asked for an idea of the cost. But realistically, they have to do a site survey to see if there's a side entrance or whether the waste has to come through the house, and other considerations, etc etc.

You don't say WHY you have to cut them down; from the sizes you have given they are not very large.
Another possibility, therefore, could be to try and sell them - (buyer collects!) There is a market for such trees for landscape gardeners who have clients who want an instant display. To buy a tree of that size could be quite expensive - worth looking in garden centres / on the Internet for some ideas of prices, then simply(!) offer yours for less.

Just a thought.

Paul

Although not very tall, they are very rotund though pruned recently. My late husband had the top parts lopped a few years ago. I don't think the tree surgeon he used is still in business. As to WHY, they are on the boundary with my neighbor, halfway down the front. He has started to moan about the few inches rotundity that is on his side, and I know my husband forsaw this happening eventually. One would hope not to become a 'Leylandii neighbor!'

Trying to sell them is a thought! I shall look into it, thank you.

Viv

my local council offer the service and they priced me up £480 for one very large conifer.In shock I chose the alternative.. DIY.....an easy job with the hire of a winch....brought it down safely right on target line. Getting rid of the waste was a bigger job.Chainsaw down to smaller pieces and several trips to tip.
but.....I reckon I was wrong on both counts.A local tree surgeon has just removed a forty foot high leylandii hedge of about one hundred trees in all,for a neighbout of mine......took him
about two hours to saw down and shred the lot on site, ...and the charge was £ 200 in total.He then delivered the "mulch" to those in the area that could use in .....even though he advised that these trees are harder to turn back to fertile compost.....they work where you might just normally buy wood bark to prevent weeds.
Now everyone uses him.....and hes not short of work...and all the gardens look great.
Good Luck.......but be carefull of cowboys....they can spoil tree shapes.....I also think that mature trees of that manageable size will make a healthy price if you do advertise them for sale......but again take care.....some people can make a heck of a mess if you just leave them to it.......That size might pull out if you have a decent tow rope attached to a substantial vehicle.

Tartlet, thank you very much for this, it gives me some idea or guideline to start from. Thanks also to others who gave constructive replies. I will let you know what transpires.........

Viv

For something only 9-10' tall I would ask around nearby neighbours as that seems to be a size for which a diy job would be a possibility. Maybe someone has a strong, willing, bribeable(!) son who would do it for a bit of money?

However, I used to have a very large (45') eucalyptus tree in my back garden which I had felled recently. Much too big for a diy job so I rang around. The first quote I was given was £375 + vat. This seemed a bit steep to me. I got another local firm to quote. He said £250 including the vat which I accepted. His guys duly turned up a few weeks later and had the tree felled within two hours. They took away all the branches apart from a few smaller pieces of trunk which I kept back for logs. It was £250 well spent for me.

Mel

PS: I couldn't believe what a difference felling the tree made to the light levels in my back garden. I used to have some before and after photos in one of my galleries but deleted them by mistake!

I can now answer the question I was posing. The tree surgeon came this evening and estimated for what has now become a list of jobs. He said £150 for the following:

Front garden:
Removal of a nine/ten-foot conifer.
Pruning of another conifer
Tops taken off five taller conifers.

At the back:
Tops taken off two conifer hedges which are on two sides of my back garden. This comprises quite a number of trees.
Removal of the dead Silver Birch

We used this man a few years ago, and I think £150 sounds very good.

Viv

Yes, he will remove the stumps - a conifer and a silver birch.

I decided to keep my other three small-ish conifers, which are in good health as is the one to be removed from the border. I would have kept that one too if the neighbor hadn't moaned about it 'spreading out' too much. One foot is the most it bulges across the border and pruning would curtail that.

Viv