When a tree stands right against a house, a wall or a line, it cannot be felled in one piece. Maxime Caradec climbs it on ropes and takes it down piece by piece, each section held on a rope rather than dropped.
Climbing arborist
French national specialist certificate in tree pruning and care, 2014
4.9/5 from 38 Google reviews, as of 15 October 2026
As of 15 October 2026
Quote after a site visit
South Finistère
Local service
Maxime lowers each section, held on the end of a rope
Dismantling when there is no room for the tree to fall
Chippings collected, wood taken away or left if you keep it
Wood removal and travel included
Professional services tailored to your needs
In open ground, the tree is felled in one piece in the chosen direction.
Maxime climbs on ropes and takes the tree down in pieces, from the crown to the base.
A dead tree, one leaning since a gale, or one resting against another.
An uprooted tree or a branch left hanging: handled 7 days a week, outside the normal schedule.
The wood is cut up on site, and the branches go through the chipper.
If you plan to replant, the stump can be ground out straight after, with no digger and no hole to fill.
The method comes first: a tree felled in one piece costs far less than one dismantled in sections above a roof. Then the height, the access and the condition of the wood. The quote follows a site visit, removal included.
The stump grinder chews it up below ground level, and the price follows the diameter at the root collar. Better to decide this with the felling quote than six months later.
Felling a tree in one piece needs a drop zone roughly as long as the tree is tall. In the gardens around Fouesnant, there almost never is one: the house, the neighbour's wall or a power line is too close.
Maxime Caradec then climbs on ropes and cuts short sections starting from the top, and each piece is lowered, held, all the way to the ground. Nothing drops onto the roof or the fence.
A dead tree is climbed differently: its wood breaks without warning. To see what sets the price, a photo sent on WhatsApp to +33 6 58 19 19 32 is often enough for a first opinion.
A tree that has come down on a house is an emergency: Arb'Ouest takes storm call-outs 7 days a week within 30 km of Fouesnant. Send a WhatsApp message with a photo to +33 6 58 19 19 32. Do not go near the tree, and do not climb onto the roof.
In the meantime: switch off the electricity and the gas if the roof structure is hit, and if an overhead line is caught, call the network operator first. Photograph the tree and the roof for the insurer. Do not cut anything: a trunk under load lets go all at once at the first cut.
Maxime lowers each section, held on the end of a rope
Dismantling when there is no room for the tree to fall
Chippings collected, wood taken away or left if you keep it
Wood removal and travel included
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Handled 7 days a week
The garden is left clean
Everything you need to know before contacting us
When it is dead, dangerous, diseased beyond recovery, or in the way of a building project. Before any felling, Maxime always checks that it is really necessary.
Maxime Caradec climbs the tree and lowers the branches, then the trunk sections, on rigging ropes. Each piece is held all the way to the ground, with no impact.
It depends on the town and its local urban plan (PLU): a protected wooded area, a protected hedge or a protected tree requires a prior declaration to the town hall (mairie). The rule changes from one plot to the next, so it is checked with you before the quote.
You keep whatever you want: logs, chippings, trunks. Say so before the job. The rest is put to use: branches chipped, wood cut into logs, good trunks sent to a local sawmill.
Not always. What is worrying is a recent tilt, soil coming away at the base or ground heaving on the opposite side. When it does have to come down, a leaning tree is dismantled in sections held on ropes, so that it is never left to choose its own direction.
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Describe the tree in two lines. The quote is sent within 72 hours of the visit. Allow a week from December to February.
After a site visit. Maxime replies in writing, by WhatsApp or email.
What makes the price? What sets the price of tree felling
Tree care in 15 towns of South Finistère · town pages in French
Send a photo of the tree on WhatsApp. The quote follows a site visit, with no obligation.
