Your fiduciary responsibility is to your Client. If you are the Listing Agent, there are several things you should be making your Client aware of regarding their trees. First and foremost is their overall contribution to the value of the property. Each large tree in the front yard adds 1% to the sales price, and large specimen trees can add more than 10% to property value.
- Are low limbs obscuring the "curb appeal" or not providing proper clearance for the house? Take care of this simple pruning immediately in order to maximize the listing price and property showings.
- Are there potential hazards present with diseased or even dead trees? Waiting for the Buyer...or their inspector...or their insurance agent to point them out will only annoy your Client by your oversight.
If you are the Buying Agent, you should be pointing out some of these same things to your Buyer as they consider their investment. Are there current issues or things that will be issues in the near-term? The Buyer should not have to deal with tree issues in the first year of their ownership. Their insurance provider will certainly have a problem with dead trees on the property or limbs encroaching on any structures.
Whether Listing Agent or Buyer's Agent, A Southern Tree can help you protect your client from surprise costs that can easily get into the thousands. Don't allow your client to be unnecessarily surprised by unexpected costs related to dead or potentially hazardous trees.
We will give you:
- Fast, hassle-free email estimating and communicating.
- Honest assessment of property that considers:
- Your fiduciary responsibility to your client,
- Cost sensitivities,
- Maximizing property safety and value.
- Prompt job completion.
- Headache free experience from estimate to invoice.