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Sound Tree Care provides professional arboricultural consulting services, including TRAQ-certified tree risk assessments, hazard evaluations, arborist reports, and permit documentation. Whether you’re planning construction, dealing with a potentially hazardous tree, or navigating complex city regulations, our ISA Certified Arborists deliver clear, defensible guidance you can trust.
Not every tree issue can be solved with pruning or removal alone. When trees are affected by development, permitting requirements, safety concerns, or property disputes, you need objective guidance from a Certified Arborist acting as a consultant—not a salesperson.
Sound Tree Care provides professional arboricultural consulting services for homeowners, builders, HOAs, attorneys, and municipalities throughout Seattle, Bellevue, and the greater Puget Sound. Our role is to evaluate risk, interpret tree codes, and deliver defensible recommendations that stand up to city review, insurance scrutiny, and real-world conditions.
Whether you’re planning construction, navigating a permit, responding to a hazard concern, or protecting valuable trees, our consulting services give you clarity before decisions are made.
All arboricultural consulting services at Sound Tree Care are performed or directly supervised by ISA Certified Arborists and TRAQ-Qualified Tree Risk Assessors. Our work follows ANSI A300 and Z133 standards and aligns with local tree codes throughout Seattle, Bellevue, and the greater Puget Sound region.
We provide objective, defensible evaluations for homeowners, builders, HOAs, attorneys, and municipalities who need expert guidance—not guesswork. Our consulting focuses on tree risk, preservation, permitting, and compliance, helping clients make informed decisions that protect people, property, and trees.
Our arboricultural consulting services include:
All recommendations are based on real field conditions, species-specific failure profiles, site factors, and current municipal regulations.
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When tree decisions affect your home, your neighbors, or your development plans, you need expert, science-based guidance. Our consulting services help homeowners, contractors, HOAs, property managers, and developers make safe, compliant, and informed decisions in the urban forest.
We provide detailed documentation, photo evidence, and defensible professional opinions backed by ISA and TRAQ qualifications.
We offer a complete suite of consulting and reporting services for residential and commercial properties:
Formal tree risk assessments using ISA’s Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) methodology. Identifies likelihood of failure, targets, consequences, and mitigation options.
We prepare detailed arborist reports required for:
Inspection of structural defects, decay, cracks, pests, disease, lean, root plate movement, and environmental factors.
Tree protection plans, root zone mapping, construction impact evaluations, and guidance for architects, engineers, and builders.
Soil volume issues, root disturbances, hydrology changes, compaction, nutrient deficiencies, and PHC recommendations.
Neutral, third-party assessments for property line conflicts, encroaching trees, branch/limb hazards, and shared tree issues.
Fast, professional reports for real estate transactions, insurance claims, pre-purchase inspections, and lending requirements.
Not all arborist reports are created equal. Our formal arborist reports are built on real climbing experience, ISA certification, TRAQ methodology, and deep local code knowledge. We provide reports that are:
Our reports are regularly approved by Seattle SDCI, Bellevue Development Services, Redmond Planning, Renton, Sammamish, Tukwila, Burien, and more.
Every assessment follows ISA TRAQ methodology and includes:
1. Initial Consultation
Discussion of site concerns, history, incidents, and objectives.
2. On-Site Assessment
Visual inspection, root collar examination, soil evaluation, structural analysis, and canopy health review.
3. Measurement & Documentation
Digital documentation using diameter tapes, Nikon Forestry Pro laser rangefinder, soil probes, and camera.
4. Risk Analysis
Identifying likelihood of failure, target zone, consequences, and environmental factors.
5. Recommendations
Mitigation options such as pruning, load reduction, cabling/bracing, soil remediation, monitoring, or removal.
6. Report Delivery
A written, defensible arborist report suitable for permitting, insurance, or legal use.
Sound Tree Care is operated by highly skilled certified arborists—not salespeople. Every major decision, assessment, and recommendation is overseen by an ISA Certified Arborist and TRAQ Qualified Tree Risk Assessor.
You deserve safe, professional tree care that protects your home, your family, and your investment — every single time.
In many cities, yes. Seattle, Bellevue, Redmond, and Sammamish often require an arborist report to approve removals, especially for significant trees or ECAs.
Most on-site assessments take 30–60 minutes, with reports delivered within 24–48 hours depending on complexity.
Yes. We create Tree Protection Plans, root impact assessments, and documentation for development reviews.
Most reports range from $250–$750 depending on complexity.
Most assessments are visual ground-based (Level 1–2). Aerial inspection is available for advanced diagnostics.
Get expert guidance from a certified arborist today. Whether you're dealing with a hazardous tree, planning construction, or navigating city permitting, we’re here to help.
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ISA-Certified Arborists providing tree removal, pruning, stump grinding, and permit-ready arborist reports across Greater Seattle.
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