Around here, tree removal isn’t terribly expensive. It’s the stump grinding that costs a pretty penny.
Under a local wood embargo - some silly bo weavil spotted elm disease.
You can’t get a tree removed in Northern VA.
Fortunately, I have a woodstove, for just such an occasion.
Plus, I save a fortune on heat.
Tree guys will come to your house, cut the tree down, and leave it nicely sawed into 16” lengths on your yard.
The will not remove it - forbidden by law.
So I pay college kids to follow them around with a log splitter.
Got about six cord stacked up.
;)