All comments welcome please!!

Forget it. Get a few more quotes. I chopped down a few trees in my garden
(it was getting on to be a copse, a tiny garden with about 8 trees in it).
The really tall one (i.e. above house height) was definitely going to be
beyond my capability. I think I paid around 100, so 1K is the same ballpark,
but you might find cheaper with the "bulk" discount, although my quote was
for felling only.

Christian.