I had some Oak limbs hanging over my house and a few that were very old and causing too much shade so I got prices on having them cut...make sure you get some estimates from as many sources as possible. There was a huge difference in pricing from the three estimates I got from the three places here in a small town. Now the power company is going to re-energize a section of power line behind my house and they say they will have to cut down quite a few trees in the back and trim a lot more. I am the only house left in this strip they have not gotten to yet, I think because it has been so wet. At first they were going to have to cut down all my crape myrtles, then they said they may not have to kill them maybe they could just "murder' them. The good news was that roses and other shrubs are ok, just not trees.
