I paid for AVAILABILITY, professionalism, labor and timely completion of a project with the right type of equipment and minimal property damage. No job is too big for this company. It took six plus hours to finish the project. The lead man took steps to prevent damage to an underground sprinkler system and minimize damage to portions of a lawn that had to be traversed by a tracked vehicle. Access to the fallen tree was limited given that I live in a neighborhood with adjoining developed properties.
Description of Work: Remove a fallen oak tree that was 82 feet long and 78 inches in diameter from my property. The tree fell in a wooded part of my property and denied this homeowner safe access to the rest of the property.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,500
Sheree B.
02/2016
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Corinne H.
12/2015
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Amazing job bringing down a large pine tree. Clean up quite good.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro
Linda R.
11/2015
5.0
tree service
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unknown
Description of Work: Mr. Foster came and cut down a dead pine and trimmed up 2 oak trees. I was please with the work. Easy to do business with.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,500
Dale W.
06/2015
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Grade of excellent on all aspects of the job. They were very careful in taking down the limbs, both large and small. Their cleanup job was outstanding. First time to use this business, but would call them back tomorrow if I needed their services again. They offered to cut up large limbs into firewood pieces, which we appreciated very, very much. GREAT JOB!! FOSTER'S TREE SERVICE!!
Description of Work: Cut down huge tall, 60 year old oak tree(Had to use bucket truck), Also trimmed a second tree. Cleanup following tree and limb removal.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,700
Mary L.
06/2015
5.0
tree service
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unknown
Description of Work: I had several trees and stumps removed from my yard. Fosters showed up on time and cleaned up all debris at a fair price. I would use them again.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Corinne H.
06/2015
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
The owner arrived the day I requested an estimate, and much to my surprise arrived the very next day to do the job. Job completed well and cleanup was excellent.
Description of Work: Trimmed branches and shaped three different trees.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,000
donald T.
05/2015
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
The workers with Foster's Tree Service did an excellent job. They even blew the sawdust out of the yard when they were finished.
Description of Work: Foster's Tree Service came out and took down a dead oak tree that was in my yard. They also hauled the tree off and made it look like it was never there.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,000
Sherri C.
11/2014
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Foster's showed up at the agreed time with necessary equipment and manpower to take care of the job. They worked quickly and were very professional. They did the job for less than other Angie's List competitors. Very pleased with hiring them.
Description of Work: Cut down and removed a cherry tree, trimmed several limbs away from power lines, and ground the stumps
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$600
James S.
09/2014
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
When I called the business, they reported to our house within 1 hour to view the tree and gave a reasonable estimate. We agreed with the price, they called the next day to notify they would be at the house within an hour. They showed up as agreed, removed the tree which was encroaching out utility line. They finished the job within 1 hour and cleaned up and removed all debris prior to leaving. A very professional and competent crew did the work.
Description of Work: Removed hardwood tree 2 1/2 ft diameter, 80 ft tall that was leaning towards our home utility line.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$500
Kathryn M.
06/2014
4.0
tree service
+ -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Removed three large trees from front yard
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$800
mike L.
02/2014
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Foster's provided excellent customer service! They carefully removed three large pines in close vicinity to my house and privacy fence. The crew then thoroughly cleaned up the entire area. Most importantly, their quote was about $900 below what I was quoted by another leading tree service company. i would highly recommend!!
Description of Work: Removed three pine trees from side and back yard
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,800
Jimmy H.
01/2014
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
I had a previous knowledge of Foster's tree service from work they had performed for others in my neighborhood, therefore I awarded them wih the contract on the spot. (Since I prefer to be around when any work is performed at my home) my next objective was to determine when we could establish a schedule for the work to be done . I called Mr. Foster and told him I had both 01/09 and 01/10 available for which he chose Friday January 10th. His crew of about 5 or so people arrived shorly before 9:00 A.M. and began working in unison with unloading their equipment, and prepping the jobsite. Since my tree was accessible by the bucket truck one person tied off sections with rope while groundsmen would guide the large limbs down after they were cut. This process was repeated over and over again until the entire tree was cut down. The crew graciously cut some of the smaller limbs into firewood lengths for me and stacked it beside my house. They chipped all smaller limbs and hauled away the trunk pieces too large to handle. After all was finished they blew off the driveway, road, and parts of the yard to make the area as presentable as possible. The crew was packed up and finished with everything by noon around 12:15.
Description of Work: Mr. Billy Foster with Foster's Tree service met with me at my home around 5:45 p.m. on 01/06/2014 to review and provide an estimate for the removal of a double Oak tree that was probably over 70 years old. The misshapen tree was beginning to die from several previous attempts at keeping roots from growing into both mine and my neighbor's driveways. Over the past 15 years I had hired out another tree service a few times to have dead limbs cut out. For me it was a hard decision to have the old growth tree removed but it was dying and wound up being a cost effective decision.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,200
Gisela C.
01/2014
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
We thought the est. was high, but called him to do the job. His crew showed up on time,set up their equipment and we were so impressed how the work was done.Professionel, clean,and safety first with everything they did.Then we saw that the price was justified.They cleaned up,exept for the missing trees/treelimbs everything was like befor they started.
Description of Work: Mr Foster showed up the same day I called,gave us an estimate to prune an old,large Maple tree that had many dead limbs in it.also to cut 2 tall pine trees between our and the next house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,725
Leigh L.
09/2013
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
They were punctual, polite and worked quickly to remove the tree and trim the limb. They displayed professionalism and quality teamwork throughout the process. The work was completely smoothly and quickly. I am thankful to Mr. Foster and team for removing a tree that had for many years been a source of worry and potential threat to our home and neighbor's home.
Description of Work: Mr. Foster and his team removed a large dead tree from my backyard and they trimmed a big oak limb that was hanging over the roof.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$800
Lynn D.
08/2013
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
It was a wonderful experience - even the price. I called for an estimate on Monday, 7/29. The estimate was done. I approved it with my husband and called them back for an appointment, all the while expecting it to be at least several days. They told me they could cut it down on Tuesday, 7/30. The workers were super professional.
Description of Work: The company cut down my dead pine tree, removed all the debris, hauled away all of the tree/limbs, and ground the stump. I am super pleased with the work done by Foster's Tree Service
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
Mike G.
07/2013
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Huge storm the other day and it blew over a pecan tree right on the back portion of the house.....After one tree service tried to bully me into using him about workmans comp. I decided to go with the nicer of the two. The Foster price was half of the and quot;bullyand quot;. Georgia Power of course cut the power and I had some angry tenants blowing up my phone....after calling the Foster's they were kind enough to come out and worked way into the night (11:30) to be exact. Power was restored. Lots of damage to the property by the tree and I am sure some from removing the tree, but I think that is to be expected. Hopefully, I will be able to find a contractor through Angie's list and that too will be a good experience.
Description of Work: Removed a huge tree off the roof of my house.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$815
Marilyn J.
07/2013
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
After being put on a waiting list for another tree service company 3 months ago, we gave up on them and called Foster's Tree Service. We had not heard from the other company since they put us on a so called 3 week waiting list. Foster's came right out and gave us an estimate, then 10 days later were here and removed the limbs we had requested plus did some shaping and trimming they recommended on a tree whose limbs were grown over our house. They were very polite, efficient and left our back and front yards even cleaner from debris than they were before they came. Everything was hauled away by them and we felt we got excellent service for the price .
Description of Work: Removed several limbs from huge oak tree and from 2 elm trees.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$875
Meryl R.
04/2013
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Though the profile of Fosters Tree Service says no for bonded and insured, that is not the case. Billy Foster was quite clear that he is and gave me his insurance agent's name and phone number to check. I did call, but that guy never called me back, but I do not blame Billy for that. I have no doubt that Billy is indeed insured. Billy's crew did a wonderful job and I would use them again in a heartbeat. They came when scheduled, on time, and with several men to accomplish the task. The lead man bravely climbed that huge tree on spikes and set up his harness and was obviously quite experienced in doing so. He cut the limbs off in pieces, never once a threat to any of it falling out of control. Each piece was previously roped before cut and retrieved by the guys below without any incident. Everything was either shredded in the woodchipping machine they brought or stacked in their truck and hauled away. All leaves and branches associated with their work was cleaned up perfectly. The crew was very pleasant as well. Have no complaints whatsoever. The price was very fair too. My neighbor paid them to cut the huge limb overhanging her yard too and she too was very pleased.
Description of Work: Huge forked limb hanging over neighbor's yard into mine and was afraid it would fall on my roof at some point. Was presently dropping minor limbs. Also had another tree from behind my fence that needed limb trimming as it was just shading my yard too much and dropping to many leaves and such in the Fall.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$450
donald T.
10/2012
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Overall, the whole experience was great. I had alot of sleepless nights worrying about the tree.I thank Billy for taking care of this problem in such a rapid manner.
Description of Work: I had a dead 75ft tall pine tree that was leaning toward my rental house. I was recommended to Billy Fosters Tree service. I arranged to have the tree removed on Friday at 9:30. They had already had the tree gone when I arrived there at about 11:00. They were cleaning up and were about to leave. I would definitely recommend them. They were also about $500.00 less than other estimates I had got.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,000
Robbie T.
08/2012
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
I called Mr. Foster to get an estimate on the cost. He came over and looked at it and called me back with the total that it would cost me. We then scheduled a time for him to do the work. He cameover and cut the tree down. Very please with his work.
Description of Work: I have used Foster's Tree Service in the past. Mr. Foster & his crew are punctual and very professional.They do a very thorough job on the clean-up afterwards. I would recommend them to anyone needing to have a tree removed, or just trimmed. I had a very large pine tree that needed to be cut down in my backyard & trim the one in the front yard.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,300
Scott P.
07/2012
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Back to Foster's. So, they showed up with around 5 trucks. All of them were in great shape! Shiny and clean. All the trucks has large professionally painted signs saying Foster's Tree Service. This was not a fly by night company. I've past plenty of other services in Columbus that appear to be three guys with a pickup truck and a chain saw. Not Foster's. They spread a tarp under the tree shredding machine before starting. They tied back some smaller trees near the one that needed to be taken down. (Other services said they'd needed to cut down some of these smaller trees to make a work area.) I'll skip the entire impressive process of a guy 50 feet my tree with a chain saw hanging from his belt. In the end, they had another guy on my roof with a leaf blower cleaning. Everything was left very neat. Cleaner then when they started. In fact, before they left, the crew head ask me to walk around the house with him to confirm that all was in good shape.
Description of Work: Billy Foster was great to work with. I got his name from a friend and then checked him out here on Angies... He was not the first guy I called though.I called four services to check on a large pine tree, plus a few needed trimmings on other trees. All the services spotted the need to take down the problem tree. They also all spotted the dead branches on other trees that needed removal. The prices ranged from $1400 up to $2500. Actually, the three lowest all came in between 1400 and 1700. The 2500. Billy showed up the day I called and was the only one of the four to hand me a written estimate. I asked about insurance and Billy wrote down the number of his insurance agent, whom I called to confirm coverage. I've been told to check that the coverage will cover any damage should the tree service drop anything on the house. I've also been told to find out that the company has workers comp and/or coverage should the workers get injured. I ask the agent about the workers comp and he said that hardly any service has this coverage. I asked, "what if the worker gets hurt?" The reply was that GA law requires employers to care for injured workers, so, they should be taken care of. (I my research, one of my four companies claimed to offer worker's comp. That was the $2500 guy.)
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,475
Gloria H.
03/2012
4.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Everything was great. They showed up on time to provide the estimate, etc. The price was very competitive. The only problem was the method of payment. They operate on a "cash only" basis. I would have preferred to have the option on using my credit card for such an expensive job. I could not seal the deal because I just did not have $2000 in cash laying around. I may save up the cash and have them come out again to schedule the removal.
Description of Work: Estimate on tree removal.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Neal R.
03/2012
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
Arrived on time and worked about 5 hours. Trimmed two trees that were overhanging a pool. A lot of the cuttings had to be 'roped' down to the ground. The trimmings were all put into a 'chipping' machine and removed. The yard looked better when they left!
Description of Work: Trimmed 9 trees (7 Pine, 1 Oak, 1 Pecan) and removed all trimmings.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$875
Carolyn L.
10/2011
5.0
tree service
+ -1 more
They did a great job and their pricing was almost half of what other companies were wanting. They were great.
Description of Work: We used Foster's Tree Service to trim five trees.
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FAQ
Foster's Tree Service is currently rated 5 overall out of 5.
No, Foster's Tree Service does not offer free project estimates.
No, Foster's Tree Service does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Foster's Tree Service does not offer a senior discount.
No, Foster's Tree Service does not offer emergency services.
No, Foster's Tree Service does not offer warranties.