Stamp's Tree Service

We found George to be extremely rude, combative, and unprofessional. Even worse, he failed to complete the job that we hired him for, which was to cut down 2 trees located behind our house. Less than halfway through the project, my neighbor's brother in law (who is not the property owner) apparently stated to George that he was concerned about branches falling on his sister in law's plants. George responded by taking it upon himself to completely abandon the job after completing less than half of the work, claiming that he feared being sued by my neighbor. My neighbor, in fact, had no problem with the work being done, and had no legal basis to sue him whatsoever. His rash decision to abandon the project was completely unnecessary, and left us having to start all over again with someone else. When my husband (an ethics professor) attempted to politely discuss the situation re: our neighbor's brother in law with George, he became very angry toward my husband and lashed out at him, stating that he now wouldn't be making any money on the job; as if the entire situation were our fault. He also said, and I quote, "Hey, their issues aren't my problem; I'm a tree cutter!!" He then way over-charged us for the work already completed, as we had to pay him a full half of the original estimate for taking down just one very small tree that he had originally priced out at a fraction of the entire original estimate. We felt that his original estimate was very reasonable, but that it was most definitely unreasonable for him to charge us half of that amount for just a fraction of the work. He then did a very poor job of cleaning up his mess, leaving branches, leaves, and debris in our townhouse complex's common drive. For these reasons, I would not recommend George Stamp to anyone. I have never before dealt with a more unpleasant, or more unprofessional individual.