RICH'S TREE SERVICE, Inc.

Description of Work: Rich's Tree Service cut down a 70-foot tree for me.

Description of Work: they pruned a large fir tree in front yard. they cut and stacked the thick branches and wood and cleaned up after themselves. They did exactly what I wanted and no more. They stayed within their quote.

Description of Work: Pruned and shaped two trees in my parking strip

Description of Work: Trimmed backyard tree.

Description of Work: We had a large eucalyptus tree in the front yard that was rapidly outgrowing it's space and had been pruned several times before. When a large branch fell off the tree and crashed down to the ground on a Fri. eve.I knew that it was time for the tree to go before something more serious happened.

Description of Work: I had used this service 2 years ago after a lg. limb fell across the street. That particular limb myself and neighbors helped clean up. I called Richs' back once I had the city permit to do the work. They came out and did a great job. This recent time I had to call the 24hr line, and the gal said that she wasn't sure if they could make it out that day or not, but would call me back. She did and they came and did a fantastic job. Trimmed some limbs that I asked them to do and they (he) did! They worked very fast and efficient! and were on their way in about an hour or so. I have asked them to come back out to give me an estimate to complete the trimming on those trees. Looking forward to working with them again!

Description of Work: We had used Rich's Tree Service in 2001, and he has good reports on Angie's List, so I called him to have extensive tree and shrub pruning, two trees cut down, and control of blackberries growing on the edges of the property.

Description of Work: Called in response to advertised 10% discount. They were going to have someone come to house to estimate without me being home. After indicating that I did not wish for that to occur, Rich agreed to set an appointment with me. He arrived on time that day. I wanted to have a large Spruce removed. He strongly encouraged me to have two other trees removed and to have two rows of arbovitae trimmed--in order to reduce the risk of them bending in a snow or ice storm.. He also indicated that they would remove the trees trunk pieces for a fee--$400 and suggested that it would be unlikely that people would take the wood away if left by them. He did suggest that people might be willing take the wood from a smaller tree. He gave me a written quote. He verbally quoted $200 for Arbovitae. I agreed to all of the work. The crew arrived on time. They were very nice. They used a technique of dropping the trunk pieces on the front lawn--not sure if this is acceptable rather than tying and lowering the pieces and branches. When they dropped on piece, it bounced, taking out a section of my fence. Rich had indicated when meeting with me that they would trim to the Arbovitae to retain their natural appearance. Unfortunately, when I looked outside the crew person had topped the trees. I had to leave before the crew was finished. When I looked at the Arbovitae I noticed that on one side of the house very little had been trimmed. I put a Craiglist ad up for the wood from the one tree and had a huge response and someone came and got the wood the same day. I am confident that if I had done the same thing with the wood from the other trees that the same thing would have occurred and I would have saemed $400. Rich's crew very quickly obtained the materials to fix and fixed the fence. I asked Rich to come to house and look at the Arbotivitae and let me know if he thought they were done correctly. He did so and sent the same worker back to work on them again. The worker called me at the office and ask how much to take off--I said as much as should be taken to decrease bending in snowstorm, but not so much that they would burn and not be attractive. He admitted on the phone that he had not finished his work on the Arbovitae because the crew leader had told him to hurry up and that he was taking too long.When I returned home from work I was shocked--the worker had done what I would charaterize as "butcher" the Arbovitae--three of the trees were cut back so far that very little green remained and most were cut so much that a lot of brown and trunk showed. I emailed Rich about my dissatisfaction and indicated that I would have to replace a few trees and hopped that others would survive. I received the invoice today. The invoice indicate that cost of the arbovitaetrimming was $445.00--this is not what he quoted me and that he had discounted it by $250.00 (I assume for the poor job that they did)--which in essence bring the amount charged to what he quoted me in the first place.

Description of Work: Rich's Tree Service trimmed trees and bushes around our 15 year old house in preparation for painting.

Description of Work: He gave an estimate for tree trimming.

Description of Work: We had three large birch trees cut down. They were about 40 years old and tall. It required 3 men and took about 4 hours. One man climbed and cut, the second held the ropes for lowering branches and the third man hauled off the branches and put them in the chipper. All were concerned about the safety of all. They wore hard hats, heavy boots , safety glasses and ear plugs. The limbs were cut into 16 inches lengths

Description of Work: Had a large Sequoia removed from my front yard.

Description of Work: Trimmed--for safety, health, aesthetics, and clearance--four 60 year old horse chestnuts; dug out a dead rhododendron.

Description of Work: 3 trees were trimmed, a mountain ash tree removed, 1 stump & root grinding

Description of Work: Rich's Tree Sevice removed 3 extremely tall black locust trees, ground their trunks and trimmed two others all very close to our house. They were very careful, neat, friendly & professional. They worked all day and finished up about sunset.

Description of Work: No service, just quote for services.

Description of Work: We have a very large, old tree that needed a great deal of attention. It had not been trimmed in years and looked terrible.

Description of Work: Just an estimate - no services performed.

Description of Work: -Low-impact removal of 2 tall alders on a steep slope that was carefully landscaped below (both soft & hardscape), -Canopy cleanup of 2 other tall alders. -Low-impact canopy thinning of tall, leaning, weeping birch (not risking climbing up limbs of the birch). -Set firewood logs aside. -Remove other wood from the site. -Cleanup

Description of Work: He cabled one of my fir trees. He cabled together 2 limbs and also pruned other fir trees for me.

Description of Work: Needed to have three or four stumps removed, ground and underbrush cleared.

Description of Work: Pruning of ornamental cherry, japanese maple, apple tree, big camellia, old lilac

Description of Work: Rich’s Tree Service last came out about 5 years ago. They did tree trimming for us.

Description of Work: We needed two 30 - 40 ft. curly willow trees removed from our tight backyard. Three men arrived and immediately went to work removing the trees and were finished in two hours. The plantings under and around the trees were not harmed, the branches were chipped, the sawdust was blown into the flowerbeds, the wood was cut into 16 inch pieces and everything was left neat and orderly by the time they left. This gardener is very impressed with their work and would recommend and use them again.

Description of Work: He trimmed 2 very large flowering plums near the house & a street side maple. He cleaned up the yard and chipped the debris.