AFFORDABLE TREE SERVICE

The work was scheduled within a few days and was completed in one day. Dave was professional, on time, and worked around other than construction that was going on at my property. He cleaned and removed all debris and was a pleasure to work with. I would hire him again in a heartbeat. Excellent work at a fair price.

I called around to find people to give me bids to remove a huge Silver Maple tree from the rear of my property and came across Affordable Tree Service after hearing from others that they had a great experience with them and the level of work performed was what you would expect from a professional arborist. The owner came and gave me an estimate which I agreed was a fair price and we scheduled the work to be done in the following week. On the day that they were to come do the job, Dave and his crew arrived promptly and completed the job by the end of the day. There was no damage to any of my property or landscaping. The spot where the tree was clean of any debris and only the huge stump remained. The following day he returned to grind the stump with the proper equipment and again promptly and courteously completed the job in nothing more than a professional manor.

The owner, Dave, arrived and immediately assumed a surly attitude. When I attempted to point out the specific trees to remove, he quickly stopped me, and verbally quoted me $8,500. He launched into a diatribe about other tree services and how he wouldn't be the least expensive since he had expensive equipment and needed to pay for it. As I mentioned that I already had a couple quotes, he pressed me for the names of the other services. I didn't share the other vendors or their quotes. I ended up with 3 other quotes that all fell between $1,200 and $3,000. Ultimately, I chose a vendor who did a terrific job for $1,200. A few days ago, I was in the process of getting quotes for the second phase (12 additional ash trees + stump removal), and I contacted Affordable again to quote (frankly I forgot about my earlier experience with Dave). Dave came out to my home. It quickly became apparent that Dave had no intention of quoting. As I started to point out the trees, he cut me off to say that he wasn't going to waste my time or his as he would not be quoting me. He then proceeded to lambast me. He indicated that I was clearly not a loyal customer as I did not give this additional work to my original vendor. Further, the original vendor had done a very poor job as they had not cut off the stumps close to the ground and other complaints. He ranted for another few minutes before I politely thanked him for his time and showed him off my property.