Jose's Tree Service

They completely butchered the trees , they looked like giant chopsticks when they were finished. The leafs were completely gone, I had no shade for the harsh summer heat, and the worst part of the experience , one of their workers stole my trail camera I had strapped to one of the trees to catch thief's on my property! Can't believe these scoundrels. DO NOT HIRE

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Jose initially quoted me $900 for the work but matched the lowest quote I had got from San Fernando Valley Tree Service Inc. I only went with Jose instead of SFV TS because his schedule worked better for me. Otherwise, I would have gone with SFV TS, which gave by far the best quote and responded professionally.
Anyway, Jose's crew worked very efficiently. They arrived first thing in the morning around 8:30 as scheduled and worked on all three trees simultaneously. Once they finished the trees, they started cleaning and clearing things away from our yard as well as our neighbors' right away. Before noon, all our trees are taken care of, and the yard was all cleaned up. They ate their lunch at my yard which Jose asked and I OKed. As soon as they finished it and had some rest, they moved on to the next customer.
Jose's team worked very efficiently and professionally. Jose himself is also very friendly and easy to deal with. He stayed with his team through out the work, and his son was also in the team so I did not have any issue communicating with other Spanish only speaking workers.
Recommended A+

Jose Rodriguez was removing a tree from my neighbors across the street in late 2011 when I asked him for an estimate for a large pine tree in my front yard. He estimated at $3000 for the entire tree, including stump removal and clean-up. I finally hired him in December and asked him to take out 4 oleander bushes, 2 dead cypress trees, and to trim 4 other trees in the backyard. He originally estimated that taking down my one pine tree would take about 2 days, but it took 3, and that was fine. I wanted the job done safely (rather than too quickly) by a licensed, bonded pro. (A friend of the family used a friend to cut his tree down, and the friend ended up falling out of the tree and dying, which made me doubly careful about whom to hire.)
I was very impressed by the intelligent and careful way Jose's crew took down the nearly 100-foot tree section by section. They worked as a team of about 4-5 workers each day, and no one sat around waiting for his turn. If a worker wasn't securing a rope to bring down a section, he was raking and cleaning up or chipping debris. They used a large truck for hauling tree debris and a large chipper to grink the smaller pieces. They shielded my windows and my neighbor's doors and windows with large sheets of pine and cleared debris off my neighbor's property as quickly as I requested.
They removed a picket fence in my front yard which was going to be replaced anyway at no extra charge. Jose had asked an additional $600 to take out the other 2 trees and 4 oleander bushes, as well as trim the trees in back, and I found this very reasonable. Later, he amended his original esimate on my tree to $3400, which I was fine with, because it did take longer, and it was a damned tall tree. In total, I paid $4000 for the full job, and it was done very well. His crew's teamwork is superb. No one wasted my time or theirs. Another neighbor across the street was so impressed, he hired them on the spot.
They also left me enough wood so that I could have good fires for a couple of years, and I made new friends with various neighbors who asked if they could take wood as well. I ended up moving 500 pounds of wood into my backyard after the work was done.
Jose is very likeable and impressed me with his knowledge of trees, identifying the species as he passed them by. He is a seasoned arborist who knows his stuff. And he did this all while suffering from a bad cold. His team was friendly, answered all my questions, and appreciated the Cokes and cookies I brought them each day.
My only problems were 3 broken sprinker heads by the heavy equipment, which also crushed a bed of my late mother's succulents. Fortunately, succulents are hardy and can be regrown.

A large branch split and fell from one of our trees. The tree was top heavy, and was an accident waiting to happen. We had hired Jose Tree Service before and called Jose Rodriguez again. He came the day after we called, did the preliminary work on the first day, and with a larger crew on the second day, removed the rest of the tree - and in 100+ degree weather. A great crew, did the work in a timely manner, removed all the wood and cleaned everything up.

Great company. And I am not affiliated with them in any way - just a satisfied repeat customer.

He gave me an estimate which was very fair. He was very nice, but I ended up using my regular gardener because he needed the money more than this guy did. He gave me an estimate right away. He came out right away too. The estimate was about $3700. He was very accommodating. He also typed up the estimate and e-mailed it to me. I would definitely use him in the future.

He does a good job. His prices are reasonable. He does a good job cleaning up.

All things considered, not bad. A young man came out to give a quote on Friday and we agreed on the price and that he would send a crew on Saturday morning after 8 a.m. They didn't come and as it turned out I was out of town so I couldn't hop on the case and call and find out what happened until a few days elapsed. In the meantime they called, came and did their work, apparently apologizing for the missed appointment to my wife. So, all's well that ends well I guess. I'd recommend their work and use them again.

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Wow! Jose and his crew are great. I called many gardeners/tree services on this list and Jose was the first (and almost only) to return my call. He came out less than an hour after we spoke (we all know that never happens)and we went through exactly what I was needing. He returned my call to confirm our appt time the night before and was out front with his efficient crew and professional equipment on time the next day. He was able to accommodate all my needs and even helped me by removing non-tree items with a "can do" spirit. Jose was friendly and professional and I wish I could use him and his guys for other work as it was a great experience all around.

THEY WERE TOTALLY DEPENDABLE. THEY DID A GOOD JOB. THE TREES LOOK GOOD. THEY WERE NOT BUTCHERED. WE'VE USED THEM FOR SEVEN YEARS. THE WORKERS ARE NICE AND CLEANED UP AFTER THEMSELVES.

THEY WERE KIND. THEY WERE NICE. THEY CAME AT A CERTAIN TIME THAT WE TOLD THEM TO. THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE. THEY CAME AND DID THEIR WORK. ON ONE WHOLE DAY THEY DID EVERYTHING, AND WHEN THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO COME BY AND WATER THE GARDEN UNTIL THE GRASS GRABBED, THEY DID.