Phil & Sons Tree Service

Phil has taken care of my trees for several years. On Saturday evening March 18th I noticed that the wooden trellis, that is about 35 years old and supports a Bougainvillea was collapsing because the wood was rotten. The trellis is about 7' high and 10' wide. I called Phil, he came over Sunday morning and put up caution tape. On Monday his crew spent the whole day cutting back and cleaning up the Bougainvillea, putting a new beam in, and securing the bolts on the other beams. They did a beautiful job in shaping the Bougainvillea. The total cost was only $400.00. I can highly recommend Phil and am so happy with the way my trees look.

Great job! Working with the for a second year now

Phil and his crew were prompt and were careful with our property. Phil was easy with communication and understood what we needed and had thoughtful advice.  His crew even cleared an area that I had not noticed for hillside safety!  The crew were thoughtful, respectful and answered my questions.

I am definitely using Phi & Sons for trimming our oaks and pines.  Phil is knowledgeable in all aspects of tree care and technologies.  He doesn't promise what he can't deliver and has guided us to other experts who handle specialized fields. Also, his knowledge of California Native Plants is second to none and very useful since we're going in that direction!

I used his company because I wanted an arborist.  I would have given him a "A" except for one thing. It is true that on the phone  he said the word consultation and I said ok, thinking like nearly all business that if you hire them they put it towards the bill. This turned out not to be the case. He said he could do it the next day and I was in a hurry because of other yard word that had to be done. When he wrote out the invoice he put down the $75 consultation fee. While he was looking at the roots I went out and looked at his truck and there in big letters is says "free estimates". When I asked him about this, he said that I had agreed to a consultation and he would not remove the fee. Also, I did not realize until later that he gives a 5% senior fee and I clearly look like a senior and he never mentioned it.  An estimate would have provided the same results. So beware with this company and choose your words carefully.

I asked Mr. Flores for estimate because he is a certified arborist (I looked him up online.)  He and his crew came very early in the morning as he had said he would.  He gave explicit instructions to his lead man (job supervisor came later) regarding exactly how he wanted the front jacaranda was to be pruned. I watched them talk and I was pleased to note that that Mr. Flores and the crew member clearly understood each other.   That tree came out very nice.  They went from the front yard to the back and covered each part of the job.
When the job was done, the men did a great job of cleaning up and then waited for Mr. Flores to come and check out the job.
I hate to hire help, but this was a very pleasant and easy experience.
P.S.  I just realized the crew is still waiting. They don't leave until he approves the job!

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They were fabulous. The yard was cleaned so that it never looked like they had been here. The mulch I wanted from one of the trees was not going to be and quot;goodand quot; mulch so Felipe provided other equivalent mulch for me. I hadn't asked for the and quot;seniorand quot; discount so I put a sticky note on the check. Felipe arrived with the 10% cash from the job and I asked that he distribute it amongst his workers. They were a great crew.