Roy L Schwartz & Son Tree Service

Roy was very knowledgeable when talking about the various trees that needed work. The tricky part of this job is that my neighbors in back wanted the large Tipawanas brought down in height to get their views back, but it's usually not a good idea to do that to the trees. Roy worked with me to make the best of a bad situation. The work he did looked great, very artistic, even though neither of us wanted to bring down the height. Everything was cleaned up perfectly. Except for the beautiful trees, you would never have known he was there.

Mr. Schwartz came out one day to give us the estimate and returned a few days later to do the work. He arrived each time at the appointed time, went right to work with a helper, and put in about 12 hours of very hard work. They knew what they were doing and did an excellent job. Mr. Schwartz has his own large equipment (cherry picker attached to a large truck) and cleaned up all the debris and hauled it away. He is truly an expert with trees and the job of straitening was accomplished by drilling a hole in the trunk, inserting an aluminum screw, then attaching the screw to a line. This job required finesse and knowledge as it must be done in an exacting method so as not to harm the trees. Well worth the price to get a job done just right!! Thank You.

Roy and his two man crew (one being his son) arrived Monday morning as agreed and we briefly confirmed the work to be done. Roy positioned his equipment (a bucket lift affixed to his truck) and got straight to it. It quickly became clear he would need to reposition his equipment as he encountered difficulties maneuvering near power lines. Once he repositioned, it was amazing how fast the job went. Roy s experienced showed as he orchestrated the falling of that big-old cottonwood tree with safety and precision. As all was going so well, something had to happen right? Yes. One of my neighbors seemed to be overly annoyed with the noise created by this all and found it prudent to complain to the police. Two police units arrived and stopped Roy from working having him descend from high-up in that tree. The one officer asked him if there was some municipal code prohibiting such work on Labor Day. This was the cop asking him if you can believe that! Well, the cops left without much more to-do. Roy and I discussed the situation and agreed this was all rather ridicules as the work began well after 8:00 AM and it was then 10:00 AM I said lets crank up again. From that point on there was no further issues in fact, all the neighbors (except one) were out watching the whole process and enjoying it as it was an amazing site to see. In the end, Roy and his crew cleaned-up everything nicely and we had a nice chat. Roy indicated the police situation had been very stressful at a critical point in the falling of the tree something I did not notice as he seemed to handle it very well. He indicated that in 31 years of doing this type of work, never once has the cops showed-up on a complaint just goes to show, you never know what will happen if you stick with something long enough. I command Roy and his crew for doing a stellar job even in the face of the man. Way to go Roy and Son.

Roy's usual minimum charge is $600+ because he usually does bigger jobs, but he agreed to do mine for less. It was all taken care of within a few days of my call.

Roy came over for a consultation soon after my first contact. He provided service as promised. Good clean up, and a smile on his face. He likes what he does.

Everything went well. I would definitely consider using Roy's services again.

The guy was good. I had no experience with cost so I cannot comment that, but he did give me a 10% Angie's List discount. It was a very large tree and involved using a truck with a cherry picker and avoiding phone lines. I had no complaints. He arrived on time and did what he said he would do in a timely manner.

Roy was very efficient, on time, and did a good job on clean-up and trimming.

Roy and his helper arrived on time and went right to work. They worked quickly and efficiently and hauled away all of the debris. Roy does all of the cutting himself and is well equipped. For example, he arrived with a large supply of cutting tools in a 55 foot aerial truck with a wood chipper in tow.

Roy arrived punctually a little before 8:00 AM and started to work trimming the Jacarandas, shortly his co-worker arrived and he completed the Jacarandas doing a very good job. His employee carried the discarded limbs away and cleaned the entire area. Roy proceeded to remove the designated tree and roots and was very careful to avoid chipping the concrete porch. He finished cutting back the Japanese Maple and they cleaned up all branches and debris from the trees and roots. He did his work expertly and was very easy to communicate with.

Called and two days later Roy came by and gave us an estimate. We scheduled the work for the next week. He showed up on time and did a great job on the project. This is the second time we've used him and he's done an excellent job each time. We'll stick with him in the future!

After initial contact, a date/time for estimate was set. Receptionist left message to reset time. Mr. Schwartz arrived an hour before the set time, and I was not at home to speak with him. He left estimate. I called to set appt. to have the work done. He was not there. He called back once and left message on my answering machine. After repeated attempts to reach Mr. Schwartz, I left my cell number. He never again returned any of my calls. I called a month later to try one more time, and warned that I would file a negative report to Angie's List. Again was assured Mr. Schwartz would return my call. No call. I give up.

Roy did a beautiful job of trimming the pepper trees. He retained their natural shape and, by removing all the dead wood and excess growth, revealed their attractive trunk and branch structure. He really knows his work and performs it with artistry. Plus he was willing to handle additional work as it came up (like the brush pile). Besides all that, he was easy to work with.

Terrific. It was a lot of work completed within one morning. Roy was early and started early. The debris totally filled his truck and there wasn't one scrap on the site when he left. Trimming the pine tree to the f.d.'s specifications was extra work and not included in the quoted price, but he gave us that work for free as part of the Angie's List discount--which I hadn't anticipated. Thanks, Roy! He also gave us advice about our trees and is coming back in January to reshape a pine tree.

Perfect from start to finish.

I had no idea how difficult the work would be. It took them almost 3 hours to complete the job and do a thorough cleanup.

Excellent, excellent job. We couldn't be more pleased. Roy and his crew were punctual, polite, thorough and communicative. Roy's crew arrived early on the first day. Roy was right on time with a large aerial lift to begin work on the pine. They worked diligently removing the branches and junipers. At the end of day 1, they cleaned up the yard. Day 2 consisted of grinding the stumps. We are starting over in the yard and intended on ripping everything out - much of it ourselves. We discussed this with Roy. During the job, they also graciously took out some smaller plants (rose bushes, small juniper, lily) for which he did not charge. After the stump of the pine was ground, Roy discussed with us grinding the roots which were all over the front yard. (He knew we wanted to install grass.) Roy advised grinding out the remaining roots since the grass would have problems in the long run if we tried to sod over them. We took his advice on that as well. They left yard clean! GREAT!!

Excellent. Roy came by a month ago and provided the estimate. I contacted him last week and he was able to schedule the work within a week period. He arrived exactly on time. Did the job and cleaned up. He was concerned about being able to completely remove the banana stumps because they were in a very tight planter with concrete surrounding them. However, when I got home to see the work, it turned out that he was able to completely remove the stumps.

Mr. Schwartz arrived for estimate appointment on time and arrived for work appointment on time. Removal of several large and broken branches was done in a careful manner by Mr Schwartz. Cleanup was complete and three 32 gal containers of chips were left at my request.

They trimmed Golden Wattle acacia bushes at the foot of the staircase to get to the main acacia tree. Then Roy pruned the acacia tree to get limbs off the neighbors shed roof and thinned out the remaining limbs to reduce the weight on them so that the tree now can get air through it and is not at risk of falling into the neighbor's yard. I'm exceptionally pleased with the completeness of their work. The tree looks so nice and they cleaned up even cleaner than it was before they came. I'd recommend him highly.

Roy arrived on time and looked at the work that needed to be done. He returned on the scheduled day and pruned the trees as requested. He then did a very good job cleaning up the mess from the pruning. He was very professional and I would hire him again.

Excellent, on time, and did the work as promised.

He came early, performed work early, and cleaned up perfectly.

I highly recommend Roy's Tree Service. I had Roy come and trim my trees last year and this year. Does a great job and cleans up after his work. This year I had to call him back the next day because two fronds on one of my trees collapsed. He responded immediately and came the following day to remove the fronds. I didn't even know he had been here until I looked out the window to see the tree had been trimmed.

Roy appears to handle his business on his own (scheduling, estimates, the work) and has a laid-back style. We had a bit of trouble with scheduling the estimate, but once done, he was available for the job in a very reasonable time frame. He seemed to be very knowledgeable, and I was happy with the results.