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"On 9/5/2019, Mike Huffman with Huff’s Tree Service was out to our home to give us an estimate to remove from our backyard a birch tree, grind up the stump and haul off the stump grindings. We signed a contract with Mike for the job to be completed in January/February 2020. Mike informed us that on any job that he estimates, he is actually on the job site when the work is performed. On 2/7/2020, employees from Huff’s Tree Service were out to complete the job but Mike was not on the job site. Mike’s crew did a great job on cutting down the tree. However, when they were hauling the branches out through the side yard, the branches were too wide to fit between the house and the wood fence causing damage to the garage door jamb and casing and damage to the 6’9” double wide metal gate. When Mr. Tibbits brought this to an employee’s attention, Mr. Tibbits was asked by the employee to go back into the house because he was slowing them down. Mr. Tibbits let the employee know that he was bringing to their attention that they were damaging our home. Rather than cut down the branches to prevent further damage, they continued work in the same manner. When the job was completed, we were advised by one of the employees that he was the job foreman. We let the foreman know about the encounter with the employee and that the stump area was high and not ground level. We looked over the stump area with the foreman. The foreman informed us that he thought an AT&T flag was in an area on one side of the stump so they really did not want to dig out farther on that side. We let him know that the technician with USIC had just been out that morning and the technician informed us that the area had been cleared for AT&T and Evergy. We let the foreman know that we would take a shovel to the area the next day and if we could not dig because of any large roots, we would call them. We called Mike Huffman and advised him of the problems that we had with the job being completed. Mike did not offer an apology for the damage to the house and gate, the employee’s rude behavior, or him not being on the job site. On 2/82020, we sent Mike Huffman pictures of two areas where we had tried to dig but were unable to because of the tree trunk and large roots and asked that we get on the schedule to have his equipment back out to our home. On 2/10/2020, we contacted USIC and talked again to the technician and verified that he had marked the area clear for digging. Mike Huffman was out at our home in the afternoon with the grinder and completed the stump and root removal."

"Over this was a terrible experience. Landscaper showed up when he wanted to. Yard was flagged and painted with spray paint to mark buried lines. Took landscaper so long it had to be reflagged and marked a total of 3 times. Landscaper hired another concrete company to replace old patio and steps. Was replaced with a much much smaller oddly shaped patio. No stamping which was discussed. Concrete company also replaced front step with an oddly shaped sidewalk. They literally threw and broke many pavers they removed all over the back yard leaving myself to move out of the way. Contractor literally threw a temper tantrum when he almost cut a buried cable line left and refused to return until yard was reflagged again. Brought in a heap of dirt and left right in mid of the front yard, it was there for so long weeds and grass were growing in it. Most eroded away to the end of the driveway leaving a muddy mess. "

"RJ Tree Surgeons were the professionals you always hope to find when you need something done. They were extremely cautious in bringing down our 60 foot tree. They made sure it didn't hit anything but the ground even though it was inches from the neighbors fence, feet from our house and other properties. They were courteous, careful, and business-like with a Kansas sincerity that made them a pleasure to associate with. I highly recommend them and look forward to future tree services with them when we need to cut another pesky overgrown tree down. Hire them. You won't regret it."

"Job was good, clean up after themselves and they were prompt. They even communicated when they were 5 mins away. "

"it was a big job - they handled it well and I was happy overall "

"Great Plains went above and beyond our expectations. We were extremely happy with their work and would hire them again! "

"Great work"

"Gary did an excellent job installing my sprinkler system. He was very efficient and completed the job in a timely manner. Gary is very personable, a hard worker and extremely honest. I give him the highest recommendation and believe he will work extremely hard to complete any job he contracts for in a satisfactory manner."

"Hello, I had GrindnShine Pros mud my basement as I thought I wouldn't be able to perform this step of finishing my basement. (I had done the rest myself up to mudding). Do NOT hire this team to do mudding. I was gonna hold off on posting a review on these guys to possibly cool off and have a better mindset but I am having to sand my entire basement as they did 0 sanding. If they cared enough about your home they would cared a little more. Lots of areas need remudded and everything needs sanded prior to painting. Took 4 pictures of just two walls of the worst I could find. There are tons of other examples but this is what they call a finished product after $5600 dollars."

"We had Tracy working for us on a Federal project and he went over and beyond on helping us complete the job. He was well mannered and professional and a pleasure to be around!"