HOW Foundation

We have used them several times before and they do a good job. We plan to call them again. HOW Foundation is a rehab facility for recovering alcoholics. It is a live in and the guys are there from a few weeks to a few months. While the guys are there, they provide a service to people to come and do basically whatever you want done. You pay them a very really reasonable price and it goes to the Foundation. There is one guy who's part of their crew team and he is pretty sharp and the others are laborers who will do what he asks them to do. We have been very satisfied not only with what they did but also with their reasonable price. They charge us by the hour. Four or five guys come out and swarm the yard and they are out of there soon enough. The longest we ever had them was three hours. They do a nice job and they don't take very long. When they leave everything is all swept up and cleaned. HOW stands for Honesty, Open minded, and Willing. You have to have an order to severe from alcoholism. I am a recovering alcoholic myself so I like to use them to keep them employed because I know it's a good thing. They are getting ready to do some tree service for us. We have several other things we want them to do including some minor trimming and I expect that they can do the jobs. They come in and work hard. You do have to watch them because if you tell them to clean the grass in the flower bed, when you come back whatever was in the flower bed is all gone. They basically do what you tell them to do. Their price is very reasonable. They have a list and they put you on their list. In the fall when a lot of people want their yards cleaned up, it may be a week or so before they can get to you. Any other time of the year they may be there the next day or the day after. They come when they say they are going to come. They come and do what they say they are going to do. The crew chief is well-spoken and you can talk to him. The other guys are not all that excited about being there, but they do a good job. I think they do a professional job. I would recommend them to others and I have.

Of the 3 trees we had removed, 2 were quite large and were 50 year-old maples. It was quite a competitive price. That's why we use them for things like that. We have always used them. It's a local non-profit organization. They have Dan Ferguson as the Service Manager. We are in the area where the big ice storm hit and we had to have some trees trimmed and then removed. The trees were too damaged and could not be saved. The organization is very good. Their laborers are all men who are trying to overcome alcoholism, so it's a work program. Some people might have some trepidation about using them thinking that they are drunk. They are very good and they handle themselves very well. They work really hard and they are well-organized. They are always punctual. They are never a minute late. They do a good job. They have always done unskilled labor in the past. They have started doing tree trimming now. We did have them trim the trees before we had them taken out through no fault of their own. We just didn't understand how an ice storm works. Apparently the trees were full of fractures, so we just ended up taking them out because they kept breaking and dropping great big limbs even after they were cleaned out. The men did a decent job on the clean-out. That wasn't included in the $1250.00. That was just removal. I don't remember how much we spent on the cleaning.

They arrived on time and worked straight through for 8 hours with 2 short breaks and 30 minutes for lunch. They brought basic yard tools including a chainsaw. They were friendly and obliging and took care to complete the job I needed done. Everything was picked up and hauled off, and the lot was left neat and tidy. I was very happy with the result.

Arrived at scheduled time. Four man team worked well together and performed above expectations.

They were polite, fast and efficient. The original estimate was $200.00, but they were able to perform the job in a timely manner and the cost was $145.00. We were very pleased and intend to call them back for additional work on several other trees in our backyard.

They were very prompt and worked very fast. I was surprised with how much they got done in so little time. The pricing was also reasonable and I would recommend them to anyone.

Very well, guys were on time, did what I asked and worked really hard.

They did a great job. The cut down the trees a piece at a time and loaded the trimmings and hauled it off. The work was performed by 4 men and took about 5 hours. Stump grinding was performed a week later by another HOW crew. It took 2.5 hours. The tree trimming services is very popular. I had to wait 2 months before they could show up on site. They arrived within 5 days of the predicted schedule date.

THE PEOPLE WERE UP-BEAT AND VERY WELL MANNERED. THEY ASKED US EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF WORK WE WANTED DONE. AS SOON AS THEY KNEW THEY WENT AND GOT TO WORK.

I AM PLEASED WITH THEIR WORK. THEY COME OUT TWICE A YEAR FOR ABOUT HALF OF A DAY EACH TIME. THEY ARE ALWAYS COURTEOUS AND RELIABLE. MY GUTTERS FLOW NICELY SINCE THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANING THEM.

WE ARE ALWAYS GREETED WITH A SMILE BY THE EMPLOYEES AND I REALLY ENJOY BEING ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY ARE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND ARE QUICK TO BRING US EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT.