I can't say enough positive things about Jose and his crew with Madrone Tree Service & Landscape Maintenance!!! I had a MASSIVE tulip tree that needed to be removed from my fairly small backyard. The tree had far outgrown the space, and was presenting a hazard both to my house and the house of my neighbor behind me. The tree was easily 80+ feet tall, with a huge, broad canopy. I consulted with several tree removal companies in the area and was met with a broad range of estimates. Because of the tree's size, several of the companies wanted me to book a crane, road crew, flaggers, etc. The budgets offered ranged from $6500 (no crane) to almost $13,000 with a crane. Some companies refused to even consider it without a crane because they said it would destroy my yard with all the debris without a crane. Also most companies were booked out so far, I couldn't have this done before January or February! I was overwhelmed. Then I met with Jose and his crew, and they told me they could do it without a crane, they could do it for $7100 (with full wood and debris removal, and a full stump grind) and they could have it done within two weeks. I thought it was too good to be true, but after reading all the positive reviews of Jose and his crews, I thought I'd roll the dice. They came out three days later, and got right to work. I was stunned with their professionalism and incredible skills with the roping, tying, and tethering, making it possible to bring down massive branch after branch into my yard, avoiding falls into the other yard, and keeping everything nice and tidy as they went along. You would think it was a huge crew of guys, but there was one man in the tree, two on the ground guiding the branches, and one on the other side of the fence feeding the branches into a chipper. They had completely cut the tree down to just the trunk by about 1pm, and then began the process of bringing down the trunk piece by piece and then cutting it into manageable pieces for removal (again, it was a HUGE tree). By the end of the day, they were down to a big pile of trunk pieces all over my yard. They calmly asked if they could come back tomorrow (Saturday) to finish picking up all the pieces and final cleanup. The next day, they got right to work, and by noon, every piece of that tree was gone. I couldn't believe how INCREDIBLE my yard looked. You would never know an entire work crew had been there, and a tree of that size had just been removed, by hand, without a crane. I know this is long-winded, but I really wanted to paint a picture of how INCREDIBLE Jose and his crew with Madrone were with removing my tree. I'd barely slept a few nights before the crew arrived because I'd been given so many horror stories from other companies, telling me that if I didn't spend $12,000, it would be impossible to remove the tree, or that my yard would be a pile of mush and would need an entire re-landscaping in the spring, or that I'd have to wait until spring to have this done. But then Jose and his crew put all those worries at ease, and made the tree removal so quick and painless. Please, please make sure you hire this company for your work. I think it's a smaller company, so we need to support local and make sure companies like this, who do things the right way, and take care of their customers in every way possible, continue to grow and thrive in our town!