South Eastern VA Tree Service

Great job guy. will recommend you.

Did not do work.

As smooth as silk. I plan to contact them soon, regarding removal of another tree.

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Large tree closely adjacent to my home and privacy fence trimmed. The skill, professionalism and expertise demonstrated by the foreman and crew was certainly impressive. His ability to cut and drop the large limbs was precise thus avoiding any damage to my property and I was quite impressed. Clean-up was complete and complemented by their blowing sawdust off the roof that had accumulated during the trimming process. I would strongly recommend this company to anyone seeking tree removal and/or trimming.

The service was scheduled for a Wednesday but they ahd a cancelation and contacted me to see if they could move me up to Monday (1 Aug 2016). I was available and wanted to be home when the work e=was done. They arrived promptly at 8:30 AM as promised and after a brief walk around, they began work. They completed the entire job in 1 day (8:30 AM to 4PM) and left my yard looking better than when they arrived (leaves etc. in the yard). The removed all debris and left the driveway and street in clean condition. Simon is very knowledgeable in trimming trees and did a professional job. He checke with me as he progressed to ensure I was satisfied with the work. When he was finished, I asked him to take a few more branches off two trees and he obliged. I was happy with the work done and their response to my questions over e-mail to arrange for the work. I ahd no communication problems and they came when they said they would and finished a rather big job (in my opinion) in one day. Four large trees - two maples and two river birch trees over 40 feet high. They used a "bucket" truck for three of the tress and had to climb one that they could not get the bucket truck close enought to accommodate the work. They were careful to ensure the larger cuts did not hit the house or damage bushes under the trees. I feel I got my money's worth and I was very satisfied with the work done. John and Quinton assisted and kept the debris to a minimum during the entire process. I would definitely use them again.

They cut the trees in over a time period of 2 days with 1 week in between. The first cleanup after cutting went excellent. The second cleanup went well in the yard, however, after the logs were picked up, the street was left full of tree debris. We were on vacation at the time, and we had hoped that the company would have driven by after the log pickup to ensure that the premises were left in a good state. Overall the experience was very positive. Some of these trees were 120 ft tall - no damage to our property. Job well done.

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Mike and Simon were professional and courteous.

I tried SEVA Tree Service because they had an Angies List Coupon and some nice reviews by previous customers.

We had some initial miscommunications regarding when estimator would come to review the job, and then again when the team would show up to do the job.  But, the quality of work was worth the frustration of the schedule mix-up.  They were so apologetic about the schedule  miscues that they removed the two added trees at no additional cost.  Their clean-up of the area was impeccable.  Like previous reviewer,  I found that they left it better than they found it.

My son has since used them to remove 6 large pines from his property.  He had now scheduling miscommunications  and he was equally impressed by their quality of work and professionalism throughout. 

I would definitely use them again.  

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I bought an Angie's special - $99 for $250 worth of tree trimming service.  The manager (owner?) of the company came to my house on a Sunday afternoon when I wasn't expecting him, but just happened to be at home.  He told me that he had come to schedule my appointment for the tree trimming.  Right away, he told me I had to pay $100 in addition to the $99 I had already paid to cover the cost of his men coming from Virginia Beach to Norfolk to do the work.  I felt like I was had.  Like it was a bait and switch, but I had already paid the $99, so I agreed to pay the additional $100.  All this so that I could get a few branches of my magnolia tree cut so that they did not rub against my house.  When the work was actually done (I wasn't home at the time), a great swath of my magnolia tree was missing.  It was definitely overkill.  The only good thing is that I won't have to have my tree trimmed for 3 or more years because so much was cut off.

I won't use this company again.  I felt abused for having to pay $100 to cover their transportation costs.  I wasn't in a hurry to get the work done; they came at their convenience.  I think the manager should have scheduled several customers in the area on the same day and I shouldn't have had to pay extra.  Also, what I thought was a simple job which should have taken 5 or 10 minutes, was blown up into a job that dramatically changed the look of my tree.  When the manager was at my house discussing the job, we never talked about him taking so much off of the tree, including a huge branch with a diameter of over 5 inches.

This whole experience gives me a bad taste in my mouth for this company and for Angie's List.  I have been an Angie's List customer for about 5 or more years.  I don't think I will renew my membership.

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They're thorough, courteous, and professional. Mike -- one of the co-owners -- arrived on time on Saturday to provide an estimate -- to which they adhered: there were no surprises on the final bill. On the day the work was done, a 4- or 5-man crew arrived at the beginning of the planned window. The job -- which included trimming 2 large trees, removing a dead willow tree (and grinding the stump), and removing all debris -- was completed in an hour less than the estimated time. There was no damage to my lawn or property: you wouldn't know they had been in my yard unless you had seen, beforehand, the 2 trees greatly in need of trimming and the willow in the back yard that had breathed its last a long time ago. I'll definitely call the folks SEVA Tree Service for any tree trimming or removal in the future.
This work was initiated through SEVATS' coupon offered to Angie's List customers: $99 for $250 worth of work. The price of our needs far exceeded the $250, but that was just the nature of the beast. The total bill was for $850; our out-of-pocket cost was $700 (the coupon brought a net reduction of $150).

it went well. I wanted to have my tall trees cut down thinking they would grow branches from the new height.  The company could have charged me the additional $600 for the work but instead educated me that cutting grown trees in the manner I was asking would lead the trees to die.  I will wait until they sign on again with Angie and will be buying their next coupon to do the work they suggested.

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This was my second consecutive year SEVATS has pruned my varied species trees throughout my property. There was a difference between the two years. Last year I got a quote for specific trees. This year was based on an hourly rate, but this year one line item was a commute fee equal to one hour's work ($150). I was taken back by the commute charge. Michael explained previously the commute fee had always been factored into quotes such as 2015. I was very pleased with 2015 and decided to see how this would work out.  The total for 2016 was $450 less $250 (my Angie's List Deal coupon I purchased for $99). So I was in for the additional $200.
Simon and his crew arrived exactly on time. This year their company added a bucket truck to their equipment. Before it arrived, Simon asked if he could prune limbs from two huge pines that overhang both sides of the driveway entrance. He wanted to prune them rather than drive the bucket truck through them and risk ripping them off and damaging the pines. I had my priority list for pruning that Simon and I went over and honestly didn't think they would complete. Once we finished that their crew went to work. As 2015 they are a highly coordinated team - each member had an assigned task and they just went to it. They absolutely flew through my list - with time to spare - Incredible.
I have only found maybe a dozen small twigs in the yards. More than 15 trees were pruned in the back and 8 in the front, so lots of debris transited to their chipper.
Turns out the 2016 business model worked out better than 2015. My recommendation is know that the commute fee is not a big deal because I got a BIGGER BANG for my $'s than last year and I thought last year was fantastic.
Michael and Simon are a great team. Michael has done the quotes and Simon is operations. They deliver a very complete service that is excellent.

Arrived on time.  Very courteous and efficident.  Price was very good.

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