Northern Arboriculture

The tree removal went fine, but they only removed half the stump and left the other jagged half sticking out. They also did not tell us that they did not finish the stump, instead hiding the jagged remains under a pile of sawdust and charging us full price. After the discovery,I called them repeatedly to finish the job. Repeatedly, they promised to come by and fix it,but no one ever came. The last time I spoke to the owner he decided that he wasn't responsible since a very small part of the large stump was under my deck. Of course, he never suggested that there might be a problem when quoting the job or when taking our money. I would have greatly preferred to have the stump left whole. It would have looked better and saved me money. Now I have an ugly half-stump in the middle of my yard and I paid Northern Arborculture about $300 more than the other quotes received due to the added stump grinding service.

I am the president of our small HOA, a sixteen unit older building surrounded with mature landscaping.
Tim and his crew have come out to our building a few times this year to remove trees and prune others. Each time we called they were responsive to our calls, gave ballpark pricing over the phone (refined once they actually see the work) and showed up when they said they would.
Tim not only makes quick work of the jobs, he offers good advice - specifically how to get the most out of our limited landscaping budget by  teaching us how to prune the smaller trees ourselves. 
The next time we need an arborist we'll definitely call on Northern Aboriculture. Excellent service and good pricing.

Really don't have time. From start to finish they didn't slow down. They have the appropriate equipment for close quarter tree removal.

Tim Waterman came to our house to make the bid and he was very informative, knowledgeable, and professional. He gave me a couple of options including a way to save the tree although it had been severely damaged. His bid seemed a bit high but I had heard good things about the company from a friend that used them and wanted to have the job done right. We scheduled the work and the crew of 3 performed the work in a few hours. The tree isn't pretty, it had to be reduced by about 1/3 of its crown to save it from further wind damage, but it will survive for a while longer until we can decide on, plant, and grow a replacement. For now the birds and squirrels are happy and we still have shade on our deck.

They started out just fine, the price seemed fair and the time frame for the job perfect. They showed up and started work, soon huge tree limbs were hitting my house and roof, rocks were flying chipping the paint from my house. Then they quit and said they would be back. I had to call several times before they returned to finish the job. As I removed the dirt and mess from one of the stumps I saw that it still had huge roots that I could not dig up myself. I called several times and received no reply. I had to pay someone else to finish the job.

A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE. STARTED OFF GREAT - WAS A GREAT PRICE, AND THEY RESPONDED QUICKLY DURING BUSY TIME. ONLY FINISHED 1/2 OF THE JOB THEN DISAPPEARED FOR 8 WEEKS! AFTER 6 WEEKS I HAD A FRIEND FINISH JOB AND CLEAN UP, ONLY TO HAVE A WORKER FROM NORTHERN SHOW UP 2 WEEKS LATER DEMANDING FULL PAYMENT. WHEN REFUSED, THE OWNER T. WATERMAN SHOWED UP AT 8:30 PM AT NIGHT AND DEMANDED PAYMENT BY YELLING AT ME SO LOUD MY NEIGHBORS COMMENTED THE NEXT DAY, AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY THREATENING ME! NOT A PERSON TO DO BUSINESS WITH...