This company is DBA YourWayTree Service as well…read more I hired this company to clean a drainage swale owned by a residential community association. As a direct result of the company's "maintenance," 1. There was considerable breakage in the cement swale including a large chunk missing from the swale and dumped on the adjacent property's slope. Also evident is large cracking across the width of the swale where it appears that other cement pieces will be caused to separate. This was not evident prior to the company performing maintenance. Richard, the estimator, toured the property a week before the maintenance. I traversed that swale with six other companies that day and multiple times prior to the company's presence and not once was any damage of that sort observed by any party. Photo 1 was taken post cleanup. 2. There was considerable dumping on the property of an owner/community member. Photo 2 was taken less than 24 hours before the company arrived for maintenance. Photo 3 was taken less than an hour after the company departed. No response from company. We will be pursuing legal action. Response to owners reply: Maybe you should use your eyes. Dumping dirt and degrading an owner's property is unacceptable. Your company was not hired to pile dirt onto an owner's property. Reading through these reviews, your company has a history of shoving debris to a neighboring property.

You mean LA's Worst Tree Service. Rude, Careless and refuses to clean up, leaving a mess behind…read more And this is someone who lives next door to someone who hired them. So if you want to piss off your neighbors, go right ahead. But, I assure you that you'd do a lot better to hire someone else. In response to Jesse's response: You workers are also not truthful. They put me on the phone with their supervisor who told me he be right over to remedy the situation. He Never Showed Up!

I can't say enough good things Salazar Tree Care. From the moment I reached out, their response…read moretime was impressive. Quick, friendly, and professional. It really felt like I was being helped by a neighbor rather than just a company. My elderly parents had a huge pine tree that was leaning towards the neighbors yard. It was concerning because it was bound to break in half onto their garage. They showed up on time, worked efficiently, and got the job done without any fuss. What really stood out to me was how well they cleaned up afterward. Their pricing was very reasonable too, especially for the quality of service they provided. No hidden fees, no surprises. Just honest work at a fair price. I'll definitely be using them again if I ever need help in the future! Gracias Arturo.

Excellent service. Salazar Tree Removal was responsive, readily available and professional. Arturo…read moretook out my invasive tree within minutes for a fair price. Definitely would call him again. Thank you!

Neighbors have been using them for 2 decades. Very professional and reliable family businessread more

Yelp 100 Challenge 2016 - Review 16 of 100…read more.. After realizing that two very overgrown trees on my father's property were (potentially) causing damage to piping and cement in his complex AND were a nuisance to the neighbors, I searched Yelp for places to contact to gather three estimates... * The first was with Bennett Landscaping around the corner: I was very unhappy with the entire process - I received returned correspondence much later than anticipated, the estimator showed up at 7am after being scheduled for an 8:30am appointment time despite saying I was available to meet earlier than that during the phone consultation, and it took two days to get an estimate emailed to me. Not cool! * The second was with Finley's in Torrance (thanks, Joan S, for your thorough review!). The phone conversation, consultant who provided an estimate after a thorough investigation of the property, emailed estimate I received that night (that matched what the consultant quoted), and follow up estimate for prices to consider in the event that my dad wanted to utlilize them for upkeep were amazingly efficient. The only down side - they are popular and needed a three week lead time to set an appointment. * International Tree Service was the only "mom and pop" / non-corporate estimate I sought. It has great reviews on Yelp and I wanted to get a variety of opinions before making my decision. I called the number on Yelp and received an answer that did not detail the name of the company. I introduced myself as a potential customer and asked if the number was for the business tied to it - Raul replied "yes" before telling me his name and asking how he could help me. We scheduled a consultation for two days later, and, by the time I saw Raul that Thursday, he was the breath of fresh air I needed after a long day of trying to work in between the consultations. Raul is a handsome young man in his early 20s who came off a little more timid in comparison to the first two estimators, but he's just polite and a sweetie. Once he got outside, he told my father and I what types of trees were there, asked questions about how to get the debris from the back to the front (there is no gate door), told us about his insurance and licensing, quoted an estimate ($50 more than Finley's), and - here's the clincher - he noticed a hummingbird nest I never had and said he would protect it so the mother could return to her eggs. I don't like birds of any kind (they always attack me - no joke), but I was impressed by his respect for nature! He was ready to return the next day to complete the job, but we scheduled to have him come the following Tuesday. The following Tuesday as I was waiting for Raul's scheduled 9am arrival, I realized it was trash day and the normally early trash and recycle trucks had not yet passed through. I called Raul to inform him and ask if he would be able to move his truck and equipment when the trash collectors arrived (I had no idea what type of truck and equipment he would be bringing and how much of the fire lane in the complex it would block). Not only did Raul and his business partner, Hugo, move out of the collectors' way, they moved my father's AND the neighbors bins for easier retrieval! Raul and business partner Hugo are young Latin tenders who have been in business for themselves for five years after previously working for a mutual friend's landscaping business. They decided to go into business for themselves and have been pretty successful ever since. Raul said Yelp and word of mouth helps a lot, but they would like to earn more business and new customers. They seem to work very well together - Raul seems to be more of the "face" of the business and would gather the debris from across the top of the fence before neatly stacking it to be fed to the wood chipper (I'm not sure what exactly that is called). Hugo was up in the trees smoothly and quickly sawing off sections of branches before handing them over to Raul on the other side of the fence. In my opinion, here are the only "help needed" areas for this partnership: * I didn't like that I had to call for another reason the day of the appointment to find out that they would be late. It wasn't very late, but it would have been nice if they called to inform me instead of me finding out the way I did. * This business currently accepts cash and checks - no credit cards. Other than these two points, I would definitely recommend International Tree Service with Raul and Hugo - especially for those who like to support local smaller, independent businesses. They were the most responsive and most engaged, and they did a wonderful job of clearing up the back patio area!

Lara's crew was outstanding. She is really concerned about customer service and was priced really…read morewell. The crew worked very hard and did the best job possible. Evidence I am a true customer and valid review, via the photo of them hanging from my cypresses with rope and chainsaw.

Had a large tree branch that started breaking and blocking the street. I requested an estimate for…read moretree services through Yelp and Lara Tree Care were the first to respond. I chose to go with them and workers were able to come the next day. The price was very reasonable for the type of work that needed to be done. The workers did such an excellent job cutting and clearing this large branch. Lara Tree Care is highly recommended!

While it has been a couple years since they did the work at our home, we are still so dissatisfied…read morewith their work done. The biggest complaint was our big and hearty Japanese persimmon tree in our backyard. At the time they landscaped our backyard, the tree had so many beautiful little persimmons growing into what appeared to be another year of more persimmons than we could handle! My mom (now deceased) planted that tree over 50 years ago and we enjoyed sharing the fruit with so many friends who loved them! SGV Gardeners put mulch in the planter where the persimmon tree was. NOTE: Mulch in that planter was NOT on our contract! We watched the leaves on the tree start to wilt and die along with all of the fruit. Shockingly, the entire tree died in a very short time. We found on the internet that you should not put mulch up to the trunk of a persimmon tree or it would kill it. It was so heartbreaking to lose something so special and beautiful, not to mention something that held such tremendous sentimental value!!! In addition, they planted our hydrangeas on the opposite side of the backyard (full sun throughout the day) and they shriveled up and died. Ling mistakenly sent an email to me, intending it for Cesar, the man she works with. The message said, "I got her to close for..." and listed the dollar amount. It sounded like a "gotcha". They definitely WERE NOT worth the price paid. They also damaged an area of the finish we had just completed on our beautiful planters. Thankfully my husband noticed and pointed it out. They initially tried to deny damaging the planter but thank goodness I had had just taken pictures of the planter prior to SGV starting so they had to accept responsibility. We definitely DO NOT RECOMMEND them. I would score them -10 (negative) if I could!

At first they did a good job. We were set up for Tuesday service the Gardner would not show that…read moreday sometimes would let me know he wouldn't show most of time it was Wednesday or Thursday. Last week he never showed left messages he never responded so I found another gardener. I would not recommend this company.

I wanted to update this and add that back in April we invited Fil out to give us a quote on a new…read morewood fence and automatic gate for the front yard. From start to finish he did an amazing job. The fence constantly gets compliments and knowing that Fil had the best combination of great price and quality materials. We had a few other companies come out and they either had over-the-top quotes or tried to sell us on cheap low-quality materials. I would highly recommend Fil and he's so easy to work with! Thanks again Fil.

I do not recommend this company. I hired Fil to replace the…read morelandscaping at my house in July-August, 2020. His crew was great and they did a good job. A couple months after they finished many of the plants died. I sent photos and asked Fil to replace them. He told me we needed to wait until it was warm again. I contacted him in May, when he said he would replace the dead plants. Nothing happened in June even though I contacted him again. Nothing happen in July, so I contacted him again in August and asked for a refund so that I could just buy the plants and replace them myself. On August 13 he said he needed a week and then he would send me the refund. It is now September 14 and I still have dead plants (more have died in the meantime), no refund and not a word from Fill. After I posted this review Fil contacted me and did follow through on providing a refund. As I mentioned above, his crew is professional.

A tree fell over in our back yard. I called a few places and either never heard back or received a…read moreridiculous quote. I called Cali Gardening and spoke with Raul. He asked me to send a few pictures, responded within 10 minutes with a quote and showed up the next day. . . ON TIME! Pricing was reasonable, work was fast and they made sure to tidy up when done. Id use them again without hesitation.

Came home to find that Top Notch Tree Company had torn up my grass, left branches and debris all…read moreover, and were on my property without permission -- even though they were doing work for the house next door, not mine. They left a hole in the yard, and when we asked them to fix the damage, we were told they're not going to do it. That's beyond unprofessional. No respect for private property, no cleanup, and no accountability. If this is how Top Notch Tree Company operates, I'd strongly suggest looking elsewhere. Total disregard for the people around their job site.

Very satisfied .price was 600 less than a competitor. They did a lot more for no additional cost…read more Did a fantastic job of thinning my fruit trees. Helpers were quick and efficient. Cleaned up everything. Neighbors saw them working and they did a huge job for them. They did a beautiful job on a second neighbors white birch tree.