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    Martin Arnest - Certified Arborist

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    Martin has trimmed our trees for years. He is indeed meticulous, as well as reliable and nice.

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    When we bought our house there was an overgrown ready-to-collapse corkscrew willow tree in the abandoned backyard.

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    Cal Line Tree Care

    Cal Line Tree Care

    4.8
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    We just moved into a house that had some larger trees that had been neglected for quite some time,…read moreincluding a red cedar and a deodar cedar. I love these trees and they were part of why we bought the house. I wanted them to be tastefully trimmed so they look natural while also making sure they're safe and we're not going to have dead branches fall when the rainy season hits. Alejandro's quote was very reasonable, and his brother and the crew was able to do some other tree work with a minimal increase to the baseline quote. They did such a good job I want to have them back to take care of some other trees that I wasn't considering prioritizing, including a shared tree with the neighbor. Thank you for the great work!

    I've never left a bad review before. I generally don't like negatively impacting a business, and I…read morealways prefer to give someone the opportunity to make things right. Unfortunately, after multiple chances, I feel completely disrespected by my experience with Cal Line Tree Service. We had a stump in front of our house, so I contacted Cal Line and Alejandro sent me an estimate right away. The price was great and the reviews looked good, so I decided to move forward. Before agreeing to the job, I specifically asked whether the work would damage our sidewalks because we had just paid to have them redone. I was told not to worry because they wouldn't damage them. From the beginning, the communication was frustrating. They gave me a time to show up and didn't. Eventually, a worker arrived and began grinding the stump with a large machine. While my girlfriend was home, she repeatedly heard rocks and debris hitting the windows. I immediately contacted Alejandro, but he assured me not to worry and said the job was done. When I got home, I was shocked by the condition of the property. There was roughly a foot of mulch covering the entire area, far beyond where the stump had been. I started cleaning it up myself and filled a green waste bin, with plenty more still left to remove. That's when I discovered the damage. The newly redone sidewalk had chunks missing from it. The EBMUD box and its brand-new lid had also been completely destroyed. I was extremely concerned because, as far as I could tell, there had been no proper utility-location process before the work was done. Had a utility line been hit, the consequences could have been far more serious. I contacted Alejandro and told him this was unacceptable. He said he would send someone out to clean everything up. Once again, they didn't show when they said they would. When someone finally came out and started removing the waste, we discovered that the stump hadn't even been removed below sidewalk level. I had specifically been told it would be taken approximately two feet down so we could eventually plant another tree. Alejandro acknowledged my disappointment and said he would come back and make it right. The same worker eventually returned--again, not at the time promised. Unfortunately even more damage was done to the sidewalk. This time, debris and waste were also spread throughout my lawn, burying plants in the process.Once again, I came home and had to clean up their mess myself. At this point, Alejandro has repeatedly told me he wants to make things right, but despite multiple opportunities, he has not followed through. No meaningful repair, no call, and no appearance. Mistakes can happen in any business. What matters is how you handle them afterward. I gave this company several opportunities to correct the problems, and instead I've been left with property damage, additional cleanup, damaged landscaping, and a job that wasn't completed as promised.

    Vega's Tree Service

    Vega's Tree Service

    4.8
    (234 reviews)

    Excellent service! they did a beautiful job cutting back large palms and a gigantic bird of…read moreparadise in my yard. Professional, punctual and skilled. Highly recommend!

    We had Jose from Vega's Tree Service out to look at some dying hedges and chose to have them plant…read morereplacements. Jose and his crew did a good job. Based on that job, we had Jose come back to price planting of sago palms and trimming trees/bushes/hedges. His price sounded good so we scheduled a one-day job for the work. On the scheduled Tuesday, a crew of three arrived (but not Jose to lead the work). We had to explain to the lead what we wanted done (same as we had explained to Jose before). The lead did not appear to understand us completely. The lead even FaceTimed with Jose for clarification. Apparently, that didn't make it any clearer for the lead...as evidenced by the crew's work. During the first three hours, the crew only managed to plant the sago palms...half of them planted too deep in depressions. They ran out of soil. The lead found a bag on my property and asked if they could use it. After I told him no, he used it anyway and said he misunderstood me. One guy also had to leave to buy more soil for the sagos. After I complained to Jose, the crew provided a replacement bag of soil. The crew trimmed the palm trees and hedges ok. They, however, botched the rest of their work. They butchered the bushes, fruit trees and other trees. They only completed about have the work and didn't cleanup at the end of their day...saying they'd be back on Friday. We feel it is unacceptable for them to have left the job site in such a state...even if they planned to return. The crew also broke a yard lantern. Not sure if we can get a replacement. We cancelled their Friday return and only paid them for the work completed. We are not satisfied with either the partial job done or the price charged for that partial job. It's crap. Vega Tree Service clearly had a more important job elsewhere and sent an inexperienced/subpar lead and crew to do our job. Poor customer service. We will not be using Vega's Tree Service again. We also cannot recommend them to other customers.

    Tree Mechanics

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    4.8
    (60 reviews)

    My last review was positive but a bit facetious so let me just say, Chris and his team did an…read moreoutstanding job, for a very reasonable price. They REALLY know their stuff and are great, proactive communicators. I thoroughly recommend them.

    Chris dumped wood chips at my house after we were connected by ChipDrop. This is meant to be…read moremutually beneficial: arborists dump chips for cheap and gardeners get free chips. Chris drove the dump truck, loaded with 14 cubic yards, directly over pavers that my friends and I painstakingly prepped and placed, despite there being plenty of obviously non-paver driveway. His driving error upended my pavers and even broke some of them. Then, driving off of the pavers (over the edge of my driveway) then back up over the driveway again to line up the truck messed up the _driveway_ too. All he said was that he didn't see the footpath and that I could get use glue on one of the broken pavers; no apologies, no offer to make things right, just griping about how he wished he could have gotten rid of the chips sooner because they were already decomposing in the truck (he had called ahead with urgency that it would be inconvenient for him to arrive in the afternoon like he planned, so I was trying to accommodate him arriving in the middle of one of my appointments with 20 minutes notice). Obviously this review isn't for tree service. However, both professionalism and machine operation are--I dare presume--integral parts of the arborist business and probably important to you too as a customer. Chris showed aptitude in neither in his work on my property and I can't recommend his business Tree Mechanics.

    Martin Arnest - Certified Arborist - treeservices - Updated August 2026

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