Van Yahres loves trees - they know about trees! If you have trees you love and want to maintain,…read moreVan Yahres should be your go-to. They handle a spectrum of tree issues - and yes - they remove trees too! But I love their professionalism, their skill and just being a great and good family business. They helped us with our beautiful tulip poplars, cleaning up their canopies after years of neglect, cabled two "twinned" trees to keep stable and did so with a fantastic crew and a really reasonable cost. I highly recommend Van Yahres!

Van Yahres Tree Company has done tree work at my property in Richmond twice and each time they were…read morevery professional, skilled and efficient. My job was tricky, being in the city limits near power lines and other structures, but Van Yahres Tree Company knocked it out of the park! I think their pricing is very fair compared to their competitors - I will be using them again and again.

Cory and Sebastian were responsive, skillful, and did a great job with both pruning a big oak plus…read morean ornamental cherry, and removing a dead pine aimed right at our chimney. Their price was fair. We can't recommend them enough.

Shadetree is everything you need for tree care, pruning, permaculture, consultation, removals,…read moreaesthetically advantageous modifications, and much more. My multiple encounters with Cory (owner) always leave me realizing how little I know about trees and their proper care. Shadetree's sensitivity to surrounding trees/structures transcends average tree companies and offers the customer with an experience that raises the bar on professionalism. Leaving the worksite in a state that is as minimally disturbed as is physically possible is just one of their shining perks. Can't recommend enough.

I am so impressed with everything about my experience with Metcalf Tree and Landscape. When the…read morewinter storm of Jan 2022, took a tree out, obstructing our driveway, they came over very quickly and made our driveway passible and then returned and took down the badly damaged tree. We have known of them and their good community service for years. We also chose them because they are licensed and insured - and not everyone is. Later, I asked for an estimate about other trees that had been damaged by the storm and by neighbors trees that had fallen on some of our trees. They gave me an estimate that was clear and explained exactly what they would do. It took a bit of time for us to save up to have this work done. When we let them know we were ready, they were here the next day to begin prep work. With their very busy schedule I know we lucked out. From start to finish, they were professional, friendly, efficient beyond measure, and thorough. They were able to get all nine trees down in one day. They even came blew any Ieft over saw dust out of the driveway. During their work here, they checked in by phone (to let me know they'd be back to tidy, to ask about relocating vehicles, etc.) All the men were very polite and courteous. They clearly knew exactly what they were doing. As if that wasn't enough, the wood we had taken down will become part of their charity, Start A Spark, which provides free wood to families in need who heat with wood burning stoves. We will definitely use them again for any and all tree needs. I can't recommend them highly enough!

We were not even able to get past first base with this company. I contacted them in late October…read morefor an estimate. On Oct 31, I informed them to schedule us for the tree removal. While they were reasonable in the timeframe for the estimate (within a week), we waited for 2 weeks before reconnecting with them them about getting scheduled since we had heard nothing. At that time, they told us that they were scheduling us for Nov 25th. That time has come and gone - I just reached out to them today (Dec 2nd) - a week later - and they informed me that tomorrow (Dec 3rd) was the makeup day in case the 25th didn't work out. Problem is, WE weren't kept in the loop on any of their scheduling/changes. They responded when I texted, but the response consisted of more apologies, just like the first time when they neglected to keep us informed. We were looking for a partnership to help us manage our tree population. Now we have to go through the research process all over again to find someone reliable, which apparently, Metcalf is not.

Andrea was extremely helpful when scheduling our house power washing appointment. Marc and his…read morehelper showed up on time and were very professional. My wife told me our house has never been so clean. We highly recommend BusyB Power Washing.

Three years ago we hired Busy B to power wash out house prior to it being painted. We couldn't…read morehave been happier with the service. Walt and his team were attentive, thorough, and went above and beyond to make sure the job was well done and that we were satisfied. Naturally, as we prepare to sell our house we wanted the same level of detail, so we called and scheduled with them again. I'm not sure within the last three years if this team was abducted by aliens and replaced by their evil doppelgangers, or if they just don't care anymore, but this experience was the polar opposite. The day prior to our appointment we received an email that gave some basic instructions, but what was striking was a paragraph that said "Please do not call us on the day of your job asking for a specific time. You will not be given one. Due to the nature of our work we cannot give out specific or estimated timing on the day of your scheduled job. You will receive an "on-the-way" text if you've provided a cell phone number." OK. That's a little off putting, but we get it. Some jobs are bigger than others, but even the cable guy gives you a range. Day of the appointment arrives and two hours are spent clearing the decks and porches. And the waiting begins..... Finally at 3:00pm a text is sent to the company to get an idea of the latest time they will arrive. At this time the office manager says, "Oh, he's been there and left". What? What happened to the on the way text? There was no knock on the door and no phone calls. Effectively the receptionist told us that there is a car blocking the driveway and he couldn't get his truck in to turn it around. No, we say. There is no car blocking the driveway, plenty of room. Actually, says the OM, you have a difficult driveway to get up and Walt (company owner) remembered this and didn't have the right equipment to get up your driveway. It's in the shop in Harrisonburg, so he's not going to be there today (we have a bit of a hill to get up). Wait we say, which is it? A car blocking the driveway or lack of equipment? At this point we are told the house phone was called and a message was left telling us this information. That's a tough sell, as the land line has been disconnected for about 5 months. After much back and forth we basically tell said receptionist that this is extremely poor business decisions and terrible customer service as we have all of our porch furniture sitting in the yard, and are planning on staining the decks tomorrow. Not my problem was the message from good ol Busy B. We asked to have the owner call us. We were told that he doesn't have signal. Maybe he'll call, maybe he won't. At this point we are at a loss. It looks like the B is too busy to come do the job they committed to. So we begin to look for other options. Suddenly, at 4:00 pm, a white pickup pulls into the driveway with no special equipment and somehow navigates the 'obstacle course' of the driveway blocking car. The owner himself gets out of the pickup. He made no apology. When asked why he didn't bother to call or knock to let us know he had made an attempt. He then tells us that he had both knees replaced a few months ago and didn't want to walk up the driveway. He also tells us that getting our house power washed is 'not a crisis', and that him living with cancer over the past two years is. What? No one called it a crisis, just really poor customer service and crappy attitudes when asked why no one had showed up or called. I'm very sorry for your medical conditions, but that's not my concern. If it's that bad, maybe you should have sent someone else. Finally the power washing begins. No real apology for the lack of communication or the decision not to show up. During the washing session, there were some texts back and forth to our oh so happy OM who said that a check would be needed at the end of the session. We said we would pay electronically just like the last time. 6:30 rolls around and we go outside to look at the job. First thing noted was that the walks and back patio were not done. An argument ensues that those have never been done and that was not on the work order. On the contrary we say, they were done last time and we specifically stated that we did not want the deck surfaces washed (which they did). On the previous you talked about how we needed to fill sand back in the walks after the session. After more arguing back and forth, out he goes to finish the job we hired him for. Bottom line is this. The entire experience from top to bottom was terrible. Communication was terrible, service was terrible, attitudes were terrible, integrity was terrible, and the job was marginal. It's unfortunate that this occurred. We would not recommend services from this company at all. Both the office staff as well as the owner were argumentative, and it appeared clear he did not want to do this job.

We have been using Faithful service for our lawn mowing for over 10 years. Mark is fantastic to…read morework with, team does a great job, great customer service great pricing! We have 3.5 acres. They also do great whacking and trimming.

I have been thrilled with Faithful Service. They do a phenomenal job on all of our 3+ acres. Their…read moreattention to detail is incredible and fantastic pricing! They mow, trim and beautify! Locally owned and operated. Faithful Service always go above and beyond.

We had storm damage to our fence - 24 feet destroyed. He gave us a price, which was in line with…read moreour insurance company when we turned in the quote. After acceptance of his bid he gave us a date when he could do the job and he was right on time. Basically he did a good job, though there were a few snafus. He removed the destroyed fence but left a lot of sawdust on my asphalt driveway along with a lot of oil stains from his vehicle. He wasn't at all concerned about the oil stains. Overall, he and his wife are very good people and I would use the company again.

We used Cavalier Fence Co. to build a fence around our yard. They were professional, polite, and…read morehardworking. The owner (Bob) provides quick, free estimates and works with you directly to design your fence project. He provides detailed advice on what will look the best and is very precise in following fencing best practices (they use screws, not nails; top notch hardware; evenly spaced boards, etc.) He and his colleague worked their butts off to put up a beautiful fence in just a few days. Price was very reasonable - we had a few quotes. Overall, we were very pleased with the results!

I can't be more impressed with a tree service! On a stormy night I had two trees fall on my house…read more I left a message after midnight and by 7:15 in the morning they were here with crane arranged for. The job they did was masterful. They pre-planned in order to carefully remove two trees resting off my roof and by two stories of windows without further damage! The precision was very impressive! And the nice personnel left my place as they said they like to do... "better than when they found it" sweeping up debris that went far beyond their job!

On March,2.2019 Arborlife sent a crew to remove a large number of trees from my next door neighbors…read morehome. When they were felling the trees they dropped a large number of the trees on my property and damaged it . They never asked for permission to come onto my property or if they could drop the trees on my property. This is a very bad business practice. I would hope that other potential customers would take into consideration that Arborlife has no respect or consideration for other peoples property.

Britt Landscape Services is the absolute best. They've been perfectly maintaining my lawn and the…read morearea around my funky old farm house for over a year and it's always a sincere pleasure to work with them. It's pretty hard to find someone who will even come to your house when they say they will and do a standard and professional job, but the best thing about Scott Britt (the main guy) is that he immediately understands whatever aesthetic vision you have and executes it beautifully. How rare is that? An example: we keep honeybees and a big swath of our backyard is maintained as a wild meadow, a bee sanctuary full of native blooming plants that the bees love. BUT. It kind of looks crazy and overgrown (if you didn't know that it was a bee meadow). I asked Scott to cut a walkway through the meadow and sort of gestured "from here to here", and when I came back he had crafted a delicately curving pathway that took into account the curve of the land and how it rose and fell and wrapped around to the more genteel part of the property perfectly. Without me even really asking, he knew exactly what I wanted. And that kind of thing happens all the time with him. Well priced, professional service with an almost uncanny attention to the potential loveliness in a space? Yes. Please. Better than a big company any day.