My neighbor recommended this arborist and she has a beautiful southern live oak that is pretty large and doing well. I thought maybe being an arborist this would be a good choice but also wondered if it would be more expensive. I had more than one quote and Juan was in line or cheaper than the others. He came out and we walked the property and I told him what I’d like done and he commented on some things I wouldn’t have known, like the mistletoe, and some misconceptions I/ people have. He took notes and used a laser pointer in the trees to show precisely where the areas were to be addressed. We agreed on the work that would be done and on a price. His crew showed up with every tool that you could ever need on the date we agreed upon. Two of the crew were his own sons and they are also arborists or maybe one was still studying it but they were told exactly what to do and Juan left them to it. I was worried! But they did not miss a thing. They did EXACTLY as Juan and I discussed. They were SO professional, efficient, and respectful. I think they went above and beyond because it had rained a lot before they came so the ground was soft and there was a large ear pod tree that they were to remove and they drove in the yard a claw to carry it out. That machine was tearing up the yard so they stopped and carried that big tree out piece by piece. Heroic. They used a stump grinder on the one dead tree. The job was done in one day. Nothing was damaged. We walked the property after even checking the sprinkler system. Nothing was left behind. No tree debris. No personal garbage. Besides some equipment tracks in the lawn, they were perfect. Juan can be proud of his crew. I threw some pictures up but this doesn’t represent the entire amount of work that was done.
Update: during Hurricanes Helene and Milton I was so glad I had had this work done. We had a lot of debris to clean up- Spanish moss, leaves and small limbs, but I had a lot more peace of mind during the storms.