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    Barrett Tree Service

    3.4 (29 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

    Services - Barrett Tree Service

    Tree care services

    Tree planting

    Tree pruning or trimming

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    Tree removal

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    Broken limb

    We had a tree fall into our backyard on April 2nd. We called the prerequisite three potential vendors. The service chosen was this one, Barrett Tree Service. Not based on price, they were the highest, but because the gentleman said he could do it that day! Emergency service always costs more, so we thought o.k. The tree had split apart precariously and was still partially attached, but with a large portion touching the ground. We were expecting quite a bit of wind, so we signed the contract. His workers arrived a little before 5:00 p.m. The lead guy obviously didn't want to start the job that evening. Instead, he had an entire crew (I believe there were 4 additional men) stand around for an hour! Then around 6:03 the gentleman we signed the contract with, I'm assuming the owner, showed up and voila the work magically began. They removed the dragging weight - Good. However, the job was NOT completed as stated. Further, as soon as that one guy (owner left) so did his crew. Let me bullet point how a 5 Star rating goes to a 2: 5 Stars: Job completed same day as suggested before we signed the contract. Everything cleaned and property left intact. 4 Stars: Foreman shows up, stands around for an hour wasting time. Vinyl Fence that was removed not put back correctly, left dangling) remember windy conditions). Debris left everywhere in front of house from wood chipper. 3 Stars: No work done next day. Owner Supposedly stalls job as "punishment" for time wasted the day before. Punish them on your own time! I paid for emergency removal. We were in knots all weekend worried the tree would continue to fissure. Having to wait 3 extra days because your work crew doesn't give two snaps about Your business is not my cross to to bear! Then he proceeds to tell my husband, "My saw broke broke"? Are you kidding me?! You roll in w/3 trucks, a bobcat, and a wood chipper, but you only have ONE saw necessary for this job? FFS! 2 Stars: Over the weekend an unhappy neighbor shows up banging on our door because the illustrious, industrious work crew left a huge, heavy duty hand truck on their freakin LAWN! After Friday came and went & it wasn't removed they came a knocking. I'm sure it cost more than $10-$20 bucks so THANK US & my not so happy neighbor for returning your equipment!! The real kicker is they completed everything, including cleanup, within an hour on Monday. Do the math. The job could've been completed on Thursday in the two and a half hours they had before losing daylight. I'm giving two stars because they did their job. No kudos for doing what they were hired to do. They did return and finish the job. They did not wreck my fence. They did cleanup & put the fence back in place. Pretty sure because the owner was here. Of course he was, he wanted his check. I'm sure he will see no problem with his overall performance. Everyone approaches their job differently. Everyone uses a different litmus test for excellence. I've been a laborer and a boss. I have managed people in office work as well as labor positions throughout my work history. Working from either end, this performance did not meet my level of excellence. Perhaps their regular service meets the standard. However, I would not recommend them for emergency service. Correction: It was a very large limb that fissured away from the trunk. The tree itself is still standing

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    Michael M.

    100% satisfied. 11 years at this location and never touched 3 backyard trees. Also had a rubbery mulberry tree invade the fence between property of neighbor and I. Called 5 companies for estimates. Metuchen Tree Service called back but never came for an estimate. Rich Tree Service never called back. Diaz Tree Service was firm on their fair price (their prerogative). Princeton Tree Service was, in my opinion, way overpriced. Then Barrett...spoke to John.. came by personally in a couple of days for the estimate. Price point beat both other quites. They came early 6 days later and amazed. Powerful equipment all gassed up and team of 5 men and John worked efficiently, carefully, neatly and it looks better than i imagined.

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    Awesome company that is professional and top notch. Did a great job removing a difficult tree and cleaned up after the cut.

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    Tremendous service, professional and thorough. Barrett delivers more than expected and I give them my unequivocal highest recommendation.

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    Can't even call to get a simple estimate for a tree. Lady was rude, difficult and then hung up on me lol..

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    I hired John Barrett to remove a large tree from my front yard, as well as do some grooming on some of the other trees.

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    Horrible service. I hired this guy to trim a tree tgat was overhanging my property. It was…read moreschedule for a Thursday but he called me Saturday, to say he could do it Sunday. I wasn't going to be home, but i agreed that he could do it while i was gone. He sent me pictures of the limbs trimmed from the tree when he was done. I got home after dark, but went to his house to pay him cash as i didn't want him to have to wait for his money. It was dark so i didn't go in the yard to look around. The following day, i was shocked. There were branches left all over the yard. Tiki torches were broken and left laying in the yard. A glass bird feeder was broken and left in the concrete patio. Furniture tgat was moved was not out back in place. Large branches were left hanging in an adjoining tree. Out "hard wired" landscape lights were broken. They left a mess on the street tgat i had to clean up. I called Steve and send text messages many times and each time Steve provided something bullshit as to why he couldn't come clean it up. He was busy, the weather, etc... it's been 3 weeks. I asked for him to give me back $200 so i can hire someone to clean up his mess but he refuses. I gave him the opportunity to make this right before i take this to the next steps I made 2 big mistakes. 1- Hiring this company, 2- Trusting him and paying him cash without looking at his work first. I will not make any further mistakes. I will be doing the following: 1- File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau 2- File a complaint with Consumer Affairs Do yourself a favor. Stay away from this company. When hiring any company, check to see if they have insurance. Ask for a COI (certificate of insurance) Stay away. If anyone wants to see photos of the mess they left, I have navy to share

    Horrendous service. Wish I came across this review before booking these guys. They changed their…read morename to Xtreme Tree Service. Paid Steven James upfront $4000, and he stopped responding to my calls/texts. Now I have a half finished job, where he left logs on my yard.

    Barrett Tree Service - treeservices - Updated May 2026

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