This is the second time we used Perfect Tree. The first time, we requested they prune a large eucalyptus. It came out beautifully and made for a healthy tree. This year, after the big rains of 2023, we became concerned about the same tree uprooting in the high winds and wet soil. Erick came by and suggested how to balance the tree without completely removing it. They were in and out quickly and for a very reasonable price. My husband is a real estate broker and recommends these guys to everyone who asks. read more

Unreliable - very disappointing with the service, or lack thereof. Truck broken, wood chipper broken, stump grinder broken...the excuses come quickly...the estimate though comes quickly. Price is good but you will pay for it in other ways... read more

Did an excellent job trimming back a sidewalk tree in front of my house. Really responsive, fast delivery and very fair pricing for the work performed. Would definitely recommend and use again! read more

Best price compared to other tree removal vendors and very quick to respond and service my needs. They were able to provide a quote without having to come on site. Your own situation may be different depending on the complexity of the work. read more

Very happy with them. We have two palm trees whose fronds were overhanging wiring into the house, as well as rubbing against the roof. Perfect Tree arrived early (!) and got to work. Left everything very tidy, even removing weeds growing out of the sidewalk, and added some mulch around the palms. Very reasonably priced. Definitely would call them again should the need arise. read more

I am totally excited about the job that Perfect Trees did that I am already planning for my next job. The workers were friendly and even arrived early on our scheduled time read more

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Perfectly satisfied requested service. Quick quote, completely on time, very nice personnel and a good value. A great clean up too. For a perfect tree pruning or removal, Erick's service is extremely accommodating, professional and efficient. read more

Did a fantastic job pruning our large backyard tree, and the team was very easy to work with. Yard was left cleaner than when they started!

Erick and the Perfect Tree team are great! They've trimmed our backyard trees twice in the last two years and each time have done a wonderful job. They also weeded around the trees and left the place cleaner than it was when they started. Highly recommend. read more

I called on Wednesday, 5/3, and scheduled a time between 5-6 PM on last Friday (5/5) to get an estimate on pruning a couple of lemon trees and they did not show up and have not called back. A friend has referred me to another company I will use them instead. Don't like posting negative reviews but this one wrote itself. read more

Erick and his workmen were absolutely the best people I have ever hired to do yard work AND to build our very long fence! We have been in our house for 44 years so we've hired a lot of people. Erick gave us the best price of all the yard people I contacted. They did a great job clearing the yard, taking away all the cuttings. I will be setting up monthly maintenance with Perfect Tree. They also build fences! They tore down a very old LONG fence and replaced it with a sturdy redwood fence. The crew worked so hard and fast but they did an excellent job - this fence will be here forever. They put in 4x4's, cement, framework and redwood pickets, more than 50' of fencing. Terrific price. Excellent clean-up. The men took away everything, swept-up etc. We are very happy and will call Erick and recommend Perfect Tree to all. read more

With the latest rain and winds, noticed area surrounded my tall Cypress trees. Concerned. , called PT. Erick and I examined area and trees and felt a need to remove them. Agreed on the price, a better bid. Finished as promised and will use him on other projects. Highly recommended. read more

Highly recommend! Great service, response, and very friendly. Easy to work with and does an amazing job. Again, highly recommend!

Eric and the Perfect Tree (I think he is changing the company name to Dog Tree LLC) is my far the best tree service in San Francisco. the service is outstanding and the price is by far better than other Tree Services. Don't take my work for it. Get 3 quotes and you will see. Eric and his team trimmed a huge California Cypress with very large broken limbs (for the storms earlier this year). They did an great job and also protected a Jacuzzi that was underneath. Thank you Eric. read more

They responded quickly with an emergency tree limb and they did more work than they initially bod for without raising the price because he said "it was the right thing to do". It's rare to find a company with such integrity! Thank you again!! read more

The team did a wonderful job trimming tall trees at the fence border and removing a stump. We are very happy with the look of it and they left everything very clean and tidy. He replied the same day as we emailed him and came over to look at our garden to give us an estimate within days. Very professional and friendly. Highly recommend them. read more

Erick and his brother were amazing! For our yucca removal, they provided the most reasonable price out of all the arborists we spoke to, they showed up on time, they were clean and respectful, very good communicators, and they did an excellent job. Just wow. Also they are genuinely good people - Erick runs a dog rescue in his native city of Zacateca that cares for over 1,000 disabled dogs. He clearly has a big heart, in addition to being an excellent arborist! read more

Erick and his skilled team did a great job carefully trimming our large trees and also discovered that another tree was in poor health and needed to be removed. He was fast to reply and was onsite within days. Everything was clean and tidy after all the cuttings were collected. Highly recommend. read more

Erick Varela and his staff did an excellent job trimming my very tall avocado tree and plum trees in my back yard. His team arrived on time and did all the work and cleaned up the wood and leaves, including those branches that fell into my neighbors yard. I would highly recommend him. Also, his estimate was the lowest of all 5 companies I contacted. They are friendly and responsible and i will be using them for all of my tree trimming needs. read more

I spoke to Eric by phone and set up a time and date to meet him at my house the following week.to estimate the job. Eric says he will be there between 3p-4p. At 4pm I finally called him to check in on the appointment no-show. On the call he didn't seem to recall who I was, nor did he seem to remember that we had an appointment. He apologized and and said he will "be there in a few minutes" 30 minutes passed and still no one showed up, so I called back and cancelled the appointment. Being late and disorganized is not a good way to start a business relationship. In my experience this company is unreliable. And they lost a customer because of it. read more

Over the years I have worked with various landscaping/ tree trimming companies. This year Perfect Tree gave me the best offer. Their representative, Erick Varela, trimmed 6 trees on my property and I was very satisfied with the work. They were on time, professional, did a great job, and cleaned everything up at a reasonable cost. I was very pleased with the job and highly recommend them. read more

I can't say enough good things about Erick and Perfect Tree. I called them on Thursday,they gave me a very reasonable quote on Friday (after driving by my house and looking at the trees in question), and on Saturday morning at 9am they showed up to do the work. They spent about three hours carefully trimming and pruning, after which our trees looked....perfect. :) I wish I had found out about these guys sooner! I will be calling Erick later today to find out when he can return to trim the trees in my back yard. read more

I highly recommend Perfect Tree! Erik stopped by my house, gave me a fair price for trimming 2 trees and we made a plan for the following week. He and his co-worker arrived masked and on time. They worked efficiently, the trees looked great and all was cleaned up afterwards. I will not hesitate to use them again. read more

Erick was on time, pruned the trees as agreed, left the area clean, and the price was reasonable because I took the time to get other estimates . Can't beat any of that. He's on my list of trades people for future work. read more

Perfect Tress: Dispite me calling Erick the night before to confirm our appointment and several calls the morning of the scheduled appointment Perfect Tree was a no show. I value my time ... and so do my fellow Yelpers. Far from Perfect. read more

Erick Varela was referred to me by a friend who had a large tree removed from a backyard in a SF home. I had a large pine tree that was in danger of falling and damaging property - mine and my neighbors. Erick came round with a colleague and assessed how to remove it. It was a very difficult job because there are about 100 steps between the street I live on and where the tree is located. Basically, Erick had to figure out how to cut down the 60ft without damaging my fence, hot-tub, neighbors roof, my garden, and also the huge problem of taking out all of the debris. We coordinated the work when street cleaning was happening so that he could park a large bin for all of the wood. The original estimate was very reasonable and he estimated 3 days work. The work began Wednesday morning and the tree was basically down by that evening with Erick and 3 others working hard all day. Erick and his another worker spent 1/2 a day cleaning up the next day, removing saw-dust, pine cones, branches and even cleared my neighbor's cutters when I asked them to remove branches off their roof. I am extremely happy with the result... was really dreading the job, but I can honestly say that he did a really great job. No damage done to anything despite how large and difficult the job (seemed to me - at least). I have no hesitation in recommending Erick and Perfect Tree. read more

My poor flowering plum was dying after decades of pink blooms every spring and dark purple foliage all spring and summer. Perfect Tree advised me on getting a permit from the city to replace the street tree, and gave me a very reasonable bid to remove the tall tree and plant the new one. Erik and his fellow worker showed up right on time, cut down and dug up the roots of the old tree, and planted my new 15-gallon Krauter Vesuvius flowering plum ordered from Sloat Garden Center on Third Avenue. The sidewalk was spic and span when they pulled away. What a great experience. I love this business, and it's headquartered right in my hood, the Mission. read more

WOW! What can I say about this business... 1st class!! I had 4 bids and Erik of Perfect Tree was by far the most fairly price and prompt of all the bids I had. Don't waste your time with other services. I made an appointment for a Wed at 10:00, came right at 10:00, I had a tree that was making us sick removed and a bamboo tree replanted. Eric came by 2 days later PROMPTLY and did the work cleanly and fast. Thanks Erik and Partner for making it easy on us. I will recommend you to other people i Know that will need your service. read more

Erick promised three times to trim our trees, but he never showed up and did not apologize for wasting our time.

Perfect Tree was wonderful to work with - prompt response, and fair price. Erick and his crew did an excellent job trimming a very large tree. They also did a great job cleaning up. I will definitely use them again! lucy read more

Erick was willing to take on my small (2 hour) job, which most other tree trimmers would not do. He's friendly, fast working, careful about not damaging my other plants. Fair price. I will use him again. read more

Erick Varela of Perfect Tree pruning service left a business card on our door last week. We have 5 very large magnolia trees in front of our property that were long over due for pruning. I called Erick the next day he answered the phone and said he could come over to the property between 4-5p and give me an estimate. He was right on time. I pointed out that we wanted the tree crowns thinned about 25% and not just chop at the limbs. He understood. I also pointed out a mature Queen Anne Palm that was also in need of some pruning help. He gave me a fair quote on the spot showed up early the next morning with another guy and they got started. Erick has an eye for balance and visualizing how trees should look in an aesthetic way. He stood across the street directing the other guy who was in the tree while he carefully snipped limbs to get the right balance of light and air. It's like getting a good haircut. They were quiet, didn't make a lot of noise and cleaned up everything after wards even sweeping the neighbors driveway. They were here about 7 hours carefully tending to the trees. The next day they returned to tackle the palm tree in which they cleaned off all the dead frawns from the trunk and pruned in a symmetrical way. The guy was like an gymnast shimming up the trunk of the trees. You can tell they have lots of experience doing this type of work. I would highly recommend them. They were very reasonable, neat, timely, and careful artists shaping the tree crowns. Several neighbors have already stopped by saying "Wow, the magnolia's look great, who did them?" Well now you know. Please call Erick Varela at (415) 756-7281. He provides free estimates and is fully insured. read more

These guys were great! I had a large dying tree in my backyard. Two men showed up on time and worked their butts off all day. They did a wonderful job. They were also one of the lowest bids. I highly recommend them. read more

Erick Varela and Perfect Tree pruning service did a great job pruning my tree. Tree looks good and makes building stand out. Michael

Erick and his brother did a great job removing 3 large, diseased trees for the 22nd St. Jungle Stairs Project. They showed up when scheduled, worked hard, paid attention to safety, and cleaned up when finished. I recommend them highly. read more

He was super busy, but showed up when he said he would. They took 3 hours to trim our awful tree out front, and did another beautiful job. I have dealt with a lot of tree trimmers in SF over the years. Erick and his crew are simply the best! read more

We have used Erick's services for 3 years - he is exceptional. Sometimes when a contractor gets successful they get overpriced or unreliable but NOT Erick. His prices are fair (not cheap or expensive ... Fair!) and his work is EXCEPTIONAL. We have a very large tall Queen Palm and Erick and his partner scale the tree and chop off 20' fronds with thorns and haul them away. It is quite a big job and they completely clean it up when they are satisfied with the trees shape and health. Our garden and plantings are taken care of and the sawdust and scraps are all removed. Erick also trims our Bottlebrush and Cherry trees, as well as some large bushes and vines. Our place looks so good in front that we often get compliments and the backyard garden (with our huge palm) is sunny and an oasis. I hope that Erick can maintain this quality and fairness - he is a pleasure to work with (calm, courteous, on time and even nice to pets). I give him my highest recommendation. read more