Ralph and his crew (of 3) did a great job on cutting my overgrown backyard ficus trees.
I definitely would use them again. I received from them the best competitive price out of the 4 tree companies I looked at. The other ones had the largest number of reviews while Ralph has a decent amount.
Ralph's can also be found under Santa Monica Tree Service. More reviews (13) are found under homeadvisor and with some found under G oo gle. He has been in the industry for awhile and with his brother's Treeworks. Searching his number will get your results. He was able to show me his license, insurance, and bond documents perfectly much on hand. And he is licensed to do business in Santa Monica.
The three others never mentioned this last legal license.
However the job wasn't perfect, all minor. There were a decent amount of twigs under the trees. And the cutters missed a tree top corner area that I had to point out to a guy. The guy use a very long tree trimmer pole to cut. They drop a few pieces of debris into my neighbors yard which is a no-no but they cleared it up. A few treetop cuttings drop on my bluestone patio so tree sap marks are there until the next rainstorm. So a lesson for any tree client is to review their work periodically.
I was charge the credit card fee which was passed along instead of being absorbed as cost of doing business but their price was significantly better than one else, I didn't hesitate.
I didn't tip the guys since I didn't know it was customary and I didn't see anything above and beyond. If they corrected the minor stuff, I would have tipped.
So do call Ralph for a competitive quote. He is in my contacts for the future as good quality fair priced contractors are hard to find in LA. read more