Dominic and his crew were very responsive and polite, but even better, extremely hard-working. We have been having an awful heat-wave in my area and they worked all day multiple days to get my tree taken care of--even when it ended up taking longer than usual. Dom also gave me a deal on a few other trees on my property. I had a massive tree in my backyard which was infested with termites. It was very close to my home, electric wires, and my neighbors property. It was a scary situation, but these guys are definitely veterans who knew what they were doing. There was no damage to my property and they even cut up firewood for me. I had another tree next to my pool which was also removed without any issues.I highly recommend this company and I will be reaching out again. Very pleased with this service! read more

Just read the other bad reviews ...... same !! He did 1/4 of the job , then needed /wanted money before he would do any more work ( was not the agreement, as agreed to pay upon completion for tree trimming job like all the other bids we had ) . Since we are people of our word we still decided to pay him for 1/4 the job and told him we're done here & wished to part ways . We had another company come this same week and finish the work . read more

Not exaggerating when I say this was the worst contractor I have dealt with in my 8 years in Temecula. What was supposed to be a 1 day job is still not finished a month later, so now I need to go hire another company to finish the job. Rescheduling numerous times, endless excuses, ignoring calls/texts, not showing up when scheduled, and then eventually just blocking my number - which based on the other 1-star review here, is regular behavior. At several points I felt like I was dealing with a child. A complete waste of time and money. Avoid at all costs. Update: I figured more excuses were coming. You already know the beehive was removed initially for the tree removal on Oct 2. Because of your constant postponing, they eventually came back and I had to have them removed again - which I did. I communicated that the bees were gone - as we previously discussed - during our phone call on Oct 16. You then threw a tantrum and hung up on me when I asked why your workers could not come out that morning to finish, when we had already agreed that they would finish on the 16th when we all met the day prior. I mean, If you want to keep playing this game, I can just post screenshots of our texts. They don't paint you in a good light, but you already know that. read more

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Helped clear path through forest on my vacant land and remove abandoned car. Looking forward to them cleaning up a couple acres of dense forest next. Nice guys, solid prices, hard working. read more

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We had an emergency that required immediate attention. Dominic came right out and told us he would remove our tree immediately. He had done work for us before, and it was raining, so I paid him for the work and went inside my house. After about 10 minutes, we looked outside and noticed he was gone. He then texted that he needed a different ladder. I was very patient, but day after day went by with excuse after excuse, and assuring us he was returning either that day or the next even sending me a picture of his 3rd flat tire in a couple days. However, he never returned, and stole the money we paid him. We had to hire another tree person to remove the tree we had already paid Dominic to remove. He's a liar and a thief. I hadn't read the more recent reviews, and I wish I would have because we really liked him when we used him 4 months before. I really feel bad reporting this, but I feel it it my moral obligation to try to prevent others from having this experience. I am a frontline medical worker who doesn't have a lot of extra money. I spend my life caring for others and am very trusting and honest. I also have never posted a review on any site in my life. I am so disappointed he stole from us, and instead of telling us he couldn't return and refund our money, he kept stringing us along. If he was to refund the money he stole, I would gladly revise my review. Unfortunately, now that I am reading this behavior is a pattern, I think we have been scammed. Do not hire him. read more

As is clearly evident from the other recent reviews, something is going very wrong with this company - a term I'd use very loosely. In needing a large pepper tree trimmed back, I sent out quote requests here on yelp. As the quote for this project was able to be provided online vs. us having to go to the house for an estimate (the house where the work was done is in Hemet and we live in OC), and the quote was around what we were expecting, we decided to move forward with booking. On the day he was supposed to arrive, he had some excuses about why he couldn't get out there and offered to come on a Saturday. As we were in no rush, I offered him to come Monday and enjoy his weekend. When he finally arrived to start the work, I get a call from him saying the job is bigger than he thought and he was seeking to increase the price by 60% (from $400 to $1000). I let him know that wasn't in our budget, and we agreed on a middle ground of $700, which would include trimming the short palms and pine tree we have out front along with the pepper tree. Every day he was supposed to be out there, there was either some excuse or he'd get there very late in the afternoon and need to come back another day. We did provide partial payment up front, and happened to provide a bit more along the way as we wanted to pay some in cash vs. a credit card. On the last day of our service with him, there were some very weird things that happened. Firstly, I tried texting him at the number we've been communicating with this whole time, and it wont go through. In talking with my husband, he had another number that he gave to him, so I am able to reach him at this new number - that was never provided to me. Once my husband reaches him to find out where he is, as he is hours late at this point, the first message he receives is that he won't be back for a month and wants us to keep track of his stuff he left at the house until then. Moments later he messages saying that he was kidding and just pulled up to the house. I'm sorry, but we aren't friends. That's not how you should talk to clietnts. Then at the end of his half work day he sends me the final invoice for the balance on the job. He also said that he will need to be back on Tuesday to finish the work, as he wasn't quite done (again). 30 minutes after he e-mails the invoice, I get another text message asking if everything was alright with the invoice, and something didn't sit quite right with me about that message, so I asked if that was his round about way of asking why I had paid the invoice. He tried to play it off, but come to find out he "cannot" leave the job until he gets paid as he only has gas to go 10 miles. This infuriated me to no end. What kind of "business man" not only has financial problems like this, but shares them with his clients. I questioned why the final payment was being demanded when the full services were not rendered. His reply was the final straw. He stated that the work he was coming back out for Tuesday was listed as a "favor" to me and and that the job should have been $1500 (not the $1000 he previously said, nor the $700 we agreed upon). Then he says he will finish the job because he's a "nice guy for his customers" and that I shouldn't hold final payment for something he was going to do as a "favor". We aren't friends, we aren't even acquaintances. He is someone we hired for a job, and don't list things on an invoice or quote for work to be a "nice guy" you list things to get paid. I called him after receiving this message and let him know that we'd no longer need his services and how insulted I felt from his messages. He then calls my *husband* to apologize, even though he has my number. How much more misogynistic can this guy get? He left a mess in our yard, and was a disaster to work with, coming up with excuse after excuse as to why he couldn't be to the job on time or on a day he committed to. Work on the tree looks nice according to my mother-in-law, but I'd recommend letting your trees become overgrown and fall over before I'd recommend using this "company" read more

This review is a bit late, but we had Dominic come by and trim our trees in July. He was late but made up for it with how well our trees looked and the affordable price! We will definitely be calling him again for our next service. read more

If you are looking for any tree trimming or removal services, look no further! I cannot say enough good things! Dominic was professional and very thorough. I had two very large palm trees, and a lime tree that need major attention, and Dominic was able to make them look very presentable. He even took care of some other trees that were very much in the way. Lastly, Dominic managed to find a wasp nest while removing a trimming a palm tree, and still proceeded to finish the job. I will use this company again in the future. read more

Dominic did a phenomenal job on our 2 Eucalyptus trees. Professional, friendly, knowledgeable and had affordable competitive pricing! read more

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They are a SCAM. Asked to get a tree removed, he increased price on spot and asked for cash to buy tools. Shame on me. They proceeded to try and cut the tree and according to at least 10 different arborists in the area, they botched it. They then left and said they would return the next day..they didn't. Fired them over text and took the loss. read more

I am providing an update from my previous review... After all the frustration and unnecessary stress from this job we are halfway there. Last week Dom contacted me apologizing for the lack of communication and delay in the job. He let me know he has some personal things going on but has hired some guys he knows to complete the job. They arrived last Friday and started work. They completed taking down one of the two trees by Sunday. They were expecting payment for the job from me but I had to let them know the job is not complete and I have already paid Dom for more then half and he would need to pay them. I apologized but they were not happy. That put me in a very difficult spot which I did not appreciate but my understanding is they are sorting it out. I am happy that one tree has been removed and the other tree, the stumps, and clean up are scheduled to be completed on the 15th of Nov. read more

Dominic is the hardest worker I have ever seen. He tackled a huge job with knowledge & professionalism. I was very pleased with the end result. I will definitely be using Tree-Minator for all of my trees on my property read more