Anton’s Service

I had four 50 ft tall eucalyptus trees die from disease brought on by the drought. They had to be removed to mitigate the fire hazard since I live in the back country. Cody from Anton’s Service arrived right on time when he said he would for the estimate. We scheduled the removal job 3 weeks hence. Anton called the day before to say they would be there at 8:00 am. Cody and his crew arrived 15 min early. They had the trees down and removed in 1 hour and 15 minutes. They brought a bucket truck, chipper truck and a skid steer Bobcat with grappler attachment. Their work was above and beyond what I expected, and finished with a thorough clean up. I have more dead trees that need removing. I will call them again.

I would recommend them to anyone as they were great. They did a large job at our park. They cut a huge rubber tree down and also trimmed 31 or the palm trees. They are very friendly and work really hard. Our landscaper on our property had a large bush he had taken out as well. It was too large for one person to get rid of on his own. And thanks to Cody he kindly had it taken away for us. Which was very sweet. Our property looks great and everything wa s done in a timely manner. Thanks again for your services.

1 star because there are no negative stars.
They just topped the Grevella’s, silvery oak, in Lindo Lake Park and stub cut, topped them. To match the ones they did last year.
Supervisor Diane Jacobs knows of this inferior work personally. A waste of dollars and the heart and soul of the park. Trees gone forever and the ones left in stress.
They stub cut the Ca. Peppers too no concept of hormone displacement. The trees are skeletonized just like they did last year lots of Adventitious growth to ensure trimming next year.
In summer they deprive shade in the picnic areas. In east county shade should be maximized its a pity…
They have raped this park.
Euc.‘s lion tailed, no corrective pruning.
The big Euc.‘s near the north restroom are really mangled. Notice only the lower branches are cut. Where is the shade this summer in the street. The concept of the compass and sun angle elude them… They took a shady grove with minor fixes needed and took off all the easy money branches. The corrective work was in the top and required some brain cells…
The branches they butchered should not have been cut, but then to cut the right ones you have to have brainpower.
The truck they use is toooooo heavy for the thin concrete pathways and they broke them up.
The definition of ignorant.

Anton’s had been recommended by a friend. Cody came out the same day I called, I told him what I wanted done, he made some useful suggestions and gave me an estimate far below what I’d expected. His crew came out that afternoon and did the work which involved cutting down about 4 eucalyptus trees, a river willow and a myoporum and taking out several dead trees. Remarkably they managed to drag the cut trees out front to their truck without damaging any of my pathway plants or structures. They were very careful! The next day Cody came back to apply stump killer and I asked him if he knew anyone who did yard cleanup. The bottom of my back slope was full of dead weeds and grasses and acacias were severely overgrown. The upshot was that his crew came back that afternoon and cleaned the entire thing up! And Cody made some useful suggestions about dealing with the acacias. Once again the cost was very reasonable given the number of guys in the crew and the scope of work and there was no over run or charging me higher than the estimate. They left my place including the front driveway cleaner than before! I am very pleased with their work and their attitude. They are my ‘go-​to’ people for that sort of thing from now on!

ANTON’S SERVICE — LIC #861 069 — Not at all an honest company — owners are dishonest and RUDE as can be… I’ve been disrespected AND ripped off! Company also cheats tax payers — not worth your hard earned dollars! There are so many other great choices for WHATEVER contracting needs you have in east San Diego County (lakeside, el cajon, santee, la mesa)…don’t waste your time with these clowns/​crooks. Contractors are a dime a dozen these days and I would prefer to give my business to any other contractor besides these two fools.
Anton’s Contractors Lic # is 861 069 — Id be happy to refer people who actually do good work if anyone if looking for a good contractor in the county.