Carlson’s Tree Care

I was initially hesitant to have Carlson’s Tree service out, due to one negative Unilocal review — but I’m very glad I ended up having Karl do the deferred maintenance pruning on all of our trees and will be using his service again.
Before getting an estimate, I called Carlson one Unilocal review in particular and he explained the full story to my satisfaction. After having him out, I was happy with the price and his knowledge of tree care. His crew was very skilled and competent, as well as quick.
I’m happy to recommend him.

Karl came out and gave me the best price of the 8 estimates I got. They did a terrific job! See the before and after pictures I added. The house can’t even be seen in the before photo. I would definitely use them again.

Left a message ⁸⁄₁₀ for an estimate to remove branch debris from our back yard. They couldn’t be bothered to return my call!

Absolutely the best in the area. Karl was great to work with and knows his stuff. Unfortunately I had used another tree service who didn’t finish the job that I paid them for and it ended up being a nightmare. Karl came to the rescue and I now have a tree guy that I can count on. If you need any type of tree service whether it is big or small give Carlson’s a call. You won’t be disappointed.

I waited over 2 weeks for a return call from another tree service despite their trucks advertising 30% discount «today only» which lead me to believe they would get back to me in a timely manner.
I found a neighborhood referral service called Nextdoor who highly recommended Carlson’s Tree Care. I contacted Karl, he was able to come out the same day and give me a very REASONABLE bid to remove mistletoe and clean up approximately 13 trees. He said he could schedule me in the following week out and true to his word called me the night before and confirmed the appointment. His crew arrived as promised, they did a professional job, cleaned up and hauled everything to the curb to be ground up. Karl returned to do QA work and had his guys back in the trees fine tuning their work — they finished continued to clean up the debris and I could not be happier. I don’t know what the other negative reviews are about but I could not be happier with his work.

Unprofessional, raging temper — is what came out when asked to complete a job they way it was described. I have never seen a businessman so unreasonable.

This company recently removed a redwood tree from my back yard and grinded the trunk. Carl was congenial to work with. His team was quick and cleaned up well.
Imagine my surprise the next morning when I saw water pouring out under the dirt, carrying dirt and mulch into my pool. What a mess!
Carl did not mention the possibility of breaking an irrigation pipe when he came out to peruse the job and give me a quote.
I did call Carl to inform him of the broken pipe. He did not call me back. I am only giving his company 2 stars. I have no respect for a business owner who does not call back to discuss the problem and talk about a solution.

If I could of given him a zero star I would of. Months ago Karl came out and gave me a bid to cut down to trees and remove the wood. I told him I couldn’t do it just then but I would call in a couple of months. He said that was fine and the bid would hold true when i call. So here I am, I give him a call and get it all arranged. Today he comes out to do the job and calls me and says he won’t do it anymore. Says the bid he gave is to low to remove the wood. I begin to talk to him and he says «I’m walking see ya later» and hangs up the phone. What a joke. He waited til the morning of, all his guys there ready to do the job and then reveals he doesn’t want to do it. He even came by the home last week to do a walk through and finalize everything. I was shocked. We have been waiting a long time to get this done and to be treated like this is horrible. I will make sure no one I know uses Carlson’s Tree Service. There are many other good companies who need the work. Don’t waste your time with this company, move on and find someone who is honorable. Karl demonstrated he is NOT!

Very good experience with Carlson’s tree service. They gave me a really reasonable estimate to remove a large stump in my front yard. Karl (the owner) came out and also gave me really good instructions on how to actually kill the roots before they removed the stump. They came out and did the job with no problems.