Pat’s Tree, Lawn and Landscaping Co

He came in my yard and asked if he could cut and prune my trees. I went to each tree and explained what I wanted, he agreed. He gave a bid to me, I accepted and he asked if we could shake hands on it. We did and 10 minutes later he asked for more money. I should have ended it there. When I refused, he assured me he would do everything the way I described, clean up and haul away everything. I have large trees in front. On the arrival day, he showed up with one helper, a broken ladder and one small chainsaw. He barked orders to the helper who was climbing the trees in bare feet, no ropes with the chainsaw hooked to his belt. During the project he continually asked for more money and denied that he had agreed to do the work agreed upon. After he completed about three fourths of the promised work, he announced he was complete and wanted his money. Stacks of limbs were piled in my front yard and he assured me that someone else would take care of it. He borrowed tools out of my garage. He is ill equipped, bordering on unsafe and likes to spend his time talking about his «connections» in Bellaire. I would recommend that you hire a company much better equipped to do tree jobs.

The MOST unprofessional landscaping business I have ever worked with. Poor communication skills and completely untrustworthy.
Pat provided a written estimate of $ 400 to cut and remove a tree from my yard on ⁶⁄₂₄. The job was schedule for 9:00am the next day so I took time off of work and waited a full day for him and his crew to show up. Not once did I ever receive a phone call or update on the status or the whereabouts of him team. I personally had to contact him 3 times and the response I got was that the tree climber was unreachable and that they would be there shortly.
I then suggested re-​scheduling the job for the following Thursday expecting Pat to show up. I’m a pretty reasonable guy and usual forgiving when someone screws up. So on Thursday I took time off of work again and he didn’t show up. I tried calling several times and left voicemail messages but never heard back.