Patrick Arentz General Services

Has been my outdoor contractor for 15 years and I’ve never had a complaint. One of the hardest working people I’ve ever known, and his crews work hard, too. Always pleasant, willing and helpful. He is multi-​talented and the most reliable worker I’ve ever seen. Honest, too. A pleasure to have around.

I got firewood that was «seasoned». After a couple weeks 20% of the wood was molding due to its high moisture content. My gut is that it was cut this spring and is not really seasoned. Resulted in cold smokie fires that were in adequately heating my house.
The wood was also not split well. 8−10″ diameter pieces do not burn very well so I had to split most of it before I could burn it.
I will use it eventually but I will not be getting wood from here again.

Passive-​aggressive landscaping at its finest… err, worst.
Contracted with them after damage from Hurricane Sandy (prices written on the back of a business card ‘We don’t use contracts’…but I needed the work done ASAP so I ignored my inner warning bells). Turns out that in phase 2 of the job they had an internal communication error about the scope of the work (remember…no contract?). If there was any part of this that was amusing (well, more pathetic than amusing), it was that the owner called his wife on the phone to call me, rather than talk to me directly 30 feet away. I wouldn’t agree to pay any more (nothing worse than being nickled and dimed at the end of a $ 1500.00 job that was priced on the high side to begin with)…so she hung up on me, called him, they yanked their trees and left – all without a word to me, and all over a relative pittance.
Avoid them at all costs; hire someone with a modicum of professionalism. and ALWAYS get a contract with the scope of work clearly delineated.