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I closed on my house in Oct09, and within a month the insurance company already complained about overhanging tree limbs. I found Barrett Tree Service by performing a basic internet search for companies located near my house. This company was the third company I called for an estimate, and I received the lowest cost (service was performed in Dec09). But this was not the only advantage...Since I just closed on the house I was trying to minimize the cost of this work, so I asked them to just cut one tree on the side of the house and to leave the cut branches on the ground and I would move them and cut them myself. I also told them to perform the job such that the tree would not be harmed in any way, but also to make the job easy for the crew (I'm not a lawn fanatic). First of all, when examining my property in the daylight, I can hardly tell that a truck was parked on the lawn. This company brings padding to protect the lawn, so even after all of the rain we've been having, I still can only see one small tire imprint in the lawn. When examining the trunk of the tree, all of the cuts appear smooth and I can see no damage on the bark. Furthermore, the crew was very clean - I don't see any branches on my lawn, not even little twigs, and there is minimal sawdust. Again, I was willing to clean all of this myself in order to save some money, but this level of service was included in the LOW estimate.Not only are there minimal traces of any work being performed, but the owner even asked me what size to cut the larger branches (this really impressed me). I had asked him to save the wood so I could give it to my dad to burn this winter, and it was cut to size and neatly stacked behind my garage. Another quality service that was included in his estimate!Finally, the owner was very friendly and informative every time we spoke on the phone. Apparently he has been in the industry for approx. 25 years... He understood my concerns for minimizing expenses and to protect the health of the tree, and was very accomodating with my work schedule. I thought I needed to be at the house to oversee the work, but I returned from work one night and everything was complete and performed beyond my expectations. The owner even performed some slight trimming on my tree in the backyard while he was there!!!This was my first time ever using a tree-trimming service, so I do not have any experience to make a comparison (if I had, I probably would have given them 5 stars...). But I can say that I definitely will be using this company again if I need their expertise in the future.