Leonel’s Tree Service And Landscaping

Ok, so these guys do ok work. When they show up…
We hired Leonel because their prices were considerably less that other contractors who we were looking at. They did not work under a written contract, and are not BBB certified. They said they were bonded and insured, but I’m really not sure still because I never saw any of the paperwork saying that they were.
They removed the tree, over time, with me having to call them repeatedly wondering when they were going to finish, and them not showing up at times they promised they would.
For some reason, I tried to give them a second chance, and we decided to finish the job out with getting some dirt moved and a retaining wall setup.
Again, language barrier issues, showing up on time/​at all issues, and they did not have all the equipment they needed to do the job, LIKE A SHOVEL, you know, to move dirt with. What kind of landscaper doesn’t have a shovel???
They finished the job after much hounding, and them dodging my calls. However, the shovel that I lent Leonel, because they didn’t have one, they STOLE! Like, when the job was done, they took my shovel with them and I can’t get it back. They won’t return my calls. I seriously am still trying to call this company, they do not answer because they know it’s me, and I do not have my $ 40 shovel in my possession.
I would not go with this company, save yourself the headache.

really late on meeting.
let’s see if his work is better

Today Leonel and two of his crew came to my house to remove and grind down 10 small to large trees and trim a eucalyptus limb that was hanging over our garage & patio. I give them a five star review for a great price, lowest of 3 quotes, being on time, doing what they promised and cleaning up well. I would and will probably have to use Leonel in the future due to our over growing yard full of trees.

Hired Leonel for a complete yard tear down in anticipation for a complete outdoor remodel. He arrived the day after the call to give a quote that was competitive and covered all my needs. Showed up two days later as promised and competed the project on time. Everything is removed and the yard is completely ready for its transformation. Great work!

He did a great job removing my bamboo. Thought I would never get rid of that stuff. Left the place very clean.

Leonel was available quickly– came to my home and trimmed three palms and sawed down a tree too. Really competitive price. Cleaned up well. Thank you!

Had a 30′ branch fall off my Eucalyptus tree from high winds. It crossed into a neighbor’s property. Leonel came out and removed it quickly and cleanly. My neighbor even commented on the quality of his cleanup. I will call Leonel first next time I need tree work.

Leonel did my palm trees for me, 9 queen palms. He worked hard and did a great job. I especially appreciated how well he cleaned up afterwards.

I had Leonel remove and grind the stumps down on 2 BIG rubber trees. Based on other reviews I expected him to be late and he was. But he gave the LOWEST bid (out of 10 companies) and did a great job. I did have to go over the work and have him touch it up to my standard which he did without any problems. I will use him again.

I first used Leonel’s Landscaping 3 years ago to trim a tree in my front yard. I was very happy with the work he did then. This year it was time for the tree to be trimmed again. This is the second time I’ve used Leonel’s Landscaping and am glad that I did.
He did an excellent job. He was on time, and worked efficiently. My neighbor, a retired landscaper of 20 years, after seeing the tree trimmed also commented that Leonel’s work was very good.

I tried having them come out and give me a bid. However, the appointment was for 10am and its now almost 3pm and I have yet to hear from anyone other than their answering machine. After today’s preview I am not likely to ever want to get a bid on anything, regardless of price I think if you can not make an appointment by the 5^th hour there should have been a call to apologize and reschedule

I just bought a house and had a very large pine tree which was leaning at a considerable angle into the road. It also had roots that were getting suspiciously close to my new pool and jacuzzi. I called Leonel to get an estimate for removal and he came over that same day! His price beat out others and let me tell you, he did an unbelievable job — there is nothing left to this gigantic pine tree.
I would wholeheartedly recommend him to anyone who was looking for tree removal. Unbelievable service and him and his crew are really nice people.

Spoke with Leonel over the phone yesterday and told him that I needed a huge job done on my mother’s property located in the south bay. I asked him if the distance would be a problem for him and he assured me it wouldn’t. With this said, we scheduled to meet this morning at 9:00 a.m., and as a few overs here on Unilocal experienced, he didn’t show and no phone call! I attempted to call him to no avail, his phone just went to voicemail. I didn’t bother leaving a message, it simply wasn’t worth it.
A word of advice to business owners out there (as business owner myself), integrity and honesty is what you should strive for while conducting business, this is what brings you optimal results!

Beware as the license number 163 776 shown on their business card is not valid per the State of California web site
and I could not find tis business on the State of California contractors license web site. Also the BBB gave them a F rating as of 11÷3÷2011
The quoted price is low and the service may be OK but as a property owner I would never used a contractor without a license or proper bond and workers compensation insurance.

We called Leonel for a quote to trim our trees and he responded more quickly than anyone else. he made an appointment for the next day to see our yard. We have a large tree in front and several fruit trees. being the first quote, it was more than I expected. he had offered to do more than just trim, shape some bushes and clean up leaves. we agreed on less work and a lower price. he came the next day and did a beautiful job including more than we had expected. we would use him again.

AWESOME!!! I had a tricky job where the neighbor’s HUGE ficus tree was dwarfing my home and resting on my roof. This dismayed me (and the fire Marshall). We called Leonel based on Unilocal reviews. He came out the next day — Saturday and gave me a VERY VERY fair price.
He started the work the following Tuesday and showed up prompt and as promised. I came home at lunch to see the progress and the were quite far along. I did something you should NEVER do and that is pay the contractor in the middle of the job, not the end. But I could not come back in the middle of the day and did not want Leonel to have to wait. So, I paid him. Color me surprised and thrilled when I got home and, not only was the work done — the cleanup was remarkable. Not a wood chip in sight! GREAT job all around. I will definitely use again. Thanks Leonel!

This company topped a public street tree in front of Nativa furniture on University Ave. in Hillcrest. Topping trees is a horrible practice and it is not supported by arborists. More info at:
It’s heartbreaking to see how this company mutilated our urban forest! Think twice before they touch your trees (unless you want to kill the tree).

I had two trees removed including the stump grinding, one with an extensive above ground root system. I feel they gave me a very reasonable price to do the work, I think I would have been hard pressed to find anyone to do the work for less money. I was never quite sure when they would come by as other reviewers noted, but I really just wanted someone to do a good job at a fair price so I didn’t care as long as the job got done. I thought Leonel was really nice and I would definitely recommend him. If I have more work in the future, I would definitely hire Leonel.

We had an appointment to have someone from Leonel’s give us an estimate on trimming three large trees in our backyard. Over an hour later, he hadn’t shown up, hadn’t called, and we couldn’t wait any longer. This sounded like a great company based on the reviews, but they won’t be getting our business.

Based on Unilocal reviews, I called Leonel to get an estimate for some work at our condo complex. We needed a large thick-​trunked eucalyptus tree topped off and a palm tree removed and the stump ground out. Leonel was always easy to reach via cell phone and he gave us a very reasonable quote. He took care of the work exactly as we discussed and I was amazed when I came home the day he did the work and everything was cleaned up so that the courtyard looked even better than before he started the work. Recommended!

I used Leonel’s based on reviews here to cut back and «top» 4 of our neighbors’ tall, crappy overgrown trees intruding over our fence and over our roof. I also asked them to wipe out all the existing shrubs out of our just-​bought home’s tiny backyard.
I was a little disappointed by the estimate I got based on others’ reviews. With some undoubtedly subpar gringo negotiating on my part I whittled the price down to $ 500 total, $ 400 for the tree work and an additional $ 100 for ripping out the shrubs. With another reviewer here writing they paid a couple hundred for the total removal of two 40′ trees, I don’t think I did that well. Nevertheless, with so many other tasks to do before move-​in I didn’t have time to get a bunch of estimates on this work so I pulled the trigger.
Despite my price disappointment (reasonable or not, let me know) the three guys that showed up worked really hard and really quickly. They pruned those trees down big time. There was a pretty big mess as a result of all this cutting (perhaps justifying at least some of what I paid for the work), but they got it all out of there and the backyard when finished was clean.
It seems at least for tree-​cutting (all I can vouch for) these guys get the job done – I’ll get multiple estimates next time though so I’m not wondering so much if I overpaid on the work.

Chalk up another win for Unilocal. I bought a house a few months back (graduating up from a condo), and the backyard was a mess. Very over grown all around, including a slope leading up the the fence in the backyard. My vision was, if I could clear all this crap, the backyard would feel twice as big!!!
But, this was too much for me to do on my own as it also inlcuded about 7 – 8 smaller trees. My neighbor’s thought I was nuts cause they all love plants and vegetation, so they thought I should go the trimming route, but I want a bigger backyard as a blank slate so I can start from scratch.
Enter Leonel, the least expensive of 4 quote I rec’d. Due to some scheduling issues with another job, only 1 of his guys could come for the first day, but man, this guy was a workhorse. He had all the major work done on the first day. I thought I’d be hearing chainsaws all day, but no, this guy did everything with hand tools. THis was cool because I have a 1-​year old daughter so she was able to nap, and the neighbors didn’t get all annoyed.
Leonel and the 3^rd man on the crew arrived with about 3 hours left in the working day and by the time they left, everything was cut down, all the trees and roots were removed, and most of the debris had been loaded in the truck.
They came back the next day and took most of the day to do all the fine tuning cleanup of a few stumps from the bushes, rake the yard, level out the soil in areas that had been cleared, and basically just make the yard look the same as they arrived with only dirt left where once were trees and bushes.
Highly recommend. This was my first experience with landscapers and I was a bit worried with the amount of area I needed to have cleared.
I also plan to have Leonel repair my irragation systems as various supply valves in the system are leaking so I have had to shut off my Irrigation Control Valve at the curb and manually water the grass. I had rec’d a quote to repair these a few weeks ago from another landscaper. When Leonel was onsite I asked him to look at them also and his quote to repair was about 15% to 20% less then the first quote.
Two other neighbors are also going to use his services. They were amazed at how fast these guys were working.

Found Leonel on Unilocal,and even though I had 4 other guys from Craigslist come and look at the same tree for removal, Leonel offerred the best price. Most of all, he was licensed and insured, which is important when you have someone over 150 feet high working on your property. He did a great job removing this huge dead tree in just one day, along with 2 other dead trees that needed removal. Other people were telling me it would take 3 days to remove. Also there were some powerlines in the way of the tree that got some of the other uninsured Craigslist guys a little freaked out. Leonel is a smart business man, so he may try to up sell you on some pruning and additional tree removals, but for his price, it’s worth it. Overall great job by him and his team.

By chance, Leonel of Leonel’s Landscaping dropped a flyer in my mailbox just as I was interviewing tree trimmers. I had 2 trees that needed trimming in my backyard: (1) a large member of the ficus family that needed about 8 feet taken off and (2) a mature lemon tree. Before Leonel, I had received quotes from 2 other tree services for $ 450 & $ 400. After I called Leonel’s number he came to give me a free estimate within 30 minutes time and gave me the lowest estimate by far at $ 275 for a team of 2 and hauling/​clean-​up after the trimming had been done.
Sold! He came the next morning and spent 4 hours pruning and 1 hour cleaning up everything (including any branches/​debris that fell into neighboring yards). He was super pleasant, always was smiling and trimmed the trees according to my guidelines. I felt so bad that they worked so hard and for so long for $ 275 that I ended up preparing snack bags for them to take home (they worked thru lunch) and left a generous cash tip. It was well-​earned as I can’t say enoug nice things about them.
I would definitely recommend them to anyone in the future.