Affordable Tree Care

Franco did a great job, I highly recommend him. I called 6 different tree trimmers, half of which never called back and the other half were over priced and very picky about how and when they would do the work. Franco gave me a price, showed up on time, did the work fast, clean and safely. Best of all he honored his quote. Pleasure doing business with him! I will use him again.

Called Urban Arborist and didn’t get a call back until days later. Emailed Trees Company and they got back to me promptly enough. Their quote was given using Google Maps. Franco Zarate, on the other hand, responded immediately and came to look at the tree personally. He quoted a very fair quote and I accepted it on the spot. It’s that personal touch that won me over. He arrived early for the job to remove a large branch and prune my unruly bottlebrush tree. He and his assistant workday quickly and cleaned up thoroughly afterwards. I was so impressed that I asked him to prune another tree in my backyard

Franco is a great guy ! He cut down a big pine tree that was hanging over my next door neighbor yard. He did also a very good job on cleaning up my overgrown backyard. The estimate is indeed affordable. Highly recommend.

If only I could give 500 stars to Franco and his crew! So smart, so professional and so very kind! I had a massive 70 yr old Pine tree in a small backyard and the tree was sick, dropping pitch and needed to come out. Franco gave me every possible option and made it much easier to say goodbye to my old conifer friend!
I can’t say enough good things about Franco and his crew, and also their bid was the best out of 6 arborists. They left the garden cleaner than when they got here, and hand sawed some big pieces that we can now use to build something with. Over the top superb craftsmen.

Franco and his co-​workers are the best.
Very professional, removed a huge old pine tree
from my back yard in one day. It was a very dangerous tree.
Great work Franco. On time, informative, the tree had split
limbs that I didn’t even know about, cleaned up the yard
and garage.
The best!

Franco’s business name speaks for itself. Affordable and very professional is how I would best describe his fees and his type of work. He started working on a Friday and came back the following day to finish the job. Quite normal you might think until you realize that Saturday (March 29, 2014) was one of those rare rainy days in drought-​stricken Bay Area.
Despite the rain, Franco, Jose, and Rafael worked on removing the stump from our 35 ft. palm tree. Would I consider hiring him again? In a heartbeat. In fact, I’ve asked him to give us a quote for hardscape and landscape work plus fencing in our back and front yard.
On a side note, it was difficult to have the palm tree removed but it became a haven for the raccoons and was tilting a bit towards our neighbor’s driveway so with a heavy heart we had to get it removed.

Franco did a suberb job. He gave us an appointment on the day and time we requested! He also showed up early. He had a great sense of how to trim our Black Acacia to give it balance, depth, and maintain the fullness of its beauty. We’ve also asked him to trim our camilla bush, but he professionally told us to wait later in the season after the flowers have fallen. Obviously, we’ll use him again… and again. :)

Franco trimmed our front tree and back wall ivy. He was responsive, professional, and provided excellent service. He was also able to get us in fast which was appreciated. I highly recommend Franco!

I called, Franco returned my call quickly, and agreed to come by the next day to look at the job, which was to remove 2 huge trees that the City had given me a permit to do. We discussed the complications of the job, agreed on a price and date. He came out a couple days early to post the no parking signs, he and the crew were early on the day he was to start, and not only did a good job, but did a good job cleaning up. They came back the second day to grind out the stumps, as agreed, and everything went as expected, from the quality of the job to the timing. I would certainly recommend him!

I have used Franco twice to take dead limbs out of very old, tall trees. He and his crew worked quickly and got the job done right. I was very happy with his work and will likely use him again.

The owner Francisco Zarate (along with an assistant) personally attended to my job — that of removing four small but tall trees in my backyard as well as taking a large limb off a bigger tree in my frontyard. They showed up on time (a bit earlier in fact), they were efficient, and they did a good job cleaning up both my yards afterwards. Francisco was very easy to deal with as he advised me on what trees I should trim or cut. In and out, they completed the job in about 90 minutes. Even though they were not the cheapest of the tree services I contacted, I would definitely use these guys again.