Tree Barber Enterprises

We have been customers of The Tree Barber since 1996. We keep calling them back every time our huge eucalyptus trees need trimming because they do such a good job and leave the yards cleaner than when they arrived. We appreciate Paul’s skill as an arborist to keep our trees properly laced, not chopped. And their prices are very competitive. We are always happy with the quality of the work and competence of the crew.
Linda G.

Paul and his crew are amazing! His prices are competitive with other tree trimmers in the area and he is insured and bonded, which is very important. We had a tree removed and two very big trees trimmed and 5 Queen palms on a hill side trimmed, not an easy job. He and his crew worked very hard and did an amazing job. We are very happy! They cleaned our entire yard impeccably before they left. I would hire nobody else to take care of our trees. Paul and his team are worth every penny.

We found Paul Rider and The Tree Barber Team shortly after we moved into our home and have stayed with them for good reason. They have managed to improve the look of our landscape trees, including difficult overgrown ones, as well as more challenging trees requiring delicate pruning and shaping. We love the professional attitude, reliability, exceptional work and wealth of experience and information that is shared. They are top on our list and have remained there for over a decade. We just had another excellent visit about 3-​weeks ago and, as always, we are thoroughly pleased and have already referred to our Escondido neighbors.

I had two very large carrotwood trees removed from my front yard by Tree
Barber and they did an excellent job.
They ground out a lot of stump and root and hauled it all away, leaving a very clean and neat area. Paul has also given me good advice on replacement trees.

Tree Barber has been around for a while, and we used them for the first time about 16 years ago. They did a fantastic job, but were a little higher priced than other tree trimmers. Since that time we’ve used several different tree trimming companies — NONE of them ever came close to providing the level of service that Tree Barber gave us. We learned our lesson — this is definitely one of those cases where you get what you pay for.
So after several bad experiences we decided it was time to pay a little more and work with a truly professional company. We’ve used Tree Barber twice over the past 18 months. Both times I met with Paul beforehand to discuss the work to be done, get the estimate and schedule the trimming. Both times his guys were punctual, friendly, professional, and extremely careful with our landscape lighting, irrigation heads, and plantings in the yard. We have three large and valuable date palms in our front yard — the crew trimmed and then sculpted «pineapples» into them for an amazing look.
Both times the crew was on our property for more than a day, and both times they left our yard looking as if they had never stepped foot in it — except for the trees looking amazing, of course!!! Previous tree trimmers had broken lighting, sprinkler heads, dropped branches on our rose bushes, and left piles of debris. The Tree Barber crew left the yard in pristine condition. Paul was on hand to answer questions and to do some of the more delicate «lacing» work.
This isn’t a couple of guys with a chain saw, a pole saw and a panel truck — this is the real deal. Big, noisy equipment. Chippers, stump grinders, chain saws, guys that can climb a huge palm tree in seconds, and real, honest-​to-​goodness arborists! Tree Barber is worth every penney.

A neighbor had The Tree Barber do their yard and it always looks so nice, so we got an estimate. Paul came out, very friendly, knowledgeable and I wouldn’t have to wait 3 – 4 weeks. He said he could do the huge ficus tree and 2 palm trim the following week, he’d check to see which day and get back to me. Great! Only, he didn’t call, I called him after 6 days. We were having our house painted also, so scheduled the painting to begin the day after. Tree trimming was to be Wed., painting Thurs. Paul called on Tuesday afternoon to say he was tied up and wouldn’t be coming Wed. He’d call when he could squeeze us in. Huh? I didn’t hear from him for 3 weeks! When he did call (on a Wed.), left a message he’d be out the middle to end of the following week. Again, I didn’t hear from him, so I called the office on Monday morning. She’d get a message to him and have him call. He called Monday night to say my job was just too small, he wasn’t going to be able to do it — EVER. Wow! That was professional! I didn’t appreciate him stringing me along for an entire month, then canceling. I told Paul the first time he canceled that I scheduled the painting around HIS schedule. He assured me they wouldn’t mess up the paint, they do this all of the time. Doesn’t seem very reliable, even if he does do a good job.

I had some work done recently by the Tree Barber. Paul was very nice to talk to and offered a lot of good advice and put our mind at ease with some trees we thought we were having problems with but it turned out we were just under-​watering. Our large Crêpe Myrtle has already started flowering since talking to him.
He trimmed a huge coral tree which was experiencing some large broken branches, some birch trees, a large melaleuca tree and an overgrown ficus for us and even stacked some of the wood for us, at our request, to use in our fireplace. They removed everything else leaving our yard looking nice.
By his own admission, he’s probably a little more expensive than the competition, but his company is bonded, does great work and cleans up nicely after they were done. Plus, he was at the job site himself, supervising the crew. He provided an accurate up-​front estimate with no surprises after the work was done.
The Tree Barber came recommended to us from the prior owner of the home and I would recommend the company to anyone looking for quality work.