SavATree - Tree Service & Lawn Care

We had some general tree work that I outlined with Ashley R as we walked our property. As always she listened carefully and listed work that she recommended (and others that we did not need to tackle). We agreed on a plan and the tree crew completed the work with competence and care. Included was a preventive spraying of some hemlock trees by Steve at a later date. We have been happy with SavATree’s work in the past and that continued. Happy to recommend them any time. Johnb

SavATree was the fourth tree service company I called to get estimates and help/suggestions for my arborvitae screen. Inner needles were turning brown and I thought I would lose them all. Ashley, of the Exeter SavATree, was the only one to tell me that it was a natural yearly process for the trees, they were not dying and recommended a few things to do. I accepted her plan and the work was started shortly afterward. The honesty and assurance Ashley gave is why I chose SavATree over the other 3 companies and would not hesitate to use them again. Professional, honest, pleasant to work with and fair pricing. I strongly recommend.

We have worked with Herb Kaiser for many years and he has always been keen to hear our work concerns and made sure that we were satisfied with the job completion. Upon arrival, Walter the lead introduced himself and his fellow workers, Hosea and Brian. Walter went over the work plan with us. They were courteous and respectful, knowledgeable and very professional. A great 'working together' team! They fulfilled our safety concerns as well. Herb stopped in to go over the job and to confirm our satisfaction. It's always a pleasure to work with him and office staff.

As a client who wanted solutions, I was wholly honored to meet with an experienced, organized, and honest vendor like Herb Kaiser at SavATree. As an individual responsible for maintaining the integrity a historical property, I was thrilled when that competent manager was able to match that in-person thoughtfulness with an equally thorough written proposal to prune and cable our 100+ year-old beech tree. Not only was Herb’s aptly-named company the best equipped for saving our tree, but it did so at a price point more reasonable than any other company we met with. A month out, the superb results of Herb’s work and his continued consultation act as reminders that he is truly an expert in the field. I highly recommend working with SavATree

STRONGLY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND unless you only want them to remove/hack your trees!! I hired SavATree from Exeter, RI in September to remove a couple of trees and carefully clean up two mature apple trees. I met with Jarod and expressed how I recently purchased this home and the two apple trees were a big reason why I selected this property. The property was overgrown with vines due to lack of maintenance from the previous homeowner. I asked them to carefully remove any dead branches and vines while maintaining the existing shape and size of the tree (these are large mature apple trees). My wishes were reiterated several times via in-person converstation, text, and email. After discussing when the work would be completed, the only available time was when I was going to be away for work. I expressed my concerns of me not being on site the day the work would be done and Jarod reassured me he would be there and he could inform the crew of my wishes. Again, I reiterated the request for the apple trees. He assured me everything would be fine. Unfortunately, everything was far from being fine. I returned from my work trip to find that both of my apple trees were completely hacked. The largest apple tree, which had several different apple varieties grafted to it, was cut in half, removing the biggest part of the tree (and losing the grafted varieties). The other apple tree had the entire top cut off rather than taking the time to remove just the dead branches and vines. It has taken me a long time to write this review, because of how furious I am, but I wanted to share my experience. Months later and I am still upset every time I go in the back yard. They absolutely destroyed the look of these two beautiful trees. After going back and forth for weeks, the manager agreed to credit me back some of the money I spent. It doesn't come close to cover my frustration with having to live with what was done to the trees but at least they tried something. The follow-up communicaiton was terrible. I had to chase down updates on the credit, even needing to threaten legal action. It took months for me to actually receive the credit. I've attached pictures of the larger apple tree where you can see the full tree in bloom, clearly alive. The following pictures show how SavATree removed the entire right part of the tree (the largest part). You can also see from the cut that that portion of the tree was clearly alive. The remaining wood was still solid and moist. They also overcut into the bark of the smaller side of the tree that they left.