Home Services reviews in Brooklyn, New York

Hi!
Jake and Travis -
I can say that meeting you was one of the best experiences of my life.
What a pleasure!
The work we did at my home (Phase #1) was exceptional.
The treatment I received was incredible.
Friendly professionals, with a great deal of knowledge and patience...
I highly recommend both.

Thank you,

Sari

I had Jake come out to try to save a beloved, yet dying tree. He immediately spotted the issue (our error), corrected course, and then gave me some tips to try to support our tree's recovery. Fingers-crossed the it pulls through.

I can not speak highly enough about these guys! We had half of our backyard tree come down from a wind storm while we were out of the country on vacation. They put us to ease that this could be taken care of. We set up a date for them to come remove the downed part. They showed up on time and well prepared. The branch covered 3 Brooklyn backyards. They removed every bit with absolutely no damage to the properties. I was amazed when they swung the final piece into our yard to finish the job.
It was important to us that we hired someone that we could relate with and not a company that just looked at the job as business. Super nice guys! Plus, they all work at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens which we love!

I have worked with Alec, Jake, and Travis from this company and can't recommend their enthusiasm, attention to detail, and overall care with which they go about their jobs. They are great educators as well. I run a busy urban park in Brooklyn with some very old trees. I can always trust they will do the right thing and help teach my staff in the process.

The most friendly and helpful arborists!! I needed a ton of work done in my backyard, and had a lot of trouble finding the right company to come in a timely manner and charge a decent price. I found lively oak and they sent a wonderful guy named Jake who took care of everything in one afternoon for less than I’d been quoted by any of the other groups I’d contacted.

Jake came and helped us with a tree that was growing into our neighbor's property. He was kind, knowledgeable and affordable. He got the job done in great time and our tree looks healthier (and spiffier) already.

I am so pleased to have worked with Jake. I have a nectarine that was out of control and Jake helped me make a plan and pruned it beautifully and healthfully. He is very professional, organized, prepared, knowledgeable. He also cleaned up, shared info with me and considered our neighboring plants.
highest praises to Lively Oak

I highly recommend Lively Oak for any tree care needs. You will get the best of the best as far as tree care knowledge, and a very capable team that can handle any task. I work in public spaces involving tree care, and we hired Lively Oak to consult on how to handle worse case scenarios involving climbing arborists. They know their stuff

We are very pleased with the work done by Jake Nader of Lively Oak and would hire him again for more work on the trees around our house. We have a 20-year-old dogwood tree in our back yard that had never been pruned. Jake expertly pruned the tree, which had branches extending into neighboring yards, preserving the esthetics of the tree while enabling the tree to continue to thrive and scaling back the encroachment into our neighbor’s yards. He consulted with us and explained what he was doing every step of the way. He arrived on time, collected the debris and bundled it for pick up by sanitation. A perfect job.

We called Lively Oak to help us with an old large oak in our backyard that we wanted to care for. We were very happy with their approach and guidance, we learned a lot about our tree. They were very quick, lots of deadwood removed, added some clearance from our house, our tree looks great and we feel confident we can continue caring for it. Thanks Jake and everyone at Lively Oak!

Just the absolute best arborists!! Jake has been incredibly professional and friendly - he and his team have done great work for us (tree removal and planting) and given us fantastic advice to boot. Thank you!

Our business model revolves around our garden. We hired Lively Oak to prune our magnolia, bring some more sunlight into our undergrowth by thinning out some trees and to do espalier work on our pear trees.
Do you know how difficult it is to find an espalier professional in NYC? Jake and his crew of arborists are amazing. Professional, punctual and pleasant people. We will continue using their services going forward.

Jake from Lively Oak was incredibly helpful! He was able to give me actionable information on each of my trees, helping me know which ones need further inspection and which are growing fine. He also gave me rules of thumb for simple pruning work. And beyond all of that he was pleasant and professional. Definitely recommend!

It's tricky working in our Brooklyn townhome backyard settings, but Jake and his team creatively solved our problem with some downed limbs that then also required some thinning and shaping to ensure it doesn't happen again. Thoughtful advice, reasonable pricing, reliable scheduling, I can't say enough positive things. Highly recommend!

Jake was professional and precise to giving us an estimate. He was excellent at communicating with us from the beginning to end.He was prompt and friendly And the work was excellent. It was a relatively small job. I will have them back again and highly recommend lively oak.

Jake was amazing. He worked to prune our overgrown Crepe Myrtle Trees along with some overgrown Hornbeams at the back wall. He is careful, considerate, extremely knowledgeable, and reasonably priced. I highly recommend Jake & Lively Oak!

Dedicated and knowledgeable, responsive, helpful, timely and affordable. Couldn't recommend more highly!
P.S. after cleaning up, they even cut and set aside logs to use as firewood!

Lively Oak did a superb job pruning a tree nestled in our backyard without damaging any nearby shrubs or perennials. The company was a delight to work with- attentive, profesional and very knowledgeable. Highly recommended.

Jake Nager is very skilled, very caring, and very amiable. Jake made sure to bundle the pruned material and stack neatly! I refer him unconditionally.

The trees in our backyard in Brooklyn need attention off and on, and we've had LivelyOak come twice now, once Alec and most recently Jake. Their care for trees is deep-felt, and we appreciate they don't go wild with cutting, but look carefully at the tangle of limbs and branches and for any weak or diseased spots and prune just where needed. Plus they give such knowledgeable advice — and are the most eco-friendly tree care business around!

We had an English Ivy plant that has taken over our large apple tree. We did not want all the ivy removed as it has provided shade in our backyard. Jake came and in 3-4 hours had removed mounds of ivy and twigs from the tree. He professionally pruned and shaped the tree and ivy. It truly looks great! He is great to work with and is very knowledgeable in this field. I would not look further as you will not be disappointed by his professionalism, personality, and reasonable price.