Jason Reith cannot be trusted. He was recommended to me by my neighbor. HUGE MISTAKE!! I met with Jason 2X before I hired him to remove 5 trees on my property. After the 1st meeting, he kept calling and texting me to commit to hiring him. I told him I was waiting for other estimates. Before the 2nd meeting, he contacted me and lowered his estimate by $1000 because he had a last-minute cancellation in his schedule. We then met again, 3 days before he was to start the job. We reviewed the trees to be taken. He assured me that none of the wood from the trees would be left in my yard when he was done, and the stumps would be left short enough to be removed by a stump grinder. I expressed my concerns about his equipment and damage to my yard because the ground was still soft in March from snow and rain. Again, he assured that "they would be careful and leave the yard looking better than when they arrived." On the day that "Jason" was to start the job, I arrived at the site around 7:30 AM where I was greeted by a man that said he and his 2 coworkers "subcontract" with Jason. Turns out, Jason doesn't do the work himself!! That guy asked me, "Which trees are we taking?" That gave me tremendous confidence......The 3 of them started tearing through my yard with a skid steer, leaving deep ruts in the turf! Jason didn't appear on site until at least 4-5 hours later. At that point I had to leave for an appointment. When I returned, my yard was an absolute mess. They had rented a woodchipper and decided to grind up the 5 large trees. Initially Jason had thought that he was going to be able to load all of the wood on trucks and move it off my property to a local dump. When he discovered that he would be charged a dumping fee by weight, he decided to grind up the trees! I was never asked or told about this until after they started chipping. Without my input, they picked a spot on my property, directly behind my garage and created a massive 50 x 12 foot pile of woodchips! They also took a huge log, at least 15 x 5 feet and pushed it to the back of my yard with their skid steer, leaving deep ruts throughout the yard. The large log, the pile of woodchips, and the ruts are still there, now 4 months later. In addition, they left multiple branches in the yard, many partially imbedded into the ground with their skid steer, and the tree stumps much too high. They will need to be cut shorter before grinding. It will cost me thousands of dollars to clean up the mess "Jason and his subcontractors" created. Two days after they "finished" Jason was looking for full payment. I had given him a $2000 cash down payment before starting the job. I gave him an additional $3750 but withheld money until they completed the job. Jason assured me they would be back to remove the woodchips, the large log, and level out the turf, even "spread grass seed if needed." I have tried repeatedly to call and text Jason to "finish the job." He does not respond. Please, do yourself a favor and never hire A&R which is owned by Jason Reith. He is a liar and a thief.