It’s that time of year again. Time to comply with city code and clear our lot of the wild grass before it engulfs our soon-to-be neighbor’s home. While we’re at it, we’ve decided to take out the two junk trees that are growing on our lot. Neither is in good shape and both pose a problem for building. We are looking for someone qualified to complete one or both tasks.
This isn’t a finesse job, we just need something quick and dirty. Tree stumps do not need to be ground. Grass/weed clippings can be left on the lot. And we’d like it done right away!
The lot is located at 242 East 600 North, Lindon, Utah. There are three empty lots next to each other. Our lot is the eastern most. The eastern side is bordered by a landscaped home. A green electrical box marks the western boundary. The site plan may be helpful in seeing the shape of the lot.
The first tree, pictured above, is on the west side of the lot, fairly close to the street.
The second tree, seen in the left third of this picture, is also on the west border, closer to the back fence.
The weeds on the lot also need a general mow-down with the plant material removed from the sidewalk. The lot is about a half acre. The four pictures in the rotating image box in the left sidebar were taken just last week, so you can get an idea of the task at hand.
If you would like to bid on this job, please either leave contact information in the comment section or use the contact form.
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We would like to come and give you an estimate. Please give me a call at 801-856-5493
Bill Fifita
I would like to give you an estimate. Josh 801-913-9149
We can take out your trees immediately. For a free estimate call 801 420 8701.
We got a number of estimates today and have hired someone to remove the trees and mow the weeds tomorrow. We went to the lot and marked the boundaries this afternoon, since there is another vacant lot on the west side.
I’ll report back with pictures when the work is done.
Thanks to all those who responded!
As of yesterday evening, the work hadn’t been started yet. Got a call from the guy’s wife saying that he was working on another project or something. Same old song. We may be going to a back-up plan.
What an ordeal.
We chose Bill Fifita, from the first post. He had given us a pretty good bid, but called back a few minutes later and lowered it to $450. That was, at the time, the best bid we’d gotten. Since this wasn’t a job requiring exacting work, it was more cost-sensitive than others might be.
We were told the work would be done on June 11. It wasn’t. There was rain on some days, but not much communication either.
To make a long story short, after numerous contacts, a couple of trips to the lot, and repeated requests to do what was promised, some of the work was finally finished by the evening of Tuesday, June 16.
The larger of the two trees in the bid (the one toward the fence) wasn’t cut down. And it still isn’t. Instead, some small saplings and a bush on the opposite side of the lot (that our builder said could be just knocked down during excavation) were removed.
I believe that the pictures and description in the blog were clear about what needed to be done. Still, the promised job was not completed and repeated claims of misunderstanding were made. To be fair, Mr. Fifita does not seem completely fluent in English and did seem to confuse easily. But business owners should bear some responsibility for making sure they understand the requirements of the job, particularly when they are written out.
In the end, we had him trim the large tree back and more thoroughly clean the sidewalk. It will suffice, but we will look elsewhere for future work.
It’s also frustrating when we had two more bids come in from others — one for $450 and one for $400 — just after we told Mr. Fifita he could have the job. Since we had already made an agreement, we felt obligated to keep our commitment, even though it was to our disadvantage. I’m not sure he was as committed to the agreement as we were.
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