Odd Job, The Tree Specialists, Inc.
404-230-9499
13th consecutive year as a Home Reports™ Best Pick™
Areas Served: North Atlanta, Dunwoody/Sandy Springs
“Anybody can cut down a tree; it is cleaning up afterward that sets us apart....Since I started this company, my philosophy has been to shoot straight and be honest. I always want to treat people the way I’d want to be treated.” - Eddie Thomas, Founder
- Services Offered: Odd Job, The Tree Specialists, Inc., provides professional tree services, including simple and complex tree removal and tree trimming. The company also offers plant health care.
- Specializations: Odd Job’s specialty is removing difficult and dangerous trees over roofs, fences, and driveways.
- Services Not Offered: The company does not offer any chemical spraying.
- Company History: Eddie Thomas, an ISA Certified Arborist, started Odd Job in 1979, and he has owned and run the company ever since. Eddie is a hands-on owner, overseeing all the estimates and regularly helping the crews on the job.
- Employee Information: Odd Job’s crews are very experienced, and several of Eddie’s employees have been with him for more than ten years.
“I thought they were excellent. They came and sized up the situation, and they cut down a big tree in my yard that was about to fall over. The guys really knew what they were doing. They came in there, they worked very hard for several hours, and it was like ‘poof’—they magically made a tree disappear. I would hire them again in a heartbeat.”
“I have nothing but good things to say about them. They’re superb. They’re prompt, they’re experts, they’re pleasant, and they clean up after themselves beautifully. You wouldn’t even know they’d been there. They’ve done a number of jobs for me, and I am nothing but really pleased.”
“The last time was a very difficult job in terms of the location of this very large tree. They came in and were very careful with my property and got a big piece of equipment in there. I’d call them any time for a tree job.”
“They cut down a pretty big oak tree, and they trimmed a bunch of other trees as well....He’s really an artist in my book. He’s better than professional—he’s extraordinary.”
“They get really good marks from us; they did a great job. They’ve taken down two trees, and they did a fabulous job....They were very careful. They had everything on ropes. We have lots of plantings that things could have fallen on and crashed into, and none of that happened. They were just very, very careful with bringing it all down.”
“We had a couple of trees fall down as a result of the drought and the storms....They chopped up the trees. They came with the right equipment; they were really prepared. They knew what they were doing. And they left the place spotless; you would have never known they were there.”
“I got two companies to look at it. One company said it was very
difficult and that they couldn’t guarantee the tree wouldn’t fall on the
house. I think Odd Job said, ‘We can do this. We just have to figure it
out.’ They did, and it was no problem at all. The work was perfect.
Every tree seemed to be a different challenge to them, and they would
reason things out that way.”
“I thought Eddie from Odd Job was great. He took
down a dead tree and then trimmed a lot of trees away from the house
that were sort of getting leaves into the gutter. He got the permits
from the city and everything—I didn’t have to do anything.”
“He is excellent. He takes care of all my trees,
takes them down. I had one of them blow over on my house. He came out
with his machine and lifted it over the house. He’s good, and he knows
what he is doing.”
"They are fantastic. I’ve used Eddie Thomas since he started his
business, probably 30 years ago. I just ask him to do the job, and he
does it right and always treats me well. He’s removed a number of
trees, has done a lot of pruning, and just keeps on top of everything."