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We are a matching service, not a contractor.
Mulching Knoxville is a free matching service for property owners. We are not a forestry mulching or land clearing contractor and we do not perform the work ourselves — we connect you with independent local crews who quote your property directly.
That distinction matters for this page. We are not vouching for work we performed, because we did not perform it. What we can tell you is the standard a contractor has to meet before a quote request from this site reaches them, and where that standard stops.
Our requirements
What a contractor has to meet.
These are the conditions we apply before routing requests. A contractor who stops meeting them stops receiving requests from us.
- Current general liability insurance, evidenced by a certificate we have seen, from the contractor's insurer or agent.
- A registered business operating under the name they give property owners.
- Genuine coverage of the county the request comes from — not a crew several hours away treating this region as overflow work.
- Equipment and capability appropriate to the work they accept, rather than taking every request regardless of fit.
- Direct contact with you. The contractor who quotes the job is the one you talk to.
- No payment collected through us, ever. You pay the contractor you hire, directly, on terms you agree with them.
- Willingness to put scope in writing — including debris handling, stumps, and the condition the ground is left in.
Your checks
Six things to do before you hire anyone.
None of these take long, and they are worth doing whether or not the contractor came from us.
- Ask for a current certificate of general liability insurance, and check the dates.
- Confirm the business name on the quote matches the name on the insurance certificate.
- Ask who is actually doing the work and whether any of it is being subcontracted.
- Get the full scope in writing before anyone starts: acreage, boundaries, stumps, debris, and finished condition.
- Be wary of pressure to pay a large amount up front, or to skip a written scope.
- For anything substantial, get a second quote. Two numbers tell you more than one.
If something goes wrong
Tell us. It changes who we route to.
We cannot resolve a dispute between you and a contractor — we are not a party to your agreement and we have no authority over their work. What we can do is stop sending requests to a contractor who has treated a property owner badly, and that is a decision we will make on the strength of what you tell us.
If you had a bad experience with a contractor we introduced you to, reply to any message from us and tell us what happened.