Coexist Landscaping

They are very mediocre in quality and keep a haphazard schedule.

I left a message for them to call be back, but they never returned it. They should have returned my call. It was disappointing.

I purchased a Big Deal for sprinkler tune up for my rental home. I received a random e-mail from them to confirm an appointment for Oct. 28th which I never scheduled. I let them know that I wasn't available for that date and that I would call them back for another appointment as well as for the address that I needed the work done at. We went back and forth several times and I was offered an appointment at 4:30 p.m. which wouldn't work because it gets dark at 5:00 p.m. We finally agreed for an appointment for Jan. 13th between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. I received a call from my husband informing me that Julio had arrived at our home instead of the rental home that I had provided to them. He apologized and said he was unaware of the second address that he needed to come to. He said he would call me back in a couple of days to set a new appointment. I never received a phone call within that 2 days but I received a random phone call confirming an appointment for 2/10 but didn't have the time they were supposed to be there. I never set the appointment so I called Amber back and left a message and I haven't received a phone call back.

I emailed initially in mid-December via Angie's List and received a reply a day or so later. Julio did they estimating between 4-5pm and was booked so I suggested he could drive by the site if he had spare time and we could talk later (this was via email with Amber). I emailed back and forth with Amber, but we didn't get to the estimate and then the Christmas holidays further delayed an estimate. After New Years I emailed again to set up an appointment which was set for 1/6/2012, Friday. Julio called in the afternoon that he was running late and we rescheduled for Saturday 8 AM which was fine with me. Saturday he arrived approx 8:30-8:45 and we walked the areas where I needed plants removed and debris hauled away. He suggested his day rate for the plant removal and hauling and would give me a quote in 2 business days for the major debris hauling project that I had behind my back fence. He said to expect the quote by the following Tuesday. Nothing came Tuesday and I followed up with an email last week with no response to date. I am mostly disappointed as this was a family run business which I favor supporting.

I was completely dissatisfied with them and would never ever have touch with them again. Their price was little high when compared to what I am paying now. They broke my sprinklers and damaged my house. My dealings with them were absolutely horrible and I wouldn't use them again. I wouldn't recommend them to anybody.

I scheduled an appointment with Green Retreats, but we had to reschedule once due to a rain-delay. On the date of the revised appointment, Julio (from Green Retreats) arrived mid-way between the scheduled timeslot. He courteously introduced himself and described the scope of service he would provide. He efficiently worked through the five drip / sprinkler zones of my yard. He made adjustments where needed to all zones, and replaced the small number of drip meters and nozzles that were broken. Before Julio began the work, I told him that the valve assembly controlling the front-yard sprinkler zone seemed to have a broken solenoid because the sprinkler would go one with the timer, but then remain stuck and quot;onand quot; even after the timer shut off. As part of his inspection and adjustment work, Julio found that the front-yard sprinkler problem was in fact caused by the valve assembly having gone out of adjustment. Rather than requiring or performing any hardware repairs, Julio simply made the required adjustments to the existing valve assembly and easily fixed the and quot;stuck onand quot; problem! After completing the adjustment and replacement work, Julio walked me through all the zones, and in particular described two areas in the backyard where two sprinkler heads were broken (requiring a replacement and repair beyond a simple nozzle replacement) and where there were several leaking pipes. Julio gave me three options and price points. First, an option to completely re-do the backyard PVC pipe network and drip lines with re-optimized drip meters and nozzles (where admittedly, my yard has far too many). Second, a sub-option to the first option, which involved trenching, locating and connecting two offshoot pipes (which branched to a different island feature in the backyard) to the re-done PVC pipe network. Third, an option to simply bypass the leaking sections with new PVC segments and not touch the existing PVC pipe or dripline network. He gave me quotes and price breakdowns for the three options, and left it up to me to decide if/when I would like to proceed with any of them. All in all, a professional job; it was a pleasure to work with Julio and I commend Green Retreat's work.

This was one of the best experiences I have ever had dealing with landscapers. I already have Green Retreats booked to handle my next project.

They were not able to service our area. This was for a Big Deal that has been refunded. They were professional and let us know this up front.

I asked them to fix the concrete since it was less than a year old. I guess there was something comical about my situation because when I asked him to stand by his work, he simply laughed. If there are any allegations that these statements are not correct, I have saved the rude emails and have pictures of the concrete.

i bought the groupon deal (well more like's angie's list deal). a few weeks later a lady from the company emailed me saying that she wanted to make an appointment for them to come out and do their thing. i said ok and to let me know when she schedules them to come out to us. well 3th of july comes around and i get a call at 9am from a guy saying that they are outside the house but no one is home. well of course no one will be home because we didn't know they were coming. the lady failed to let us know that we were scheduled and stuff. anyway they worked on our front yard without me even knowing. the lady emails me back saying that they did the front yard and if i wanted the back yard done i'd have to schedule another visit and actually pay this time. i was a little annoyed since i wanted the back yard done in the first place but obviously i couldn't get what i wanted because i didnt know they were coming out in the first place. anyway, i scheduled the appointment anyway. the guys came out and cleaned out the back yard and touched up on the front yard. they did a good job. the guy that i dealt with was super professional and nice. even though we got off on the wrong foot with the whole scheduling thing, i would hire these guys again for yard stuff.

We pay them monthly and I think their price is appropriate. They do a good job. They are kind and helpful and if we have a complaint they would come out and fix it. We use them monthly.

They said typically they just mow the lawn and do tree service. They typically do weed work, they do preventative treatments earlier in the year, but not at the time I contacted them. They said they could pull the weeds for me and thats what they did. The weeds came back after a few weeks, but I learned I need to do the treatments earlier in the year.

Julio and Adrian were extremely thorough. We originally had some scheduling challenges (entirely on my part), but this team was diligent with the followup and responsive.

It went very well. They were very responsive, punctual and professional.

We started with Green Retreats last spring. We got bids from 4 different companies and Julios was in the middle, though at the time still too expensive. We saved up and then called Green Retreats again. It took about a month or so for them to start the job but that was because we had to get in line behind those who had already signed contracts. I liked Julio right away, really nice, not too business, but not too laid back. Amber, his wife, is very responsive and nice via email too. There were a few hiccups that couldn't have been prevented, ie a family emergency and rain into June. All in all it was a good experience. ;The irrigation in our garden beds took a little longer than I would have liked but that was because julio had gotten into a bunch of other jobs at that point and we had to get in the queue. We staggered our job and they had told me we might run into delays if we did this. So that’s fair. After the irrigation was done I had some issues with the timer and thankfully Julio came by when I was on vacation and saved my plants from dying. I really appreciate that they do that kind of thing. The lawn is great, the irrigation is awesome and all the people that came out and worked on it were also really friendly and professional. The only issue we have is that there are a few parts of the lawn where the grass appears to have died and i'm pretty certain its because the sprinklers are not hitting those areas. he came out after we called and checked on the spots. He replaced a handful of sprinkler heads with ones that cover bigger distances. Hopefully now the spots will come back and it was just a water issue. we will soon have the dream yard we had imagined. We have plans to do the front of our home too, and I intend to call Green Retreats for that project too.

His quote was much more than the other person from Angie's list who gave us an estimate right on the spot and was awarded the job.

The final outcome exceeded our expectations. We chose Green Retreats based on the reviews from Angie's List. I am very glad that I did so. Julio, the owner, came to our house and patiently listened to our ideas and requirements, and made some suggestions of his own. His recommendations regarding the drainage issue were really excellent. I had a general notion of how to engineer a solution, since I had done my homework, but had never thought of using a sump pump. Also, Julio helped us clarify our vision of what the retaining wall should look like. I then rode my bike around the areas that I liked in terms of landscaping, and I took some pictures of walls that I thought would work in our backyard. I particularly liked steps leading to an upper terrace trimmed with red terra cotta bullnose brick. I emailed the photographs to Julio, and he understood immediately what I was after. In the course of constructing the stucco wall, Julio suggested adding a slight curve. This turned out to be a very nice elegant touch. Julio and his crew did a clean professional job, worked hard during the heat, cleaned up after themselves, and made sure that we were completely satisfied. I have done a lot of project management over the years, and Julio is probably the best contractor that I have ever worked with.

They agreed to make the design plan for us which we paid them for and the landscaper gave it to us. We paid them $50. He followed through and gave us the plan. It was a week or so late, but that was okay. We didn't use a lot of his plan because we hired someone else for a second plan, but he was okay. I don't have any complaints against him. He seemed pretty professional. His responsiveness was okay. I would probably not use them again.

Wonderful! As always, we continue to be very pleased with Julio's work. In the past couple of months we have used his service several times for hauling large amounts of household waste. Although Julio is very busy with his fantastic landscaping work and maintenance service (we are current maintenance clients), he always makes time to do special jobs for us. We greatly appreciate his responsiveness and professionalism. Green Retreats Landscaping is a very well run, family owned local business. Don't hesitate to call!

I bought the special that was advertised for 4 hours of yardwork. This was the middle of June. I received an e mail that they would contact me when they could do the work. The owner showed up at my house on a Sunday afternoon on a holiday weekend-no phone call first. He looked at the yard and started whining about how he couldn't do the job for the amount of money agreed upon. Additionally, he unfortunately had not brought the tools necessary to trim larger bushes so that would not be done either. Basically he wanted almost $40/hour to mow and edge. I could have easily done the job myself within 4 hours if I didn't have arthrits. I just don't think this guy wanted to work hard. I am contacting Angie's list to request a refund.

They are wonderful to work with. Very professional and their crews are excellent. They are prompt, thorough and have good communication.

We really liked working with Green Retreats Landscaping. They were very professional and flexible in working with us on options to our drainage issues. We had some drainage work done by a different landscaping company, but the solution was incomplete and caused many additional issues for us with flooding in our backyard and damaging our recently sodded lawn. Green Retreats came in and fixed the drainage problem. We have not had any drainage problems during the extended heavy rains this past winter. We would highly recommend Green Retreats!

They were here for two days. They were prompt and did a very good job. They were very polite. I would hire them in a second and I would like them to come and do regular work. I am trying to negotiate a price with them now.

Yard work was fine, nothing great, nothing bad, just average, which was good enough. My problem was dealing with the Julio's wife. She is very matter of fact, not very customer friendly. The price they quoted for a side gate was 280 and I had a handyman do it for 150, so I thought the price quoted was too high. Basically not a terrible company but there are so many yard companies to choose from, I was expecting better customer service. She made me feel like I was always wrong. And I'm a reasonble customer. I will not use them again.

Phenomenal! We have never seen a crew work so hard in our lives. Julio and his crew managed to completely refresh our property on 5 acres with extensive work too lengthy to detail here. We absolutely had to have the job completed by 30 March 2011 as our first showing was on the morning of 31 March 2011 for a few dozen Realtors. We have used Green Retreats Landscaping for 1 1/2 yrs now at our property in Sacramento, and new they were the only choice for this huge job in Vacaville. They went above and beyond our expectations. Each day they arrived promptly at 9 am and worked until 6:30 or 7:00 pm, with only a brief pause for lunch. In their 3 days on our property they accomplished more than we could have done in 2 weeks. On the last day, Julio had some trouble with his work truck. His family made a sacrifice that day for us to make sure our job got completed on time by letting Julio and his crew bring the family car to our home (meaning the family had no transportation of their own that day). I don't know anyone else who would do that to satisfy a client. Green Retreats Landscaping is the absolute best. We've now used them for 2 huge projects as well as ongoing maintenance for our Sacramento home and we could never imagine trusting anyone else. Summary of work completed on this project: • Coordination of all service providers and materials • Clean-up (cleaning, trimming bushes, leaves, several trees, huge junipers, removal of bushes, removing several large fallen branches, clean up of pond) • Several dump runs totaling greater than 12 cubic yards of waste. • Compacting road with AB rock • Installation of approx. 1,008 sq. ft. 3/4" drain rock • Installation of approx. 100 sq. ft. river rock • Installation of approx. 350 sq. ft. gorilla hair (various areas on the property) • Installation of approx. 350 sq. ft. weed fabric • Patching approx. 60 sq. ft. sod • All irrigation tested and repaired (3 manifolds with a total of 18 valves) • Installation of dozens of deer-tolerance small flowering plants around the property to brighten appearance