The YardApes staff has been providing customers with quality landscape design, installation, and maintenance services for over twenty years. We have the skill and the knowledge backed by the experience and dedication to give you the best service in the business.
I almost never write reviews, but this time I have to. Our house is in a nice location, but we never did anything to make the entrance beautiful. This year we decided to landscape. I asked my neighbors whom they would suggest, and 2 or 3 of them said they had been pleased with Yardapes. I wasn’t sure I wanted to call. I envisioned a bunch of guys with their knuckles dragging on the ground coming down my driveway. Well, I am very glad I overcame that fear. A brilliant landscape designer, Jon, showed up, looked around and started thinking. It was a little like watching an artist painting a picture. Within the week, he sent me sketches of a design with pictures of the most beautiful plants and shrubs. The price was fair, and I gave the go ahead. I have been thrilled that the end result was way better than the sketches or the pictures. The job took several days and the people who came to do the work were excellent and very knowledgeable. I cannot make a higher recommendation. This was a very positive experience.
Description of Work: Landscaping driveway and lakefront
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Heather V.
10/2016
2.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
Left two voicemails requesting estimates for yard work. Never received a call back. Used another provider.
Description of Work: Needed hedges trimmed and yard cleaned up pre wedding.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
responsiveness
1.0
Gary G.
09/2015
1.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
Never heard from this contractor
Description of Work: Did not respond to request for service
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
Michael T P.
07/2015
5.0
lawn service, masonry
+ 0 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Barrie E.
05/2015
4.0
landscaping
+ -1 more
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Description of Work: .
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro
Ed N.
04/2014
1.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
call many time but never got back to me with a porposal.
Description of Work: they never provided a proposal for job.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
responsiveness
1.0
Michele M.
12/2013
5.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
I found Yard Apes because I wanted to have my brothers yard cleaned up for a party. They came for a one time service and did an amazing job. They did more than they originally discussed and ended up charging me a little less than the estimate! Greg was a wonderful contact. I would use Yard Apes again without hesitation.
Description of Work: One time event cleaning up a yard
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$125
James K.
10/2013
5.0
landscaping, lawn service, masonry
+ 1 more
All work top notch. The recommendations associated with walkway materials and flowers and bushes to put in the new flower beds were excellent!
Description of Work: YardApes has installed a new walkway and landscaped 2 flower beds created as a result of the new walkway.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$20,000
kathy R.
09/2013
5.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
EXCELLENT ATTENTION TO DETAIL PROPERTY LOOKS BEAUTIFUL I WOULD RECOMMEND YARDAPES HIGHLY
Description of Work: I purchased a new home that has about 2 acres with many trees shrubs and flowers. It has been neglected and I needed a general clean-up. A representative came with an estimate and knew exactly what I wanted. The Yard Apescame and the workers were here for several hours. They trimmed every bush, flower bed and tree on the property meticulously! Tarps of leaves and debris were carried away. It was amazing! The attention to detail was incredible. The workers are very hardworking! My Property Looks BEAUTIFUL! Amazing Price and Incredible Work!!
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$280
Mary V.
06/2013
3.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
Everyone was very polite, I'll give them that. I had to wait for 2+ weeks before the could fit me it. When they showed up, the workers were also polite though had limited English. They tilled and seeded many areas, including quite a few I didn't ask for because they were in deep shade or along the curb where there is also no shade, and where the soil is all sand from snowstorm deposit. On inspection, we could see they used the barest handfuls of seed in some places, skipped others that they had tilled, and tilled some areas but not areas right next to it where there was less grass than where they tilled. It was pretty much a mystery as to how they made their decisions. Still, we watered incessantly for two weeks, finally giving up on all but the large completely bare area, where grass was actually coming in in patches. I paid the bill but told the office staff that I wasn't happy. Eventually Greg came back, looked around, and sent the guys back to touch up. Same. Results. Nothing. I even bought some seed and went over the former shed area to fill in the patchiness, also scraping up the straw and finding spots where the grass was trying manfully to grow under an inch of compacted straw. And none of the other spots that they and quot;touched upand quot; have so much as single new blade of grass, one week later during perfect grass-growing weather and daily watering. At this point we have spent 2 weeks waiting, and a month watering, AND holding off for all 6 weeks on putting down a pre-emergent that we need at this time of year. Result? The weeds are REALLY happy and our lawn will look terrible when we put it on the market. I'm not a lawn pro and I've usually had better or at least the same results. I'd say about 90% of my money was completely wasted.
Description of Work: Contracted to till and seed several areas of my lawn, including one where there was no grass at all because we had removed an old shed. Explained the problems -- two large areas get no shade and had been hit hard by drought over the past two summers, and we'd had no luck getting grass to fill in. We are trying to get a large lawn ready for putting the house on the market in a couple of months, and we're also remodeling so we don't have the time to do overseeding etc. ourselves as we usually do. I chose this provider because my husband used to know the guys who started it, and because we drive by their business multiple times a day, and it looks awesome since they moved in.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
2.0
value
4.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0
$675
Lorraine P.
04/2013
5.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
Yard Apes were very good. They showed up, did a good job but they were kind of expensive. I think they're reliable.
Description of Work: They cleaned up my yard.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
3.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$55
Thomas T.
03/2013
5.0
landscaping, lawn service
+ 0 more
I felt that their pricing was reasonable and that they were very accessible. They communicated well and were reliable.
Description of Work: I use Yard Apes for yard clean up, maintenance of landscape and also landscape designing.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Mara P.
11/2012
5.0
landscaping, lawn service
+ 0 more
Yard Apes did a very good job. They spent hours edging, trimming and cutting back perennials. Previous to their work we had only weeds and almost no grass. We are almost without weeds and the lawn is looking grassy and green. We played a bit of phone tag with the guy who communicates with us but when we did connect he was helpful and appeared to know his field.
Description of Work: Weed control, fertilization, lawn aeration, trimming and cutting back of plant beds and ornamentals, trimming, dethatch lawn, overseeding Yard Apes did a very good job, they spent many hours edging, trimming and cutting back perennials, the lawn had no grass and only weeds and is now very grassy and green. So far we are very happy with their services.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,000
Donna H.
09/2012
5.0
lawn service, landscaping
+ 0 more
We are very happy with Yard Apes thus far. We have had an initial consultation with Gregg who then set us up with a landscape architect named Scott. We were very pleased with both of these individuals. Scott spent approximately 3.5 hours discussing our gardens, offering advise, then drew up a garden plan for future plantings. Work has not begun on our property as of today's date, and we will update the review after we complete the work.
Description of Work: We are at the estimate only stage. Plantings and other work to be begun some time in September. Will follow up with another review after work is complete.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Thomas T.
04/2012
5.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
The price is very reasonable for what they do. They do excellent work. We will continue to use them in the future.
Description of Work: They do our lawn work.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
rick R.
10/2011
1.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
their competition did a great job
Description of Work: BUsiness must be good, I left seeral messages and nobody ever called me back so I called Preferred lawn service, they did a great job, will use them again.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
responsiveness
1.0
Robert B.
08/2010
5.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
They are very good. They clean up after themselves.
Description of Work: They do our lawn and yard work.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
01/2006
4.0
lawn service
+ -1 more
IT WAS POSITIVE. THE WORK WAS HIGH QUALITY AND THEIR RESPONSIVENESS WAS GOOD. I ENJOY THE EMPLOYEES. THEIR PROFESSIONALISM IS HIGH QUALITY. THEY ARE TOP NOTCH. THEY TAKE THEIR JOB SERIOUSLY.
Description of Work: THEY CUT THE LAWN, BAG THE TRIMMINGS AND DO THE WEED WHACKING.
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Service Categories
Lawn and Yard Work,
Landscaping,
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FAQ
YardApes is currently rated 4.5 overall out of 5.
Monday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
YardApes accepts the following forms of payment: Check,MasterCard,Visa
Yes, YardApes offers free project estimates.
No, YardApes does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, YardApes does not offer a senior discount.
No, YardApes does not offer emergency services.
Yes, YardApes offers warranties.
YardApes offers the following services: Lawn maintenance, organic based lawn fertilization, gardening & estate management, landscape design & construction, masonry & snow removal.