Laurence E Fosgate

He pulled up some of the grass, dropped a pile of sand on the grass that was left and we never saw him again.

I purchased Angie's List "deal" for consultation for $49.00. It was close to the expiration date before I called to try to book an apt, but I never received a return call. It makes me not want to use this company for Landscape service - maybe they were too busy at that particular time? It makes me not want to use the Angie's list "big deal" method - due to potential waste of money. I have been tempted to consider utilizing the big deal through Angie's List, but I just won't do it based on my one attempt that was unsatisfactory - I'm more disappointed w/Angie's List then the Landscaper company.

Mr. Fosgate is an artist; a nice and personable individual. Even though I checked that the services have been provided, they are not finished yet as of now. provided us with the drawing (rough) of his vision for the front yard which we approved. We were not charged for the drawings since they were included in the price with the job contract. Initial contact was made in late September. The initial stage (mainly removal of the existing old plants) was done promptly and well. The main frustration concerns lack of timely follow up (job still not completed after 3 months), lack of punctuality and overall lack of professionalism. Hence the first sentence of this review -an artistic approach. The design was very nice, but it seems Mr. Fosgate lost his interest in the job details. We would plan on a date to do a certain segment and no workers would show up. Sometimes 10 days to over 2 weeks would pass between visits. Mr Fosgate is often out of town working on other projects to the detriment of the current one (ours).I contacted Mr Fosgate requesting Him setting he time of arrival - that was not kept. We still have plants standing in pots (just placed around) rather than in the ground. The lighting job is half-done, although paid in full. If one wants an artistic design and does not mind having a haphazard approach to timely execution, Mr Fosgate may be your man. If you want to have good, consistent response and timely execution - you have been warned.

I was provided a designed sketch with suggestions of plants to be used. The design was beautiful and incorporated some large design rocks I currently had in my landscape.

Ed had great ideas and provided a clean design. However, the work took much longer for implementation and he was difficult to get hold of and was not responsive to emails. Soon after completion, weeds began to take over the zoysia and large area of Jasmine which required countless hours of manual removal. Which was contrary to the intent of the design (low maintenance). It appears as if I paid for more jasmine plants than I received as there were many gaps were weeds quickly found a home. Originally I had asked Ed to use a landscape canvas which would help minimize weed growth, but he convinced me not to use it. I should have insisted! I would recommend Ed's designs but not the work.

I like what he planned. I liked what he suggested and a couple of plants toppled over. If I were to use him again, I would make sure that he put the plants lower. I would use him again.

Provider's Good points: Creative layout scheme (albeit limited to straight line designs), Advice on size, shape and color of stones, Suggestions for foliage to complement pavers, Reasonable (but not exceptional) price quoted for work undertaken. Bad points: Failure to commit to a timetable to complete the work, Failure (despite assurances) to oversee his employees' work on site and thus prevent a basic layout error (Except on day he expected money, he did no more than make deliveries of/collect people and materials), Failure to provide a detailed written quote, Failure to provide written receipts for payments received, Failure to complete the work for which he was paid in full in good faith. Furthermore, his method of laying pavers assumes substantial additional work to cover raw edges with soil etc.

He is creative in design and presented very good ideas. Unfortunately, he was very difficult when we asked for an alternative to bamboo that we did not want, however, in the end he did plant Magnolia trees instead. He did not follow his plan as he chose not to get all the discussed plants so planted plants I did not want (he planted annuals where we only wanted perennials.) He did not honor my request to use Bromeliad plants I provided. I had to plant these myself. He did not provide adequate coverage for the pool pump equipment we wanted to cover with plants. His colleague was extremely rude to us and verbally abusive. We would not allow this man to return, Ed did honor that request and finished the job in time for our pool party on May 11, 2013. We have not heard from Ed since then. He stated he would replace any plants that died within the 1st year, we now question this and doubt he would even return our call. Although our landscaping does look very nice, I would not recommend this company and would never use them again.

Never returned calls. Had to threaten him with a bad review in order to get him to show up. Did not complete the repairs to the one year warranty. I would of had more fun doing it myself or poking my eyes out with a sharp pencil. Ok I am sure he will add comments that everything was my fault... I do have pictures of his mess.

At first, it went OK. We purchased a big deal--complete landscaping for $799. Laurence E Fosgate (who goes by Ed) convinced us to do a full makeover. He had excellent design ideas and seemed to know what he was talking about. From June 24 to July 24 we paid him $13,000. Every time we made a payment it became more and more difficult to get him to respond to texts, emails or voicemails. Finally, he worked hard for one final day, but did not finish the job. He left a tree stump in our front yard, a bunch of sand on our walkways, did not provide two fruit trees and the mulch was way too thin. All of these were items we had bought and paid for. After many months of intermittent communication, promises to show up and never appearing, he finally stopped communicating with us at all. The project is still not finished and he has been paid in full. We want Angie's List to refund us the $799 we paid to them so that we can hire another company to finish the job.

It was alright. I guess he did a good job. He's pretty artistic in his landscape design. It cost me more than what I paid on the deal.

Dont need an unresponsive contractor in my life -- thankfully I only lost $49.

He is hard to get in contact with but once he is on board things go well and the work is worth the wait.

It took a while to get scheduled due to personal reasons. Laurence, who goes by Ed, did come out and we went through the yard and discussed what we wanted. We have struggled since then to get in touch with him. We’ve been able to get in touch with him a few times asking for the plans. He always said he was going to send them with an expectation date but they never came through. One contact with him, I asked him questions to make sure I understood what was going on and he said he felt we were second guessing him. After that, Ed hasn’t responded at all. I have requested a refund.

I purchased a big deal from them in February and he came out in May. He has not called me since. I am not happy with his response. It took him several months to come out the first time. I saw his reviews on the site since then and others have not been happy with him.

What a terrible experience. Since Ed Fosgate first gave us a quote and a commitment for completion, his lack of communication and professionalism was nothing short of appalling. He ultimately abandoned our job after completing only half of it. In the meantime, he was unresponsive, incredibly rude (he blatantly insulted us as new homeowners), and his crew caused damage to one of our pipes that now needs to be repaired. Hiring Ed was the single biggest mistake we made since we bought our home. Do not hire him.

We agreed on what would be done. Mr. Fosgate provided a colored drawing of the landscape plans which was very nice and fit the layout of the house. Nice trees,flowering plants and bromeliads. Beautiful design...very pleased with his skills, and he was very pleasant and easy to get along with in person. It was very difficult to get a response. I received no prior warning of when the landscape crew would come to clear the front. They just appeared with equipment.It was over a month before they came back to do the landscape and actually lay the plants down. They just appeared one evening with plants and rocks. I had a scheduled event to attend and had to leave them to complete the job since I would be home late. On my way out, Mr. Fosgate requested the balance of the payment which I gave. Pleasant surprise...the landscape looked beautiful and a sprinkler was rigged up to water since the sprinler system at the new residence was not functional. That was appreciated. We had agreed on eliminating a few plant items, but I noticed that the important rock formation was incomplete. After leaving several emails for Weeks with no response Ed finally responded that he was traveling an had computer problems bot would check on the rock situation and the dying zoysia grass despite watering every other dayand the daily July rain. I have been extremely patient knowing that Mr. Fosgate is very knowledgable and a creative landscaper, but this level of customer service is beyond any level of acceptability. After this project I am a disappointed customer who had made every effort to give this company the benefit of the doubt.The landscape was done on June 14th. I am providing this review on August 19th...and I have not seen or heard from Mr Fosgate...sorry to say. Such a shame when the follow up and customer service is what makes happy repeat clients who provide numerous recommendations for service.

Ed is great. he is an artist when it comes to landscaping. My only negative comment is his punctuality. Several times he did not keep his appointments and or arrived late after I had to call.

It has been 2 months since our first contact. An estimate was given which turn out to be much more expensive than the initial offer. Tried to come up with an alternative plan with him but he kept on delaying the response. He said the bigger jobs take priority.

After a first attempt to meet up and discuss the services requested had to be rescheduled do to my work issues, I have not been able to get any response to me emails to this service provider. I want a full refund of this purchase.

This was a very frustrating experience and I hope that he is not involved in any more Big Deals.

I purchased a landscaping big deal from Ed Fosgate Landscaping. I have traded approximately 25 emails between myself and Ed (the majority me to him) and despite me sending him photographs and a survey of my home I have not received a design plan, estimate, or anything from the company. During my initial conversations I informed Mr. Fosgate that I wanted the project completed before May 5. I purchased the deal in February and I was told that would not be a problem. It has been over 3 months and I am no closer to getting the project completed than I was then. My last email exchange with Mr. Fosgate he stated that he had been very busy and apologized for not being able to start/complete the project and suggested that I obtain a refund through Angie's List if I was not satisfied. This is a difficult review because my one face to face interaction with Mr. Fosgate I was very excited to start and it seemed as if we were going to get the ball rolling quickly. I see through his website and other reviews that he does high quality work and speaking with him it was evident that not only does he know his stuff but loves what he does. It appears that his company is not very large and that the response from the Angie's List along with his regular clients may have left him overwhelmed or my house was a bit far from his address in Winter Park and the job wasn't a very big job and he may have pushed me down on the priority list. Either way I had already tied up a large sum of money purchasing the deal in Februay and it's now May and I am no closer to starting the project than I was back then. I am in the process of obtaining a refund for the purchase so I can move on with another company.

I ultimately got a refund on the Deal because of lack of response from the company. We did speak a few times - all initiated by me - and the conversations went well, but after not having any follow-up for about two months makes me a bit leery about his work. I think he realized I wouldn't be up-sold so I think he moved on.

He is very short, if not curt with you on the phone. He is always short and asking you who you are. His communication is just awful and I wouldn't recommend him to anyone.

Went quite well. Looks and performs well.