Americo's Landscaping

We had zoysia lawn installed on our new build in late October. By January of the next year, we noticed huge squares (approximately 90 square feet) of the lawn were totally dead. The rest of the lawn was not in good shape either as many weeds and crabgrass were poking through the lawn. We contacted the contractor who told us not to worry about it and call back in the spring. By April, the areas were still brown and only weeds were flourishing in most of the areas. We were told by our neighbor that the contractor did not prep the soil at all. He simply laid the sod over the existing sand and never brought in topsoil or tilled the sand. The contractor finally agreed to come out as we also had 5 dead shrubs. The contractor first tried to blame the symmetrical square patches on moles. This was a ridiculous explanation as moles dig in a linear pattern, not in square pattern. He then tried to blame the problem on fertilizer which we applied a week before he arrived. He had told us not to fertilize in fall or winter which we did not. After much debate, he finally agreed to fertilize for us. That solution did not work and he said he would do a second treatment. He never showed up for that. He also said he would replace the five shrubs that were dead. He did not do that either. We finally corrected the problem by replacing those areas with new sod and hand weeding the entire lawn. We also had to purchase five new shrubs that should have been replaced. This contractor refuses to take responsibility for faulty work and refuses to stand behind his work. We ended up spending over $1000.00 to correct his mistakes.

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Americo and his crew are reliable and professional. He is very knowledgeable and stands behind his work.

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My parents place, totally neglected since they went into nursing home. Americo not only showed up exactly on time for the estimate, but did an amazing job of clearing years of overgrown weeds, bushes and prickers. I believe we formed an instant bond and I just knew paying him in advance was OK. (I had to return home) Not only did he do a such a great job on my yard, the lady across the street was so impressed, she asked me for his phone number.

He has worked for me for 5 and a half years. Always answers his messages and is punctual. Will do extra work if I request it. Is very knowledgeable and does a good job.