B&B Maintenance Services Inc

We have been using this company for approximately 3 years. in the beginning they were very good with the fall clean up and doing the regular landscaping during the season and their price was reasonable. Lately the quality of the work has diminished but the prices have gone way up. The price for mowing weekly stayed the same but the fall clean up prices have increased by about 30% and I wouldn't mind if the work quality increased as well, but unfortunately it did not. I would find branches and leaves that were forgotten or overlooked on my property and cutting back of decorative grasses and Hydrangea bushes is no longer done. I felt that we had to keep calling them back to finish the job. I do not want to constantly keep reminding the company to get all the leaves and branches they should just automatically pick them up.

Every job has been reasonably priced and done as asked and done well. I see complaints on here about contacting them. I can say, it is a small business and the owners work on jobs with their employees. So yes, they may not respond immediately and you may need to call back, but they do and they do good work. Prices are reasonable as well. Id use them again and have recommended them to others as well.

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Weeds were tall around the house. Usually I maintain it myself but was unable to, so hired Band B to clean up the beds. Hoping they would work out so that I would continue to use them. - First, one guy starts by hitting the tall weeds with a weedwacker. Then they would've just topped that with the wood chips. Those weeds would have quickly grown back! I stopped him, and said the plants must be pulled out. So, they did pull the weeds. But, also pulled some perennials out also as they couldn't tell the difference. - They were supposed to trim the shrubbery along the house; the plants on the right side were very overgrown. They did not trim ANY of those plantings at all. Nor did they weed out the saplings growing within the shrubs. -The large yew was to be given a major pruning and weed out the vines and saplings growing within. They removed none of the weeds, and they did an embarrassing trim job. They severely cut it back on the house side, which was needed but they did not cut the shrub uniformly around it's entire perimeter! The plant was kind of shaped like a large bread roll, but now it has a slice removed from the side closest to the house! - They did put a good layer of mulch down, but they covered all of the plantings stems so I had to pull the mulch back away from the stems myself. Maybe this is to much to expect, I'm not sure if other co's do this properly as I had always done this myself in the past. - In order to make the mulch delivery easier they backed their truck up my short driveway to be closer to the house. After they had left I see a small puddle of oil on my new cement driveway! (only 3 years old). I would think they would know not to pull this vehicle up onto peoples driveways. - I called Bob and left a voice message on his phone. Told him to please send someone back to finish the trimming and weeding, especially of the large yew. That was over 2 weeks ago and they've never returned back or called back. I don't understand why a self-employed person can just walk away from a customer. If he would have returned and finished the job properly I would have continued to use him on occasion. By not coming back, he has lost a customer. Very poor businessman.

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Never returned my phone call for three days! Very unprofessional, waited three days no call! I would at least had called me back to touch base! and quot;Fand quot;

Prompt reply to initial contact, service performed as described and in a timely and professional matter. What's not to like?

Sent Band B an e-mail through Angie's List with my contact information, interested in an estimate. never received a response. Guess they don't need the work!

I hired Band B to do a complete landscaping overhaul of my backyard. Band B was awesome about communicating, responded quickly to emails, and was pleasantly agreeable to changes and revisions to their design. I gave Band B $1000 cash deposit to start quickly. Band B said and quot;We'll start later this week.and quot; The week passed -- no call, no work started, no sign of Band B. The next Monday, I asked what happened. Band B said they were busy and assured me, and quot;We'll start the middle of this week.and quot; Another week passed, no call, no work started, no sign of Band B. By Friday afternoon I was worried: Band B had $1000 of my money and had now blown off two start dates without a word. I contacted Band B to cancel the project and get my deposit back. Band B said I could not cancel, because they had already bought the plants. I said, and quot;If you already bought the plants, then why have you not showed up to install them?and quot; It sounded fishy. Band B offered to start the next day. Sure. Fool me twice, shame on you. Fool me three times... I insisted on cancelling. Today, 3.5 weeks later, Band B has finally returned a PORTION of my deposit. They returned $800, but decided to keep $200 for the and quot;time and effortand quot; it took them to (allegedly) return the plants. To me, this is unethical. Borderline theft. Band B's failure to show up (twice!) cost ME time and money. I put and quot;time and effortand quot; in to change my work hours, reschedule meetings with clients, etc., all so I could be present for Band B's and quot;start dates.and quot; But Band B never showed up, and didn't even have the courtesy to tell me they weren't showing up. I don't work with companies who treat people that way. I can't force Band B to return my $200. But I can write an honest review to warn fellow homeowners. If you hire Band B, heed my advice: Give ZERO deposit, or a minimal deposit through escrow. Create your own contract, with a definite start date and end date, and stipulate consequences if those dates are not met. Finally, don't take anything for granted. There are many good, ethical landscapers that you can trust to and quot;Do the Right Thingand quot; ... Band B is just not one of them.

Bob and his son Bob Jr. are great. Very friendly, professional and reliable. They also did a spring cleanup for me. They had great suggestions for the property based on my budget and what I wanted to accomplish. Would definitely recommend them to anyone!

So far the willow tree was relocated and is doing great. The front beds were redesigned and they both came out beautiful. We asked him to relocate all the other plants that were in the original bed and they did a great job with that as well. They also trimmed all our low hanging branches and cleaned and thinned out some beds in our backyard. They also took down some trees that had partly fallen during hurricane Sandy and plowed my driveway during the winter. They are very easy to work with, show up on time and seem to be always in a good mood. I am very happy that we decided to go with them for our lawn maintenance company and would recommended them to anyone looking for a landscaper. There is an updated review posted on 1/22/16. Was not happy as time went on. Prices increased and work decreased.

prompt and professional service only estimate at this time.

Good price, arrived on time and completed the work as requested. Very polite and professional. We will use them again next year.

I was not home all day but they came in, performed the services and went above and beyond in keeping everything neat.

I've been looking for a company to provide spring and fall clean-up and weekly lawn care for my elderly mother for a very long time. I have called numerous companies left messages where I never heard back or was told they don't service her area. I e-mailed Band B late one night not expecting to hear back any time soon. I received a reply that same night, and Bob was at my mother's house the following morning. He called me with an extremely fair price and although he has not started the work yet, I can just tell that this company is going to be amazing just by their prompt attention and extremely personable way about them. Thank you Band B! I can't wait to do business with you!

Since my wife and I had our twin boys born in March, it is has been impossible to keep up with the lawn care through the fall months. Needless to say our lawn was looking a bit ragged after the holidays. I found B and B Maintenance Services, Inc. on Angie's list, I emailed them to see if they still were doing fall clean ups, since it was about a month into Winter already. Not only did they respond promptly, they went out that day to do an estimate for me. By the end of the day (I emailed them before lunch) we had already scheduled an appointment. I also emailed a few other places but none of them got back to me. B and B Maintenance Services, Inc. came to my house on Monday morning and worked for several hours raking, bagging and mowing. The lawn looked great and I am proud of my house once again.

Bob was great. Nice young guy from area. Priced the job reasonably and was able to come short notice. Him and his crew arrived on time and removed about 150 feet of trees, bushes etc as well as one larger tree and some small bushes along driveway. They were on time, fast and took away all the debris. I called them back after the fence install to clean up a huge pile of debris the fence guys left and he was prompt and left yard like nothing was ever there. Would def recomend and im calling them again for a late fall cleanup.

Bob and his crew have been maintaining my 2 commercial properties for the past two years. I have been through numerous landscapers in the past but these guys are reliable and courteous. If they see a few bushes out of shape, they will trim them and simply bill me. I am fine with this because i have NEVER felt taken advantage of. There rates are more than reasonable. They do quality work. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!