Hambletons Lawn Care Inc

I recently contracted with Hambleton Lawn and Landscape to aerate and overseed my lawn. The company was aware that I have a sprinkler system, however, due to a miscommunication the yard was aerated and overseed before I could mark the sprinkler system and a line was ruptured in the process. That is the not so good news that is shared with Andrew and the good news is that he was apologetic, professional and responded immediately with corrective some positive actions. Andrew had Ed come out to assess the damage. I was impressed with his dedication, patience and professionalism. He demonstrated a high level of energy, ambition, honesty, integrity, self-confidence, and job knowledge. Ed schedules a return visit to make the repairs and when about an hour before the agreed time, he called to tell me know that he was finishing up on a job that ran over and would about 10 minutes late. Ed arrived and made the repair. He was proficient, skilled and reassuring by his competence. He made sure before leaving that I was comfortable with the overall repair and even took time to recalibrate the sprinkler heads, which he did not have to do. Ed demonstrated a caring attitude about excellent customer service and a high level of dedication and work ethics. while one of the successful outcomes of exceptional customer service might begin at point of sale, it reaches a good or bad place quickly based on the interactions and display of knowledgeable skills, a positive attitude, a relentless work ethic and professionalism on the part of the servicing/maintenance team member(s) for ensuring a job well done. In Ed, I see a Hambleton brand and core values of fairness, honesty, sincerity, accountability, commitment to customers and these attributes impress me. It is quite evident to me that both Andrew and Ed understand the value of creating and maintaining effective customer relationships and that is impressive. I believe in Hambleton Lawn and Landscape because the company exceeded my expectations in a manner that was more than any of my prior lawn service providers and based on this first impression and quality of this experience, I highly recommend Hambleton as a preferred professional in lawn care service.

They come to your property and waste your time bragging about their knowledge of lawn care, but when you ask them to provide a written analysis describing the state of your lawn (which everybody else does) they refuse. Makes you doubt everything they say. And oh, by the way, be ready to be bombarded by spam once you give them your email address. Updated 7/25/2019: Increased quoted price at the last moment Review Text: They gave me an estimate for a large project and I told them I would be getting two more. A few weeks later, when I decided to hire them (even though they were not the least expensive) they increased their estimate by $6000 saying they had initially miscalculated the amount of work, when in reality they probably thought that I was out of options. (They were wrong).

Excellent, which usually involves mowing, edging and clean-up. The two-man crew always arrives promptly on time and gets right to work. They finish much quicker than I could hope to do myself and leave a well-manicured lawn behind. We are pleased with their work and hope to continue to avail ourselves of their services in the future.

They have come regularly as promised, and for the most part do a good job. We have an extensive garden, so not every weed is taken care of, but they are saving me a lot of work.

They do great work, they do it when they say are going to do it, and I find them to be reasonable on pricing, and have several times had them adjust prices according to changing circumstances. Their crews are friendly and professional, and as a company, they communicate regularly and respond to customer communications promptly.

My subdivision currently contracts with Hambleton for group leaf removal, however, I missed being able to sign up this year. Instead, I called Hambleton directly and within 48 hours they had removed nearly 30 yards of leaves piled 4.5 feet tall along my curb. Their staff (Sean) was on top of every step, responded to my inquiry, provided me some options, gave me a reasonable quote, set me up in their online payment/scheduling system, dispatched their top gun team of leaf removal artists, and all were friendly and professional throughout the entire process. I look forward to working with them again.

This is my second review. My first review was glowing. This one, not so much. For some reason, one of the men on the crew decided to pull the fuse from my Air Conditioner and throw it on the ground. This was after a rookie did my lawn one week, and had to be called back to fix the places he missed cutting and trimming, and after they moved us from Thursday to Wednesday, despite the fact that we joined them the year prior because they had availability later in the week. I am sure some crews are great and don't pull pranks, but I would not deal with them again.

Friendly, well-dressed, efficient, bilingual employees, using well-maintained equipment and tools.

Great, arrived while I was out, thorough and neat job.

Let's put it this way: I never have had a bad experience with Hambletons in all the years I have used their services. Any minor problems promptly were handled and corrected. All of the work crews (weekly mowing; clean-ups and mulching; special projects) have been friendly, courteous, and professional. The crews always have worked diligently the entire time they have been on my property. Cost estimates willingly have been provided when asked, but I almost always have opted for time and materials and never have regretted it. I always have felt I received my money's worth, otherwise I would not have worked with Hambletons for the length of time that I have. Hambletons truly is a Northern Virginia gem!

See above. In addition, we have always been very pleased with the quality of their work, their professionalism, and their approach that what was most important was to get the job done expertly, efficiently and at the least expense as possible.

Hambleton's has always done good work,with timely and professional staff and reasonable rates, which were adjusted with requests that I made. It is a pleasure to have such a responsive and high-quality company to work with. I have also recommended Hambleton's to several of my neighbors!

We cannot express how pleased we are with the service. The staff is great, friendly and professional. They relock my gate, which is important to me, having a dog, and they even picked up a plant that the wind had knocked over, last time they came.

It went great. The yard always looks great when they are finished.

They are dynamite! They are great. My neighbor even wanted their name after what they had done here.

They are also coming to do the first fertilizing and pest control service of the year today, 4/9. It is A+ work! The prices are very fair for the work they are doing for me.

We had Hambleton Lawn and Landscape provide weekly mowing and weeding service for two years. They did a fine job, I'd consider their service average to good, but the price kept going up for different reasons, and we eventually switched to another company. They initially quoted us $40/week to mow, plus $10/week to weed, which we agreed to. They then told us that they would charge $700 for a clean-up/mulching, and that the $10/week weeding could start after that, which was fine. About a year later, the price for weeding went up to an hourly rate, and they let us put a cap on the number of hours we were comfortable with, which meant that not all our beds were weeded each time and the cost was about twice the initial price. Then this month, wedding was cancelled and replaced with a "property maintenance" price structure - $30 per visit plus $40 per person per hour to weed. So for three techs to weed for one hour would be $150, which is out of our budget.

Hambletons provides regular care for my lawn. I can rely on them to keep my lawn looking good and they always clean up after leaving. I hired them last fall to do a fairly major bamboo removal project. Almost a third of my yard was bamboo and (as it does) it was creeping forward. The team took a backhoe to the yard to remove the bamboo from the root, removed a couple trees that had been rotting (2 of which were not originally planned for) and installed barriers on the side of the yard with a bamboo neighbor. I had a few shoots leftover and they came back out to remove them once I pointed them out. The crew was very professional. To get the backhoe into the yard, they removed and replaced my fence - no issues. They replaced the topsoil and seeded so I would have grass replace the bamboo. It worked awesome. While they were at it, I had them weed, mulch and take care of a rotting bush. The yard looked so much better. Bamboo is an evil beast if you don't know what you are doing with it. The previous owners of my house did not. Hambletons has helped me take care of a big problem and I've already contracted them for this summer to monitor and remove any shoots that creep back in. All my research has shown that it can be a multi year process and Hambletons will be my provider of choice!

It went very well. This is the second time we've used Hambleton's. Stephen came out and consulted with us on the design. We went back and forth a couple of times on plant suggestions via email and then were able to quickly finalize the proposal and work date.

I advised Joe Hambleton, Vice President of Hambleon Lawn and Landscape, why I would no longer need this service. Here is a short breakdown of my disappointment: 1) The lawn did not need mowing during the first week of April; you must have collected, at most, a cupful of trimmings. 2) Starting the first week of May, the mowing was too short. I was horrified when I came home from school to find that on both sides of the side walk the grass was cut down to the ground, exposing both the roots and earth. Needless to say, in subsequent weeks, the grass died. 3) For the next several weeks, I did notice that your men did pause once in a while before running the mower over the dying grass. However, they continued to do so. 4) The machinery used on this property is too large; my neighbor described it as though you “were preparing for a NASCAR event” noting the speed at which the lawn was mowed. During the next season, I will find a company that is more concerned about the condition of the lawn rather than collecting payments for services rendered that are either not necessary or detrimental to the health of the lawn.

My experience overall has went very well. They are a wonderful local family owned business and are very knowledgeable in their field. The staff is friendly and professional. The pricing is reasonable. I would highly recommend this company to others.

I have worked with hambleton to get an estimation of work as part of a house buying process. They have been attentive to my needs and quite understanding of the fact that I needed an understanding of the cost without being able to perform a grounds inspection (I was the buyer at the time). They have reviewed my inspection report and tried to give me an understanding of worse case scenario based on acquired information. Post house buying, I have use the company for an estimate and scheduling the work. The team was at the property at the right time and the work was performed as expected. Steve from Hambleton has been in touch with us through the planning process. This experience has been phenomenal for me as a customer and I would hearthly recommend them to everyone. The only reason why I hesitated a bit on giving an A on quality is because I would have liked them to go one step ahead and understand that the scope of work needed some tweeking to address my problem completly. Instead I had to check out the work and give some indications in terms of additional things that should have been done which was my understanding as being in scope from the beginning. So, I think there should be another category on pro-activeness which would help me focus my rating in a better way. FYI, I couldn't rate the price as I haven't got another estimate on this job (Hambleton built the trust with me, thus I prefered to go with someone that I knew would better fit my needs)

Hambleton Lawn and Landscape is very professional, charges reasonable prices and does excellent work. They use a very high quality hardwood mulch. I have used them for various yard projects for four years and I alway have been very pleased with the final result. I highly recommend this firm for your yard work.

They are excellent. They keep the lawn trimmed in shape. Even though we had a confusion with a bill, they were patient and terrific and very helpful as we work through it. We finally resolved it and they did a great work. You also don't have to have a contract with them because they charge you per service that they provide which I think is good and unusual.

After not receiving responses from numerous service providers, Hambleton's was very responsive and professional. Nicely detailed and customized quote. Friendly and easy to work with. Expecting a great experience.