Yardwork Etc

Some weeds pulled, ivy removed, and bark added but only where the ivy was. It looked extremely awkward. The area around the bark still had weeds and didn't fill the entire area. I figured they were coming back to finish another day. I was wrong. I'm sure this is partially my fault because I made assumptions they understood what to do. Don't assume. I found out a few weeks later that my neighbor also hired them to do some work. They saw them working at my place and needed to get some stuff done quickly. They were upset at the amount of money paid for so little work. In the end they needed it done though. My other neighbor took the opportunity to chime in on anther day. He explained how they came in and were in a real hurry and didn't seem to concerned about detail. Which I kind of though already since I had bark on my driveway and they didn't seem to tidy up much. So. This was basically my fault for not demanding they come to the house and set my expectations. I'll live up to that. Don't make the same mistake. But what really irritated me was cost. I agreed on a cap at $480 plus fees. That turned into 672$. I personally find these fees crap. I'm not going to get into detail of each but I definitely feel ripped for some of these. Again, my bad for not understand fees or digging in deeper. Note to future clients... --- Commuting between jobs, 0.75 @ $20.00 = 15.00 --- Dump Run, 0.75 @ $60.00 = 45.00 --- Disposal Fee $11.00 .5 over labor and .75 dump run = 1.25x60 and project/didn't mention com fees 15=87.50 --- Tax: @ 9.6% = 58.94

The work that they did was goob. I didn't ever get to meet them in person, one of my neighbors that saw them said they were working hard. They weren't able to do as much work as I was hoping they could. They weren't able to clean up all of the planting beds, they did 2 smalls one. I personally thought I would be able to get more done than the reality was, it was not their fault. I used them for the little bit of work they did, but was hoping for more. I don't have time to shop around for someone else to do the work for a price I was comfortable with. I think the cost is so much more than I was expecting, I don't think I will use again.

They're very skilled with native landscaping and very intricate landscape. They're our recurring landscaper now.

I would recommend them highly. They were courteous and prompt. They did a very thorough job. The price seemed to be reasonable to me at that time. If I needed to, I would call them back.

Extremely unprofessional on the phone - he answered the phone and in a 'very flat tone" said "it wasn't a good time to talk and that I had to call him back." He should had let the message go to voice mail or, better yet, since he picked up, he should have taken down my name and # to call me back - he obviously is disorganized and not on his game or doesn't need new business - I can't imagine the bad work he would do at my house - I dodged a bullet on this one and I have a huge yard that he could of made a lot of money on!!!!

I think this service was a bad match for my situation. A contributing factor to the problem was the charge of $50.00 per hour and my imposed limitation of keeping the cost under $150.00 per month (although they didn't meet this goal). I have a small yard that had been neglected for a couple of months. I am on a fixed income and just needed mowing/weed whacking/blowing. The work that was performed was satisfactory but finished product was disappointing. For example, the lawn was mowed and I was charged for edging, but on the other side of the edged lawn were foot high weeds that ruined the effect. Even after bringing this to the owners attention the weeds are still growing tall next to my lawn. The guys were nice and the owner was very responsive and tried to work within my limitations - but in the end it was too expensive for me and the results were disappointing.

Yesterday was just one of the regular lawn maintenance visits. Other jobs have been large yard detailing, and sprinkler system repair and adjustment. I am very satisfied with their work. David Grimes is very thorough.

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Instead of coming out and doing the work, this contractor sent out a young, inexperience employee to do the work. The young man worked very hard and was outstanding, however, I would have preferred to have had the contractor himself onsite and doing the work himself. He was contantly gone, and I feel he didn't do the work he was contracted to do.

it went well. They were on time, quick, and efficient.

Very pleased

I had David give me an evaluation on what needed to be done to my yard to get it looking good after winter and the inevitable attack of lots of moss. We were ready to rip up the whole yard and start over but he told us that thatching, raking chemical treatment, and overseeding would make a huge difference. He did not try to sell us work that wasn't needed. He contacted a different company to do the thatching and he would do the raking. We then had to wait for some dry weather. I expected David to let me know in advance when the work would be performed so I could be home at the time but I had to keep calling him to get a date and time. David and his helper came the day after the yard was thatched and did the whole yard (we have a very large back yard) in about 1.5 hours. They did a good job in a reasonable amount of time. David did have to take out some time to go to the store to buy more leaf bags - I would have expected him to come with everything needed to do the job.

We are going to have Yardwork Etc come back monthly. They did a great job. They were very thorough in what they did.

The three brush were expertly trimmed and look great. The bamboo move was going to be very labor intensive as our yard is mostly clay fill. They gave me a general estimate and said they could start right away but they did not have something for clay. I lent them my spud bar and went to work. When I came home the job was complete and the area cleaned up and looked better than when I left. What they did with the bamboo was perfect.

Yardwork Etc. is reliable, but he's very expensive. He charges $50 an hour and the first time he cut my grass it was $160 which is outrages, so dropped him. I sent him an email and said that it was ridiculous. They had three men out here and there was no way I should have been billed $160. His big deal is that he has a degree in horticulture and I said you don't need a degree to cut the grass and you don't do anything else for me. He didn't advise me on plantings and didn't plant anything or pull the weeds, so I mean essentially I'm paying to get the grass cut. I found another company that only charged me $40 for the same lawn. I used Yardwork Etc. for a couple of years, but his prices kept going up. His services were good overall.

They are very reliable . They always show up on time and do a great job.