A big no vote for Custom Lawn Care!
Initially, we did not plan to write this negative review. But after finding ourselves extremely frustrated with this company, we felt it was necessary. We originally secured Custom Personalized Lawn Care's services for the summer of 2015. Each time their worker showed up, he flew quickly through our yard, before moving on to the next. Throughout the summer, we endured plenty of weeds, including an abundance of dandelions.
We were not happy with this, and so we secured the services of a new weed-control company for the 2016 season. Throughout the fall, winter and spring of 2016, we were inundated with letters from Custom Personalized Lawn Care requesting that we sign up for service again. Because we knew we were not going to use this company again, we simply tossed these letters in the trash.
We were, therefore, shocked when we received a bill from Custom Personalized Lawn Care in April 2016 for services they performed. Services we did not want. Apparently, the company automatically renews every client FOREVER unless they specifically call and cancel their service. So in our opinion, the letters requesting us to sign up again were somewhat misleading. In fairness, there is a note on their mailings that mention services continue from season to season. So if you choose to use this company, please be aware of this. But, after 30 years of outsourcing our weed-control/fertilizing, we have never encountered a company that did this. Personally, we think it's a bit sneaky.
When we called about the bill, we were informed about their continuing service. We immediately canceled service as of May 3, 2016. And although we were not happy about it, we agreed to pay their bill for the initial treatment (which we never ordered).
Our new company came and completed our late spring application, and successfully obliterated the numerous dandelions left by Custom Personalized Lawn Care. On May 9, 2016, a Custom Personalized Lawn Care employee came to our home and completed another application right on top of the application we just had! Not only was our cancellation not effectively communicated, but this particular employee removed the notification sign left by our current company, leaving it lying on the ground. (Probably plowed over it!) And naturally, they sent us another bill. We will not be paying this one!
Custom Lawn Care's weed control and fertilizing services were ineffective. When we initially called to cancel service, their customer service representative was rude and argumentative. The customer service representative also claimed that if we weren't happy with the service, we could have called them to come back out. Nowhere on any of their paperwork that we received is this option written. Bottom line, we do NOT recommend Custom Personalized Lawn Care! read more