Dennis did a terrible job, unprofessional, rude. A guy named Dennis came to clear the snow on my driveway and he did a very terrible job. On January 20, 2025, I called this company. Dennis came in the afternoon, and he didn't bring the snow shovel. He asked to use my shovel. After just spent approximately around 20 mins, he said I am done. When I checked the driveway, was still covered with plenty of snow (See the photo below). I told him this snow will turn into ice later. He responded me angrily while scrapping the snow with his foot and said this is already ice. Actually, that wasn't ice, and it still can be cleared. He complaint with an angry tone and impolitely: I came here to help you; I already spent 20 mins here. How long do you want me to spend time here? 1 hour? Did you sign a contract with me? I bring my baby and say "F" word. I didn't know what he was talking about. There is nothing to do with the sign contract or how long he has spent time here. I only wanted him to do a good job, cleared the driveway. You shouldn't come here if you didn't want to and now you are complaining, I responded him. Why would he bring his baby to clear the snow? He should just stay home, and baby sit his baby and shouldn't take the job. He just wanted to make an easy money cleared the snow for only 20 mins and got paid? I never met someone like him before with the worst quality job ever. I will never use this company any more in the future for any project. I don't need him, there are plenty of snow removal company out there who can do much better job. To Dennis, if you can't do the job, please don't take it only wanted to make money. I don't need this aggravation. I didn't want to pay him full, and I told him don't come back. Who wants to sign a contract with him. You will lose customers with that poor quality, rude, lack of communication and unprofessional behavior. read more

DJ Groundskeeping - Driveway was still cover with plenty of snow. - Landscaping Near Me - New City, New York

DJ groundskeeping has always been reliable, professional, impeccably detail oriented and highly skilled. Dennis and his crew know what they are doing which is why they have continued to grow so much over the years. From landscaping to snow removal they have you covered through every season. Don't hesitate to give them a call, you won't regret it. read more

We love DJs! Dennis and his crew are the absolute best! We hired them last year to give our property a makeover and we couldn't be happier. Dennis is very responsive and takes his time in discussing plans with us and gives great input; he's a pleasure to talk to and more importantly we trust him. Thanks for all your hard work Dennis and team! read more

I was not going to place a review of D-J Groundskeeping at first but then Dennis, one of the principals of the company, made an obnoxious phone call to me screaming at me that I was a "liar" and a "thief." He was referring to something from the early spring when I contested the destruction of my lawn by him. We agreed to call in HIS FRIEND who works for a reputable and well-known lawn company to decide what happened and what should be done and to abide by his decision. The friend said that Dennis should reseed my lawn and the friend would help him. We ALL agreed to that. After that Dennis sent a crew to do a spring clean-up and then sent people back to weed and to apply black mulch at my request. I sent him an email about the workers on the second visit and the improper way they mulched. He texted me back that he would "send up a few guys to touch it up, we're about 3 weeks booked out now and I was using those guys to just help out with the overload." He added that, "Going forward I'll make sure to have my A team at your property." No one came to touch up the poor job the two workers did with the weeding and mulching. I wrote him an email itemizing the problems such as: The Mulch contained the following: - Pieces of glass - Chunks of wood - Pieces of wood as large as 8" x 2" - Pieces of rug - A plethora of plastic and plastic film - Pieces of a zip lock - A key - White pieces coming through the black mulch, which I had ordered Other Mulch issues: - The mulch was pushed up tight to the plants, which I have repeatedly asked them not to do. - The mulch was also pushed up to the shingles on the house, which can cause termites according to my exterminator. - I had asked for 2" of mulch but it was very unevenly applied with 4-5" in places and barely there in other areas. I am still evening this out. That cost me extra money because they wasted mulch. - They also did not contain the mulch in the gardens with spill over to the walkway and driveway. Two (2) men who came to weed brought no weeding tools with them and were doing it by hand. I had to show them how much more effective and efficient (He charges by the hour) hoes were. They finally capitulated and used the hoes. However, when weeding the Nut Sedge, which was my major weed problem, they just pulled it up, which only served to spread it even more according to the Cornell Cooperative extension. So, I ended up with more weeds than I had started with. I sent Dennis an email itemizing the problems listed above and some difficulties with the spring clean-up, such as improperly pruning my shrubs leaving dead wood on many plants and leaving the tops wider than the bottoms preventing the sun getting to the bottom of the shrubs despite my cautioning them about this. I had used Dennis' company for several years when I believe that he was starting out and he did a good job and I gave them a good review. However, as his business has grown the quality of their work and products has declined significantly. In my last email to him, I asked Dennis to call me so that we can resolve the issues. [he had reduced the invoice a bit without my asking but it did not come close to remediating the mistakes and sloppy work that they had done. He called me but was screaming on the phone at me calling me a "liar" and a "thief" mostly referring to the lawn issue, which was settled months earlier and not mentioned in my letter at all. I could not get a word in edgewise and then he hung up on me! I would NOT RECOMMEND this company! They do poor work and it is run by a real h read more