I used their services for several months and had a variety of problems the entire time. The first time they mowed at my rental property they damaged the siding on the house. I give them credit for replacing it after I called and sent pictures, but it took several days for them to get it right. When I moved into my current rental home, I carried my service over with me and had frequent problems with them not coming on my set day (even when it hadn't rained all week). They never notified me and this made it difficult to know when I could allow my dog to be outside and when I would spend extra time cleaning up after him. On many occasions I would be frustrated because it just seemed as if the workers would race through the job and not really care to do a good job. Some areas would be longer than others, and I had to ask them on multiple occasions to cut the grass shorter. The final straw came when they mowed my lawn when it clearly had standing water all over it. There were deep gauges put into my back lawn and though I attempted to contact them multiple times during the month this occurred, they didn't respond until 2 months had passed. I've never had such horrible customer service. Save yourself the headache and look elsewhere. read more

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Terrible service. They sent me 3 notices at a time. 2 invoices and a cancellation. How do they expect to get paid with no invoice? Most importantly. The service absolutely sucked. I didn't care as my property needs improvement, but a 5 year old could do a better job. There was never a time where they forgot to do something. And I'm not talking just like a couple weeds. I'm talking an entire section of the property. Cancelling my service is a blessing from God. read more

We've been thru a lot of lawn care companies and was impressed with the professionalism from the guys who came out but also the owner Brent. We both work full time jobs so I have no time to cut my own lawn or keep it up. I felt that economic mowing is fair priced, I haven't had any issues with them yet but the owner did reassure me that if I do have may problems he would be more than glad to take care of us. Thanks again for the service and spring time is rolling around the corner, hoping to keep up our yard this entire year :D read more

Economic Mowing - Before and after for one of the properties - Landscaping Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

I signed up for bi-monthly lawn care services for my parents' house in an effort to assist with yard work. Unfortunately, I have been disappointed with their first two visits and would very much like to receive the kind of service other folks on this page are raving about. Here has been my experience: April 17 (First Visit): Mowed the lawn but didn't do well with trimming against the fence or plant boxes and broke the glass of the front screen door. Mathew said the glass would need to be ordered and it would take 7-10 days. Also reminded them of my request for an estimate for spring cleaning/weeding. May 3 (Second Visit): Two days late due to rain, but didn't bother proactively informing us of the schedule change (got an email notification after I called about the Wednesday no-show). Also, still no replacement glass for the screen door (it has now been 16 days). They also did another poor job at trimming the grass along the fence and plant boxes. Still haven't received the requested estimate for spring cleaning/weeding...although now I'm not so confident they can do the job. May 10th: Glass for screen door finally came in and was installed. (Coincidentally the same day my dad called and complained). The only positive experience I've had with this company so far is working with Mae, who seems to be the office manager. She's been very responsive and helpful. It's now May 11th and I still haven't received the estimate I requested for spring cleaning/weeding. I don't think I'll bother re-reminding them since I haven't been satisfied with their basic lawn care service. I doubt they'll impress me with anything more difficult than that. May 15th is the third scheduled lawn service and I'm hoping they improve. If service doesn't improve, I'll be looking for another service company. This would be a shame since it seems there are so many other satisfied clients. read more

The service by EM's lead tech, Brett, has been superb & he alone deserves 5 stars, however, the admin at EM has been less than responsive. After a questionable billing charge appeared on my online account I called the office & spoke to Mareena, & asked to speak with the owner, Matt, who was not in, and requested he call me as soon as practicable. After 5 days of no response I called again & spoke with Mareena & asked again to speak to Matt (not in) & explained I was getting a little frustrated with the lack of response & the questionable charge. I also sent a msg through EM's online work request html form, which also has gotten no response. I feel a little taken for granted by the owner/mgt. read more

I have a child with special needs who is absolutely obsessed with engines of all sorts, including lawnmowers. If I were to ever try mowing my lawn while he was home, I would have to be ready to shield him from burning himself by touching the hot engine. This can be difficult, especially when trying to bag the clippings. I have a full time job, so I would have to take vacation time in order to tend to my lawn while he is at school. He's also a flight risk, so we have to keep all of our fences locked whenever possible. Enter Economic Mowing. I let them know about our situation and the measures we have to take to protect our child and they worked with us to make sure our safety measures were maintained whenever they finished up. They also use mulching mowers, so mowing is quick and efficient. I was especially impressed with the quality of the edge work around the driveway and walkways. Better than I would be able to do. There are times when I have had some issues with them getting back to me when I have a question, which is the reason for the 1-star deduction, but otherwise, I am a very satisfied customer and would recommend them to anyone looking for affordable lawn services. read more

Years of great customer experience will occur and have gone by with no acknowledgement of a job well done but as soon something goes wrong or doesn't go someone's way, all the hard work and satisfaction up to that point will have gone unnoticed. This company is great and does fantastic work. The owner is a VB local so knows everything about the area. He is a family man and is easy to talk to. Must be a great boss as having staff that is mostly only seasonal the same workers come back each season. If there are ever any issues the owner is quick to rectify it. Some times the service days change and that has to do with the weather. I don't mind because I know the crew is going to do all they can to make it out to me and they do. If your not from vb you wouldn't understand our crazy and unexpected weather patterns. I would recommend this company for their great customer service, quality of work and competitive pricing. read more

This company does a great job. Always services the yard on time. Econic Mowing also has office staff which you do not find with most lawn companies. read more

We've used Economic Mowing for our lawn service (in Norfolk, VA) for nearly two years. The crew is efficient and professional, they stick to the schedule, and our yard always looks great. We especially like the email notifications when our regular service day needs to shift due to inclement weather. They get a solid 5 stars for lawn service, but 3 stars for not following up on additional services, i.e. their snow removal offer or another inquiry I made about lawn aeration. I think having a strong office manager would solve that issue. Overall, we've been pleased and would recommend them to others. read more

Well, at first, I thought they did a fairly decent job. The second time they came, they didn't cut half of the yard and didn't trim any edges, fence lines, etc. I called and complained. The owner (I'm assuming), called me back and came out and fixed the yard. He agreed that it looked as if it hadn't been cut and he wasn't sure anyone had even come by. They arrived just as I was leaving for work and I moved some patio furniture from the yard so I know they came - they just did a horrible job. Then, I realized they were over charging me, an honest mistake that was quickly fixed. My third cut has been by far the worst. I've called and emailed several times and yet it STILL hasn't been fixed. My grass was, once again, not cut completely, part of my yard was scalped and is now mud, and only parts of the yard were trimmed/weed-eaten. On top of that, they are supposed to blow off the grass from our driveways/decks which were covered with grass clippings (surprising considering it looks like they only went down one row of our lawn). Two weeks later, my yard looks like a jungle because, technically my grass hasn't been cut in over three weeks. No one from EM has called me back. I understand it's rained quite a bit, but a courtesy call or any acknowledgement from management would be appreciated. I'm paying for a service, yet not receiving what I'm supposed to be getting. **Update** I received an email from Matt (after he obviously read my negative review - funny he couldn't return my calls before) and he stated: We came back out to your property on May 4th and cut the property again. I see that you have not been happy with any of your services so I will be refunding everything back to you. I am sorry that our crews has provided you with poor service. Thank You Matt PS You stated in your review that we never responded to your last email but yet we did on May 3. Thanks for the condescending email, Matt. But, they never came back on May 4th and I called multiple times after that to get someone back out to fix my yard. Sure, a refund is great. But EM will be responsible for fixing the scalped spots in my yard and for any overgrowth charges I have to pay another lawn company. read more

Economic Mowing - a tractor in a field of grass - Landscaping Near Me - Virginia Beach, Virginia

Awesome local company, been using them for years, always show up and does a great job, great pricing too. If you want dependable, call Economic read more

They serviced me fine for close to two years then one day did an awful job. Did half of the lawn, threw fallen branches on a flower bed damaging them, and tracking mud. After complaining I finally heard back that someone came by to finish the job (which my neighbor was kind enough to do). Then I got a phone call stating that they would put these notes into my account and would take care of me this coming Tuesday, the people I talked to must have forgotten as they cancelled my services and account. I guess I'm not worth their time. They also agreed to remove leaves and lay mulch from my yard and under my deck this spring. They removed half of the leaves and left bags of the "premium" mulch from lowes in my garbage. read more