I hired Kristi Tucker and Gardening Angels more than a month ago through Thumbtack. I told her what I needed to have done and got her ballpark estimate of what it would cost me. We agreed on the deal - handshake agreement. She finally came out, says she brought a 7 man crew, I only saw 4 or 5, On the time she finally made it to my house, she decided to work on my front yard first. I was really anxious to get flowers in my front planter boxes. So it took two hours @$145/hour to plant a bush, plant a hydrangea dig out some grass in a garden, dig up two low lying yews and transplant them elsewhere and I believe this was it. Two hours of $145/hour of work for 7 people - the math doesn't add up for me. The worst thing, though, is the fact that she never came back again. For two weeks I called and called - no return call. So finally, I messaged her through Thumbtack and she wrote back telling me that they have been too busy with her repeat customers and wouldn't have time to get to me for another two weeks. No. That isn't acceptable. She told me she could not come back to finish my job for another two weeks ( and I wouldn't trust her to do that, either) telling me this in an email and not by phone after I left 5-6 messages for her. Please note also that I found her on Thumbtack. She is not the first person who flaked out on me on Thumbtack. Another woman I hired to create a database for me told me the work sounded ":too tedious." Who are these people? Gardening Angels, irresponsible, price gouging no show outfit. Buyer beware. read more