Updated July 28, 2025 from my original review 4 years ago. It's interesting that all of a sudden Jason got two 5-star reviews on the SAME DAY from people who don't have any other yelp history. It seems very suspicious and then I got a message from Angela saying I need to not be so hateful when in fact, I'm sharing my experience and those of my community. BEWARE!!! Original review here: I'd love to give ZERO stars, but I can't go lower than 1 star. We have a shared dirt driveway with our neighbors and needed it to get redone. If you like projects that were supposed to be 2 weeks and have turned into 9 weeks with no end in sight, having construction work start at 5 pm, no shows, lots of excuses, property damage, paying upfront ... then Jason at Green Excavation is your guy. We had to cut our losses at $4000 and terminate Jason without any of the material he promised (he said we wouldn't get any even though we paid upfront). We now have to hire people who know what they're doing and it will cost $20k to undo the damage he has done, and then additional money on top of that for the project. We have had 3 professionals come to look at what Jason did and they all agree he doesn't know what he is doing. It's embarrassing because we paid 2/3 upfront and we should have done more research. Please learn from me. The lowest price does not mean the best deal. Our poor neighbors decided to keep working with him for their upper part of the driveway, it's been 4 months and their driveway and yard looks like a war zone. STILL NOT DONE! read more

I found green excavating through our local front porch forum, I figured using a local guy would be good but my surprise quite the opposite. I met Jason at the house that I was renovating needing to clean out my backyard of Small trees and brush. A contract with sign which he would clear out all vegetation place topsoil and reseed for planting grass. During the renovation he discovered that there were rocks in the soil and stated that it took him longer than he expected. I did let him know that we agreed he would clean the area. After it was mostly cleaned he then wanted the rest of his money. I let him know that the job was not done though I needed to rake and get rid of all the smaller rocks and roots myself which I was not expecting to do. Getting closer to completion he now is asking for more money, wanting $325 more for grass seed. I let him know that we signed a contract and seeding was included. Because of his whining I did agree to pay him an extra $225. When I arrived at the completed project he did not put any topsoil in at all. If I was to have all the smaller rocks and roots removed that would be an additional $800. Finally after already paying him he wants to come back and take the boulders and rocks for someone else that he has promised them to. I explained that I had already given them away and he was upset over this. I have friends that are currently using him at the same time and he has destroyed their driveway and costing them thousands of dollars. I would never use him again and strongly recommend that you find someone else. read more

Absolutely terrible experience in the summer of 2020, so bad that we won a judgment against him in VT court in June 2021 and as of April 2022 we're still trying to get our money back. Hired Jason Pearce to remove old concrete and pour new concrete around our pool. What was supposed to be a 2-week job turned into a three month nightmare: our yard and two fences were damaged, and the sides of our inground pool were left exposed for weeks. Our property was a wreck and inadequately secured after the fences came down. Pearce did almost no work during this time, showing up for a few hours then disappearing for days and weeks with a never ending string of personal, work, and health excuses. The last straw was when he tried to get more money from us despite an entire summer with no progress made--that's when we fired him. He refused to return the money we had paid him so we had to take him to court. Protect your money and your property: do not hire Jason Pearce or his company Green Excavation of Richmond Vermont. read more