I hired Jose to clean up my yard and to spread mulch. He would not give me the quote to do the mulch until after he cleaned up the yard. While cleaning up the yard, he didn't have enough room in his truck to take everything to the dump, so he had to make a second trip. He charged me an extra $100 (over the amount quoted) for the second trip even though it was the same amount of debris that was there when he gave me the initial quote.
He didn't tell me how much mulch to order because he didn't know how much for the size yard. Instead, he gave me the square footage of my yard and left it up to me to figure out. No big deal, I plugged the numbers into a calculator I found on the internet.
The price he quoted for the mulch was very high in my opinion but I have a steep hillside in my backyard and didn't want to drag all that mulch up by myself. He said that he would spray the ground for weeds before spreading the mulch. He did not. I am already getting weeds all over my yard (1 week after the work was completed) and I don't even have any sprinklers in any of those areas. I texted him to ask when he will be over to spray the yard to kill the current weeds and prevent any new ones (at least for the summer), he called me and denied saying that the spraying was included and that he could spray but it would be extra. No thanks, Jose! He charged $600 to spread mulch in the front yard (which is flat) and it only took him and one worker 3 hours to complete. At $200/hour, I would rather spray the yard myself.
If you hire this company, get everything in writing. Also, he only accepts cash which seems kind of shady to me. Jose, are you reporting your income to the IRS or just pocketing the money under the table? I wonder if I can report the money I paid you to the IRS so that you have to pay taxes on your income like the rest of us have to! read more