*EDITED TO ADD the findings of the report form the investigator at the California State Licensing Board. He was working outside of his scope of practice. proof is in the photos, you decide. Don't do it. Save yourself a 5-month long headache by going with an actual professional. Your Local Mow Man does not even have the classification of a D-28 that is REQUIRED by the state of California to professionally install an automated gate. Look up his license #1079969 on the Contractors State License Board website, see for yourself. We discovered this recently and it shows in the workmanship that is already failing 30 days post installation. Geronimo is the owner of Your Local Mow Man, I did ask as by month two I was ready to speak to a supervisor as he consistently exhibited a lack of accountability. It took me 5 months of his unprofessional behavior to finally get fed up, request my final invoice and file a formal complaint to the Contractors State License Board. He was the cheapest bid and we got what we paid for, cheap workmanship. I would have given him zero stars but I must admit the fence line looks okay...for now. Be sure to measure your fence if you do use YLMM, I had to hound him to acknowledge his shortage of 32'. Yes, you read that right, not thirty-two inches, thirty-two FEET of fencing. Consider yourselves warned, if a picture says a thousand words, you decide. read more

Local mow man is awesome! It was a good value. You tell them what you need and then they know for the future I've mowed for too many years and that's why I hired them. read more

Local Mow Man is the Greatest Service. Geronimo gave us an estimate and followed through with a Beautiful fence. The guys who put the fence up were friendly. reliable and did an excellent job!!!! It was really a pleasure to have them here. Thank you! read more

So frustrating. Poor communication, poor quality work and they are unable to arrive on time or even on the day they scheduled. I don't usually write these but this company needs to hear this from the community. I have tried many times to discuss this with them but the level of service stays low. read more

My 84 year old mother in law pays $144.20 extra for two guys to pull weeds, wild ferns and trim shrubs for an hour. iMO they lack any sort of skill or motivation. These pictures were taken shortly after they left. When my mother in law complained the "mow man" said she was disrespectful. lol. Proceed with caution. read more

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Clearly, Mowman has mixed reviews from customers. I am here to join the 1-star and below side and warn people about doing business with this company. My job for Mowman was to install some pet friendly astro turf in a small section of my yard for my dogs. The inexperience and incompetence of his crew became evident early on. The first thing they did was insist on using 2 pieces of material which would require a seam. i didnt really want a seam but i was promised that i wouldnt notice the seam when the job was compkete. When i asked if they could use a single piece that would not require a seam, I was told the material wasn't availble in a 15' width, which is what was needed to cover this small area without a seam. After looking into it, I discovered the 15' width is readily available at retail, Even Home Depot carries it. The 2nd incindence of incompetence became evident in their purchase of material. They bought a 12' andca 6' width and of couse, they came from different dye lots! and the colors didnt match. It. It took weeks for them to figure out how to correct this blunder, which delayed the project considerably. After the 2nd installation, there were multiple issues.: The seam was quite visible and unsightly, the nap of the grass laid flat because they used a broom instead of the machine that professionals use to make the nap stand up and two of four sides of the grass were cut short by about 1/2 inch and were tacked to the ground with raw edges exposed and fraying. To give you an idea, all the edges should be slightly tucked in to prevent fraying and have a finished look. Mowman's response to this was that someone must have moved the brick border, which is not true at all. Geronimo, the owner of the company, really played on the fact that i had another landscaper working on the other side of one of the borders. That border got mortared in from the back side to prevent shifting. It did not require the bricks to be removed or disturbed in any way. AND, the mortar work was done before the astro turf was installed. Clearly, the material was cut too small. Geronimo took no accountability for this error. What I'im left with is a terrible job that needs to be redone and will cost me an additional $2500. This after spending around $7000 with Mowman. if you do business with this company, you can expect honest input to be met with defensiveness. Once work commences, you will not see Geronimo again as he will send his workers and his Foreman. This would be fine if they could be trusted to do good work but when you tell Geronimo that something is wrong, he will make no effort to come see for himself. He will also believe his workers over you, even if they are lying to cover themselves, which did happen with my job. While this company might do an adequate job mowing lawns, i would not trust them with anything more complex than that. Beware! To clarify, while I did see Geronimo in small claims court, the judge made a partial judgement neither for nor against Mowman. By her own admission, the judge was unfamiliar with astro turf installation and was unable to make an informed judgement. Geronimo's response to my post further exemplifies his lack of accountability and his propensity to twist the truth. read more

I have made use of Local Mow Man, and in general can recommend them, however they can vastly improve their service by reminding me when a service will happen. About 5 months ago I had an excellent crew for my bi monthly service, then the crews are reorganized, and it is different people each time, do not get me wrong, once you have explained what needs to be done, it is OK, but you have to be onsite to do so Hopefully management can improve on these issues. Also sometimes to schedule a service, seems impossible read more

Very satisfied with the service that we just began with your Local Mow Man. They have come twice . Lots of attention to detail-Edging, Blowing etc. read more

This company is not client centered so they may tell you the date they will mow but often that changes. For me it was tough as I had to leave my 3 dogs locked in the house all day only to discover that they did not mow that day, no phone call or anything. I will never use this service again. They also kept raising their prices first it was once a month then twice a month then they wanted to mow my entire acre every week, they said if it was not mowed every week they would charge me an extra fee. read more

What a disappointment! Incorrectly installed my $2500 worth of fruit trees irrigation leak same day after installation, wasted water runoff, no show, no calls back to us to fix the problem, completely ignored us. I really don't understand why Geronimo could not even call us back after we called them several times to have them come back and fix the problems. They took $2200 dollars and we ended up replacing mostly all the hoses and replanted and replaced the timer. A complete waste of money. Zero stars for service and installation, zero stars for follow up and Zero stars for not caring. Shame on you for duping us into thinking you actually are a professional company... read more

Geronimo did a great job on our project. We needed something done very quickly and he not only fit us in, but offered a great price. We received a detailed emailed invoice when the job was complete and he kept us up to date with the progress. read more

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Started with two times a week. Then increased to every other week. Well ok Then the price when up as well a what they said they were offering. This without any notice just began billing me more. Then wanted to come out when there was nothing needed with my lawn. He said "there must be something they can do". He agreed just one time no show but he needs to pay his workers..well Ok. The next times I didn't really need the lawn mowed I asked for some other work so " his works would get paid" I then got a call saying they recommend I find someone else . No discussion on what could be worked out just dropped me. The guys that come out are great but the owner does not care about you only his money..beware ! read more

My garden, while not extensive, has a diseased hedge, stubborn bamboo, and a very healthy crop of weeds. Enter a great team of Local Mow Men! They were amazing, transforming the messy eyesore into a neat, weed-free and happy place. They were very hardworking and accomplished a lot in a short time. They are now my official garden caretakers. read more

The refund was made to my mother. Then aggressive texts to remove my rating to me and my 75 year old mother. Seriously? Instead of communicating the refund happened when it did and thanking us or trying to improve the situation with better communication.... And oh yeah appreciating that we spent $8,000 on a French drain project!! The rating definitely still stands for mediocre work and terrible communication. read more

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Geronimo owner of your local mowman was excellent to work with always on time and very experience he was always checking in with me to see if I had any questions . We had a sprinkler system put in and his crew did a amazing job hard working guys all of them and iam very impress. The quote came in better than any other landscape company. the tech has over 30 years of experience doing sprinklers and this guy does amazing work. Iam sure glad we have the local mow man in humboldt county and he will be the only landscape company I will ever do business with. Thank you Geronimo and crew there should be six stars. read more

Very responsive to messages and shows up when stated. Just getting started so can't say much more.

I needed a trust worthy company to do a lot of work on my rental property in Eureka as I live 300 miles away. I visited my property and the previous lawn care company had let the landscape and grass go out of control. Geronimo and his crew got all the work done within a week for an affordable price. Now, they are my new lawn care company on a monthly basis. Geronimo was very attentive to what I wanted done, professional, and his follow up was outstanding. He even sent me pictures of his work. My tenants and I are very happy and I would defiantly recommend Local Mow Man for your next BIG job or your monthly service. read more

Great locally owned company! On time, communicative, flexible, and detailed. Geronimo was able to come to our house to do an estimate within 24 hours of my call. He uses current technology to send estimates and invoices. It's easy to accept or edit estimates and paying is even easier. When the day came for the work to be done, it poured down rain. Geronimo contacted me in a timely manner and rescheduled. He came out the very next day, which was a Sunday, and did the job. He was quick and detail oriented. He was easy going when it came to my lack of landscape knowledge. He made suggestions and was willing to work with our ideas. After the job was done, he cleaned up after himself and reviewed the work with us. He did exactly what we asked for. The end price was very reasonable for the amount of work we needed done to our yards and we can't wait to have him maintain our yards on a regular basis. We are so happy with his work. He was kind and personable. I would recommend The Local Lawn Man to all of my friends! read more