AVOID AT ALL COSTS. He will underquote you, overcharge you, and then disappear the second you pay him.
Christian is not an honest person, has terrible communication and customer service, and overall does not deserve your business.
He quoted us $2,000 to do:
- Front yard sod removal + buy and install new sod
- Buy and install a French drain along our property edge
- Install pavers in our back yard
- Install edging + weed barrier + remulch our garden beds
We provided him with all the pavers and most of the mulch, edgers, and weed barrier. When all was said and done, he handed us a bill for $4,000 - double what he quoted us.
Issues:
- He didn't resod an entire section of our yard
- Weed barrier not installed in half of mulch beds
- Installed weed barrier was sticking out of mulch & not pinned
- Edging was installed uneven, cut weird, and with product stickers left on
- Pipe laid in yard was NOT a french drain... He just buried a pipe
- Pavers were uneven, unlevel, not filled in, and not sealed
- He didn't do 75% of the work himself, he "paid an unemployed friend" $300
- Getting in touch with him is nearly impossible, esp after you've paid him
Furthermore, he "avoided coming back to talk to us on purpose" (his words, not mine!) because he didn't want to deal with us. We had to find him by chance at our neighbor's house one day. He had even gone and talked negatively about us to them, claiming we refused to pay him (we didn't - we paid him the $4k the same night it was finished EVEN THOUGH it wasn't what he quoted) and further badmouthing my husband.
All he had to buy (OTHER THAN what he originally gave us a quote of $2k for) was below; apparently, these items somehow cost an extra $2k:
- 1 roll of weed barrier
- 2 rolls of edging
- 2 boxes of edging pins
- 1 yard of salt and pepper decorative rock
- 1 yard of mulch
- 30 flowers (FYI Christian: "Blue Daisies" as you called them don't exist, they are Blue Daze flowers)
He has refused to refund us for the unfinished work.
Go elsewhere to find a company that does better work and actually cares about their customers and your business. read more