This is the worst landscaping job I have ever seen! I have just built a new home with Village Homes / William Lyon Homes and they utilize METCO. They did irrigation and sod in my front yard. There was 0 topsoil, large rocks, large holes under the sod, etc. At this point I will most likely have to rip up all the sod and prep the area myself as it appears METCO is not experienced enough to understand proper landscaping techniques. read more

Metco Arvada - Northwest - METCO Sod job, with 0 prep - Landscaping Near Me - Arvada, Colorado

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We live in an established (i.e. not under construction) neighborhood in Stapleton. Because of some work we are having done, we have rented a port-a-potty ON our property for the workers. Today, two Metco landscaping trucks pulled up, got out, and proceeded to use the facility. Considering this fixture is on private property and I could be liable for anything that happened, I went out and politely asked them not to use it and to please leave my property. The workers finished up and left. I then called Metco to voice my concern. About 10 minutes later, a "supervisor" from Metco called me back and told me that their workers use these facilities when they see them because that's what they are there for. I said that I understood the need to use a facility on *public* property, but that since I was PERSONALLY paying for this and it is on my PERSONAL property, I did not want them using it. The supervisor got upset and rude to me, insisting that it is not their fault, before eventually hanging up with "no guarantees" that they would stay off of my property. Even though I have not used Metco for landscaping purposes, this experience has left a horrible taste in my mouth. Ironically, we are searching for landscapers now and will NOT be using Metco. read more

Great company! I have had several experiences using Metco Landscaping. They are WONDERFUL! I am a Realtor and purposely refer people to builders that also use Metco as their primary Landscaping provider. They are great at snow removal, tree planting, and any other landscaping services you need! I will use them for all of my projects! read more

Metco planted my shrubs right before winter and they never fully took root. When inspecting them, they had a few buds, and I was told we'd monitor their growth to determine if they needed replacing. Now, they're unwilling to be accountable for their work. Poor service and poor business. read more

Metco is unresponsive and does not show up for appointments. They work with Richmond American Homes and put down sod for all front lawns on my street while I was on my honeymoon over one month ago. Since I have returned, they still have not put in my front lawn or showed us how to use our sprinkler system even though I have called repeatedly and "the builder" (who they say is required to call) set up an appointment for them to put in the front lawn on Friday of last week. They did not show up and now are still telling me that "the builder" has to call. Richmond encouraged us to use Metco for our backyard and there is absolutely no way I would do that given my experience with the front lawn. What a joke! read more

These guys are the worst. My builder, meritage homes, hired them and the work they did was horrible. Sprinklers too far apart and grass died in places within a week. Left big holes in ground where drainage occurs. Put the same 4 trees in front yard to check the box and get paid. I wouldn't hire these guys to install a sandbox as they would find some corners to cut. I ended up paying 50% more to a landscaper to rip out their work and install it properly. Use these guys at your own risk. They suck. read more

Metco Arvada - Northwest - Work by metco landscaping - Landscaping Near Me - Arvada, Colorado

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This company is a joke!, they never show up to shovel the snow, when they do it is after it has been done already, but then they still try to charge the man hours as if they did shovel... Will never hire them again read more

This is a terrible company. Metco was hired by our home builder to landscape the front lawns. As a preliminary issue, they were delayed multiple months in installing landscaping, without apology or opportunity for redress. While Colorado experienced extended periods of rain during the late spring/early summer in 2016, the landscaping company we hired to do our backyard was able to complete their project without significant delay. When the landscaping was finally installed, the workmanship was shoddy. They did not bring enough rock to cover the portion of our yard that was supposed to be rock, and left several bare patches of dirt. When we attempted to contact this company to fix the issue, they claimed that the area suffered from "settlement," which is not covered under their supposed warranty, even though the issue was present from the very first day. They also refused to hook the front yard irrigation to the sprinkler control we had already installed for the backyard, despite explicit instructions from both us and our builder to do so. I've never left a review on Yelp before, but felt strongly enough about this experience that I felt it was time to sign up. Do not use Metco, under any circumstances. read more

This company does not care about its clients. The managers do not have workers doing work that is being paid for. The poor workers can only do so much. The management is slow to respond and when they do, they make promises that they fail to deliver on. We tried and tried to work with them, but they killed most of our grass and charges to out account were inflated. Poor, uncaring upper management. read more

These guys do a great job for us at Montclair Academy - timely, reasonably priced, efficient, and helpful! They wear those little orange vests for safety, which is good as it can get a little crazy in the car line during drop off time in the morning. read more

Metco (a contractor working for Lennar Homes) trespassed on my property by breeching a locked gate. Metco was trying to activate the irrigation system for the first time, which I'd already gotten done because Metco didn't turn it on after installing new grass, shrubs, and a tree at my new build. The reason I locked my property was to avoid any confusion or problems. Yet after evidently climbing over the six-foot privacy fence to gain entry and unlock the gate from the inside, Metco deactivated and damaged a fully functional irrigation system. They also left the gate unlocked after the trespass. Later (see below) I learned that Metco took and kept photographs of the damage in preparation to blame me for the damage. I noticed during the first year that my shrubs and also multiple Metco trees around the neighborhood seemed to be diseased and dying. When I filed a warranty claim later due to diseased/dead shrubs within the first year, Metco said the warranty was voided, citing the damage to the system and alleging that I did the damage. Metco then produced the photos that were taken after Metco damaged the system. Metco also said that my system improvements/additions (done properly by a different landscape company) voided the warranty. But those improvements resulted in a functional system, and the warranty only prohibits modifications resulting in "alterations or damages to the original landscape installation RESULTING IN DEFECT..." The only damage or defects are those done by Metco during their trespass on my private property. Moreover, the system improvements I had done were for the sod irrigation zone, not the shrub drip system. Bottom line: Metco is a large outfit that did sloppy, substandard, enethical work on my property using low-quality landscaping products, and then made me clean up the mess. read more

This company is horrible. I got a sprinkler system installed from them through a builder. I called for simple instructions on how to turn on my sprinkler system and I was told that they could not tell me and that I would have to go through my builder because that's who they contracted with. The guy then said that if I purchased appliances I would have to go through my builder to address problems which is completely untrue because I had an issue with my GE dishwasher and I had to deal directly with GE. Likewise, GE puts all of their operations manuals online to access. This was even a supervisor that told me he couldn't help me. Horrible customer service. read more

Just purchased a home. The landscaping done by these guys is atrocious. My neighbors and I laugh about it daily. Crooked sprinkler heads. Dead grasses. Sink holes 6 to 8 inches under the grass. All this from day one. Now we try sprinklers for the first time this year and they leak from welds. My neighbor has the same problem. Another neighbor has there valve falling out of the house. The work as a whole is pretty crappy. New community and hundred of landscaping companies coming out, every one of them doing 1uality work to these houses. You guys are not gaining any fans out here. A little professionalism and courtesy in what you do goes a long way. What a terrible way to run a business, and in todays economy? Dont feel like metco landscape will be around much longer. Wouldn't recommend using them in the future. Called them to come out and They sure don't sound pleased. They are coming out in a few days. No time given, just we will be out either tomorrow or Thursday. Whose schedule works like that? My business is gone. Maybe better performance will lead to better business for my neighbors. Walking around the community I dont think it will. It all looks terrible. read more

Metco landscaped the front yard of our house. We have landscaping done at 4 houses. Three went well, but the work by Metco was a disaster. Cheap, poor work in every category from junk sod, trees installed crooked, faulty sprinkler system and no soil improvement. All this and service with a frown. I wish I could give zero stars. read more

This joke of a company installs landscaping in developments. There workers are more responsive than their foreman. Don't get on their bad side you will wait months to have sod installed. If the job is not easy they will cut corners there is a reason why they do cheap residential. They could never make it as a real landscaping company. I have never met a more inept person than their foreman Kevin be careful this guy will come on your property unannounced then will be confrontational with you blaming you for being rude. His own workers complain about him. If these guys install your landscaping in your house prepare to have it redone. By far the worst company out there!!!!! Buyer beware! read more

Terrible. They work with Meritage homes and can't keep up with demand. They marked our house being complete 6 weeks before we moved in but the front yard is still a pile of dirt. Absolute joke of a company. read more

This company was hired by my builder. There are so many things that are disappointing about the process that it is hard to know where to start. First, they are incapable of planning. They insist that it is impossible to provide any advance notice of when they will show up to start and complete the work. Then when they show up and no one is home they are annoyed even though the homeowners had no idea that they were going to show up that day. Somehow, it becomes my problem that they have too much work and therefore it is understandable that they cannot plan and give any advance notice on when the work will be started, completed or when they will show up at my house. I just need to be flexible and understanding. Seriously, who is the customer???? How is it that every other company can manage their time but somehow these guys expect a pass because they lack the ability to plan and manage their time? After months of inquiring when they would start the landscaping project and receiving no response I received a call from the builder, while I was traveling out of state for work, letting me know that the landscapers were upset because they have been waiting at the house for over an hour to start the work and no one was home. Well, sir, this is what happens when you show up unannounced. As unreasonable as it might seem YOUR CUSTOMERS do actually have jobs and other commitments. They are not just sitting at the house waiting for you to finally have time to show up unannounced to begin the work that YOU ARE BEING PAID FOR!!!! Second, it takes an unbelievably long time to get work completed once they start. For months I asked to meet to discuss the landscaping plans. No one returned my calls. They started the work on my tiny yard over 5 weeks ago and we are not even close to be done. In addition, they designed my backyard without any input from me. This included planting a tree in the middle of my back yard. Picture stepping off your deck and walking straight into a tree. I was actually told that I don't have the right to provide any feedback on the design of MY BACKYARD!!!!! The day they arrived to start the work I was told they would finish the work that day. I arrived home later that week to snow. Once the snow melted I realized they hadn't completed the work. In fact, they were nowhere close to being done. After not hearing anything from the company for over two weeks I followed up to ask for a timeline for completing the work. I was told they cannot provide a timeline because they are so busy. Meanwhile, the tree they planted is dying because the sprinklers were partially installed and therefore couldn't be turned on. I travel for work and therefore can't manually water the tree. It took them three weeks to come back and finish installing the sprinklers. It was not communicated to me that the sprinklers were not ready for use and after several calls no one returned my call to answer this question. Then, one Saturday morning they show up at my house unannounced to finish the installation. I was about to leave for an appointment and ended up being late because they expected to complete the installation that day and needed access to my garage and house. Third, the work product is extremely poor. They laid a significant amount of rocks in my yard without grading the ground and in some places there is too many rocks, in other places there is to few rocks. Both I and a representative from the builder have almost faller trying to walk around the yard. This is because of the steep gradient and due to how the rocks have been laid. In addition, after only 3 weeks, weeds are already growing in between the rocks. This is because the ground cover that they put down only covers some of the area and is paper thin. In addition, they just laid the rocks down without doing any treatment to remove weeds that were already established. They were going to lay the sod over ungraded, weed infested, untoiled, rock ridden soil. When I inquired about doing these things first, they told me that they don't grade the ground and haven't answered my other questions. Are these guys' amateurs? Where do we stand today? 5 weeks later no further progress has been made. I am told that I need to understand that they are extremely busy and therefore need to be patient. These guys are unbelievable. If you have a choice, don't hire them. If you don't have a choice (i.e. your builder chooses to you them for some reason unknown to mankind) then make sure you micro manage the process read more

These guys are the worst landscaping company. They do not care about doing a good job. They can't keep a schedule and just show up on you door step with no warning. When they are working they are careless and destroy existing infrastructure. We had to have contractors come back to do repair/redo work that was already done. For example their equipment ran into our concrete stairs and broke off a substantial chuck of concrete. The internet wiring which was buried in a conduit and marked by the locating company was ripped out all the way to the street. My recommendation is to run away....fast! read more

Metco overall has poor quality and attention to detail. I live in the Silverleaf development in Broomfield (Kestrel and 149th Ave between Sheridan and Lowell, north of 144th Ave). Almost every tree they have installed in our development has or needs to be replaced. Take a drive through and look at all the atrocities planted on the street. They look like they're dead or never going to make it. The reason, poor trees and improper install (not augmenting enough soil to permit growth). I called Metco to replace 2 trees on my lot which they installed and they didn't even remove the burlap on the new trees, just plopped them into the same hole and bailed before I had a chance to correct them. Needless to say, the trees didn't make it. The sod they put down was almost laid right on top of the clay dirt, little to no soil prep/augmentation, resulting in grass that dries quickly and needs a lot of water to stay alive. Bottom line, Metco was chosen by our contractor Taylor Morrison for 1 reason, low cost. If you do chose Metco to be your landscaper then you will have to micromanage the work being done and ensure it is done properly. Otherwise you'll be calling to get it corrected after the fact. read more