BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE of Prolific Landscape or HnR Gardening, whatever name they go by! Hired Carlos R. to redo the front yard (grass to rocks and drought tolerant plants.) He said he'd start next week, Tues, and would be done by Thu so I agreed and paid him the deposit, which was half the amount agreed. What follows the next week is that I have to call him up because he didn't show up to work. Said he has car problems and won't be able to come. Then he said that he can't come the next day either because of a court date or something. Ok, then why agree to finish this week and why can't your workers come to work? They do come the next morning and work for only a few hours in the morning. They have to borrow a broom to clean up. What kind of landscaping company does not come prepared and needs to borrow from the client? Next day, no show. Family emergency supposedly. Then would he finish by Fri or Sat? He said he has to go out to town suddenly. He promises to finish by next Tuesday. So I reluctantly agree. What continues the next few weeks (abbreviated version) is either no show, and if they do show up, they only work for a few hours at a time and take off. I continue to hear excuses after excuses of why they can't show up, ranging from simply can't come, wedding anniversary, rocks not delivered, another family emergency, etc... Each time, I'm calling him up to inquire why they didn't show up for work or why the deadline keeps getting changed. Over the 3-4 week period, they only worked 3-4 days and it was not even full days and kept pushing the completion dates about 5 times! I tell him I'm not waiting anymore and want to stop the project with him because I cannot keep dragging this out any further with no clear end in sight. At this point, they have only ended up ripping out the grass and a few rose bushes and left my front yard with dirt and several broken sprinkler heads. Not even close to half way done with the project. I ask for the remaining balance of my deposit to be reimbursed, minus the work which was completed. Of course he doesn't show up when he said he'd show up to pay me the balance. Still haven't received my balance back! BEWARE! read more