We had our first major landscaping job last summer after buying our new house. 3 trees removed, edging, mulching, remove sucker trees, trim trees/shribs, and some flower planting. Little did we know and trusted Tom and his crew to get the job done as discussed and promised. He removed a pine tree and did NO cleanup of the mess left behind, just threw seed on top of chunks of dirt and pined cones/needles. Threw seed over areas where fall leaves had built up, threw seed over areas that clearly needed top soil to level the area out. Seeded right over weeds, threw mulch (VERY thinly) right into flower beds on top of weeds. The edging was not as I asked, being a deep edge line to keep the mulch in. I too pointed that out and they said they would correct it. Never did. He too sodded an area that our dogs would do their 'business' in and didn't even pin it down so it was a slip in slide of sod everywhere. Planted a $500 Magnolia that flowered this spring with ONLY 8-10 flowers on the TOP only. Rose bushes dead, rose of Sharon's nearly dead. Grass is growing so sparsely after almost a year and the yard looks worse than before we hired Tom. Anything we pointed out we expected to be done in keeping in line with the outcome he said that wasn't in the price. We asked they move flagstone found behind the shed along the flower bed. We assumed when he agreed to do this, I would not mean literally, throw along the bed and partially into the grass. His worker spent half his time saying he wasn't asked to do that but I'll give you my business card and you can pay me MORE $$ and I'll do it on the side. After seeing the poor results and being charged for more plants/flowers than I agreed to I made Tom the offer. Dig out your plants and take them with or lower your price as I did not approve of your 'vision' you planted and charged ME for. I also complained as how poorly the bare muddy areas were seeded knowing grass would not grow if it were not cleaned up. He promised to come out and drop off seed and take a look at what I was clearly not satisfied with. Surprise surprise, he never did. We called him early this spring asking he come out and see the results of his $6000 job and we were not happy one bit. He said he would be out that day. We were hardly shocked at all when he never showed and has yet to return any calls. We have several landscapers come out and described what he did. ALL were in disbelief not only by the horrible work he did but the price which was almost double then ALL of them said they would have quoted. We are now paying a lot of money to have what he made a disaster of fixed. Stay tuned, I'll let you know how that turns out and if well, I'll send all the business to the honest trust worthy man, Not Tom. read more