Contacted Turfgrass Hawaii for a quote. Ian called us back and came out for the estimate, he was in a Turfgrass shirt and driving a turfgrass truck. He did a great presentation, sold us and we were happy to pay the $1500 for a tiny corner of lawn, even though it sounded very expensive. This included soil brought in to create an optimal slope (he said he was VERY serious about the slope being perfect so that all the water would run off correctly and not pool), and a weed-free guarantee for 6 months (he or his guys would come back and weed it if anything did pop up). He said the weed follow up was especially needed for nutgrass. Installation day came and it seemed good until I asked when the extra soil was coming to create the promised slope. They started scrambling and rushed off to grab soil. We were then charged extra for this soil. They didn't bring enough and now it pools and runs in the wrong direction. Last thing Ian said was, "Just water the grass and do not cut it. I will be back to weed and tell you when to start cutting it."
Months came and went and no follow up. We called, texted, begging for a follow up but nothing ever came. He just kept saying he come by in a few days. Never did.
Now we had long grass, weeds and a ton of nutgrass poking through. Called the Turfgrass Hawaii owner Derek. Derek claims that Turfgrass does not do installations. This is in direct contrast to what his website and employees say (we drove by and asked a couple Turfgrass employees). He says our complaint is with the installation contractor, not with Turfgrass. We had initially left a msg with Turfgrass, got a call back from Ian. At no point were we informed that we had now been pushed off to a contractor and were no longer dealing with Turfgrass Hawaii. In trying to have a calm conversation with Derek he was very aggressive in his manner and kept cutting me off when I was trying to speak. I finally gave up. I had my boyfriend call a week later, he started calm and ran into the same dismissal of our problem from Derek. Despite the "outside contractors" wearing his shirts and driving his trucks, he had some lame explaination as to why our check was made out to and deposited by Turfgrass Hawaii, but now he claimed no responsibility. My boyfriend was forced to raise his voice to get any of his point across. Derek finally said to appease the situation he would come out and spray the nutgrass. He did this, said he would follow up again. Nothing. Now we have a ton of nutgrass and no idea what to do about it.
Total time past has been 6 months from installation.
Apparently workers wearing Turfgrass Hawaii t-shirts, and driving Turfgrass Hawaii trucks are outside contractors. You are on your own if they screw you over.
DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT waste your hard earned money on these guys! read more