Desert View Landscape

Description of Work: Anthony Paredes of Desert View Landscape of Tempe quoted me several weeks ago on redoing the irregation in our back yard area of our Biltmore casitas home for originally appox. $2400 to $3500. Anthony said he would be bringing a crew member to the house to do exploritory digging to find existing pvc sleeves to run the new water lines and to determine what was needed for any possible new lines, heads, etc. I was told he would be here 1/2 day and expose all lines to prepare for working the following day. This would be a charge of $480.00. I felt this was expensive for 1 man doing exploritory digging, but after thinking about what advantages it would provide, because he would have exposed all the sleeves and they would be ready to work with a full understanding of where everything is with no unforseen problems, it was OK. They arrived on May 11th at 7am and spent time discussing the plan but did very little digging in one corner of the patio and walkway and in the pool equipment area. I was told they had a better and more efficient way of doing the job and I would get a new quote the next day and they would start the day after that at 7am. They left a few minutes after 10am. (I was told they had to be at another job at 10:30. ) Three hours is not 1/2 day for $480 (of labor) and then be told there would be a new quote. I got very little exploritory digging and exposing of lines , but instead I feel like I paid for a new quote that I would be e-mailed the next day, May 12th. (If they were going to re quote instead of starting the exploratory digging why did I pay for 1/2 day of labor why not some reduced fee or ???) To add insult to injury....I asked if I could pay with a credit card and Anthony said yes but he charges 5% more because that's what Well Fargo Visa charges him.