B & C NURSERY
About us
LANDSCAPING & IRRIGATION, HARDSCAPING (Pavers and Retaining Walls), WATER FEATURES, RETAIL NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER
Business highlights
Services we offer
HARDSCAPING (Pavers and Retaining Walls), LANDSCAPING & IRRIGATION, RETAIL NURSERY/GARDEN CENTER., WATER FEATURES
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
| Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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| 65% | ||
| 26% | ||
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B & C arrived with a large crew a few weeks later and worked my yard continuously until the work was completed.
I was please with the outcome and I have since hired them back for smaller projects.
Lawn care in Florida is much different than what I'm used to in Illinois and there are many different opinions on how best to take care of ones lawn. In my search for information I had a nice chat with the folks at Band C. The bottom line is that their lawn care folks were very friendly and knowledgeable in regard to what is needed to properly take care of one's lawn. Unfortunately, I don't own the necessary equipment needed to apply the granular fertilizer and bug killer that needed to be applied this fall but the folks at Band C said that as a service, they would apply the needed fertilizer and bug killer with their commercial spreader for just $10 an application. In addition they also told me what kind of fertilizer I should buy both now and in the future and there was no requirement to buy the product from them. So, in summary I got great free advice and great cheap service from the folks at Band C. Because of their honesty, friendliness and help, I'll probably go back to Band C when I need landscaping plants and other products related to lawn and garden care.
completed result. He left and set up a follow time to show us his completed plans. We agreed to the final plans and pricing. We were disappointed in that it would take longer to start the project than what we were envisioning, but
this was due to both weather delays and their already committed schedules. That we understood. Then one day shortly after Kelby called and said they had an unexpected opening also because of weather. He set it up for the next day. He arrived with a complete working crew the next day and proceeded start planting and moving current plants. His crew was very pleasant and polite and extremely accommodating to our needs. We have since then had to contact Kelby about other plant concerns
not related to their project but he still was very helpful and cordial to us.
I am happy with the finished product, but it took considerably longer than I expected to have everything done. This is because there were several sub-contractors involved, and scheduling them was a challenge. First off, as I mentioned in previous review - unless you are just getting landscaping done, Band C is acting as a coordinator only. All the work was done by sub-contractors. We had a paver company, a plumber, a cabinet builder, and a granite supplier involved.
Band C Nursery is a great local company, and I will use them again. You just have to stay on top of them to herd all the subs to completion.
Getting there is a bit different story. First - Band C does landscaping. If you want a wall or hardscape, they are going to use subcontractors.
We had hardscape done in June 2012 ($14000) and a retaining wall in May 2013 ($7000) - both times the same subcontractor did the work. The work was very good and the workers really worked hard. But none of the workers spoke any English, and their job coordinator who did, only showed up once a day...so communication was very limited. Trying to get an answer to who was showing up on which days was difficult. This is where Band C fell down on the job - we should have been called by them each day with details of what was going to happen next - instead we played extensive phone tag trying to find out the plan.
The May 2013 project also included a wood retaining wall. Again, the final product is excellent. Band C used a different subcontractor for this project - and he was totally useless in keeping us informed of the plan, and the job that should have taken 3 days stretched well into a second week. This guy flat out told me he did his own thing and would tell a customer anything to get us off his back. I complained to Band C, but they really sort of sat on their hands while this played out.
Bottom line - the job is great. But if you use Band C, make sure you have rock solid understanding up front about subcontractors and what you expect in the way of keeping yourself informed.
I give them a B overall, but plan on using them again for future projects.
I would caution potential clients that the sealer might stain their pool liner. The only way to remove the stain is to drain the pool and use a fiber pad. We had an old liner circa 2004 and it had bleached white. The nursery crew did remove all the stains but the liner was brittle and we had to eventually replace it. It was not the nursery's fault but caveat emptor.
The only bump was that I had to ask the crew to ensure that the water was turned completely off at the spigot. When I returned home one day, it had not been completely twisted off and was beginning to pool some water. The next day, there was no water coming from the spigot. It was appreciated!
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