BladesAway
About us
Owner operated. Member of Florida Landscape Management Association. Licensed by Hillsborough & Pasco Counties and State of Florida. BladesAway has several service plans available to offer and can assist you in choosing a service plan and frequency of service schedule that is appropriate for your property, your budget and the degree of maintenance you require.
Business highlights
Services we offer
-blowing light dust and grass mowing debris from adjacent paved areas, -trimming plants [incl ground cover, -weeding cracks of paved walks, -weeding planters, Landscaping. Lawn & yard -maintenance of existing lawn/plants; including: -mowing, and -trimming palm tree branches & canopy of other trees up to max 12ft above ground., drives & adjacent curbs, hedges max 6ft high, misc. plants & to the top of ornamental trees not exceeding 8ft high], trimming & edging the lawn
Amenities
Free Estimates
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Initially he did a fine job. After a while I had to remind him about weed control, then it was keeping the sprinkler heads clear and about trimming a flower plant that needed to be kept trimmed and not have it block the side gate. Each time it was excuses. It was going to rain so can't spray the weeds (he could have pulled them or used the weed whacker). I cleared the sprinkler heads of over grown grass and marked them with flags, so they could be easily found. The gate plant just grew too fast for him to keep up with (an excuse, not a reality...it spreads out, but over a period of months). He always arrived late afternoon (once almost 8 PM) and seemed always to be in a hurry.
Again he let the sprinkler heads become overgrown with grass, I bought new flags (at my expense) to remark the heads. I didn't clear then this time...he did.
Then in February 2016, he started mowing the grass every two weeks. It's a slow growing Seville and we were not getting any rain. The only reason to mow was to get in the required number of annual mowing (under the contract). This is when I knew it was time to change service company's. After confirming I had new service, I called Blades Away and terminated his service. He said he would mail me a final bill.
I received the final bill and he refused to refund me an over payment of $96 (my calculation is $144). He stated I failed to give him a 30 notice, which is in the contract. He stated I hired a cheaper service for the reason of termination. The cheaper service was definitely not a reason...as stated above he was twice the price of my previous service.
He stated that trimming around the grass sprinkler heads were not in the contract and should have been listed in special instructions (never heard or ran into such an exception before).
In any event he was also in breech of contract by not performing as described in the contract. Being as he was the reason for termination, I feel I should get my over payment back.
When my husband was no longer able to maintain our yard due to illness, I contacted Blades Away. He responded on the arranged afternoon promptly. He explained that he was the owner and the only person who would be doing the work and his qualifications. We talked, and discussed our needs, and expectations, then he surveyed the yard...which is not a large lot...and we agreed that he would maintain the front only, since the backyard had hardly any grass due to large trees and also a deck. The front yard has a low-growing hedge across the front, bordered by bedding plants, with a large pecan tree and other trees along the side yard. Since we all agreed on what was needed, and his charges (which were surprisingly reasonable), we asked him for regular maintaince and signed a contract for services..... Something we never regretted!
He has always been prompt and faithful to his arranged schedule for monthly service, keeping us informed of his expected next visit, and our yard is maintained with the care we are no longer able to give it ourself. He also attends to keeping the front hedges well trimmed below widow level as requested by the security company, picks up and bags all trimmings - and leaves our lawn in pristine conditon. His attention to the lawn and plantings is something I have appreciated, more than ever, since my husband's death in 2012. Bill always took time out from his work to visit with my husband on some of those service days - something my husband (who had Alzheimer's) looked forward to and enjoyed...and anticipated with a big smile!
Bill is a very honest and dependable, personable, friendly, and a caring person, as well as.... most importantly, a true professional! - detail oriented - all traits that all of us can appreciate when we are looking for someone to take over taking care of our lawns to improve the appearance of our homes. He always - always! - goes the "extra mile" in performing his sevices, and I, personally, will highly recommend Blades Away (and have!) to anyone in the need of lawn maintainance, whether a one-time sevice or on a regular maintaince basis.
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