Murphy's Lawn & Landscape

Everything went well, super responsive

My husband and I are repeat customers of Murphy’s Lawn and Landscaping (PHM). We used Murphy twice for large landscaping projects. They not only transformed our yard, but gave us a yard that we never used to something we enjoy every day. The owner Pat has great recommendations on materials, style and what to do with challenging spaces. The cost estimate was on point, the staff were professional and respectful. I’d recommend (and have) to my neighbors and friends.

Working with him was great. He and his crew were knowledgeable, helpful and professional. The workmanship is great and we are very happy with the product. We would definitely hire them again and recommend them. Update: Not only did Patrick and his crew do a great job, he sent me a refund check a few weeks later because he found a mistake in my billing. Wow.

Really well -- they did a great job and the yards looks spiffy.

Pat Murphy’s crew did a great job. Our patio was made of granite pavers from old Saint Paul city streets, irregular in shape and heavy. This job required design work, landscaping, and a lot of heavy lifting. They were prompt, thorough, efficient, polite—we are so happy with the results.

This is an excellent company, and I would recommend them.

Pat graciously acted on all of our changes throughput this project and executed the “final version” beautifully. They bent over backwards to accommodate our (changing) deadline and were able too complete the patio in time for an important July 4th event. They worked tirelessly BY HAND (no machines) to do this large patio (400 sq. ft) in our inaccessible back yard and were able to tie into existing hardscape beautifully. The crew was courteous, conscientious and professional in every way.

They got back to me immediately to let me know they couldn’t take my job because it’s outside their service area. Appreciated the prompt and professional reply!

First Class. I will definitely hire them again and recommend them to my neighbors.

It went very well. They were timely, precise. They exceeded our expectations in terms of the contract. Fair price and they are very responsive.

In the first year of working with PMH the relationship was good, but I experienced issues for the remaining years including: - Process: PHM operates on an assumptive renewal of services with the requirement that changes are mailed via USPS. He considers all contracts "evergreen" Furthermore, he asks for emails, but never acknowledges receipt which lead to the problems when he does not communicate with his teams. - The mowing was really short and often had missed spots. They would not make changes to the height. - I sent an email not to do fall clean up as I had a friend’s son work alongside me to do the job. We drove the leaves to the compost site. 2 days later, the PHM team buzzes though for 5 minutes and claims to have taken off an unrealistic volume of leaves. He then proceeded, with attempts to collect $380 a service I did not want, offering to only have me pay half. I declined. - In 2015 he plowed the neighbors, not my house. When I called to let him know, he argued with me for 20 minutes claiming at first that it was "drifting" and he was not coming back; then when it was acknowledged that it was the house next door, he proclaimed that he “can’t be expected to look at house numbers”. - In 2016, they did not bother to come out for 2 snowfalls over 1.5”. They were probably only out 3 times in 5 months for which I was charged $173 per month. - Cost: In four years my prices for snow went from $140-ish per month to $180 claiming every year that gas prices were going up. Seriously? $1.99 per gallon is up?? Do not take the option to let him charge your credit card for monthly service, the policies above make it very difficult to accept and acknowledge a cancellation.

This is a rental property and we need to have reliable and timely mowing and show removal. We have found that PHM has done an excellent job maintaining this property. The yard is small and many other companies would not even quote the job for us. We appreciate that he offers a 10% Discount on selected services for Angie's List members.

The crew that Pat sent did an excellent job and were polite and courteous. They came prepared with all the equipment and supplies needed to do their job as well as the clean up.

I cannot say enough good things about this crew. They arrived on time, worked hard, and left the place looking a lot better.

They did a nice job, I think they talked about maybe being able to help me out with something else and I feel like they didn't contacted me back but that was okay they did the work, they did a nice job and I can always call them again if I need to. The worker said oh we be able to come back and do this like tomorrow and help fix your fence and getting it standing up right and then I told them that the people at the office and then I never heard back.

The experience is always positive! I have know Mr. Murphy for several years now. Also, a few years back, they laid pavers for my patio and driveway. That service was great as well.

It was good and bad. The work they did was good. They came when they said they were going to come. But, it was clear from the beginning that for the guy who ran it, it was just sort of a come-on to add extra fees to it. Before they even showed up, he called me up to get my address so that he could send me the bills for the extras. They hadn't even been there yet. It clearly said in the write up that they would just bag the materials and leave it behind which we needed to take care of, which was easy to do. He hauled it away and charged me $100 to just haul a few bags. So it was $250. But he managed to figure out a way to add another $150 to it. Even though they did a good job, I wouldn't use them again and I wouldn't recommend them.

We had a big shade tree washing out. We wanted to save that tree. Pat was great in helping us plan a way to do that. Mike worked very steady and hard with lots of hand digging. Installed the wall and drain field. It looks great!!

They were on time, worked quickly, cleaned up and restored lawn. Wall is attractive.

The crew was prompt and professional. They did a great job making an unruley hedge look great!

The crew showed up on time. They listened to what I needed done and were clear about what it would cost. The work was done to my satisfaction and they gathered the trimmings and disposed of them. Pat Murphy and his crew are professional and respectful of my time limitions. My yard looks great and I will definitely have them come again next year.

They were effective, efficient and professional. The ash tree is still alive.