Leisure Landscapes Inc
About us
Address: Leisure Landscapes Inc, 8109 Wake Forest Hwy, Durham, North Carolina 27703. Service charges: Hourly charge is $65. A basic landscape design costs $350. A complicated design cost $700 as per 8/20/2009. Service area : Knightdale, Mebane, Pittsboro, Rolesville, Sanford, Wake Forest and Zebulon, Burlington, Greensboro, and Wilmington, NC. Financing available.
Business highlights
Services we offer
& irrigation start up. winterization., Landscaping, decks & arbors, edging, fences, fertilizing, fountains, gardens, irrigation, lawn renovations, lawns, lighting, mulching, nowing, patios, pesticide applications, ponds, pruning, seasonal flower changes, trees, walks & walks, water collection systems ponds, weeding
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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As the start date for the project approached, Paul let us know that they would be delayed. Ultimately, they were delayed by about 3 weeks. From that new start date, it then took about twice as long as expected to complete the project.
During the work, I reviewed progress daily. Every time I had a concern about a portion of the work, I emailed or texted Paul, and he was always quick with a reply. When some matters required that I be on site, Paul or his foreman was always able to meet me there to work with me on an answer. There were a few instances when I had to ask them to re-do some work; for example, when they did not align the pavers in the walkway the way I had intended. To their credit, they always re-did the work for me without complaint and adhered to the guidelines I gave them. So, while I wish these things had been done right the first time, I was very pleased to get them done right the second time.
Despite the delays in completing the project, we finished it on budget except for the addition of a few more yards of mulch. We are very happy with the work and the materials used, and we love spending time in our newly renovated back yard!
They returned the first week of may for mowing, and then were not seen again for just about 3 weeks, at which time the grass was again significantly noticeably high; so much so that I got a nasty letter from my HOA, suggesting I "consult with a professional landscaping company". I promptly sent them a copy of my contract so that they could see with whom I had consulted, and the services that I was paying for.
Their initial second mowing for may was actually one single pass up and back the width of the lawnmower in a single strip down the side of my property line and that was it! So it looked ridiculous for over a week until they returned on the 30th to complete the mow after several phone calls and emails from me. They did no pruning weeding or other care for all of april or may, until their last day of service with me on 5/30, at which time they almost left without completing except I was home and made sure they did the work that was contracted for.
They also kept trying to pressure me to pay for the mulch, before they did the weeding or gave me any of the info I was looking for on plantings. I'm not a professional landscaper but I am reasonably certain that it makes no sense to lay down mulch BEFORE you weed and plant. They were given a detailed list of desired plantings, as well as a blueprint plan that I have previously paid for regarding how I would like the property to look over time. I made it clear that I am on a budget so would need/want to do plantings in increments.
I have pics I would like to share because I believe one should have information/facts to back up such strong statements. When I posted a sign on my front lawn that said "this property is maintained by Leisure Landscaping" (in the poor state they maintained it) , 2 neighbors in my subdivision came by to tell me that they had used this company briefly in the past, but cancelled due to very bad/terrible service as well. The person (Rhonda) in the office seems very nice and attempts to be responsive; it is the owner Paul who makes one believe that the name "Leisure" in Leisure Landscaping is for the benefit of the company, not the client.
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