3 E's Landscaping

, 2013 -did not go well at all.
-left job half done causing big mess this spring
-after repeated calls said they would fix things may 5, 2014---i'm still waiting( 5 weeks)
would write more, but the other review from Nov, 2013 says it all.

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Excellent job. John uses a snowblower and does his job in a timely manner. We just had a new driveway put in and we were concerned that using a plow might damage the new black top. Last winter's provider did use a plow and damaged parts of the old driveway. 3 E's also takes care of our lawn and again does an excellent job. His rates are very reasonable and compares well with other providers. We have had no problems with the service.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollings are friendly and curteous. It's a pleasure to do business with them

We trusted Angie's List to provide us with names of reputable businesses. We chose 3E's Landscaping based on their rating on Angie's list. A well spoken representative came to our home to give us an estimate. He seems qualified to do the work and made lot of promises including how dependable and reliable he was. So we hired him.
The first day of service, they were 3 hours late...we had to call them to see where they were. A man (who was not the man who gave us the estimate) showed up to tell me his lawnmower was in the shop but not to worry, he had another one in use down the street. He said his helper would rake up the leaves until his mower was available. I left the house and came back home 2 hours later to find a pile of leaves in the driveway and no one in sight. A few hours after that, someone did show up to complete the job, leaving many sticks and twigs behind in the driveway.
Second date of service, they were due to come back on Friday. No show...so I called several times on Friday to verify they were actually coming. No return call. On Saturday, started making more phone calls to see why they never showed up. Finally, after leaving a final more stern message the owner's mother returned my call. She stated that her son did not have the time to pick up the leaves weekly (as agreed) due to him having other jobs that needed to be done. I reminded her that the agreement was to pick up the front lawn weekly and pick up leaves in the back less frequently. She said her son would be there on Sunday. She called back on Sunday morning to say that due to the cold winds she could not send her son to work under those conditions but would be there at 8a on Monday morning. Monday morning at 8a...no show. I called 3E again at 10a and the woman said her son could not come at 8a because there was and quot;frost on the pumpkinsand quot;. He did show up at around 11a and pick up the front lawn but again, ignored the back lawn.
The woman called us on 11/1/13 to say that she needed $120 dollars which was half of the full $240 for the fall clean up. I told her that due to them not showing up and since nothing was done in the back except blowing leaves into a pile, I would give her $80 dollars for both front lawn pickups and the balance when the back lawn was complete. She agreed and they came quickly to get their $80 check....no delay there.
Third pickup was supposed to be on Monday 11/4/13 yet another no show. I waited until 11/5 and started calling to find out when they would be coming to finish the job. I called several times over the following 2 days with NO return call. Finally she called me back and said this arrangement was not working out and it was too much to come weekly to pick up leaves. She told me the back lawn had already been picked up once and I told her that he blew leaves into piles but never actually picked up the leaves. I also stated that at this point the front lawn had so many leaves and they were blowing on neighbors lawns and the reason for the weekly pick up in the front was to avoid this. She responded by saying that this was about us being mad at our neighbors and not about them not coming to do the job. I explained that we are not at all upset with our neighbors and we wanted leaves picked up weekly so they would not be blowing on other people's lawns.

At that point I told her that I would be writing up a review in Angie's list to let other know off our experience with them. Her response was that she was just going to tell everyone that we broke the contract. This infuriated me and I began to respond in ager and was hung up on.
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Nice job

They are terrific. Did great work from start to finish. Nothing bad to say about them. Work quality was great, price was very competitive. I have already recommended them to several of my neighbors and my Sister. I am seriously considering using them for all of my lawn-care vs. doing it myself.

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great job! cleaned up and lawn looks great!

They were inexpensive but not the best.

They did a pretty good job.

They were very good. They did a very good job. The price included labor and materials. It wasn't a very big job. They were very polite. They came and did the job. They were honest and stuck to their price. Their price was very good. They didn't do anything that was not asked for.

The owner came and gave us a quote for the cleanup and his charge for weekly mowing. I agreed to his price and he promised to start within a week. As promised, he did the cleanup, which I felt he under priced, and has commenced the mowing. My wife has also discussed some landscaping issues with him. He seems very responsive and reliable.

I left the yard design totally in the hands of John of 3 E's and he consulted for approval and suggestions through out the process. He showed up on time was faithful every two weeks for yard upkeep got the job done efficiently and timely. The cost was very reasonable. John explained that if it were a rainy week, he would not mow until the grass was dry as this would destroy the roots and the blades were set at a height that would not burn the grass and when the watering should be done. He offered to supply the material for fountain and brick work but suggested that I go with him to pick out what I wanted and I paid for the material which I thought was very honest of him. I felt that I wasn't getting ripped off. I will not use anyone else.