BETTER WAY GARDENING

BETTER WAY IS A VERY SMALL FIRM, SO IT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO GET HOLD OF SOMEONE. ONCE WORK BEGAN, THE OUTCOME WAS VERY GOOD AND PROCEEDED REASONABLY. WE ORIGINALLY HIRED THEM FOR FRONT PORCH AND SIDEWALK. WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE WORK AND HAD THEM COME OUT AGAIN FOR THE STAIRS.

THE OVERALL PLAN AND DESIGN WAS AN A. THE INSTALLATION OF THE TREES AND PLACEMENT OF SHRUBS I WOULD GIVE THEM A C. HE TOOK SOME EXISTING PLANTINGS AND REPLANTED THEM, I WOULD GIVE HIM A D ON THAT. HE DUG HALF A WHOLE AND BARELY PLANTED THEM, THEY ENDED UP DYING ON ME. ON THE PAVER PATIO, SIDEWALKS, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO COMPACT THEM. HE DID NOT PUT A PROPER BASE IN. HE DID THE SAME FOR THE RETAINING WALL. HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. HE WAS VERY SHORT HANDED, PRETTY MUCH DID THE JOB HIMSELF. IT TOOK HIM MUCH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED TO GET THE JOB DONE. HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS TO THE JOB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY UNPROFESSIONAL. HE CUT A LOT OF CORNERS JUST TO SAVE MONEY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE JOB HE DID. AS FAR AS THE LABOR. I FORESEE PROBLEMS IN THE SIDEWALKS, PAVER PATIO AND RETAINING WALL. HE SEEMED TO GET VERY SHORT AND DISGRUNTLED BY THE END OF THE JOB.

THE OVERALL PLAN AND DESIGN WAS AN A. THE INSTALLATION OF THE TREES AND PLACEMENT OF SHRUBS I WOULD GIVE THEM A C. HE TOOK SOME EXISTING PLANTINGS AND REPLANTED THEM, I WOULD GIVE HIM A D ON THAT. HE DUG HALF A WHOLE AND BARELY PLANTED THEM, THEY ENDED UP DYING ON ME. ON THE PAVER PATIO, SIDEWALKS, HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO COMPACT THEM. HE DID NOT PUT A PROPER BASE IN. HE DID THE SAME FOR THE RETAINING WALL. HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. HE WAS VERY SHORT HANDED, PRETTY MUCH DID THE JOB HIMSELF. IT TOOK HIM MUCH LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED TO GET THE JOB DONE. HE BROUGHT HIS KIDS TO THE JOB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY UNPROFESSIONAL. HE CUT A LOT OF CORNERS JUST TO SAVE MONEY. I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE JOB HE DID. AS FAR AS THE LABOR. I FORESEE PROBLEMS IN THE SIDEWALKS, PAVER PATIO AND RETAINING WALL. HE SEEMED TO GET VERY SHORT AND DISGRUNTLED BY THE END OF THE JOB.

MR.PABST HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY, APPEARED SO KNOWLEDGABLE RE: LANDSCAPING SERVICE, THE SELECTION OF THE PLANTS APPEARS TO HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN THE GOOD JUDGEMENT EXPECTED.

PABST ASSURED US THAT THE WORK REQUIRED NO PERMITS. HE WAS WRONG. 50% ADVANCED PAYMENT AND 50% PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION AGREED TO. BUT PABST BADGERED US FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. UPON FIRST INSPECTION OF COMPLETED WORK PABST REFUSED TO CORRECT MISPLACED TREES AND TREES PLANTED LOPSIDED. WE EXPECTED MATURE PERENNIALS ($20 EACH) AND RECEIVED SEEDLINGS. FINALLY AFTER FINAL PAYMENT WAS MADE BY US IN DISGUST, PABST RETURNED AND SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL INVOICE FOR OFFICE WORK ($700 FEE TO OBTAIN THE $75 PERMIT) AND FOR ADDITIONAL TOPSOIL. WE CONTACTED JONES TOPSOIL TO FIND THAT PABST OVER BILLED US FOR SOIL NOT DELIVERED. AFTER WE THREATENED TO CANCEL CHECK PABST WITHDREW ADDTIONAL BILLINGS. PABST NEVER CORRECTED PLANTINGS

PABST ASSURED US THAT THE WORK REQUIRED NO PERMITS. HE WAS WRONG. 50% ADVANCED PAYMENT AND 50% PAYMENT UPON COMPLETION AGREED TO. BUT PABST BADGERED US FOR ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS. UPON FIRST INSPECTION OF COMPLETED WORK PABST REFUSED TO CORRECT MISPLACED TREES AND TREES PLANTED LOPSIDED. WE EXPECTED MATURE PERENNIALS ($20 EACH) AND RECEIVED SEEDLINGS. FINALLY AFTER FINAL PAYMENT WAS MADE BY US IN DISGUST, PABST RETURNED AND SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL INVOICE FOR OFFICE WORK ($700 FEE TO OBTAIN THE $75 PERMIT) AND FOR ADDITIONAL TOPSOIL. WE CONTACTED JONES TOPSOIL TO FIND THAT PABST OVER BILLED US FOR SOIL NOT DELIVERED. AFTER WE THREATENED TO CANCEL CHECK PABST WITHDREW ADDTIONAL BILLINGS. PABST NEVER CORRECTED PLANTINGS

NICE WORK, FRIENDLY PERSONNEL, KNOWLEDGEABLE, NEIGHBOR USED THEM

THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THEY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT ESTIMATING WHEN THEY WILL BE STARTING THE PROJECTS.

POND LOOKS BAD AND ROCKS ARE PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. THE POND IS LEAKING AND I CAN'T GET THEM BACK OUT.

THEY HAD A GREAT LANDSCAPE PLAN, BUT THE FOLLOWUP WAS BAD. MEMBER CAN'T GET THEM OUT FOR THE APPOINTMENTS. SHE IS TRYING TO FIND A NEW COMPANY.

THE DID A WONDERFUL JOB LANDSCAPING. OUR DECK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WE

THE DID A WONDERFUL JOB LANDSCAPING. OUR DECK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. WE

LANDSCAPING DESIGN INSTALLATION. VERY FRIENDLY TO WORK WITH.

DID A GREAT JOB. THERE WERE PUNCTUAL!

SOMETIMES HARD TO CONTACT WHEN GOING THRU ANSWERING SERVICE. LANDSCAPE DESIGN & INSTALLATION.

TOTAL LANDSCAPING FRONT & BACK YARD & PUT POND IN. EXCELLENT WORK-VERY PROFESSIONAL WORK & WOULD DEFINITELY USE AGAIN & HAVE TOLD OTHERS ABOUT THEM.

NEGATIVE REPORT: MEMBER HAD THEM BUILD A FENCE. HAD TO COME BACK SEVERAL TIMES TO DO REPAIRS. COMPANY RESPONDED TO NIA, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM TO THE MEMBER'S SATISFACTION. 5/21/99

I CALLED HIM TWICE AND HE DID NOT RETURN EITHER PHONE CALL.

EASY TO WORK WITH AND SEEM TO BE GOOD PRICES WE ARE EXPECTING TO SIGN CONTRACT NEXT WEEK IF INSTALLATION IS AS EASY AS WORKING WITH JOHN THEN WE WILL BE VERY PLEASED

DID PLANTING MULCHING & DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. HE'S COMING BACK TO DO SOME MORE WORK IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE. NEW BEDS, FLAGSTONE. WHENEVER WE CALL W/ A QUESTIONS HE ANSWERS ALL OF THEM!

DID PLANTING MULCHING & DID A GREAT JOB FOR US. HE'S COMING BACK TO DO SOME MORE WORK IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSE. NEW BEDS, FLAGSTONE. WHENEVER WE CALL W/ A QUESTIONS HE ANSWERS ALL OF THEM!

COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH WORK. PUT UP SPLIT RAIL FENCE ITS VERY SOLID AND STURDY. GREAT JOB

WE HAD A PAVER PATIO DONE: REASONABLE PRICE, EXCELLENT JOB!