Landservices, Inc.

Design was rather ordinary.  Design took some time as we felt we had to repeatedly come back and ask them to reduce the cost even though we were clear from the beginning about our budget.
Curt McKinny was the designer and oversaw the project.  In hindsight we wish we had not compromised on some of our concerns. When he insisted, we tended to give in because we wanted to rely on his expertise.  We were unsatisfied with the following:
1.  Moved plants he shouldn't have and we didn't want moved.
- He insisted on transplanting a beautiful 8yr old red bark maple even though we were happy with where it was.  It didn't survive.
- He also moved an established magnolia, but because they aren't responsible for it's survival, they didn't take care.  It sat in a water filled hole for week with below freezing temperatures.  It's still struggling after 2 seasons.
- He removed 4 of our Hinoki insisting that they weren't the right kind and installing 3 new ones.  No difference.  One of the Hinoki already died and was replaced.  But we now have younger trees when the original were well established.  Again they didn't take care in replanting the original Hinokis.  They have been planted too close together and too close to a neighbor's lace leaf maple.  Neighbors aren't happy.
2.  Poor plant choices
- Curt recommended Hebes for a border plant.  I told him we've tried them before but because we're at a higher elevation they didn't survive.  He said he had a different variety that would be fine.  Sure enough 14 of the 20 Hebes died last winter.  Curt has refused to even call us back when we called him about them.  We relied on his expertise again but were misled.
- Suggested 3 different ground covers.  Corsican mint which has the best aroma when one walks near it is planted where no one walks.  Second one is too aggressive.  We have to now work to keep it from choking other plants and taking over paths.  The third is nice, but too few planted so it's too sparse and hasn't spread.
- CEANTHOS 'JOYCE COULTER' looked great and did well through summer and fall, but all 3 died the first winter.  Thought they may come back but didn't.
3 Poor quality/attention to detail
- A good part of our front lawn was removed to create beds and borders.  They didn't spray/kill any of that lawn and left too much of their roots in the ground.  We've had a very tough time pulling out grass growing throughout the new beds and through the plants.
- We use a riding mower.  So we asked that they cut the lawn back from sloping areas.  Didn't do it enough so it's still too steep and continues to be dangerous for the riding mower.

Good work, would have like to use then again. But price was just way out of line.

The owner's name is Curt McKinney and they are reliable. There is something wrong with the landscaping sometimes, and we don't know what to do about it, but they do. We have this difficult site because it is on a hillside and it is so pretty and that is why we bought it, but we didn't think of all the drainage issues. Their pricing may be okay.

I hired Landservices Inc. Company originally because they were on Angie?s List. However, lately I?ve not been satisfied with the job they are doing so, I?m shopping around. They have been taking care of my yard and at times they have busted some bushes. They have missed out on appointments. So, I?m not really happy because I?m paying a lot of money for their services. I think their prices are high. I?m trying to find somebody else so that I can stop using them.

They were very professional and very responsive. They wanted to do things the right way. They were very flexible in working with us on our budget and in coming up with ways to do the job within our budget.

He was great. He was responsive and the price was right. He explained the details well. The whole job went over pretty well.

This was a great experience. We needed to relocate a mature olive tree on short notice--during the hotest (100 degree+) days of summer. The LandServices team was very responsive, getting us a quote and moving the tree within less than a week. The work was performed on time and successfully. The tree is thriving. In particular, Curt's follow up was exceptional. He checked back to make sure that we were following the care instructions he'd given us and even delivered a special growth hormone a few days later that he thought would improve the tree's odds of survival.

Everything was done on time and within budget. Very good experience.

There was great communication and they came when they said they would. They were experts and they knew the system even though it was one they didn't install. They are a fantastic company.