Shine Up Landscape Maintenance & Construction LLC

Initially, the project was moving along well; wet weather played a part in the timing and progress of the work, and then the frequency and planned "work days" became a problem. The owner would make a commitment to be at the job site on a specific day/time, then not show up...no phone calls either. This went on for weeks, then months. The total projcet took over 6 months to complete, and there are still elements that are not acceptable. The working relationship did not end well...we received a bill for the work, which was 2x what the verbal agreement was at the beginning. (note: no hard copy of the bid was ever submitted at the beginning, nor were any change orders submitted or signed). Decisions to order material and/or use alternative materials was never discussed and/or presented to us as owners, so our assumption was that these things were included in the original bid. We paid what we had originally agreed to pay for the job, which was unacceptable to the company's owner. Numerous phone calls took place "pleading for payment of the additional funds". No further resolution was every made with the company.

It went excellently! We called on a Friday to inquire about services and Pat and crew showed up around noon the next day, working through intermittent rain to tame my poor neglected yard. The front, which wasn't in such poor repair to begin with, was skillfully mowed, edged, and raked. The back, on the other hand, went from being a seemingly insurmountable thicket to a human-habitable space that we could begin to see potential in. To be clear: this wasn't landscaping ? it was a brute-force land reclamation operation ? and by the end of a very damp and muddy day's work, the guys looked like they'd been through the ringer. In addition to all of the yard work, they also hauled off all of the difficult-to-dispose-of things that we'd allowed to accumulate... broken tomato cages, scraps of lumber and pipe, etc. Really, just the kind of strong-backed, smart helping hands that we needed to get back on track. I can't imagine that it's the kind of work they'd prefer to do, but if you've let your yard get away from you, call Shine Up. Seriously. We're still figuring out what we want to do with the yard now that we've got it back, so we haven't turned to Shine Up for their landscaping and monthly maintenance services yet, but we definitely will be. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.