METRO LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING

He is unreliable and is unable to manage cash flow. I had to terminate him after he exhausted the $10,000 initial payment, completing only some site prep and partial footer completion (mis-estimated the amount of concrete, resulting in an uneven (4" low) corner on the structure's poured foundation). He apparently relies on people who owe him money or favors to get the job done. One worker - Jimmy - was skilled and reliable when he showed up, but apparently he didn't get paid regularly so he didn't show up regularly. Smith called one day asking me to charge $600 worth of cinder block to my credit card saying he had a guy 'ready to go that day and would be getting a big check on Monday,' and that was it for me. He was intending to correct the defective poured footer with block and mortar and didn't even have enough of the initial payment (that should have resulted in a compete slab) to buy $600 worth of blocks. Unbelievable. By my estimate he completed less than 50% of the work and "spent" 100% of the initial payment. He was five months behind schedule, even when taking into account allowances for weather. Nice enough guy but clueless when it comes to business and customer service. Icing on the cake was when I noticed that a 30' extension ladder he had borrowed from me had gone missing. Said he realized the mistake and would return it. Never saw that $350 ladder again. I guess I'm to blame for some of this. I should have seen his money problems sooner and realized that managing a project more complex than a shrub planting would swamp him. Steve, if you ever read this, I want my money and ladder back. If it weren't for my wonderful, forgiving wife, I would have sued you in a heartbeat.

Not a good one to date. Although they (Smith and his 2 stone workers>> (those 2 were 2 good pro's by the way, did some fine hard work) started the job and appeared to be completing a nice project of building the steps. They did not complete the job as Mr. Smith said he would nor did he offer any explanation/phone call follow-up feedback to explain, or return any of my wife's phone calls. A written contract was done indicating they would complete the job for $1500.00 which is an excellent price for this job. All we want to do is finish it and a good recommendation on other contractors who can finish the job at a low remaining/reasonable price soonest is all we want. Please call my wife, Lynn at cell # (703) 587-7510, or at home (703) 339-4718 to get her first hand insight on what she saw in this experience. We want to get it finished so we can do some nice follow-on enhancements in the backyard patio area.

I THINK THAT THEY ARE AN EXCELLENT COMPANY. THE YARD ALWAYS LOOKS GOOD WHEN THEY LEAVE. THEY ARE VERY HARD WORKING AND GIVE GOOD QUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE.