Simple Lawns

I had trees transplanted, a concrete patio taken out and a new expanded flagstone patio installed along with a gorgeous pergola. In other words...a pretty big job. And if I could give them more than 5 stars I would. This team was fantastic. They arrived when they say they would and worked their hearts out when they were here. They were courteous, thorough, and go above and beyond to make sure the customer is happy. More...

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David was great and came out several times to make sure our project was just the way we wanted it. Gerardo and his team do amazing work. They are fast and do absolutely beautiful work. I will always go back to them. More...

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Very happy with the work they do! Five stars for communication, professionalism, and end results. We had sod put in, but are hiring them again immediately for other projects on our property.

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Worst $35,000 I ever spent. See photos below. I purchased this house in March 2020 and wanted a landscaping design overhaul and thought the reviews for Simple Lawns looked good. For me this was a fail.First, the things I think are REALLY bad. I have a septic tank under the mound in the front and it has all been working fine. Well when these guys built up the hill and put new plants in they completely buried the electrical boxes under ground and once the irrigation started it tripped the breaker for the septic pump which in turn triggered the very loud septic alarm. I was out of town and it woke my neighbor who had to walk next door to silence the alarm and another neighbor, fearing there was a water leak, came over and shut off the water. Since I was out of town and had no way of knowing what was happening I mentioned to David who insisted nothing they did could cause the problem. A few hundred dollars later I had a septic service come and they dug up the boxes and informed me of the problem. I was furious and David seemed unfazed and acted like it was my problem. I asked how he thinks it's EVER OK to bury live AC receptacles and plugs and after complaining they came and dug them up and raised them above ground. David never offered to pay for the septic service call. That was in the September. Then in my annual septic inspection a couple weeks ago the technician showed me the float had been completely bypassed because when they plugged in the pump they plugged it in the wrong place. So my pump has been running 24/7 from Sept to late December.  Next, I live on a very steep hill and made it clear I don't want to be down there weed eating because I have very poor balance. But the steepest part has no fabric so as you can see within a few short weeks that was pretty much filling up with grass and weeds so guess what I have been doing?  David's answer was to pay them a monthly "maintenance fee" because you can never stop weeds. He said these were blowing over the fabric. But the area below it that does have fabric has no weeds, and the area with all the weeks just has mesh for the ground cover. My neighbors have all been so appalled at this company I think they would cut the weeds themselves before letting me hire this company for any more work. This company has been humiliating to me. Then, they installed timers for lights and irrigation but at was never correct. Only some of the lights would come on and that was many hours after dark. They told me because of Covid the timers they could get were different than their normal timers and they were confusing to program. So I finally had to go on-line and find the programming manuals and program myself (they left me no manuals or any documentation). And, as you can see in the photos below they mounted the timer on the patio wall (I paid an electrician to put power there to make it easier for them) and I would have thought for aesthetics they would run the low voltage through PVC conduit but instead it's just this tacky wiring down the wall. Speaking of lights, they gave me multiple stories about lights. I found two big gaps in the lighting across the front and it looked unfinished at night and they said it was because they decided they needed a second one on the tree in the front, but there never was a second light there. And my main frustration here was the constant misrepresentation of the work they did and the lights they provided. I definitely felt lied to about these lights. Sadly there were early warning signs. They started by telling my wife and I this was a 3-4 week project but it was months, and they started in earnest 2.5 weeks later than they committed. They only work Monday-Thursday and for 90% of the time it was just two workers. They built a beautiful rock wall and stairway and the front yard all said and done looks good but the back is a mess and dangerous for me. My advice if you go with Simple Lawns:Get absolutely EVERYTHING In writing. They will charge you ~$1000 or more for a detailed drawing and I regret not doing it since their story kept changing in some areas. I recommend insisting on something that shows every light, every plant, bush, tree, irrigation head and what areas will have fabric to minimize weeds coming through.Get absolute timeline in writing unless you are in no hurry. In my case I had a bunch of other work to be done done on block walls and gates I could not complete until this work was completed. As a result of their work dragging out I missed those open construction windows and am still waiting on some of the fencing work. If you have timers insist on getting programming manuals. For $35K I shouldn't have to be going on-line to find these. By the way in the midst of dialog with David A about all my problems once they received their final check communication completely stopped. More...

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I wanted to update my review.  The owner contacted me.  A very nice man. he explained that the irrigation person wasn't doing his job, which included making customer appointments and he has been fired.   The owner was very caring and conscientious, which i appreciated.   I contacted this company on August 27th to fix my irrigation system. I was told that it would be about 10-14 days to have someone come out and fix my irrigation system. I was told the price was $65 per hour, time and material per employee and a $130 service fee which included travel time and the first hour of work.  I told them that i needed to be there and i needed an appointment but I wanted to the work done.  I was told on August 27th that someone would call me shortly to set up an appointment.  I waited and waited, nothing.  On September 3rd, a week later, I wrote a message asking when someone would call to set up an appointment and no one has returned my message.  Someone probably in office needs to answer customers messages.  On September 9th, I wrote them not to bother. More...

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