[[HIGHLIGHT]]I have been a customer of Agape for many years.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] [[HIGHLIGHT]]Often I have a special request and they always come through.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Today they cleaned out the area under our deck quickly and thoroughly. Special thanks to Valentin and Cesar of my Agape crew. Jeff Terry read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Absolutely poor communication + poor service - do not use.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I contacted Agape to do some aeration for reseeding this fall for a small lawn front and back. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Their communication was slow to respond and often kept trying to up-sell me on doing a sod installation for thousands of dollars.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I typically reseed myself and hire someone to do the aeration. I was going to treat myself this year and have someone reseed for me after aeration. I specifically asked for a scalp mow prior to aeration in my correspondence with them. I was quoted a higher price than most folks off of Nextdoor by a couple hundred dollars but figured I'd give them a try since their reviews were pretty solid. Aeration and scalp mowing is usually around $150-$200 for most smaller yards as the current going rate. They listed their aeration as "double aeration" (it wasn't). Once they came out their crew did not scalp mow ( which means they are laying seed to compete with what's already on the ground) the only aerated half the spots that I was quoted for. I had to visually scour the yard to see any seed that had been applied. A truly poor execution for the price. I spent the entire weekend going back over their work and putting down seed and fertilizer and covering the seed with pete moss. They also had listed putting down starter fertilizer and straw on bare patches in their quote, but they didn't do either. It appears anything that was put down was by hand and not using a spreader for any of the seeding. I was truly shocked that their level of quality and what it was billed for at twice the going rate, and worse than the people I've used off Nextdoor. an absolutely terrible level of service. I will not being using them again. read more

[[HIGHLIGHT]]Had a scheduled appointment and not only did they not show up they didn't even call.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] I would not work with this company, read more

Spent tens of thousands on irrigation and landscaping with Agape and their subsidiary, I would never use any of their services again. They ran over budget, nearly half of the irrigation needed to be redone, and more than half of the plants died because they were not planted properly (hole too small, etc) Some plants survived but are planted at an angle and needed dug up and replanted. I called them out the following year to replace the dead plants, and they gave me a quote for thousands more to fix their bad work. I declined and replanted myself, hiring a college student to help dig out the holes with 100% success at 1/10 of the cost. Go elsewhere, don't get fooled by flashy print ads and their nice estimators! read more

If zero was possible...handed them a high quality lawn for full yard service. Ignored weed control and lost half the yard. They then reseeded last fall and used the lowest quality straw over the reseeded areas and now the yard is covered with weed seeds from the low quality straw. [[HIGHLIGHT]]Nightmare and they really didn't seem to care until I fired them.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] Disaster! read more

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I just wanted to express my deepest thanks to you and the crew who did such an exceptional job on my property! I know it was extremely covered in overgrowth in the gardens and I just would like to thank the crew, Rolando and Efrain, who worked so very hard, in hot weather, to make the property look so perfect !! My neighbors sent me pictures which revealed their very hard work. Thank you again and have a great day! Sincerely, Lorraine read more

Misael and Javier are so nice and very thorough. My yard looks beautiful every time after they have finished. Scott in Raleigh read more

Agape recently installed a zoyzia lawn at my property. They did a very good, professional job and it looks very nice. Michael, their sales manager, was friendly and competent and the two workers they sent, Jaime and Armando, did a nice job and were also pleasant. Only slight negative was the fairly high cost. [[HIGHLIGHT]]However, overall I was very satisfied.[[ENDHIGHLIGHT]] read more

Agape / Greenway is a complete scam STAY AWAY! The VP showed up and drew up a nice plan, then when their unskilled workers showed up to do the work they ignored the plan completely and now we have areas that don't even get wet (orig plan was to shoot water from both sides like recommended, they just ran bigger heads down one side only). Took them 3 months to install our irrigation. The big delay was because they bent the brass cradle housing for our water meter, which we had to pay $850 to have replaced. Then massive scheduling issues, etc. They refused to take responsibility for the cradle, even though it was clearly bent when they tied into it. The guy from the water co (aqua) who is "the" guy for the neighborhood (so we know him) said clearly that it was them, that they had used the wrong connector, and that he had seen this regularly with agape/greenway. By the time they finally got the irrigation done (and fixed again and again and again) they had wrecked all the lawn and bushes near with piles of dirt they left out for months. One of their guys actually apologized b/c he felt so bad, but said they TOLD them to do this on every job to drive business to their sister company agape (to fix the damage). Now a year later, the system is massively unstable. I have fixed 6 leaks in the last year, and it turns out they used schedule 20 pvc, the cheapest, thinnest pvc pipe you can get which is NOT recommended for irrigation. After all that, and a $10k bill paid, they refused to back their shoddy system because we wouldn't pay the $850 that it cost us to replace the brass cradle. Complete waste of money, will probably have to just replace it all next year. read more

Completely unsafe drivers. Their driver of their truck didn't know how merging into the freeway worked and almost caused a wreck when they tried to come into my lane into my car. If others on the road weren't careful around them, would have caused at least 3 Catt to crash together read more

I used Agape for my landscaping project last summer. The project involved installing new pavers, a small 12x12 patio area, some flower beds and a small lawn in the backyard. I'm a young single homeowner and saved up for many years and took out a loan to be able to afford this project. I did get several quotes from other companies, but chose Agape because of their positive reputation, despite being a bit pricier. Right off the bat, I was excited about the project and felt I made the right decision going with them. They estimated the project would take a couple weeks. They started in June and did not finish until October. Things kept getting pushed and delayed, but I didn't mind because I felt it was worth the wait to get a quality end result. There were several miscommunications about the plans, despite having fully completed + rendered landscaping plans done before approaching Agape. One small example is the plans clearly have turf between the pavers, but my project manager made the assumption that stones would be fine without evening speaking to me. When I finally asked about it, he said he "didn't realize I wanted turf" and that it would be an additional $5.5K to do that. In an effort to be flexible, I agreed to the stones, but it was very frustrating that he didn't quote me correctly based on the ask in the first place. There were many other frustrations along the way. For example, when getting my septic tank serviced, I uncovered that they had routed my gutters right into my front lawn over my septic drain lines. My septic guy was shocked a professional company would make such an obvious mistake. That is just one example of many. Finally, 4 months later, they finished the project. At the time, I did feel like I could look past the frustrations, because in the end I did like the result. That was until everything started dying. I really thought I did everything right. I installed irrigation in my beds, I watered my lawn religiously, and I even paid for their Weed N Feed program that promises a perfect lawn. Now, almost a year later, I have a completely dead lawn and almost half of the plants they installed are dead as well. Every time I look out at my dead yard, I am reminded of the wasted money I spent with Agape. While I do like the way the hardscaping turned out, I feel the value for that portion was only a fraction of the total amount I paid. Once I can save up enough money again, I'll hopefully be installing Zoysia and planting new beds in an effort to finally get the dream yard I had hoped I'd get last summer. read more

The staff at Agape was extremely slow to respond to all requests. It generally took me three attempts before getting any sort of response. We had Agape create a new flower bed and reshape our natural area. I asked Agape to reach out to me to schedule a date when I could be home to provide more direction. They did not follow this request. When they did give me a date, they came out in the afternoon and said they would be back at 7:00 am the following morning to discuss the remaining work. I waited around until 8:00 am before contacting them, only to be told that the crew was sent to another job and wouldn't make it to my house until the afternoon. They were completely disrespectful of my schedule. I was told to leave drip hoses and a timer that Agape would set to the proper watering schedule. The timer was not set and Agape did not inform me that they neglected to do this and they did not give me directions on how long to set the timers. At the initial consultation, I had expressed concern over the weeds that were in the front yard and wanted to be sure they were properly cleared before the beds were put in place. I even asked if I should work to kill them before Agape came out to complete the work. I was told that was not necessary and the Agape would take care of this. Within a week of the work being completed, my beds were covered with clovers. I reached out to Agape to correct this and was told to handle the weeds myself. I will not be using this service in the future. read more

After a weed and feed application on our lawn, we noticed large dark streaks forming. We contacted Agape and they sent a lawn tech to evaluate the problem. Seth Skorput came in a very timely fashion and decided that our lawn needed additional nutrients. The lawn was again treated and we are hoping for good results! Thank you Seth! Lori and Randy Croyle read more

Agape completed an irrigation project for us. The VP of the company came out to bid the job and laid out a good plan. He scheduled the job to be completed in 1 1/2 days. It took 30 days. The crew came out and did not follow the plan. They did whatever was easiest for them. They damaged so much of my existing systems. They tried to do the bare minimum when installing and repairing the irrigation system. Their clean up was terrible. They aerated, seeded, and fertilized all our lawn. I have large bare spots in my lawn due to a poor job. When they said they were done. I asked them to test the system. Of course it didn't work. They had severed the electric line. This job was a nightmare. Management could care less. read more

Disappointed. The first year was awesome. Our property looked great and was well maintained. Second year was a disaster. Agape provided sloppy, inconsistent and inexperienced landscape care (see pics) - examples included missed services for more than 4 months, spraying weed killer on perennial flower beds (and dog toys) and killing all of the bee balm that was planted, beautiful large rose gardens that were never cared for (most of which eventually fell over and died). This was not the service of a company that advertises that they "take care of your entire property." Credit to Agape for owning up to the fact that the dropped the ball on our property for 1+ years, but what a waste of money it was for us... read more

Contracted with Agape to install 5600 square feet of sod; specifically requested low-maintenance zoysia and had multiple, detailed discussions with them about it; they said they'd install a species that would only have to be mowed 2-3 times year, which would have been perfect! Instead, they installed sod that has to be mowed weekly!! Brent, the owner, won't talk to us about it, refused to make a site visit, and just dismissed our complaints. Absolutely do NOT use this company. read more

Requested they come out to do some repair work. We agreed on a date/time (which they emailed and confirmed) and an hourly rate, and they never showed. Never replied to follow-up email asking them about it. In fairness, this was just before a hurricane was coming through the area, so I was assuming they'd want to reschedule. But I simply never heard from them again after that. Guess they didn't want my money. But with that level of unprofessionalism, I'll find someone else to do the work. read more

Agape did some landscaping for us: After prepping the ground for seed, they put the most minimal mount of top soil over the existing red clay. Seemed very half-hearted. We have some existing shrubs that are a common variety in this area. We requested they plant more of them. Well, they planted a totally different type of shrub - not the one we paid for. We tried caling them many times to mention these points. No one ever returned our call. The following season, they called and asked if we wanted to purchase seasonal lawn maintenance. We said that would depend if someone would discuss last season's issue with us. Guess what - no one did. And guess what - we never hired them again. My advise - if you just need a cheap & mediocore job, they'll be OK. If you care about details and how your money is spent, look elsewhere. read more

Do not call these people. I hired them to install sod and gutter drains four years ago. The sod has held up ok, but the drain lines have been a nightmare. According to the first plumber who came to clear them, "this is a very poor design". Two-thirds of my roof drains into one 3" PVC line. They did not install downspout screens. They did not install clean-out access in the drain lines. Even though I clean out gutters every three months, once a year I have to call a plumber to snake the lines. I wouldn't hire these guys to dig a slit trench under a dog house. read more

Agape scheduled to come out and check the irrigation system in three or four weeks after my call. They did keep an appointment and after testing the system I was told it's better to replace it but it's working fine now. A few weeks later I turn the system on and found out that the system was not fixed. My next request for repair was ignored. Would not recommend the service of this company. read more

We just had our backyard landscaped. I would highly recommended them. They are professional, on time. Tommy is amazing and so is his crew. He worked within my budget. I did not have one negative experience with them. Tommy and his crew listened to me and wanted me happy. I am very particular and interviewed 4 other companies and Tommy was the only one that went out of his way to listen to me and make sure my vision was exactly what I wanted. The company answers the phone promptly and Tommy answered all my emails right away. read more

We have used Agape several times before to mulch and weed our beds. They were great - very professional and did quality work. It was sometimes hard to get a hold of them because they were busy and we were happy for them as they were getting bigger and did a good job. We used them originally in 2010 for weeding the beds and mulching. In 2011, they quoted us the same cost for the same work, although we did not use them. When we used them in spring of 2014 the cost had increased substantially did not seem unreasonable. This year we asked them to quote the same work - mulch and weed. They were our top choice. The sales person, Kyle, emailed back quickly. We got a time scheduled for him to come look and give us a quote. He emailed us a quote that indicated mulching would be in line with 2014 costs. Additionally, the quote included all possible jobs they can handle. We then asked about availability and that was when he explained that mulching requires that we pay for another job - a one-time clean-up - not needed by us, but required for them before they mulch. That drove the price up almost 60% of the previous year's work in 2014. We checked with the guy we always dealt with before, and he confirmed that things have changed and that it is a prerequisite now and the correct cost. They could have saved everyone some time and trouble if that information had been in the initial quote. They were easy to deal with, although a little slow, but a 270% increase for the same work over 5 years, and 60% increase year-over-year is unreasonable. Fortunately there are other options for people and with their current approach, i would not encourage people to bother working with them. read more

Ok work, watch out for the onsight quote. The gentleman that came out gave me a quote we agreed on; The day they were due to come, i got an email saying they had made a rather large error & it was going to cost more . Did i agree? Confused about what had happened & expecting them ,i wrote...i guess. They were not interested in adjusting the error, and said the written after the visit was the accurate one. I paid them the second quote but will never use them again! read more

Setup a consultation to have my front and rear yards sodded. Spoke with withe receptionist who told me the work has a 2,500$ minimum, and that she would have the manager (Mike Hoy) reach out to me to schedule. She emailed him my home address and phone number, he replied saying the minimum is 1,000$ and set an appointment date. The next day he has one of his crew (Adam) to call me and say that I live outside of their service area and the minimum will now be 5,000$. When I explained to him that I had already spoken with his manager (wgho did not mention being outside the service area), and that I had now received three different minimum prices; he didn't know what to say. I told him to have his manager contact me and confirm if this was the case. After attempting to explain how him (Mike Hoy) and his two employees could be soo out of sync, he stated that they could still do the work. I chose not to go with their company on account of the dysfunction, and from the look of these reviews I made a great choice. read more

We recently hired Agape to construct a small stone wall around some flower beds. The workers did a great job; professional, courteous etc. The project manager, however, was a disaster. Mid-way into the project, it was apparent that the Agape PM didn't measure the project correctly. The workers gladly made the adjustment. Unfortunately for the project manager -- who didn't appear at our house until the project was almost done -- he neglected to speak to us or his workers about the adjustment. At the end of the project, Agape wanted to bill us double for the project -- which was ludicrous. While we agreed to pay for a portion of the fix due to their incorrect measurements, Agape refused to negotiate or discuss. Rather, the PM threatened that the difference would not come out of his pocket, but rather, his workers. Moreover, he defended his inaction with the comment: "I can't visit every project." What!? To make matters even more laughable, in an about-face, the PM then wrote to inform us that after further thought, Agape would not bill us for any extra work. He then stated that they would not work with us again. (Ummm, we never asked nor would we.) We've never worked with a company where the project manager expected his clients to project manage his work or treated their employees with such disrespect. Shame on them! read more

They came out to do an estimate and never followed up with pricing or info. Pretty unprofessional.

Beware of this company. Two years a row we had the majority of our plantings die, some of which were quite expensive. When asked to replace the dead plants the company refused, said the 90 warranty period had already passed (90 days post planting was mid-December, not an easy time to tell if a cherry tree is dormant or dead.) Given the high costs charged and percentage of plants dying, would not use again and would not recommend a company that doesn't stand behind its products. read more

We had a leak in our irrigation system, so called Agape Company to come out and fix it. (the actual company that performed the work was Greenway Irrigation, which appears to be one of their subsidiaries). As you read this review, bare in mind they charge by the hour. The first technician comes out and spends 3 hours to assess the situation. Turns out, my backflow wasn't completely turned on, and once he turned the valve completely the leak stopped. 3 hours to find that problem! But then we had another leak as soon as he left. A different technician comes out few days later, having no clue what the problem is, and tells us he need to reassess the situation. We obviously raise a concern. So he finally speaks with the owner, Brent Droege, speaks to the first technician, and fixes the problem in half an hour. He tells me the irrigation pipe was clogged with mulch and trash and that once he cleared that everything worked fine. Then he adds, and I quote " I don't know why the Oscar (first technician) spent that much time". Hmm... that is not something you want to hear from a technician of SAME company. He spends another hour and a half or so making sure there is no more problem, which I understand. Then he finally tells us, everything is good to go and that all problems are fixed. Few days later, we see the first technician working again on our lawn, completely unannounced. We ask him, what is going on? And he tells us there are couple more leaks. At this time, I really started getting frustrated. He calls the owner, and while he is talking to him, I ask to talk to him directly. Brent refused to talk to us, because he was "too busy".... WHILE on the phone with his technician! So I tell the technician to stop all work and leave. Then I proceed to write him an email explaining the situation, and asking for an explanation. The following are some of the quotes from my email exchanges with Brent: We do have a little bit of a language barrier that we are trying to work through (as my guys are not native english speakers and I assume your family is not as well)" - whether we are native speaker or not, how is this relevant??? "All I know is the system is fixed at about 50% less then budget, and on time. I don't see what the issue is." - His technician told us he doesn't understand why it took the first technician so long to figure out the problem! Wouldn't everyone question the validity of the quote at this point? Very easy over quote and later tell someone we came under budget. But is that the right thing to do? "You guys starting having a panic attack as soon as I sent a different tech over the first time." - no... we raised concern when the second technician told us he need to reassess the situation because he doesn't know what is going on, and you guys are charging by the hour! "I do not believe your version of the story, no" - I mean you are to believe what you want to believe but if you think your customer spends time to write multiple emails raising concerns and you completely dismiss them, that is quite a customer service! "All I will say is that if you guys had just stayed inside and let us do our job, your system would be working 100% right now" - so we hire you and pay you, but we should just shut our mouth, close our eyes and pay you whatever you charge me... "And honestly, we do 7.5M a year in revenue, so I'm not even this focused on this discussion" - I never asked and I honestly don't care. The only thing I care is the job I hired you guys to do for me, and how rude and insulting you are to us. "Do you want us to come finish off everything or not? I will cap the 'final' repair to $100 and I can get it done today" - At this point, do you really think I want you guys to continue working in my lawn??? Needless to say, they will NOT finish work at my place. And I will note that I did pay the bills, because (1) I do not want to be associated with this company anymore then I already have, and (2) so that they cannot discredit my story saying we just don't want to pay the bill. read more

Agape did a great job for us. We found them on Angie's list when they offered a fertilizing special. We hired them to do our regular yard work afterwards. They always came to my house as manned and would add more services when I needed them. My yard looked great all the time. read more

I reached out to initiate their full lawn care package, and to get some general yard projects underway in our new home (ivy removal, bed clear out). The business is pretty responsive over phone and email, but ultimately our expectations and communications just weren't in sync, despite a lot of back and forth with the company. We paid a higher rate for "manual ivy removal" to do so without herbicides - and ultimately we paid for a very expensive weed eating job that took the staff a few hours to complete. The ivy has almost completely grown back ...2 weeks later. After a lot of back and forth with the company, they decided not to continue working with us (dropped us) but did try to provide some suggested alternatives. When their lawn teams came for the "regular lawn care"- they provide no advance notice (just calling when they're at the property), and would often mow/blow in poor conditions, for example, during a thunderstorm when the ground/grass is sopping wet or late in the evening (6pm). They also weed-eated fig trees and blueberry bushes that were clearly tagged/not weeds- which is really surprising as "professionals". The lawn service, in our limited experience, also does not include all the listed services on their website at each appointment-- but is rather a traditional "mow and blow" where they very quickly service the lawn-- and the "blowing" is just to blow all the leaves/debris to the property perimeter to collect along the fenceline. They did not perform any pruning, edging, remove any weeds, remove leaves, or do anything beyond the bare minimum at any of the 3 visits we had. I was excited to try this company given the wealth of positive online reviews, but we didn't have a positive experience. Make sure to get scopes of work very clearly defined and in writing on the invoice-- otherwise you may end up pretty disappointed with the end product. read more

The weekly mowing service is satisfactory, I liked Sam, Alberto and the crew, who arrived at my property and did a professional job; However, If you consider using Agape Lawn company to maintain your lawn & yard, you should carefully consider the fact that you may, at some time, face its owner Brent Droedge, a rude, arrogant and condescending person that will initially present himself as businessman - but in reality, his business and money is all he cares about. Mr. Droedge's personal "baby" is irrigation systems. He has very little personal knowledge and zero personal experience in actual irrigation work, so he employs two so called "experts" Luis and Carlos, that in my experience have a very limited and inadequate irrigation related knowledge. Over a period of 3 weeks of my continuing irrigation issues, these guys, backed by Droedge, messed up my existing irrigation system so bad, that repairing it, is no longer a small thing, but a major endeavor and expense. Additionally, this team appeared on my property unannounced and engaged in unauthorized (by me) work. They left the site without resolving the initial problem they were called to repair. Moreover, in spite of the damage done and the fact that the issue was unresolved, Droedge had the cheek to suggest that I messed up the system. Moreover, I was billed hundreds of $$$, which were never refunded. Beware! Jim Lev, Chapel Hill, April 2017 read more

Michael, from Agape, reached out to me. I was surprised due to lack of response 5 months ago from Kyle. Another company had already installed the irritation system and completed the paver work.I had a good feeling about Michael and decided to give Agape a chance to earn my business since a large number of customers are very pleased with their work. Will came to the house to discuss landscape design ideas. He did a wonderful job helping me to see the landscape plan. The crew showed up on time. They were professional and did a great job. I now use Agape for weekly lawncare maintenance. The lawn looks great! read more

Lawn service has been very effective - previously had a lawn full of weeds and crabgrass. Agape followed-up with gutter cleaning that hadn't been fully completed the first time - appreciate their interest in making sure customers'' needs are met. read more

I had neglected the fallen leaves for the whole season. They came in and not only raked, blew, and gathered a huge amount of leaves, but took them away as well. It was a transformative experience! and the price was reasonable. Thank you! read more

Agape did a planting job for me. They were professional, showed up on time and did the work as expected. In deciding which plants to purchase, they gave me some good advice. I would highly recommend them. read more

I would not ever use them again. It took over thirty emails to aerate and seed my lawn. Staring in the end of August then finally arriving at the end October. I had to stop them when they came to weed the yard. They use a liquid weeder and they were applying it in the rain. The office seems to be run by teenagers instead of business professionals. My mistake, heed my warning. read more

I have arranged 2 different services to be provided by this company. On NO occasion did the work get completed as scheduled. The last service (roof and gutter cleaning) I rescheduled twice for failure of the company to arrive as scheduled and they still did not show up as promised. I received a lot of apologies but no one communicated with any of the appointments that the services would not be performed the day that was scheduled. Wasted hours waiting for the company to arrive. I suggest finding a more reliable company. read more

We have hired Agape several times to help us improve our property in Hillsborough. Brent always has wonderful ideas for solving the more complicated yard issues...drainage etc. He gave us estimates up front and always leaves us happy with the results. The crew is pleasant and hard working, and Brent is a high energy leader. You will not regret getting to know Agape! D. Godfrey read more