I found these guys through Sandros Lawn Service. I needed an initial clean-up of an extremely overgrown yard (grass, weeds everywhere, trees out of control); we had previously been using a guy we found on Craigslist a year ago who basically charges $60 to come over every few weeks (whenever he's "in the area", so I have to work around his schedule) just to weed whack everything. I wanted someone to take care of the weeds, cut the grass really short, and keep the trees neat and tidy. They also weren't ever able to haul away anything that wouldn't fit in our green bin, though I did ask them to.
Anyway, after Sandro recommended Roland I gave him a call. He was extremely friendly (and more importantly, he speaks English), kinda felt like I was dealing with one of my uncles. He worked around my schedule and initially meant to just come by today to assess the yard to give us an estimate, but since I have family coming in a few days he went ahead and did the work this afternoon. I got lucky!!
Our yard was a complete disaster area. Everything was so overgrown and the flowering weeds were attracting tons of bees. The trees had no shape to them and were just wild. Weeds everywhere, coming up from cracks in the brick and cement. He gave us some recommendations on weed maintenance and stuff, and then he saw this stump in the ground and knew what tree it was just by looking at the stump. He agreed to pull out a lot of the weeds, cut the grass, and give the trees a good manicure. We also need some banana trees removed as well as that stump, but he said we can hold off on that since we're on a tight budget right now (in the middle of a renovation). How nice, he doesn't push us to get more money. He gave us a really great estimate, about the same amount as the first guys we had come in to do a clean-up last year, but he did twice the work.
Everything just looks amazing. I don't even recognize the yard. I was so embarrassed to have our family come here and see our nasty yard and now a weight is just lifted off my shoulders. He's going to come back every month to keep everything in check and continue to treat the weeds too for a very reasonable price. Again, around the same cost as the last guys for actually 3 times the work.
I think one big thing for me is that he speaks English so we have a clear line of communication. I just feel really comfortable with these guys and I haven't been this happy in a long time. I definitely recommend and I'm about to blast this all over my Facebook! read more