This past summer we had Frank and his crew re-line our entire drip system and plant 5 vine plants with trellises. The first day the whole crew arrived early and got to work with digging up the old drip system and replacing the lines. It took a few hours which was great. They got the plants in (one of which we are still convinced isn't the plant we asked for since it looks and grows completely differently than the other one) and they left. I called Frank later that day asking if they'd be returning to install the trellises and he said he'd be back the next day. He never showed. After multiple phone calls that went to voicemail and a few texts, he finally called letting me know he'd been having family issues. A week after he said he'd be back, he did return but with the wrong number of trellises. Said that he had had the trellises in his truck for a week and the place he bought them from ran out. So he went to our two local supply stores and said they were both out but would be back in a few days with the last trellis. THREE WEEKS LATER his excuse for not returning was that he had a huge masonry job that was more important. Eh, I get that but don't tell your "less important" client that. He eventually returned a month after the project started to put the last trellis up. 6 months later, my husband has had to dig up the drip lines and reconnect and replace pieces. Kind of defeating the purpose of having had gone through the trouble and money of having Frank and his crew come out here. read more

Buyer beware!!! JDZ landscaping and masonry which is owned and operated by Francisco (Frank) J. Contreras is a scam company. I had previously used Frank and his company on a small project to install some flagstone and he did nice work so I decided to use him on a bigger job. On Feb. 24th I hired him to install some stone in a pass thru kitchen window as well as to install a fireplace mantle with matching stone work. His crew came in the first day and tore out eveything to prep for the rock installation and as part of the agreement I gave him $4000 to purchase all the material. He and his crew left the house after the first day with everything in a complete mess but I didn't think much about it because I thought they would be back to finish the job. I immediately started getting excuses from Frank that he couldn't install the stone until he got a plumber to come out and move a gas line. The plumber excuse went on for two weeks so I hired one and had him out the next day. Frank then said he was delivering the material and that they would be done within the week. His endless lying and excuses went on for another five weeks so I will be filing a claim against him with the Arizona Registrar of Contractors as well as small claims court. I would highly recommend that you do not use this company. Frank comes across as a very nice guy but you can't believe a single word that comes out of his mouth. If you google Contreras Masonry and Landscape you will find another post almost identical to mine. Evidently this is common practice for Frank. I should have done more homework! I hope you don't make the same mistake and become his next victim. read more

Hey D.E y don't you tell everyone that you dint pay us we did so much work for you and you never paid us $700 dollars.. You like to talk crap about every one here. Y don't you tell them y no one in your neighborhood likes you dirt girl. read more

This guy is a joke. We started our remodel pool project in November 2017. Frank and his guys were to tear up the existing pool deck, and lay travertine down. He also said that he would do he other side of our yard for Five thousand more dollars. We gave him ninety perecent of the cost of the job, almost ten thousand dollars. Frank told us the job would be complete in Three weeks. They tore up our yard and left it for several weeks. After many Unanswered phone calls and excuse after excuse as to why he could not come and work, he eventually popped up and stated that he had other jobs that were more important. His guys worked maybe three hours at a time, two days a week. After thirteen weeks and hours of frustration they had almost finished. Frank promised to come and install a commercial grade transformer which he was going to charge us five hundred dollars. So he came to install Late January and come to find out he only installed a two hundred watt non commercial transformer. When I called him out on it, and he came to collect money, he said that I was just trying to avoid paying him the last six hundred dollars we owed him, when in fact it was only a hundred bucks. He left pissed and when I tried to call him to pay that hundred dollars, he threatened to come and pull up three hundred square feet of travertine if I didn't pay him. When I asked him if he was threatening me, and he suddenly got very nice and said that it was great doing business with me. Needless to say, we had to take matters in to our own hands with the law. Lessons learned, don't give more than a third of money up front and research contractor to make sure their license is current. His license wasn't current and he was working under the name Top Quality Concrete at the time. He also had several infractions against him. read more

We had a contract this past February with Frank owner of JDZ to build a retaining wall. He said he needed $1900.00 up front for materials which we gave him. He immediately we to our bank to cash it. He was suppose to start the build the next day but it was a week. We tried several times to call him but got no answer. After several day he called us back, stating he broke the screen on his phone and it wasn't working. Over the next 4-6 weeks, we tried over 50 times to contact him, occasionally (probably less than 5 times) we were actually able to speek with him. He always had an excuse why he hadn't come back, (death in family, got a million dollar contract over on the east side of town, was tied up). On of the last 3 times we spoke wth him, He promised he would finish the job in the next three days. He said if he didn't he would refund our money. Well needless to say neither was done WARNING YOU DO NOT WANT TO USE THIS COMPANY, HE ALSO OPERATES UNDER THE NAME 'CONCRETE PROS. read more