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    Oakland, CA

    JR Landscaping

    4.0 (21 reviews)
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    Juan and his crew did great work building a wood retaining wall and leveling our entire yard so we had a level surface across our yard - this was something that Juan suggested that really made the yard turn out well. The installation of the steel edging, gravel, and sod was done really well. Make sure you are really clear on what will occur on your project. Juan's services were well worth the super affordable pricing he provided. We definitely got our money's worth!

    Juan and JR Landscaping crew did a great job with a backyard patio and flooding avoidance work in my house. It was a challenging job, and it is not the first time his crew delivers exceptional quality with a reasonable price. Thank you!!!

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    I had quite a bit of work done by JR Landscaping in August 2023. The scope of work included: * replacing fences * landscaping part of the front yard * adding some width to my driveway * drainage in the backyard * covering the ground with base rock * some artificial turf * clearing a ton of weeds. I repeatedly told JR from the beginning and during the project, that I was paying for this work to be done to relieve myself from any exacerbation of a lingering severe back pain from an injury. I needed as much weed mitigation as possible. I ran into some issues during the project that, in hindsight, I should have recognized as a pattern of behavior. 1. One of my fences had a 90* turn in it. When JR Landscaping built the new fence, they did not include the section that turned 90*. I pointed this out and JR claimed that there was no turn in the fence. He did not believe me until I produced pictures showing the turn in the fence. 2. When they brought drainpipes in to do the drain, I noticed that it was the lower end black flexy pipe (but not the worst, as JR tried to point out later). I told the job supervisor I wanted the sturdier drainpipe so I wouldn't have to dig it up in 5 years because the plastic failed. The next day, the crew was putting in the cheaper stuff. I talked to JR. He said the supervisor had told him, but he "disregarded my request" (yes, his words). I had to have a conversation with him about it, pointing out that disregarding your client like that is a bad practice and is unprofessional. He seemed to listen and take it to heart. I suspect now he disregarded this advice. He procured better drainpipe, although it cost me more. 3. During the project they removed a lot of dirt to level my yard and get the drainage in. The earth remover ended up putting an eight-foot-long crack in my sidewalk. When I brought it up to JR, he denied it. I once again had to produce pictures to show him I was telling the truth. He claimed that the city would not let them fix it. He further suggested that I tell the city I don't know how the crack got there when I call in for the repair. 4. While the yard looked great right after the work was finished, that did not last long at all. I understand that weeds will still grow. However, about 7-10 days later, I noticed a lot of weeds had grown already. Upon further inspection, I noted that the backyard had no weed blocker under the base rock! There was weed blocker in the front yard (though apparently it had holes in it), so I'm not sure why there was no weed blocker in the backyard. Additionally, in another few days, I noticed weeds were coming up through the artificial turf as well. So clearly no weed mitigation under the turf either. I emailed JR to ask why no weed blocker was put down in the backyard, given what I told him about my spine injury. He never responded to me. Now, my backyard is completely overgrown again, defeating the whole point of hiring landscapers. Either I will have to hire someone else to come in and fix JR Landscaping's work, or do it myself. I would recommend against hiring JR Landscaping. If you have already hired them, you are going to have to watch them like a hawk.

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    Juan is very reliable, hard working, and kind. His team did a wonderful job on our front yard and I highly recommend him.

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