A kind and helpful person, Cesar Mendoza, has provided yard care for me for many years, and I could…read morenot ask for a more reliable, kinder, more knowledgeable person in this role. Here for an hour and a half every Tuesday, he mows my lawn, blows debris for removal, trims bushes and trees as needed, advises me generously regarding existing and possible new plantings, and takes my green waste bin to the street for me. I consider him a reliable friend as well as a helper who makes living comfortably where I do possible. All for a very reasonable monthly payment., You could do no better.

Overcharged me, and is NOT licensed. License listed on his business card does not exist…read more Contractor's State License Board has never heard of this business. He did a job at my home to install a paver edging on property lines. We discussed using a pink toned paver and he said he would only charge me for his actual cost of the pavers. He said he would give me the invoice for the material. The next day his guys brought over grey pavers instead of pink. He said he'd exchange them for pink, no problem. When he told me I owed him $700 for the pavers I didn't even think, I just wrote the check for that plus $1000 labor. Later I thought, wow I was ripped off--135 little pavers for $700??? No way. I think he charged me for both the grey and pink pavers. Then he took all the excess pavers when he left. He has refused to reply to 2 texts requesting the materials invoice that he promised me. When I checked with the supplier of the pavers, I was told that they cost about half of what he charged me. He under estimated the two jobs he did for me and ended up charging me a lot more at jobs completion. One job he did, I had asked him to remove the wood mulch from my yard and dispose of it. His guys raked up the mulch and then used their blower and blew the mulch they weren't able to rake up right into all my beautiful agave and succulent plants and I spent hours trying to hose the debris out from the leaves and not impale myself doing it. I would not use him again. Very unhappy with his overcharge.

Kyle was very responsive, knowledgeable and personable. He delivered on time and was a pleasure to…read morework with. I have already referred him to others and will contact him for more firewood needs in the future! Thank you Kyle!

The service and communication was amazing and were enjoying our quality wood every night. This is…read moreour second delivery and we are so thankful we found this company.

Greenleaf Lanscapes. Legal name is Grant Cox Enterprises GCE..but branding as…read moreGreenleaf.http://gcelandscapes.com/ Big Ripples from their work - wasted money, wasted time, stress, and mistake along with poor management. Disorganized and even no show on Install day Don't bill according to agreed quotes & communication 1. Unprofessional Owners 2. Second visit the owner arrived with alcohol on his breath which frankly if the work was fine, i would not have mentioned. 3. During irrigation audit: a. NOT LISTEN. Even his assistant was seeing this and put between a rock and hard place. Grant could not listen to our input on how our soil and heavy rock shale impacts irrigation. b. Wrong assessment He moved a big pot and damaged it, freaking out during it when they left an irrigation zone on too long and thus the pot had a lot of water under it. he didn't believe it and said "you have a subsurface leak and call Leak Detection immediately." I had to drop everything and i was not convinced. He had me contacting pool contractor (we have had the property for some years now & would have known if leak under the concrete), had my gardener running around wasting time, me making calls to pool company and pool service provider. it wasted 45 minutes for their mistake and they charged me for this time. Additionally, it was quite stressful with subterranean leaks& the high water rates/doomsday scenario painted. Disrupted other people and companies. Thank goodness i did not have leak detection come as that could have been up to $1000 extra. c. Not methodical and didn't finish the audit. It all fell apart. Grant said he would not bill for his hours & wanted to send his new specialist alone, even though they would have benefited from our system location. Guess what?! They billed for that time ALL of it, including the mistake wasted 45 minutes. I was leaving town & paid it immediately but thought it was for the irrigation work from a separate visit but nope was just a surprise charge opposite what we were told and we got NOTHING out of it but stress, lost time and lost $ . My billable rate is high but I couldn't work while chasing around his imaginary emergencies on site. 4. Work Communication with Quotes: One liner and NO info on how they plant and was annoyed when you ask what is your 4. method. The method is the key to success.. The line item didn't even confirm the cost was for the plant material & installed. 5. NO SHOW on install day. NO notice re reschedule. 6. Damages: A. When they did the planting of the little ollies hedge, they broke all of the bulbs in solar lights and during what was to be an irrigation audit (see point c), pulled up two of my myoporium flats saying look bad due to irrigation but they were just not as established as the rest as they were Nearly NEW and others were established Then when they came to do the little ollies (10) hedge & Bart offered to replace the damage two myoporiums by Grant with one 1 gallon , i said fine but just bring me a few extra flats if easy and if not easy don't..i would cover their cost as they sourced from the original nursery i got them from. Instead they charged me a TRIP Charge (not ever mentioned and see i said don't bother if not easy,. they were already there for the little ollies and the myoporium they messed up!) They made a mistake, caused damages and had a chance to go a little extra by grabbing the other two flats ($12-$14 a piece; I stated I would pay at cost or if not then leave it); Frankly if it was my company I would have covered that showing remorse for the stupid grabbing/unplanting. Who does that?!? 7. Excessive surprise charges Example- we informed them multiple times of our poor soil (and provided reports). To ensure successful planting, a mix with some 420 or something like that. When asking what they did for drainage and suggesting cactus mix at bottom, which they should have done as protocol esp given the wall and our soill. Due to vague quote and wanted to be sure all on same page re install to ensure mutual success. They agreed to use my materials as little or as much as needed: I had 4 bags of 420 &4 organic cactus mix. INSTEAD brought one bag of each and then charged massive surge charge (though they said they would use mine) & then that little extra amount of displaced native soil - they then billed me for excavating & hauling but they actually dumped it in my yard! They even asked to dump it and i said yes. There was no extra excavation. I have photos. It was basic just as one would for successful planting. 8. They originally ordered 10 little ollies -not the landscaping rule of odd number 9.Grants wife is the bookkeeper and then they say she is the driver on the overbill . IT WAS more than DOUBLE what was agreed because of two bags of soil, one more ollie, two flats of myoporium.(they damaged) While they did get us a quote quickly it was so flimsy and clearly wasn't worth the paper it was written on.

Love Grant and his crew, they know what they are doing and work hard to make sure the client is…read morewell taken care of. I highly recommend them. Great work guys.

I left 2 v/mails with Allen Construction that weren't returned but they came so highly recommended…read morethat I persisted. Finally got a hold of someone and we discussed a major remodel I'm planning. She asked me to email over the bid set, which I did immediately, and she explained that someone from the team would get back to me "within 24 hours". That was two weeks ago and I still haven't heard a thing. Rude and inconsiderate. I own a business myself and even if I'm not able to accommodate a potential client, I don't just leave them hanging. Allen might be the greatest company in the world once on a project, but I have a hard time trusting a firm that can't even be bothered with basic communication.

Waste of time and costly delays. Supervisor said they could do the job as this is a high-end home…read more Back in the day when people said what they'd do this company flaked out. Wouldn't recommend.

I was interested in refinancing my mobile home that's coming up in May, and I found out community…read morewest was the only one in town that can provide the service for mine that's built before 76 after lots of research. My bank advisor and I both spoke to Will on the phone, and we both agreed Will was knowledgeable, professional and very patient with our questions. When I came in to meet him, he drew out the rate plan and calculated all the numbers for me, including one for my current loan to compare. It was amazing how helpful and willing he was to go out of his way to get my questions answered. He also emailed me some form I might need that's not related to applying for a loan with him and offered further help. What an incredible kind gentleman, and I'll definitely apply with him when I need a loan. Thank you for all the help and advices!

This place is gorgeous with one of a kind pieces for any home. Even the selection of art available…read moreis impeccable!

We have a huge Monterey pine, which we love, that needed to be lifted and cutback for insurance…read morereasons. Ronnie gave us advice on various options, but also made a point of understanding our desires and needs. He respected our opinions on specific limbs we hoped to keep, and provided experienced advice as an arborist regarding how to preserve a healthy attractive canopy, with best future prospects for growing into a nice, natural shape. We were never concerned that limbs would be indiscriminately hacked off against our wishes. The crew were absolute magicians. They worked together quickly and efficiently. The tree was in an extremely awkward space behind the house, but they managed to rope everything out without a hint of damage, and cleaned up thoroughly.

We are a moderate size HOA and we just had our trees trimmed by Montecito Tree Care here in Santa…read moreBarbara. Ronnie and his team did a fantastic job! Could not believe how efficient, quick and talented his team is. Communication was clear, respectful and courteous. His workers worked amazingly well together as a solid team. There was no hint of damage and clean up was great. I cannot say enough of how good these guys are and at a very fair price! Ronnie really ought to change his business name to " All-time Santa Barbara's Best Tree Care"!........not just for Montecito!

First appt.: Arrived somewhat promptly with his two non-English speaking young men. He walked…read morearound the property with them and left. $350 to clean up my front yard, which they butchered. I realized I had to watch them like a hawk. They were "green." I paid the Patron, and he left. I suggest you keep looking. The only reason I let my last gardener go is that his remarkable crew went back to Mexico, leaving me to contend with his two sons and his wife. Nope.

Started what we thought was a regular every other week service. In the beginning they seemed very…read moreprofessional but then we had to keep chasing and asking when they would come next. Then after 3 weeks of silence and no work on our property and no response to our calls or text messages it looks like they dropped us without any communication. Do not recommend no stars if that were possible.