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    4.3 (47 reviews)
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    2 years later.  Tahoma 31 Bermuda sod.  A few dog pee spots are filling in.  We use a watering can and dilute the urine after she goes.
    Nathan M.

    Great value. Still looking good 2 years later. Tahoma 31 Bermuda sod loves the heat. Saves on water and great for wear. It turns brown 3 months in the winter. I've found that painting it with turf paint works well.

    Dig site between sidewalk and street.
    Bo M.

    Mike and his team are 10 stars awesome! Mike and his team totally saved the day (and water and money) for us. On Thursday the neighbors started pounding on the front door to tell us about a large water leak near the sidewalk. We could see lots (like at least a gallon a minute) of water puddling up from the ground. We called our plumber of 15 years and he "couldn't make it" to come over to even look. We then called the local RotoRooter and they "didn't get involved if it was the sprinkler system" even though we told them we thought it was the main water line that was leaking. Then we saw the great reviews of RotoTillerGuy. By then it was near 6:00pm on Thursday evening. Mike immediately picked up my call. I explained what was going on. He could not get over to our home before dark but wanted to help me try to diagnose what was going on. Over the phone, and through photos and videos I sent him, he walked me step by step on what to look for. He talked me through the process of checking what we could from the main water line all the way back to the house where the sprinkler controls were located. He talked me through how to check each sprinkler line control to determine if it was one of the sprinkler lines. He talked me through how to turn off the main water line to the sprinkler system, as well as the main water line to the house. We determined it was a break under ground between the sidewalk and the main water valve from the street. It was getting dark and he could not get his team out there until first thing the next morning. Even if he had come over in after dark, it would have been a potentially difficult process to find the leak at night. Mike's team arrived, as promised, first thing Friday morning. The job foreman was in constant phone and live feed (FaceTime) contact with Mike to oversee and confirm what was going on with our water leakage issue. The foreman, Will, did an excellent job of (carefully) deep digging all along the main water pipe, and finding the tiny leaks in the main water pipe. Once all the dirt was removed the water shot up about 20 feet in the air like a full geyser. The foreman properly turned off the main water pipe from the street, installed the copper pipe replacement, tested the main water intake system, the full sprinkler system. He then carefully put back all the dirt and rocks, and swept up the entire work area. This is a very professional team. Mike and his foreman provided constant updates as to what was going on and how to properly fix it. There was no price padding/gouging or last-minute price surprises. I knew for each step where we were financially. Mike goes above and beyond to help his customers. Thank you, again, Mike and his RotoTillerGuy company.

    Jim B.

    Our backyard was a mess. More than half was dirt and weeds after we had the old shed and plantings removed. I debated for months with myself between having the lawn and sprinklers put in or buying a new rototiller and doing it myself. While looking for sales of rototillers, I came upon the Rototiller Guy and the easy-to-use estimate creator tool on his web page. I liked the prices it showed, so I messaged Mike. He called me back and said he and his crew could do the job the next Tuesday, March 23, 2021. I asked how long it would take and he said they'd be done before they left that day. So I said let's do it. On Tuesday, Mike and 3 other guys arrived promptly at 7am. They hand-picked the entire area, some 1100 square feet, rototilled it, raked out all the old irrigation pipes and sprinklers, grass, sod, and weeds and hauled it out. Next, 3 yards of compost was spread over the area to be sodded and rototilled into the soil, and leveled. 3 zones of irrigation were added, 2 zones for lawn sprinkling and 1 zone drip irrigation for future shrubbery. The sod was delivered to the street but it was too late to roll it out (it was past 6 ). Mike and his crew came back the next morning at 7am and finished rolling out the sod. Mike suggested I put stabilized decomposed granite along the side of the house instead of trying to grow grass. I agreed and ordered 2 yard of stabilized DG as the supplier called it. Make and 2 guys came back on Thursday and spread and tamped down the stabilized DG and we were done. Two weeks after the sod was installed, it is ready to mow. I've attached two photographs so you can see how well it is growing. If I had decided to do this myself, I'd still be waiting for the rototiller to arrive and looking at many weeks of hard labor ahead. Thanks to Mike and his experience and crew, I am out selecting my new shrubbery. Thanks Mike!

    Dead grass AFTER the service

    Seems OK because some of the reviews were good. They came out after the second or third call and he said $275 for up to three hours of work. They charge me for 80 and three weeks later all of my grass was dead. I called and he told me I have to pay 375 for them to come out and look at it. I sent him pictures saying my grass is that I will gladly pay you 375 but I need you to do the work. He told me to screw off and hire someone else. Do not hire this scam company. Hire someone with a license. These guys have no license and no morals

    damaged copper pipe main. he never apologized, refused to accept responsibility, and tried to have us pay to fix his mistake
    David C.

    Apparently a business can have multiple listings on yelp - but they only allow one review total by the customer. So here is my experience with The Rototiller Guy for Los Angeles. TL;DR - Don't hire him. He does the work he advertises well. He's just a terrible human being, and it will come out if anything unexpected occurs during the project. He is a bully and a gaslighter, and the pettiest person I have ever met. I read the negative reviews on Yelp about his unprofessional and rude behavior before hiring him. I figured that he probably had a rough around the edges, no-nonsense personality based on his ex-military background that could rub people the wrong way. I also intuited that he felt quality of his work with fair and transparent pricing took precedence over customer service. After all, if you do your job, do it well, and do it on time and budget, that's what really matters, right? Who cares about feelings? That might work in a dogmatic, hierarchical system in the military that emphasizes chain of command and discipline, but when applied to civilian interactions, how you interact with people at work and home matters. As does integrity, which Merriam Webster defines as "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values." His website blog emphasizes that he is a man of high integrity. But this is where his personal code of moral and incorruptible values differs from societal norms. Reading the negative and positive reviews, his price was always noted to be reasonable and no one ever complained about the quality of the work, just the man himself. I also figured that someone who has time to respond to each negative review like he was on 4chan was a very immature adult. This should have been a red flag not to hire him. It was a disaster after his worker damaged our water main. Matthew spoke with my wife after one of the workers hit a pipe and it started leaking. They shut off water valve to the sprinklers but still leaking. Mike said it was a sprinkler head knocked off an old line and he saw it happen, but that was a lie as my wife was home and he was not there. He blamed the valve to the sprinklers as being faulty, which it was. But after installing a new valve, the same area of our lawn continued to be wet and leak through the soil. Mike then said it was probably old water remaining in the pipes leaking through, except when I shut off all water valves and it was still soaking. He said his contract specifically says it does not cover damage to galvanized pipes and said he wouldn't be responsible for a $5000 repipe job even if the water main was damaged. I dug and looked myself. They hit our copper mainline (see pic). He tried to blame us and our escrow for not disclosing the water line is not buried at code 18-24 inches, and he's not at fault for the property damage his workers caused. I refused to pay the remaining balance for work completed to date unless repair for damaged mainline was deducted. He finally capitulated and got his money for the work but never apologized. He'll probably reply by saying I was changing the scope of the project as we went along. Any changes were discussed with and approved by his son/project manager, with whom Mike told me to communicate for the project. He was upset that his own team's lack of communication.

    Gabriel F.

    I filled out his website's bid form for a job that was too small for him. Attaching a screencap of the entirety of our interaction. Judge for yourself. (I urge anyone interested in hiring him to read his own responses to the other negative reviews.)

    Diana C.

    My job includes me supporting Community gardens. We were in need of compost for our garden plots and he came through with 3 cubic yards for $150. It was a great deal! After the compost was delivered, Mike realized we needed a tiller to mix soil and graciously allowed us to use his. We were able to fill 3 large plots! If you're in the market for compost, this is your guys. He's very informative too and can help answer any basic compost question. Thanks a lot Mike!

    Beautiful medallion plus sod.

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    “I contacted Mike (the owner) in early October 2024 and he explained the process after I completed the bid on his website.”

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