Bizlinks Landscape Co

Good installation but poor products and poor pricing. A real haggler who is vague on the details.
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We were looking to get some mulching done this summer and saw this company advertising in our area. I called for an estimate and the husband and wife team came out. Right off the bat he wanted to not only do my mulching, but he really, really, really wanted to clear out some old growth near the house. I explained my needs and he quoted me a VERY high price for the mulching and the removal.
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After explaining to me how much experience they had and how beautiful my yard would look and showing me a bunch of contracts they had with other homeowners and businesses in my area, he came down on his price. After explaining to him what my needs and my basic budget were, he came down even lower. He even pointed to a neighbor’s house down the street and told me he had done their yard for about three times what he was quoting me. (I had doubts they paid anything close to that for their mulching — later it turned out I was right.) I agreed to the reduced price he quoted me — I really wanted something done before the end of the summer.
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They were quite vague about when they could come by and I explained I would be out of town probably the following week. They waid it would be a couple weeks before they could get to me. Sure enough, while I was at the beach, I got several calls from him, a couple of them as early as 7am! How annoying! He left messages asking when I would pay the balance and if I liked the work they had done.
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No, I hadn’t seen the work they had done because they did it while I was away! And why are you calling me at 7am when I’m on vacation!!! The owner lacks any and all professional manners and I was starting to regret the decision to hire him.
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When we got home, the yard looked ok, but there were several issues I noticed right off the bat.
First —– the quality of the mulch was very poor. A good third of what he laid down is basically «debirs» — large sticks and twigs that will never break down and improve the surrounding soil. He had told me he would use a finer mulch JUST LIKE the mulch job he had done for my neighbor down the street. Instead he used a mix of hardwoods, as far as I could tell —- even he couldn’t /​wouldn’t tell me what kind of much he used, where he got it or how much it cost him per cubic yard.
Second —- around my flower beds his men basically buried my smaller annuals and plants and I had to unearth them all myself so they wouldn’t be choked off completely. His men also removed large sections of my weed barriers and then randomly put them back out of alignment and out of order! More work for me to clean up!
Third —- he had been adamant about getting me to let him clear some brush around the house. He had me under the impression they would remove the entire plant, NOT CUT THEM TO THE GROUND AND LEAVE THE ROOTS STICKING UP FOR ME AND MY KIDS TO TRIP OVER! I asked him about this and he said they don’t remove the entire root section — they just spray some root killer on the plants. When I asked him what kind of product he used to kill the roots, HE COULDN’T TELL ME! And the reason he couldn’t tel me is because he didn’t spray them with anything — several of the plants started growing back within a couple weeks, so it was one more thing for me to do to dig up the shallow-​rooted plants myself and dispose of them properly.
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I really didn’t need the brush cleared, especially if he was going to do a lousy job of it — it wasn’t bothering me. But he insisted they would do a good job. They did not.
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I also figured out I could have had mulch from a couple nearby and reputable nurseries delivered and spread for me for about half what he charged me —- not only better quality product, like hardwood bark mulch, or pine bark mulch, but undoubtedly it would have been delivered and spread for me more carefully and professionally.
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Beware those contractors who advertise by the roadside and then come haggle with you with out showing you a price sheet. And don’t let them tell you they have «20 years experience» because in the ned it doesn’t count for anything if it’s just experience fleecing you of your hard eared money.
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