Leo's Landscape Maintenance
Arthur, Reedsport, OR

Leo's Landscape Maintenance Reviews

4.1 stars based on 21 reviews

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  Janet Smith

  1.0

  Leo came to look at our yard late last summer. It was very uneven, with lots of stumps having been removed and brush cleared. The yard needed to be graded and several inches of good soil brought in to be able to seed a lawn over sandy soil, which Leo agreed to. We also had a 9' wide strip along the edge that needed to be brought up with fill dirt, which Leo agreed to do. He emailed us a bid, which was more money than the other bid I got, but I thought it would be worth it to pay up for Leo's services, since he'd agreed to bring in more dirt than the other bidder and an acquaintance had recommended him. That was my first mistake. He didn't specify amounts of dirt to be brought in on the contract, but I trusted that he would do a good job. Words like "enough" dirt and "if needed" were used. It seems that this is where Leo is able to cut corners. We had discussed 2-3 inches of topsoil and fill dirt for the edge. It ended up that Leo barely brought enough dirt in to cover the sand. There are many places that the sand shows through and the grass is not growing that are not even 1/2" deep with new soil. Because of the way it was graded, it is actually overall LOWER than it was to start with, as all he did was spread the higher areas into the lower ones. (There had been a couple of slightly raised beds.) He completely ignored the edge that had some really low spots. The weather was bad, so it took a while for us to evaluate this, but after a week, we called Leo to come take a look, and to his credit, he did, and agreed to bring in a couple more yards of dirt for the edge. There was nothing that could be done about the seeded area, as the seed was already in, and couldn't have more dirt put on it at that point. So, after another week, his guys showed up, but what they had for "fill dirt" was a load of sand. At this point, we had to accept it. There would be not opportunity to do better, as it was projected to storm for quite a while. I would not recommend Leo's Landscaping, ever, to anyone. He makes verbal agreements about what is to be done, then cuts corners on supplies and the labor it takes to use them. And reading the contract, I can see that it's wording set him up to be able to do that. I should have gotten a contract with amounts and type of dirt specified, as well as a time line for completion. We are now looking at having to bring in a lot more dirt and spread it ourselves. Come spring, we're going to have to put dirt over the seeding job he did and reseed our lawn ourselves. In addition, we had requested he use some special seed that we wanted to order, but Leo insisted on ordering it himself. He didn't keep track of it and it took a MONTH to get here, putting out seeding job into mid-October. Definitely not optimal. I feel ripped off, to be honest. Leo does have some nice trucks, though!

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  Ron Rodrigues

  4.0

  did A great job! 3 guy's 4hrs and the place looks amazing.They sure made our former crew look like armatures.

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  Brandi Gardner

  5.0

  Leo's landscape crew is professional and clean. They get the job done right, and make sure mistakes are corrected. Always polite and respectful, and their work is amazing, the pictures speak for themselves if you have any ideas, they will bring your dreams to life. Highly recommend.

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