Manuel Paredes Lawn Services - St Cloud, Florida

Roger S.

I am hoping to be able to amend this review but it has been two weeks with no response from the business. Owner is reportedly out of the country.
As of now, I recommend that you avoid this business for landscape install or repair.
My GF hired them to lay sod, repair sprinklers and build a small flower bed on the front of our small lot.
They were to start work on a Monday and I made plans to be around if any needs arose. Instead they showed up unannounced the Thursday before. We have security cameras so I am certain of what I am saying.
Soil was not loosened with a rake and compost was dumped out of the bags and only casually raked on a little of the area where sod was to be laid.
Sod was not laid in a brick pattern but was laid with the pieces square to each other which created seams and gaps. Sod was not cut to fit around sprinklers and other fixtures.
Sod was not tamped or rolled after being laid. Sod stopped 1 foot short of property line despite contractor leaving with a partial pallet of sod.
The flower bed was crooked as no strings were laid out, instead the sod was laid first and the bed created where the sod stopped.
Several sprinkler heads were replaced/repositioned but they left 3 more for me to do myself. They were to repair the sprinklers in the back yard as well but that simply did not happen.
We were supplying the materials for ground cover and due to their unscheduled arrival we did not have enough and I was not home to get more. Beds were left unfinished for me to finish despite a promise to return.
We followed their watering instructions exactly and the sod began to turn brown. A neighbor told us that the instruction were wrong and we are trying to save the lawn but parts will have to be resodded.
A terrible job overall with zero pride of workmanship.