Victor’s Landscaping & Maintenance Service

Took our money and ran! Do NOT hire him. Whatever work he did attempt to do cost double just to fix. In the process of suing him.

If anyone has useful information on this piece of crap please get in touch with me. Working on a case against him.

I wish I had read Unilocal before I hired the handyman. Victor Perez, doing business as BETO’S & LANDSCAPING & HANDYMAN MAINTENANCE SERVICE. Telephone number 916−698−5152 and email address
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Victor came out and gave me a low bid to
1, remove several bushes, a tree, and trim some overgrown hedges around my house
2. replace a blown electrical outlet
3. fix a leaky main water valve
4. replace an old redwood gate and several feet of redwood fencing
He asked for ½ up front. I agreed to give him $ 100 and the rest ($ 600) on completion of the job.
Victor came out the next day and replaced the blown electrical outlet with a new one.
He attempted to fix the leaky water valve but was unable to stop the leak. He told me I would have to shut off the main to the house and drain out all the faucets in the house before he could complete the job. He said he would return the next day
Meanwhile, his «crew» begin work on the bushes and hedges. The crew consisted of 1 young man who was old enough to drive… and 3 children. (a teenager and two kids, who I guessed were under 10 years old).
The next morning his «crew» brought the new wood to replace the fence and began work. Victor left and was not seen again that day.
That evening when the workmen had left I took a look at their «fence» and discovered that the kids had done a terrible job. From the looks of it, they had never done a fence before.
1. Instead of cutting the 6 foot redwood fence planks to match the height of the existing fence, they simply nailed the fence boards on to the support rails. That left them standing higher than the existing fence by about a foot.
2. Instead of nailing the support rails to the 4×4 posts, they nailed the support rails to some blocks they had cut and nailed into the posts because the support rails were mistakenly cut shorter than the distance between the posts by about an inch.
3. Instead of digging out the old concrete post and anchoring the new post in the same spot, they decided to set the new post next to the old concrete footing. This resulted in the new gate being narrower by about 6 inches… enough to make it impossible to get a large object… like the city garbage cans through the gate.
4. Instead of placing the cross supports for the gate in a «Z» pattern with the wide side of the 2×4’s flat against the gate’s fence planks, they built a strange «box» out of the 2×4’s with the narrow edge against the fence
5. They didn’t even have proper tools to do the job. They had to borrow tools from another workman I had hired to work in the interior of the house.
When Victor showed up the next day to collect his money I pulled him aside and
told him I didn’t like the idea of children working at my house. Especially working around nailguns and chain saws.
I showed him the fence they had built and pointed out all the problems with it. Then I told Victor how I wanted it done.
Victor began to disassemble the «mess» that the kids had left.
Meanwhile I had to leave for the Christmas holidays and figuring that Victor would finish the job himself… so I gave him a check for the entire amount.
Big mistake.
When I returned after Christmas, nothing had been done. I guessed that he had taken my check and left shortly after I did.
The fence was still unbuilt, the water main was still off (the leaky pipe unrepaired)
I attempted to call him 4 times throughout the day leaving him messages. No response. I emailed him 3 times. No response.
By then I decided that I would have to have someone else to come out and fix the leaky pipe so we could turn the water back on to the house and use the toilets.
Finally, at the end of the day I got an email from Victor. It read «Hi I’m sorry but I’m out of town I got back tomorrow morning and I going to your house lake 12:00 OK thanks you»
The next day… he never showed up.
I tried to call the bank to put a stop on my check but it was too late. He had already cashed it.
Long story short. I got someone else to fix the leak and redo the fence.
And I learned some valuable lessons.
1. Never pay for a job by someone you don’t know until it’s COMPLETED to your satisfaction.
2. Check Unilocal «before» you hire someone
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He is a scam! He will take your money and run! His name is Victor, phone number 916−698−6162. Found him on craigslist, listed as BETO’S & LANDSCAPING & HANDYMAN MAINTENANCE SERVICE. Contacted him for a quote for front and backyard clean up, give me a bid its $ 1000, he seemed very honest and hard working so I trusted him to give him the business. we signed a contract, he promised me the work will be done in 3 – 4 days with 3 man. He asked for $ 500 as deposit and money for him to dump and rent a machine. Everything was going well, I was looking forward to have my yard cleaned up and put new landscape in. So he left with my $ 500 to get the machine, and told me the other two helper will be here to start the work, then few hours later, text me say he will try to get a different machine, few hours later, he said he got the machine and will start work tomorrow morning. The next day around 10, I asked him when will he start work, he said he will be here around noon, I confirmed with him. Around noon, he did not show up, and told me he is on his way, I waited and waited, he stop respond to my calls or text. 2 days passed, still no any respond. I am going to file a police report against him also file him to
as no licence contractor, he will get a huge fine and possible jail time. If anyone hired him and had same experience, feel free to contact me!