PD Landscaping

I hired this company to do my concrete and landscaping. They did a very good job and use good quality material. Very please with them. The concrete did not even cracke after 6 months.

Pros: Finished the job on time; reasonably priced; owner is hard-​working and takes pride and passion in what he does
Cons: My biggest problem with this father-​son company is the son, Kenny and the difficult time communicating with the owner and main worker/​father, Tony. Initially, my husband and I were impressed with Kenny as he came on time to give us an estimate and proudly showed off his portfolio of past work. Upon signing of the contract, Kenny assured us that he would check in with us daily to see how we liked how things were progressing and to let him know if we wanted any changes. Unfortunately, this never occurred. Kenny only showed up at our house when it was time to collect a payment. This proved to not only be unsatisfactory to us, but it also was a significant problem as his father does not speak English very well and we needed Kenny there to interpret. Kenny was very dismissive with just about anything my husband told him he would like adjusted or simply done the way we want as we are paying customers. Because he was dismissive and did not listen to what my husband said, things were not done according to what we wanted. It took many attempts before things were done to our satisfaction, and in most cases, my husband did it himself! Tony himself would more often than not tell us «it doesn’t matter» when we requested something be done a certain way. On one occasion, Kenny was late to meet with us. I called him almost half an hour after we had expected him and he was two cities away. He wasn’t planning on coming, let alone giving us a courtesy call to let us now. This was appalling. One week early on in the project, no workers showed up for 2 days in a row. I called Kenny to see what was up and he said his dad had a doctor’s appointment. That is fine, but I wish they would have told us that.
We plan to have our backyard landscaped in the future, but we will not be hiring PD Landscaping to do the work. Tony is very passionate about his work and it clearly shows. Unfortunately the language and cultural barrier is too much and becomes such a hassle when communicating your wants. Kenny is very money-​motivated and lacks the passion for the job that his father possesses. While I am pleased with the outcome of the front yard and driveway, it was like pulling teeth to get there.

I hired these people to redo my yard. The clean up crew did a great job removing the unwanted plants, shrubs, and weeds. I had designed a drought tolerant rock garden. We are in California after all and really don’t need to waste water on the lawn. I specifically asked for weed blocker to be put in. He said no problem. They’ll put in plastic sheets.
Well, 2 months and a few rains later, the weeds are popping out all over the place. It turned out that the only part that’s covered in plastic sheets are the center area. there are 3 – 5 feet of area that are not covered.
Out of benefit of doubts, I emailed the owner/​contractor to let him know what is going on. Perhaps he is not aware of this issue since he was not the one who actually worked in the yard. Waited a week and there was no response. I wasn’t asking him to fix it (although my neighbors think I should) or give me money back. I just wanted an acknowledgment. That was all I was looking for. Nothing. I guess he just wanted a one time business.
Okay to hire them for clean up, but if you want to actually re-​design the landscape, I would highly recommend that you specifically request for weed blocker/​fabric and not clear plastic sheets. Water can’t get through the sheets, so your plants will have a hard time absorbing water. Ideally, hire them to clean up and lay the weed blocker yourself before hiring them to do any other work. I wish I had done that.
If the owner had emailed me back as someone with good customer service skills would, I might think of hiring him again. The business name, «PD» stands for Professionally Done”. Well, this doesn’t seem very professional to me. As it stands now, I will not be hiring him for any other project.
I am giving 2 stars because the new yard does look really nice even though I was the one designed it and picked out the plants. I would have given 5 stars if they had put in weed blockers covering 90% of the area. They covered about 40%.