Curbz Landscaping

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Rose in York
Rose in York
2 reviews YORK, ON
5/10

Beware the positive reviews

Update: I revised my original rating to reflect my satisfaction with the original job performed. That, and after reading this post, the new office manager (who seems to care) called to discuss my frustration. My issues still remain in the lack of return of phone calls or emails once the job is done.
Ian and his crew came out to landscape the front of my house - they installed a new parking pad, laid stone on the verandah and built a stone wall around the front landscaping.
While we are satisfied (although not overly so) with the job, if you need ANY sort of follow-up or repair done, you can forget it. One year after installation, the driveway required some touchups, and some of the stones had shifted. It required multiple phone calls to even get a hold of Ian, let alone have someone come out and repair the work.
Additionally, we tried to have Jude do some plant landscaping to the front of the house. We gave her a very modest budget of $1000 (it's a small space) and a list of plants we wanted planted. She just wrote all the plants down that I named, not even once recommending that certain plants (we would later discover), were completely unsuited to the front of the house due to sun exposure. She came back with a quote of $2,500! (We later went to a garden centre and for $50, got a detailed design plan specifically for our home, complete with sketch, and 10% off plants).
Two years later (June 2012) and a major interior renovation later, our contractor's machines damaged some of the stones on the front parking pad. He tried to contact Curbz to PAY them to come and repair, and Ian was less than helpful. In the end, the contractor called his own landscapers who were in and out in no time.
This company has left me with a sour taste in my mouth. Beware the positive reviews. Customer service ends when the final bill is paid. I would *never* recommend this company. Don't let them tell give you excuses about the negative reviews. There are enough companies that do care about good relationships - if these folks don't care, find someone who will. STAY AWAY.

Approximate cost of services:
$15,000.00
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Rose in York
Rose in York
2 reviews YORK, ON
0/10

Beware the positive reviews

Ian and his crew came out to landscape the front of my house - they installed a new parking pad, laid stone on the verandah and built a stone wall around the front landscaping.
While we are satisfied (although not overly so) with the job, if you need ANY sort of follow-up or repair done, you can forget it. One year after installation, the driveway required some touchups, and some of the stones had shifted. It required multiple phone calls to even get a hold of Ian, let alone have someone come out and repair the work.
Additionally, we tried to have Jude do some plant landscaping to the front of the house. We gave her a very modest budget of $1000 (it's a small space) and a list of plants we wanted planted. She just wrote all the plants down that I named, not even once recommending that certain plants (we would later discover), were completely unsuited to the front of the house due to sun exposure. She came back with a quote of $2,500! (We later went to a garden centre and for $50, got a detailed design plan specifically for our home, complete with sketch, and 10% off plants).
Two years later (June 2012) and a major interior renovation later, our contractor's machines damaged some of the stones on the front parking pad. He tried to contact Curbz to PAY them to come and repair, and Ian was less than helpful. In the end, the contractor called his own landscapers who were in and out in no time.
This company has left me with a sour taste in my mouth. Beware the positive reviews. Customer service ends when the final bill is paid. I would *never* recommend this company. Don't let them tell give you excuses about the negative reviews. There are enough companies that do care about good relationships - if these folks don't care, find someone who will. STAY AWAY.

Approximate cost of services:
$15,000.00