Top Sprinkler Winterization Near Los Angeles

Excellent! Antonio and his crew were super responsive to all my questions. They do our results yard maintenance and have also taken care of extra projects including planting trees, spreading mulch, and setting up a border for the grass/mulch. Their pricing was very reasonable and they were able to come out within a few days of us asking. We’re very happy with their work both for weekly landscaping and extra projects. I’m looking forward to asking Antonio about fruit trees this wintershow more

After my disasterous experience with Mendez Lawn Service, I joined Angie's List and found Garcia's Gardening Service. Such a difference. They take excellent care of my lawn. In addition to mowing the lawn they keep all the shrubs trimmed and the flower beds completely weeded. Without direction, they trim down and winterize my roses. I expecially like how they do not trim shrubs that are about to flower. They are always friendly and courteousshow more

I contacted Conrad a few months ago and we scheduled the work for sometime this winter. Work was completed over the course of three days. As no rear access from the street to the property, all ground cover had to be hauled up hill and out to the street and all fabric rolls, plants and mulch had to be carried down in garbage cans and spread on the property. Estimate 160-200 garbage cans of mulch carried down hill to work site. Conrad and his crew were professional, cleaned up the area after they finished working and Conrad walked me through the work performed and answered all my questions to my satisfactionshow more

Very clear and thorough initial consultation. My back yard get overgrown so quickly that I can't keep up with it. It is becoming an annual event to have a team from California Custom Landscape come out and spend a winter day getting it back into shape. They have also done more specialized jobs involving tree removal and replanting, putting in a drip irrigation system and brickwork. The only problem that I ever had was that some wire vent covers weren't initially installed properly over the vent holes in the brick work. When I pointed it out, they came back later to install themshow more

After getting estimates by three other companies, I chose HF Plus because I loved the computer generated design sketch they produced for me, and also because of their overall value and reasonable cost of the entire project. The all-inclusive cost proposal was presented with a payment schedule, as well as a step-by-step delivery and installation agenda. Completion took a little longer due to the unexpected rainy winter; nonetheless HF Plus completed the project (February 2017) with no issues or extra costs resulting. I hired HF Plus again in May 2017, to replace old shrubbery in my side yard to match the beautiful rear yardshow more

I noticed last week that the grass in my backyard was turning brown and after some troubleshooting discovered that the sprinklers were not working. I called Automatic Sprinkler Control based on their reviews, and was pleased by the service. The technician quickly figured out that there was a wiring problem, which he then solved. He tested all the zones and discovered that some of the sprinklers needing tweaking (replaced nozzle, repositioned one head that was overshooting its mark). He then walked me through the sort of programming that I should be using for the summer months as opposed to the winter months, and then re-set all the zones. I found this especially useful since I did not receive any advice when I first moved inshow more

The result largely met my expectations and largely satisfied the terms of the contract. After the following actions were taken, the contract is fulfilled and my expectations are met. Irrigation water lines buried under concrete were to be installed in “tunnels” made of larger drain pipe to facilitate modification or repair in the future. This was not on the work order and the crews did not initially do it. I discovered this and asked for the correction. That was done to my satisfaction. Bare earth was to be treated with pre-emergent herbicide. That was not done and within a few weeks, grass and weeds were sprouting through the mulch. I contacted Scarlett about this and a crew was sent to pull the grass and weeds and to apply the pre-emergent herbicide. This was done to my satisfaction. After the one significant rain of the winter (this is in Southern California), I found an area where water accumulated in spite of the grading and drains. I contacted Scarlett in April about this and a crew was sent to extend one drain by a few feet to correct the problem under their guarantee. The same crew replaced new plants that had died over the winter, according to their guarantee. At additional cost, they replaced the transplanted plant with other new plants selected by me to fit into the landscape design. All of this was done to my satisfaction. I’m glad I had this project done as it has significantly increased my enjoyment of my property. I’m satisfied with my selection of Scarlett’s Landscape to produce a satisfying result at a reasonable price. Jeremy Scarlett, his designer Jason Stetler, and his crews led by Ray were all consistently focused on customer satisfactionshow more

We could not be happier with our new back yard! We had talked to several companies, and Prime Gardens was the most creative, flexible and able to work within our budget. They worked up a design that had everything we needed for entertaining and lounging. They did everything from the concrete work, pergola design/build, overlays for existing cement, fencing, landscaping, watering system and lighting. They even built us a shed since we couldn't find one that fit our specifications. They were clean, efficient (minus the pause caused by our heavy winter rain) and always accommodating when we wanted to rethink something or change direction. And, importantly, always mindful of our budget. We've worked with other contractors and these are qualities I've learned to really appreciate. Ali and Sina are people you enjoy working with and it's clear they take pride in what they do. The crew was happy and did great work, often taking extra steps to make sure things are done right. When the time comes to redo our front yard, we are calling these guys again. I'd recommend them over and over againshow more

I called Garcia's Gardening Service and spoke with Martin Garcia. I explained that I would like to have some landscaping done to my backyard as I have 3 dogs (2 Labrador Retriever puppies and one 4 year old Lab) and that I needed a pet friendly backyard that will also look nice. He came by the next day and we went over my idea's for my backyard. My priority was needing the side of my house turned into a dog run, so that when the dogs are not in my house, they have a safe place to stay and to use for a potty area. I explained that without a dog run, the backyard landscaping could not be accomplished.He measured all areas and gave me a quote for the services needed. These were trimming and lacing back one tree 25' tall, removal of 3/4 size gravel from side of house and disposing of it and installing 2 yards of pea gravel creating a dog run. Extend drainage from dog run another 20 feet , install wire mesh on 3 drainage grates to keep dogs from damaging them. Martin suggested replacing old, leaking irrigation valves in front lawn and upgrading the indoor timer from 6 stations to 9 stations to cover all areas of irrigation in backyard. I concurred with that. I also needed 3 medium sized shrubs removed from my old damaged rear planter. He suggested that I have them install a 3/4 size valve for the garden area in the back and to change old sprinklers for the lawn and planter areas. I agreed. Because of the rainy season, the work was completed by December 30 and I did not have a problem with that. I also asked Mr. Garcia for a quote to build a new planter by rear lawn including removing old planter and constructing a new one 60 feet long by 2 feet high. He did this around the second or third week of December, completing it by Christmas. He also extended the planter sprinkler line another 25 feet. I will have him fill the planter and plant shrubs in Spring when there are more plant choices. Two of the sprinkler heads in the planter do not work, but he said that he would fix it when he comes back to complete my landscaping. I trust him as he has done an excellent job so far. He has been very friendly and thorough. He checked on his workers at least once or twice during the days they were here, even doing the work himself. We were communicating throughout the process. And he was patient with my dogs needing to be let out to the dog run to potty throughout the days of working, and he was accommodating with the changes that I had made throughout the process. In November,he also quoted me for removal of old grass and also to grade and level my backyard and to install St. Augustine plugs, including mulch, fertilizer and labor, but as time went on, in December, we decided to ask for a quote for St. Augustine sod as we were going into the winter season, and I thought it best to wait until spring when St. Augustine sod isn't dormant and would take much easier than the plugs.He emailed me this quote. This we will have them do in the spring along with placing shrubs and plants in the planter area. He also removed my old fence and irrigation from my garden and did not charge me for it, and he also removed some and quot;junkand quot; and hauled it away. That's going beyond service. They are very hard workers. Although I still need my lawn graded, and sod, plants, mulch,etc. installed in the spring (my decision), I will be happy to have Martin Garcia and crew do this work for meshow more

When we moved into our new home about 6 months ago, the backyard was a complete mess -- literally like a jungle. After trying to clear out a bit on our own, we got to a point where we knew we needed a professional to come in and finish the cleanup and install a new lawn in our backyard (which was at that point a huge dirt area). We obtained estimates from several landscaping outfits, including a referral from a neighbor who recently had their lawn done, and some other highly rated Angie's List companies. All of the folks we met with were very professional, and we probably would have been happy with their work as well had we gone with them. However, when we met Barry for the first time for an estimate, my wife and I were thoroughly impressed. Barry actually stopped by for an estimate during his lunch break from another job he was working on, and even though he was probably strapped for time, he was very thorough and took his time looking over the yard and chatting with us. One of the things we were super impressed with is that we had originally planned to sod and put grass over the entire back yard, including a part of our side yard (and the other vendors gave us quotes for that). Barry actually advised us against that, and he explained about how certain parts of the yard during the year based on our house and where we were situated may not receive the proper amount of sunlight during the winter months, and could mean that long term we wouldn't have a healthy lawn. Even though that bit of advice may have cost him a little short term revenue, that attention to detail, honesty, passion and knowledge about his craft made us a long term partner in our eyes. After Barry left and gave us an window when we could expect the estimate (a couple of days), my wife and I were definitely sold on Barry, and just hoping the estimate came in close to the other ones we received. We actually were at a point that if Barry's was even a little bit higher than some of our others, we'd still be willing to go with him. To our amazement, Barry's estimate came in lower that our others, which sealed the deal immediately. One of the other things about Aussie Landscape is that you are dealing with not only Barry the owner, but Barry the professional who does also does the work. He and his assistant Jim (who helped him the first day on cleanout and was also super nice) were prompt and got right to work. Over the next several days Barry really transformed our dirtpile into a beautiful lush lawn. He was very good about explaining things along the way and making recommendations for different types of flowers and plants that we could grow later and would complement the lawn and have a good chance of thriving in the area. Barry finished the project on time and he even wrote up a list of future care for the lawn to keep it nice and healthy. He even came back for a courtesy visit the week after to check up on the lawn and check the sprinkler settings to see if they needed to be adjusted. Needless to say, it's been a little over a month since Barry put in our new lawn and it still looks gorgeous. The recommendations and advice he gave us was great, and he didn't try to upsell us or try and change things to change up the project (which some other contractors are notorious for doing). We would highly recommend Barry to anyone looking at doing some landscaping and want a knowledgeable, hardworking and super nice professional who truly enjoys the work he does and seems to genuinely care about the long term satisfaction and happiness of his clients. The next time we need any sort of landscape project, we won't need to shop around - we've found our long term landscaping expert in Barry and Aussie Landscape!show more