Notchwood Landscape

Upon our initial inspection of the property 5/11/15, thegrass was high, there were leaves and minimal debris in the yard.I sent the price quote 5/15/15, which was $for thebasic cleanup to take care
of the above mentioned items. The price per cut was to be $perweek. I explained to MrKeller what thebasic cleanup would include. Ispecifically explained that there would be no “Spring Cleanup” which would haveincluded much more time and work to complete and would have been much moreexpensiveWe negotiated the weekly cut to $and made the agreement. A contract was sent to the client via email.Upon our first visit, my employees did what was requiredof them. They cut the grass multipletimes, due to its height. They removedthe leaves and debris. They blew off thewalkways and driveway. My recordsindicate that my employees were on site for that visit for minutes. MrKeller called and asked if that was thecleanup we discussed. I told him, again,that the cleanup was just to cut the high grass, blow everything off and to doa general “straighten up” of the propertyWhen *** *** received our invoice for services, shequestioned the $cleanup charge. Iagain explained to her that it was a general cleanup, that there was nodetailed work completed, and if we had done a complete Spring Cleanup, the costwould have been estimated around $600.00. We went back and forth several times debating what was included in thebasic cleanup and she continued talking over me and telling me that myemployees were only there for 15-minutes. My employees have no reason to lie about their time. Whether they were there for minutes or 4hours… they did the project that was agreed upon.I could see from my plus years of experience owningthis company, I was not going to change her view of the events. I told her I would cut the cleanup cost inhalf and split it with herShe said she had to speak with her husband andwould let me know.On Monday, 6/22/*** *** called and agreed to pay$for the cleanup, and the regular maintenance. I resubmitted the invoice with the reducedprice. They agreed and I processed *** ***credit card.After all the debating, being talked over, called a liar,told my employees must be lying, I decided to end our businessrelationship. Yes, it was by email. We executed the agreement of the contract through email, and I ended thecontract by email.*** *** didn’t respect that. She called and asked if I really ended thecontract. I responded yes. She asked why. I told her that in my years of experience, Ihave found that sometimes it is better to end a short relationship, than tocontinue and have problems later on.A few hours later, she called me again to debate the sameissue. I again explained to her, that weprovided a service, completed the service and I feel justified in ending therelationship. She complained that I gotpaid and then ended the relationship. Ireplied that had I ended the relationship the previous week (which I neverintended to do) that she probably wouldn’t have paid me at all. She got angry at that and I apologizedI explainedthat I shouldn’t have said that, but in my experience, people that argueinstead of listen, call me a liar and start off relationships on a badexperience are trying to get away with something. I did apologize multiple times, but getting talked over,accused and told that I stink was wearing thin on my nerves. I normally keep a cool headYou may ask anyof my thousand plus clients and previous clients about their dealings withme. Not one would say a bad word aboutme. We (as a family company) donatework, time and money to local charitable organizations. We do volunteer work for the Veterans andhave worked with handicapped children within the school We have done free services and/or drasticallyreduced prices for senior citizens when emergency help is needed. I findMrsKeller’s comment about my attitude needing to be adjusted extremelyoffensive.At the end of our last phone call, I said, all we are doing istalking over one another and getting nowhereI asked her what I could do tomake her happy, besides work for her, because that was not going to happenagain. She said nothing, that she wasgoing public and filing complaints against us. As for *** *** looking for further reimbursement,they agreed to the initial price for a general cleanup of $250.00, disputed itand I reduced the price to $125.00. Theyagreed to and paid that reduced price. In reference to our contracts - they state whatis involved in the service. It is simple,basic language. General cleanup means ageneral cleanup which was explained to them multiple times

We have tried to get our lawn cut sonner, this was theirs respond:
Regular maintenance begins next week. We have this week to finish up the Spring cleanups. I can try to get a crew there, but it would be out of contract and possibly an additional charge.

Let me know if you can wait until next week.

Cathy

------- after that, no email, no phone calls from them. We would love to pay for extra cut, but they didn't show any interest. After asking them for weeks to pls cut our lawn, they CANCEL our contract day before cutting our lawn.

This is how they treat there customers.
Email from the owner:
Our contract does not say we both have to agree to cancel. Would you really sign a contract binding us together with that agreement? What if you didn’t like our service, or on my side, what if you didn’t pay?

No work has been done for this year, nor will any work be done. Your first message this morning implied that you were unhappy and I understood it to mean you no longer wanted us to do property maintenance. I took it as a cancellation of service. Then I get a follow up message with a threat of calling lawyers. This is just insane. We will not be doing any work for you now, or in the future.

I am sorry it has the outcome, but I will not respond to any additional messages.

Cathy

Notchwood landscaping company will cancel your contract day before your lawn cut, just because we needed our lawn cut sooner. No phone call returned, no emails.
Very unprofessional, no customer service.
Be aware people!

Review: We contracted Notchwood to do our weekly lawn mowing services. Their contract states they do an initial $250 clean up. My husband inquired as to what this involved and was never given a straight answer. After their first time at our house we called to confirm what they had done. They cut the grass and left after 20 minutes. We were told someone would call him back to confirm, no one ever called. Last week we received the invoice including the $250 charge. I called to inquire and was told by [redacted] they were there for 40 minutes. I explained to her how we were both home, they left after 20 minutes, and there was no "clean up" just a cut. After phone calls back and forth she said they would split the $250 charge with us. I called her back on Monday, as I said I would, and agreed to split the cost and move forward. As soon as the payment was processed she emailed my husband saying they were cancelling our service. I called her to confirm this and asked why. I was basically told that because we had an issue with their service they didn't want to deal with any additional problems in the future. I explained we were moving forward and there was no need to cancel our service especially through email. She then said she would have cancelled us last week but she didn't want to have to chase us around for 6 months to get paid. I told her that is incredibly insulting for her to assume that we are the kind of people that not only cause problems, but do not pay our bills. I am so disappointed with this company. [redacted] was rude to me on the phone, and their reasoning for cancelling our service is ridiculous. They never fulfilled their portion of the contract. I want to make sure no one else has to endure these issues with this company.Desired Settlement: I want to be reimbursed for the difference of the $125 we paid for the "clean up" vs the agreed cut price of $52. They also need to adjust their contract to state what is involved with the initial clean up. [redacted] could also use some adjustments in her attitude towards clients.

Business

Response:

Upon our initial inspection of the property 5/11/15, thegrass was high, there were leaves and minimal debris in the yard.I sent the price quote 5/15/15, which was $250.00 for thebasic cleanup to take care of the above mentioned items. The price per cut was to be $55.00 perweek. I explained to Mr. Keller what thebasic cleanup would include. Ispecifically explained that there would be no “Spring Cleanup” which would haveincluded much more time and work to complete and would have been much moreexpensive. We negotiated the weekly cut to $52.00 and made the agreement. A contract was sent to the client via email.Upon our first visit, my employees did what was requiredof them. They cut the grass multipletimes, due to its height. They removedthe leaves and debris. They blew off thewalkways and driveway. My recordsindicate that my employees were on site for that visit for 40 minutes. Mr. Keller called and asked if that was thecleanup we discussed. I told him, again,that the cleanup was just to cut the high grass, blow everything off and to doa general “straighten up” of the propertyWhen [redacted] received our invoice for services, shequestioned the $250.00 cleanup charge. Iagain explained to her that it was a general cleanup, that there was nodetailed work completed, and if we had done a complete Spring Cleanup, the costwould have been estimated around $600.00. We went back and forth several times debating what was included in thebasic cleanup and she continued talking over me and telling me that myemployees were only there for 15-20 minutes. My employees have no reason to lie about their time. Whether they were there for 4 minutes or 4hours… they did the project that was agreed upon.I could see from my 30 plus years of experience owningthis company, I was not going to change her view of the events. I told her I would cut the cleanup cost inhalf and split it with her. She said she had to speak with her husband andwould let me know.On Monday, 6/22/15 [redacted] called and agreed to pay$125.00 for the cleanup, and the regular maintenance. I resubmitted the invoice with the reducedprice. They agreed and I processed [redacted]credit card.After all the debating, being talked over, called a liar,told my employees must be lying, I decided to end our businessrelationship. Yes, it was by email. We executed the agreement of the contract through email, and I ended thecontract by email.[redacted] didn’t respect that. She called and asked if I really ended thecontract. I responded yes. She asked why. I told her that in my years of experience, Ihave found that sometimes it is better to end a short relationship, than tocontinue and have problems later on.A few hours later, she called me again to debate the sameissue. I again explained to her, that weprovided a service, completed the service and I feel justified in ending therelationship. She complained that I gotpaid and then ended the relationship. Ireplied that had I ended the relationship the previous week (which I neverintended to do) that she probably wouldn’t have paid me at all. She got angry at that and I apologized. I explainedthat I shouldn’t have said that, but in my experience, people that argueinstead of listen, call me a liar and start off relationships on a badexperience are trying to get away with something. I did apologize multiple times, but getting talked over,accused and told that I stink was wearing thin on my nerves. I normally keep a cool head. You may ask anyof my thousand plus clients and previous clients about their dealings withme. Not one would say a bad word aboutme. We (as a family company) donatework, time and money to local charitable organizations. We do volunteer work for the Veterans andhave worked with handicapped children within the school. We have done free services and/or drasticallyreduced prices for senior citizens when emergency help is needed. I findMrs. Keller’s comment about my attitude needing to be adjusted extremelyoffensive.At the end of our last phone call, I said, all we are doing istalking over one another and getting nowhere. I asked her what I could do tomake her happy, besides work for her, because that was not going to happenagain. She said nothing, that she wasgoing public and filing complaints against us. As for [redacted] looking for further reimbursement,they agreed to the initial price for a general cleanup of $250.00, disputed itand I reduced the price to $125.00. Theyagreed to and paid that reduced price. In reference to our contracts - they state whatis involved in the service. It is simple,basic language. General cleanup means ageneral cleanup which was explained to them multiple times.

Consumer

Response:

Review: [redacted]

I am rejecting this response because:there are many issues with [redacted] response. When my husband called after the first cut to inquire what had been done he was told they needed to verify and call us back, which never happened. Also after the invoice was received and I called to inquire about the charged I never called her men liars or spoke over [redacted]. I simply stated we were both home and noticed they left very shortly. After we received the email cancelling our services I called, said hi [redacted] this is mrs Keller, my husband received an email saying our services were cancelled and I don't know why we received this. She said yes, we decided to end our relationship and hung up on me. That is why I called back, to find out why. I never yelled at [redacted], or said anyone from their company was lying. In fact I commended her for having faith in her employees that she trusts they tell her what was done and that showed good standing with her employees. I was not once irrational or degrading. [redacted] on the other hand assumed we would continuously cause issues, and not pay our bills. Last time I checked that is called slander. She said to me her employees have no reason to lie and I said I didn't either. They are the ones who need to clarify their services, amend their contracts, and not make accusations about their clients. Notchwood was completely in the wrong in this situation and I will not be made out to look like someone who is trying to get free services. I was disrespected multiple times by [redacted] and cannot believe she is making it seem as though I was yelling or disagreeable with her. I was just trying to get down to the bottom of what happened that day. It is completely irrelevant how long they have been in service or what sort of charity work they do. If that is relevant I can show how my husband and I are kind to strangers and pay our bills on time. Their reputation has zero impact on this particular situation. We were mistreated as customers, disrespected, and taken advantage of.

Regards,