Acres Landscaping

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Oshawa ON L1H 7K5
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Sunita from Whitby
Sunita from Whitby
1 review Whitby, ON
0/10

Interlock Driveway

Company: Acres landscaping
This company's work was poorly done, the stones on the stairs were sinking, poor cuts have been made and it is very dangerous to walk on. They agreed to come back and fix it, after contacting them several times they haven't come back. It's been over a year. Bad experience with this company would not recommend them.

Approximate cost of services:
$5,000.00
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Company Response

We responded to your complaints and your bbb review and the matter was closed by bbb as you refused our proposal to come back to address your concerns and change the design of the stairs to natural stone steps. We agreed to splitting the cost on new material as it was not part of the original design. Labour would have been free. But we were refused with regards to the proposal. Furthermore the joint cuts are called spacers. they create flow and sand joints that help the flow of curves and there is no danger or safety issues.
We are sorry you`ve been unhappy and still strive to address these issues if you are willing to come to a reasonable agreement.

Warmest Regards
Heather
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honesty helps from Toronto
honesty helps from Toronto
1 review Whitby, ON
0/10

Maintenance

Very unprofessional. Left worksite dirty and more damage. Had to pay someone else more to repair. Making 'contractors' look bad. Little honesty goes a long way. It is Very sad indeed.

Approximate cost of services:
$7,000.00
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Because of so little information and how unclear the details are i find it hard to believe we would ever create damage let alone more work for a home owner. Would love more information.

Imad shah from Whitby
Imad shah from Whitby
1 review Whitby, ON
0/10

snow removal

This company is run very unprofessionally. I had to call them quite a few times to ask them to come over and re-clean the driveway as they has done such a poor job. My entire walkway was not cleared one time. They stated that they had done it and that maybe drifting snow had recovered it up(about 5.5 cm of snow). I have never seen drifting snow pile up so evenly...right up to my doorway!
Lots of excuses for poor or no service on many occasions such as ....we can't make it cause the truck broke down (never came)...we only have ? crews and they are busy but they will be there later on this evening(never came)....we will be there tomorrow (never came).
I was so fed up I went to the company address to speak to the owner/ operator. Was unable to do that as it is run out of a mailing address of a package delivery and mailing service business.
I was very unhappy with this company and would not recommend them.

Approximate cost of services:
$560.00
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Company Response

We are sorry you had a bad experience with us. It often takes some time to work out kinks in a route with so many crews, however with 800 plus clients we rely on abit of patience from the client when they are new. Drifting is a huge factor depending on the location we have sites in Whitby that the snow can drift up to 5 ft three days after clearing . We rely on emails from clients advising us of a problem. When we recieve a voicemail saying you are cancelling and dont want to continue the service, indeed we will stop all service for legal reasons. Furthuremore, yes our office isn`t a walk in office or showroom as we have no need for it. We take care of the ups plaza parking lot and park some of our equipment and because we are a family business we believe in protecting our 4 children and family from any unwanted danger or drama as it does happen with the volume we take on. Yes we have a mailbox at our listed location for convenience. And we store some of our equipment behind said location. However our shop is located in North Oshawa in the country for safety so our Million dollars of equipment does not disapear as hit has in the past.Again should you have a problem or emergency emails go right to our dispatch. When we receive a voicemail stating cancellation we stop all service.
We wish you all the best in the future and urge you to kindly read the terms of service in you contractual agreement..
Warmest Regards
Nate
Acres Landscaping

Brenda from Whitby
Brenda from Whitby
1 review Whitby, ON

First Review

1/10

Front Walkway Interlocked

We hired Nate/Acres to come and refresh our front walkway and entrance steps from builder grade to something more modern and open to give the house more curb appeal.

The job started about 2 weeks later than they had told us it would.

Nate didn't quite listen to what we wanted and we had to ask him to correct it midway through the install. He did with exasperation. When the job was finished and paid for, we noticed a portion of the steps were still loose (the glue didn't take), and that the step treads were actually too narrow - our feet didn't fit on the tread.

We couldn't use the steps as we were tripping and losing our balance on the small steps. We contacted him right away to come and fix it, we kept getting the brush off and excuses from Nate.

More steps were losing their glue and coming apart and when we mentioned that to Nate he blamed us for pulling them apart (why would we do that?).

In the end he told us to fix it ourselves or have someone else fix it and bill him. So we did, and haven't seen a penny.

My advice? Stay far away from this company - they'll take your money gladly, but they have no pride of workmanship and don't care about quality customer service. I gave them a 1 on the satisfaction scale instead of 0 because I liked the stone he picked out. That's all.

Approximate cost of services:
$5,000.00
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Company Response

Upon Completion of the project everyone was happy as we were paid in full. 2 months later i received an email with some concern to the depth of the steps. We advised that 12`` is standard for rounded steps however if they wish to change the design we could. 3 months later we received a message stating that the steps had literally moved out 4 inches from their place. this does not happen unless someone has pulled them apart. The motive to do so would be to have us return and re do the steps. As i stated they were pulled apart i believe they were. We have no problems fixing a problem or addressing an issue. Upon receiving a letter from a lawyer for us to pay another company to redo the work we declined approving paying said contractor to redo steps. Again the timeline in which is stated is not accurate. This is months after initial work was completed and not accurate in this review. While we have a warranty in place anything tampered with is not acceptable. However we never have a problem with changing design or addressing issues. But when there is any dishonesty about the motive or timeline with an issue we will definitely stand firm in our defense. A Simple email with wanting a change would have costed the client maybe $200 when the price was already discounted to fit into the clients budget is more than reasonable. Honesty is a must.
All the best in the future and we apologize for the negative experience.
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Acres Landscaping is a Custom Interlock Design & Build Company, as well as a Worry Free Residential Snow Removal Service like non other. Acres Landscaping is dedicated to providing our customers with professional design and installation for all your interlocking and Landscape Design needs, We will help you create a ...
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