landscaping

First let me say River City Rain was the most dependable in terms of bidding my landscaping job. Daniel Morrow got back to me promptly and communicated well. He was honest in his description of what would happen concerning the work crews, timetable and products used for my sprinklers. I also want to say I was trying to get my job done "on the cheap" since I don't make much money and wanted that to be a guiding force. This review is what a homeowner can expect when utilizing River City Rain. I had called seven landscape companies, and found out the world of contractors is kinda of a "He's just not that into you" relationship. Most never return your calls and when they set up appointments, they either don't show or are late. Daniel Morrow was neither, he does what he says and returns calls. I like that in a landscaper. I gave him a drawing of the work I wanted done, and a written description of what they were to do and what I would do myself. Although River City Rain was not my cheapest bid, I felt working with the owner justified the additional expense. I am pleased with my backyard automatic sprinklers.
This is an account of the work done by River City Rain landscape company of Sacramento. Daniel was the most easy to get a hold of so I based my choice mostly on that feature. When I gave him a copy of the description of what I wanted he instead wrote me his own proposal. Daniel's contract was very professional concerning homeowner/ liens/ legal info. I won't post all the stuff, it's all readily available. He outline verbally who would show up to do the actual work and we scheduled a walk through with the team leader.When that happened the team lead was sharp, polite and it seemed like he listened well as Daniel and I walked him throughout the project. I was told they'd be at my house to start work around 9 o'clock Monday July 2ND. Well, that day came and went and I didn't hear from anyone. This made me nervous since I had already paid them 10% on a job that was going to cost me several thousand dollars. The next day they showed up at around 10 am.

I gave the team lead a set of the plans I had drawn. He and another man worked hard all day there and it was really heating up in the Sacramento area, so I set up a mister fan for them and gave them ice for their cooler. Then worried they'd collapse out there.

The next day was the 4th of July so, of course, no work, but Thursday a whole lot more showed up and the most ambitious of men was the smallest who, sorry I didn't get your name, but every time I glance out there you were up and about like a beaver in a waterfall, even when one man was flat on his back laying in the grass. I say looked out because about this same time, a motorcycle I had ordered 6 months ago arrived at the dealership and I was scrambling around to get the financing and insurance in place to get the deal done, so I was spending time on the phone and Internet to accomplish that and couldn't spend any time assisting the crew in my yard.

The team lead asked me where I had purchased the existing bark so that ( I figured) it would match what was in place. I gave him the number and he ordered the bark. The photo shows my bark on the left, averaging about 1 1/2 inch pieces and theirs, is..., well..., shred seldom pieces, stuff that breaks down in matter of months, while what I originally had was pieces that have a good year or two staying power.

The rock is a bland grey, no color, looks like road Ric rack, though I didn't specify what to use, you'd think they'd understand this is er...ah... landscape.

The open trenches they left are a tripping hazard. My rose bed was not recovered in the bark, landscape fabric exposed and thrown back. The team lead used my drill motor to put a hole for wiring to my garage, I cannot locate it now. My hand maul was on top of my wood pile, now missing. I was picking up Corona lite bottle caps on my patio, I don't drink Corona lite. The bottles I didn't have to deal with. They were not left on the job site. I had to pick many rocks out of my lawn, though they did pick up the tarp, though didn't fold it up.
The backyard gates were left unlocked and open on two occasions and while I don't live in a particularly high crime area, the town I live in is higher in burglary than the national average for it's population. I always lock and close my gates.

The last day the one lone man finished it was so close to when I have to leave for work, that I was unable to check the job they did, so I paid the total bill and left for work.