We live in Alabama and own a Courtyard Villa on a corner lot. This is a rental property until we can retire and move to TV. We have owned this home since the fall of 2013. We are on lawn care company #3 (a company that "does it all" based on the level of service you are willing to pay for) and fertilizer/pest control company #2.

Current company has broken 4 sprinkler heads (sheared off by the riding mowers) but failed to notify us. We discovered 3 of them when we visited the house in between renters. Our renter found the most recent broken head. Also got pictures from the renter showing huge brown spots in the backyard (at least 35-40% of the yard). One would think that the mowing crew would let the office know there may be an issue with the yard (pests) and/or irrigation system. Nope, no call. WE had to call them to ask what is going on.

At least the company had agreed they will replace every sprinkler head they break at no cost. Good for them but crazy that they would break any sprinkler head if they were careful. We even have donuts for each head so it is clear where they are at.

It seems that since we are absentee owners and don't have personal eyes on the job they are doing, the companies aren't concerned about the quality of their work.

Appreciate any recommendations on lawn care companies who are reliable and thorough for mowing (really want a push mower in our yard), edging, trimming, weeding, hedge trimming. A bonus would be if we could get the same company to do the lawn fertilization and pest control (had Massey's do the fertilization/pest....they did a poor job plus lied to us when we were there questioning the condition of the lawn).

Also looking for someone reliable who performs yearly/semi annual irrigation maintenance as it seems the reclaimed water causes issues with plugging the sprinkler heads, something that we have never had to deal with our irrigation system here in Alabama.