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Old 09-01-2010, 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SALYBOW View Post
Sunscapes landscaped my yard before we moved into a new section of Buttonwood. In looking at the neighbors yards out plants were clearly inferior in size, quality, quantity and price, not to mention the beds were smaller. It is my understanding that we all paid the same amount for basic interior landscaping. When I asked the landscaper about it, he said that he has stuff brought to his yard by the truckload and he counts it out and tells his crew to plant it. Other people don't do as many houses as he does per week so they can afford to go and hand pick the plants that would look good in each yard. He doesn't have time to do that. My yard shows the results of this approach. His comment was, "They'll grow."
We will have to augment the landscaping now and I doubt he'll be in the running for the job. I hate to be short changed, I worked hard for my money and I need to conserve it.
Salybow, that was a great post. Concise and coherent. I figure it won't be long before all of Sunscape's work will be aftermarket. Good luck then.