[villages07]

I got bids from both Bates and Massey....(lawn and shrub weed and feed, pest control)...Bates was a little less expensive. What I didn't like about them was they wanted the full year fee upfront; with Massey, I pay as I go and can cancel with 30 days notice. Massey does offer a 5% discount if you pay the year upfront, but, the discount wasn't worth losing the flexibility to bail. So far, reasonably satisfied with them. They do well on the bug stuff; on the lawn, the technician was a young fella who was very unmotivated and my lawn suffered. He has since made a career move and the new tech is much more diligent. Bates got some bad publicity a year ago with people unhappy about their yards burning from wrong chemicals.

In summary, both of these companies should do a decent job.