[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by Guy&Connie1103

When I moved here I was told by my realtor that I could depend on contractors working in The Villages. Any contractor that did not perform as promised would never work in The Villages again. My wife and I hired Devon to separate two stone areas in our front yard. What a disaster. He failed to show up when promised. When he did finally show up,he said he would have to get a half load of dirt to level the area for the blocks. Several days later we were told by his wife that he was sick and they couldn't afford the medicine. We gave them the balance of the money. Days later we noticed Devon working on another job. When we called to ask when we were going to have our messed up front yard finished, we got a lengthy text from his wife that he was overwhelmed and wouldn't be able to finish our job. We had to. Hire another landscaper to finish.

This also happened to our neighbor. Others in our villa neighborhood, Barrineau Villas, have had similar problems with improperly planted palm trees (the one across the street is dying), poor customer service, threats, and more.

Devon Dodd has proven to be just the sort of contractor we were told wouln't be allowed to work in The Villages.

The villages is like any other town it doesn't control the contractors who work here, the developer can never hire again a sub contractor who does a bad job. That doesn't stop bad contractors from offering their services or lack there of to people living here.

Sorry you had a bad experience and thank you for the warning for the rest of us.