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Mom and I have had Stellar since we closed on our home in May, 2012. I went witih Stellar since I knew I was going to rent out our home it would be easier to have all the services done by one company.

My property manager has told me many times they were great for the first two years and a little rocky when the merger was going on. She told me that, now that the merger is completeld, they are once again doing a great job.

The advantages to pay in advance is the 10% discount. They do have other payment plans.

Two things I have learned from my property manager--

Stellar mows every two weeks. Sometimes, during the growing season, your lawn need to be mowed more often. She said they come to mow if you call them but you go right back to the two week rotation at that point. They do offer weekly mowings during the growing season for an additional cost.

She manages a lot of homes and says it is a nightmare to get different people to weed, to mow, to trim, to fertilize, to do pest and termite, etc. on a regular rotation. She tells me you can get them once but it is a struggle to get them to come back. She also told me they priced all the separate services and they came up to Stellarl's price.

Last week I got a call from Massey who has recently become an "all inclusivei" company like Stellar. Their price was a little higher than Stellar but they do weekly mowings. My contract is up with Stellar in May and who knows, I may change companies.

A couple posts said they didn't know of the merger. I got a letter from Stellar (4-6 weeks ago) informing me of the merger.