Believe me, Service Smart is the worst. Stay away from this unethical bunch

Fertigator darn near killed our yard. It never looked so bad. We had them out several times, and all the recommendations just made it worse. I really think lawn care down here is a crap shoot. Stellar was the best we've had, but sadly they went under and were taken over by Service Smart. All in the family.

Now we have Massey. They do a so-so job, but it seems like that is the best you can get in this area.

We have lived in the villages for about 4 years now. We started off doing our own lawn , then realized there's so much up keep in Florida and so many things to do in the villages! Such a great place to live. We tried some other companies, like deans and it just wasn't for us. We needed a place to offer everything and our friend referred us to Fertigator. We were reluctant to pay for a year in advance but we did, and our lawn looks great, I have no complaints.

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When a lawn is fertilized it must be watered, religiously, or it will burn out. It doesn't matter WHO puts the fertilizer down.

As sure as death and taxes.

We inherited Massey from the previous owner back in '09; the lawn was almost dead. Over a three-year period, it started coming back and got to about the best it's been. Then started a steady down-hill look to it in spite of changing all the sprinkler heads, all of the controller valves, applying extra growth compound, again planting new grass plug (my expense for these - getting good as I've now done that four seasons). Well, the so-called lawn in front and on the one side is almost back to the lousy shape it used to be in. Fired the water irrigation check guy; all he did was have me buy new things every three months during the steady down-hill period. Latest reason for bad grass given last year was the oak tree was providing too much shade for the grass to grow. Admittedly it is a nice shade tree for a few hours every afternoon. But many people in our neighborhood have the exact same kind of tree and also have Massey and their lawns have looked great for years. And to really get smart, the most recent tech I got said I needed to "run my irrigation system longer for a minimum of 2 to 3 times per week." Uhhhhh. . . And how does that square with the prohibition we now have against watering more than once per week and then please do it only if absolutely needed? "Oh, don't worry about that, nobody pays any attention to that rule". So what is different? As has been stated, some techs know what they are doing and some don't. Not much you can do about it but complain and complain. If I had a shed to store all the lawn-care equipment I gave away up north when we left, I would do my own - certainly wouldn't have any worse grass condition. So is Massey any better or worse than others - no, don't think they are. Just a lucky or unlucky crap-shoot which bunch of techs come to visit you.

I wish Fertigator would come back and clean off the iron stains they put on the sides and back of our house when they claimed what our grass needed was an application of iron. When we asked about it, they said It will come right off with (name a product).

Frank235is,..I feel your pain, like you,10 months in T.V... Noticed all the Massey trucks in T.V., must be very popular..All white shirt and tie, smiles, but nothing else except conning you out of a lot of money....I could write a whole chapter of outlandishly overcharging me for WORK NOT DONE (irrigation, and more), with proof...The good, we ripped up all contracts, readjusted(thank you Visa)the bills down..This, but still feel cheated, scammed out of lot of money...Massey, what a headache, worse than the "Travelers".....

Yes, Service Smart treats my neighbors lawn as if it were an empty lot.


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