McKinley Landscape Maintenance LLC

Knowledge of profession - minimal Integrity - suspect Character - questionable Judgment - flawed Values - askewd

DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY!!! Gerald was unethical in his dealings with us. What he promised would take a week took 6 weeks, and he still wanted more money saying he under-bid the job and didn't account for more mulch, and more water zones. Half the yard looks good, the other half was unfinished. They broke our main water line and the electrical for landscape lighting had an "incorrect splice and improper wires" - per an electrical contractor that had to come out and fix the issue after our breaker kept tripping and wouldn't reset. Gerald lied to us on several occasions - lies that were revealed with our security cameras. One day we had several workers come to our house to get their paychecks because they knew he'd be there - they had been waiting days for their paychecks! Gerald talks a good talk but it is nothing more than a con. I typically do not write negative reviews, and I waited months to write this review because he still owes me money he said he'd pay - now I know he never will. Go with someone reputable, not McKinley Landscape.

Price increased from quote due to going under driveway with sprinkler line. That should have been part of the quote. as I thought it was, and not added on later. Poor follow through with commitments. I was told I would be shown how to winterize the system and then what to do in the spring startup. Neither of these happened. Upon turning the system on this spring, several stations would not work. Before I knew what was wrong with my new system, I texted the owner and told him some stations would not work. The owner said he would be out to fix it. After waiting for two days I decided to see if I could fix it myself. The problem was the wiring had lost its connections due to splices being made and buried in the dirt rather than being put in the box where they would be protected from weather. After I re-wired and installed two little boxes to protect the splices, the system worked. This spring the lawn was getting dead spots due to not have good coverage. After the wiring problem encountered and lack of response, I decided to have someone else fix the system. They split one station into two and redid the sprinkler heads because they were not evenly spaced for adequate coverage. One station was split into two due to not having enough water pressure to run all the heads at the same time. I have beat myself up many times for the choice of this company. With what I have had to do to fix things, it was just not money well spent.

Everything went well and they even worked on a Saturday, to get a head start as there was a lot to do.

I’m writing to warn people. Owner was good about coming out and quoting; however, the work done was horrible and didn’t complete half of what was quoted and what I paid for. They butchered my Magnolia tree, ripped full trees out of ground and left them whole to which I now have to cut and move myself. Do not use this company!

Gerald is very responsive and is a man of his word. His team made quick work of our neglected yard and it looks wonderful! I've had multiple yard maintenance contractors over the years and McKinley Landscape is without a doubt the best we've ever hired.

I can't say enough good things about the service provided by McKinley Landscaping. Gerald, the owner, was personally on-site about 80% of the time (9 day project) with his workers. We had to make a few adjustments to the scope of work but he handled it efficiently and painlessly. Gerald is a hands on contractor, listens to the client and pays attention to details. I can't believe how beautiful my yard is now, and how pleasant the process went. You will pay a little more for this quality of work...and it's worth every penny. By the way, I've also hired his crew to do the maintenance year round for a reasonable price. Thank you McKinley Landscaping!

They ultimately did a pretty good job in a hard to manage location on an incline, but did not come when expected and did not come with the root grinder as planned. I think Gerald, the owner, took on more work than he could manage for a while during the summer. They did better last summer when we hired them. The main issue was communication and punctuality; the work was actually pretty good.

job was performed O.K. but follow up was poor.

Wonderful job on our project. Very hard working crew and completed the job on time. A very knowledgeable Owner, and was so willing to go the extra steps and do some extras to make the finished right. Job even better than I expected. !!!! GO with Mc Kinley Landscape !!!!

Very well. All work performed in a complete and timely manner. They even started the job on Saturday to get a head start.

Excellent, work was done in a timely manner, weather permitting. If there were any questions they would be asked prior to beginning the work.

<p>They have only come out once to do the yard stuff. I pay a monthly fee of $160 for the landscape maintenance. It was fine. They just did a great job cleaning up the yard and the leaves. They came when they said they would come. This is important to me because I have a dog so I need to know when they are coming and they were there. I was not home when they did the job. </p>

<p>He showed me specific pictures of the issues that I had with drainage that they encountered when they were doing the pavers. He gave me several options for how they could fix that and let me choose the most cost effective way that I could address it. I just really liked the communication with Gerald, the guy that I have had contact with along the way throughout the project. It was great. They worked on it intermittently for a couple of weeks. It depended on weather so sometimes they would have to stop and then start again. There was no timeline, exactly. There wasn't a deadline, it was kind of open-ended. </p>

Yard work is very well done. Still waiting for water feature (in our second week)

The services went great. My yard was getting a bit too high and Gerald and his team did a great job of mowing and edging. Very professional, hard working team.

McKinley Landscape Maintenance LLC kept an open line of communication with us. We made several changes, in the middle of the project, without any problems. They were always courteous, professional, and open to hearing any of our ideas. We will continue to work with them on future projects and couldn't be happier with the work they've completed for us thus far.

I was looking for a landscaper to come out and take care of some area's in the yard so that it was in top shape to put on the market. I was fortunate enough to have called McKinley Landscape and got a prompt response and he was out the next day to look at the job and was also able to start right away. Gerald did a walk around and even pointed out things that other landscapers overlooked. He worked with me on pricing and it was money well spent. <br> <br>I wanted to have new sod installed in the dog area of the yard and now it is beautiful. The job was started right away and the crew were very hard workers. I also had the crew repair a rock wall that another landscaper had failed to do properly and was starting to fall away. They put in the drain field behind the wall so it should never be a problem again. Gerald also offered to spray for moss on the entry way and back patio at no charge. When the job was complete Gerald gave me a good price to have new mulch put on the beds to freshen everything up. <br> <br>I was lucky enough to make the right call and get such a great crew to spruce up my yard. The house looked so good that it sold in 2 days at full price. I have hired them for yard maintenance until the new owners take possession.  I will encourage the new owners to continue service with Mckinley Landscape. <br> <br>Thank you Gerald and crew, <br>Clare <br> <br>

Very well. The crew worked through the rain to get the front and back yard looking groomed. <br />

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It when great they did a great job. I would recommend them to all my friends. <br />

My yard had gotten out of control over the last year or so.  Gerald and his team have not only gotten it whipped back into shape, but I have green grass again!!!  They go above and beyond what is asked and are always polite and friendly. <br /> I would highly recommend McKinley Landscape Maintenance to anyone who needs help caring for their yard. <br />

.Gerald was awesome while my husband was gone.  He was even there the day the new freezer was delivered when the old one died and helped me get it into position and the meat moved from one to the other.  That is above and beyond his lawn care contract.  Everything broke that week and it was 100 degrees.  The sprinkler backflow valve died, two of the zones had problems.  Each time he trouble shooted the problem, and got it fixed.  I recommend him to my clients as well and they are all happy with his service and price <br />

Gerald when out there gave me a bid on the project of laying bark dust done and installing landscape fabric down to keep weeds from coming through the bark dust. I gave him the go ahead to complete the bid, he went out there and within 2 days he complete the work. It looks GREAT!!! He is very professional and has great customer service. <br />