We hired Tyler from Southern Grading & Mulching to grade the land around our house, lay down new top soil & sow grass seed. Unfortunately, the work was not completed upon as agreed, Tyler did not follow up on his repeated promises to fix the job and I don't recommend this company.
After cancelling on us once the night before in May 2021, Tyler eventually came into grade our land in early June 2021. Because his employee was a no show, Tyler had to work until late at night and still wasn't able to complete laying the topsoil or grass seed. Because he wasn't able to complete laying the topsoil or grass seed, he offered a discount on the agreed upon price so that we could hire someone else to do that. Because it was late at night, we couldn't inspect the grading then and Tyler promised to return if there was any grading that needed to be done. He encouraged me to leave an online review for him.
A few days later when it first rained, it was apparent that there were still problems with the grading that Tyler didn't address. We texted him multiple times over the course of the coming weeks about this. Tyler agreed that work needed to be done and repeatedly said that he would come back 'very soon' and that he was 'a man of his word'. However he would never respond to requests to schedule a time to return to complete the work, and after over a month of this, I told him that I would leave him an honest review at the end of July. He continued to not respond to my messages asking to schedule the work, so this is my review: Southern Grading & Mulching cannot be relied upon to complete agreed upon work, and I would not recommend them. The reason why I am giving two stars rather than one is because the grading done by the company is better than nothing, and because Tyler
is friendly. However, if you're like me, I'd prefer a contractor who
is professional, reliable and unfriendly over a contractor who is
unprofessional, unreliable and friendly.
You can see some of our texts below to verify that he said he'd come, but he never did.
Southern Grading&Demolition
Sam B.
These guys did some grading on my front yard and they put down 11 pallets of sod. They showed up when they were supposed to and they worked hard. The yard looks great and I think I got a fair price. I would hire them again.
Crescent Ridge Landscapes, LLC.
Sharleta S.
Martinez Land Solutions was the best decision to complete my home grading project. They were professional and responded right away to my needs. I needed something very specific to sell my home and they made sure those specific needs were met. They did exactly what they said they would do and had the best pricing. Martinez Land Solutions totally exceeded my expectations! Thank you.
Martinez Land Solutions
Katie M.
DO NOT waste your money. They graded everything but did the pitch completely wrong and water floods into my house now. When I asked them (the same day) to come back and fix it because the dirt settled and the pitch was not correct they said since we said we were happy when they left we have to now pay more for them to fix it. They clearly have no idea about how to properly pitch and grade things. The dirt is about 1 foot to high all along my house now which will lead to wall and foundation problems. I had to put up make shift barriers infortont of my door and vents to try and keep the water out (it did not work). I now have to pay more money to another company to come out and fix everything to stop the water from coming into my house. Also his brothers company is GEM something and they offer the same services but its the same people. Avoid and hire a real pro
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