John De Boer Landscape Grdng

Feb 18th, 2020

My neighbor had work done by this company and she was not pleased. I usually have friendly conversations with her on my way to work. We normally talk about her garden plans for the spring, but when I asked her why the project was unfinished, she could not hold back the tears. At a glance I could not see what was wrong, as I have no eye for these things, but as she pointed out the issues they became glaringly obvious. She said they took her money and left her with an embarrassing mess. They did not put up a yard sign but the woman was grateful when I offered to wright this review, and provided me with the name of the owner and his workmen.
Jan 4th, 2019

Oct 7th, 2018

Started off good, but quickly went down hill. They don't seem to understand that what they are doing looks terrible, and when you point it out they dig in there heels and say that it looks fine. I did not have it in me to explain the difference between and good job and what they were doing, so we asked them to go. My husband is redoing the work by himself, we do not have the money to pay someone to do it again.
Sep 19th, 2018

Before you consider John DeBoer Landscaping. please note the thoughtful critiques of their actual work, as this one is. If there was a -5 stars this would be it. Before work started we questioned Tim about the 2 negative reviews . Tim's response was those clients were irrational and impossible to please, After a few days of work and the heavy secure tarp was removed, I realized how bad it really was. I was furious because there was no accountability and Tim refused to acknowledge how gross it was. His response "Its Fine" Gaping holes in prominent stones , 2 and 3 inch joints, when he agreed it would be dry lay, as we expected. Steps are now off center to steps at entrance. Then he responds Mike and Austin Jermayne, his crew, were having personal problems. One with a girlfriend breakup and the other comes from a dysfunctional family, so they were both not doing their best work. If you check the other reviews that were posted mid April, when our job started you will see , one is from his crew Mike who did shoddy work on our retaining wall. The other general 5 Star review is written by Cindy, a sibling of Tim. Tim refused to redo the awful work and make it right. he angrily packed up his truck , leaving a mess and stormed off. It is pretty much impossible to get ethical tradesmen to redo crappy work, so my son will be doing his best to finish it off. Tim DeBoer should stick to cutting grass and digging holes at the cemetery, something he shared with me, as one of his regular jobs. He has no concept of measurement, esthetics or integrity. If Tim DeBoer had any sense of decency or fairness he would return some of the labour cost, so I could redo his gross shoddy work. I doubt Tim will take responsibility for this, so this is my way to make sure it does not happen to someone else.
Dec 20th, 2018