Pictures, pictures, pictures.
Take a ton of them and time/date stamp them. I'm sure you kept the receipts so you know when the seeding took place. If he guaranteed the hydroseed (which isn't too tough to take root in the first year), then I'd definitely press him hard... as long as the guarantee is in writing.
This news pisses me off even more that McGuire Landscaping blew you off. He does a good job and doesn't BS people, but as you experienced, he sucks with his timeliness and getting back to people. From my experience landscaping in high school and first couple years of college, there are two types of landscape companies - the scumbags and the well-intentioned, poor business-oriented ones.
I'd say, compile the evidence - contracts, pictures and guarantees - then tell him he has two options, fix it or small claims.
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