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once again - need some advice - landscaper experience
Here's my situtation. We had our back yard cleared in a few phases. This winter, I have a landscaper come by to estimate removing a few more stumps, fill, grade and install a lawn. He gives me a quote and says "I'll guarantee the seeding" in writing. He is expensive, but I like him and we give them a go. Due to the rainy spring, they come in early May. It looked great when they were done. They hydroseeded the entire yard. Right after they seeded, we had a thunderstorm and it looked to me that alot of the seed washed away but I figured we'd wait and see. I watered the lawn as instructed - spending close to an hour in the morning and afternoon moving the sprinklers around. As the lawn starts coming in, we notice that there is a lot of non-grass coming in too. At first its subtle since its green and the same size as teh grass, then its more and more - weed. The lawn itself was spotty, lots of dirt spots. In the last two weeks, the weed exploded. The yard looks awful. So I email the landscaper to come and take a look, he send his lawn expert by and they send me an email with a list of things they can do - blah, blah $60, blah blah $40,,,,,etc, etc. to remove the weed and then he could re-seed for no charge!
I never had a lawn installed, I had a weed field installed! So, am I wrong in thinkning this guy should fix this at no charge to me? It looks terrible and I paid a lot of $ for this. He said he guaranteed the seeding. The lawn should have taken. The weeds are a result of the lawn not coming in. Any thoughts? I sent him an email back chewing him out and will call him tomorrow. I am SO tired of people doing crap jobs. Am I wrong here?
If he doensnt fix it, what can I do? SMall claims court?
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