Lindsay Landscape

Last week, a crew from Lindsay landscaping was clearing ice off a pub patio with in Westboro. My bike was parked on the sidewalk. The skid steer backed into it and damaged the bike beyond repair. They left a card on my bike. Phil, the owner, tried to track me down through the pub. When we finally connected, they arranged to purchase a replacement bike within a day. Accidents happen, but they're not all resolved as quickly and with integrity like this. Phil just did the right thing immediately. Credit where credit is due. On that basis alone, I would hire this company.Coincidentally, about ten years ago, I was on the board of a condo building downtown and Lindsay had landscaping contract. I recall them being responsive and responsible and they apparently still have the contract for that property. That kind of longevity says a lot as well.

They are working behind my apartment building from 6 am to late afternoon with their trucks idling, making extreme noise by using their backhoe and theback up beeper. I didn’t know that a company can have a construction lot in peoples backyards. I work from home and the noise is loud and distracting. I asked them if it was possible to turn their back up beeper off or down n’écrit is consistently beeping, they were extremely unprofessional and began blaring their truck horns.

UPDATE: If I could choose no star at all, I would. After posting the below and owner's response, nothing changed. It even got worst (the job was much bigger than my neighbours had said) - I'd say the worst 5 months of my life (and I've been through a lot): They slacked off over summer, took long breaks, smoke on property; they have been dry-cutting cement again on property with the dust flying over my side (pic included. You can't see their truck through the particles). Note that I don't blame just these guys - the neighbours contracting them are to blame too for not managing the job over summer and escaping to their cottage, leaving neighbours to suffer the loud noise and all the chaos.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------My neighbours hired them to do their yard. It started with them leaving planks of wood on my property (over the walking path), assuming I'd be ok with that (They did remove it after I asked). Then, this morning, they cut through cement around 8am, right by my bedroom and kitchen (it was incredibly loud), no pre-warning. This caused loads of dust to cover my patio set and other items in the yard. I took time away from work to cover everything with tarps, but it was too late. It would have been nice to be told yesterday (Note that my neighbours have fled to their cottage, but they're going to hear it too upon their return).

Friday Snow StormGood Morning Clients,I'm sure everywhere is aware that we have an approaching system with up to 25-30cm of snow, and spread out overnearly 36 hours, which makes it very tough to not kill our staff!. I will send a rough timeline later today to updateclients, however in the meantime, here is some information to keep in mind about this storm.-This event is supposed to be very long. Snow to start overnight Thursday into Friday with heaviest snow predicted forearly am Friday morning through midday. During events like this there will be many instances of snow in the lots eventhough we have just visited. Please let our team do their work and be advised that the first runs will be done to keeplanes open. We will be doing a final scrape and stalls on Saturday, so please advise residents to be ready to move theircars WHEN they see/hear the loaders.-Our team will have to rest at times to stay safe as well, and we expect to work all morning and day Friday, rest upovernight on Friday night and return early Saturday morning for final scrapes and salting.A few notes to help you through every storm:- Plan accordingly, due to the fact that road conditions will be very hazardous, try to reschedule appointments, orcontinue to work from home. Do whatever you can to avoid being on the roads. This helps us by reducing congestionon roads and allows us to move around the City faster.- Spend today getting whatever necessities you may need including groceries; this will limit your need to go out duringthe event.- DO NOT MOVE YOUR VEHICLES on to the road or into visitor parking – you will get a ticket as a parking ban will be ineffect and most of our piling areas are in visitor parking areas. Please keep in the proper stalls until stall clearing.- We will do our best to update with our emails as the need arises, so please stay tuned- Asking us for an exact time that we will be at your site is, unfortunately, not a realistic question. During an event of thissize all snow warriors will be working hard AND we fully expect traffic during the morning on Friday to be disastrousmeaning routes will take longer than normal, just to get from site to site.- Please be patient and kind to our staff, they will appreciate it and it goes a long way when we normally only receivefrustrated requests.Stay tuned for updates later !!!!Regards,This is code for we don't want to pay our staff overtime"Imagine if tge city of ottawa sent this memo."

After trying to contact multiple companies to deal with an issue with Japanese Knotweed, we came across Phil and his team at Lindsey landscaping. Truly professionals from start to finish. I highly recommend Phil and his team and their level of knowledge. Both my wife and I are pleased with the results and would not hesitate to hire him in the future.

Lindsay Landscaping recently completed the installation of a new paver stone driveway and reconstruction of our outdoor back step.Martin Fine prepared a new design of the driveway and our front entrance, assisted in the selection of the stone, quoted a very competitive price and oversaw the installation. Martin was positive: professional, and punctual.The quality, of the work performed by the installers, Mark Lamadelaine and Jacob was exceptional. Both Mark and Jacob were responsive, they ensured that the work area was kept clean, they were professional and responsive. Always on time and polite. Their work was exceptional. This was the most positive experience we've ever had with a landscaping company.The highest accolades are given to Martin, Mark and Jacob.Thank you for a job well done.

Our condo board hired Lindsay to build an accessibility ramp. This has taken the better part of 6 months. They have had to take apart and rebuild this ramp several times based on incorrect slope, poor grading and have actually caused dangerous conditions for those needing to use the ramp. In addition the crew is rude. We have tried to be patient however this is now the third time they have taken apart and rebuilt this ramp. This has caused a lot of noise and the crews seem like they don’t care at all. At one point I caught him running a generator for charging their cordless drills. We approached them and they were offered an outlet to charge them and they ignored us, continued to operate a generator for an additional 3 hours for this sole purpose and said that’s just the way it is. Could you please charge your equipment before coming to the worksite and bring spare batteries like every contractor I have ever worked with. This just shows they were not prepared for the job and don’t care about the people they impact.

We've used other landscapers over the years, but this company was by far the most professional and responsive. Always on time and polite. The work was exceptional. The most positive experience we've ever had with a landscaping company.

I have regularly conducted business with Lindsay Landscape Inc for the better part of a decade. The management and administration of this company is second to none in the industry. They are highly organized and committed to the completion of their projects. All equipment is kept up to date, well serviced and ready for the task at hand. One of the things i have enjoyed most in my dealings with them is that if they say something is going to happen, it always does.

Probably the worst experience ever dealing with a contractor.They rebuilt decks and fences in our condo complex. I am willing to bet that the fences are straighter in the port area of Beirut after the explosion than the work done here. The employees just start working without permission or explanation of what they are doing within the yards. Threw personal stuff around like it was garbage. The quality of the workmanship and the material used was subpar. Employee yelled into towards my unit yelling that he needed access to the yard. Didnt ask nicely. Nothing like yelling and swearing with this crew. This has been my experience.I made a comment to a neighbor about Welcome to Welfare Acres'. His comment back was this is worse than welfare acres. They at least hire competent contractors. Couldn't argue that point.Not sure why they had levels out because nothing is level or straight."