Narrow Leaf

SOD GRASS Installation - My back yard lawn was completely gone due to renters neglect, only dirt and a few weeds . I hired Narrow leaf to put a new lawn in. The deal was they were to roto-till the soil, put in amemendments and top-soil and then top it off with sod. I has repeatedly asked to have them tll me when they were to install so I couid be home to open gates, etc. In April 2018 I was surprised to arrive home one day and found the whole job was nearly finished. So I do not know what was exactly done. I do know the now the new lawn is very uneven, with large bumps and depressions , high spots and low spots, such that mowing it is a real pain since the mower blades or wheels get stuck on either a hill or trough and water unevenly settle in these troughs and leaves dry spots in the high other areas. All along the side walk there is a depression followed by a sharp rise. So it appears as if the soil was not leveled and tamped down with a roller (as it should have been). I had one of their staff come out to check the condition of the grass out. He indicated that the owner would get back with me, I have heard nothing. I will never hire them again or recommend to friends and neighbors.

We needed to replace a deck, arbor, have stucco replaced/cleaned, some roofing repaired along with updated landscaping, fencing and walkway. It was a pleasure working with Tom and team as they provided good guidance and options for the project. They were also able to coordinate with our schedules. The work was professionally done and looks fabulous.

Back in September 2014, they came out and dug a drain around my garage pad for drainage and also installed a wooden gate on one doorway to my side patio. Both of these projects proved to be useless over time. The wooden gate sagged, split and cracked even though I have used Flood on it twice since then. Found a bar on Amazon to fix the sagging but the gate itself is still split apart in a couple places. That was after a bout two years. I had another gate made and installed by Adobe Doors- still in great shape, much better workmanship.The drainage ditch dug around my garage pad also proved completely useless, likely because all they did was dig the ditch, put in flex pipe(or PVC-can't remember but the drain that comes out is PVC) with holes, and filled in the ditch with stones. They should have put a sleeve around the PVC to keep the holes from filling up with dirt. Should have known- got three estimates, took the middle one but didn't go look at their other projects first. The drainage ditch work states "Trench and install a 4-inch flex drain pipe on the north and east sides of the driveway slab- it will be routed south to the low area of the front yard. Gravel will be placed around the pipe for easy infiltration of water." Ha-ha- funny. It does nothing and never has- no sleeve, as I stated, so I'm sure those holes in the flex pipe filled up long ago. The water doesn't go anywhere until it dries up and leaves a bunch of dirt on my driveway. It flowed down past the driveway and uncovered the PVC drain into the yard which I have to keep covering with dirt because it's turning black from I guess the sun. Or whatever. Again, useless. Don't bother- like so many other things in New Mexico, I would have been better off doing it myself. They stink.

Narrow Leaf recently completed a job raising my wall and adding a wooden gate. I was very happy with the job, price, and professional crews that completed the work. My only complaint was the communication problem I had during the process. Other that that, a splendid job.

So many problems, so little time. This outfit really did a number on my yard. Leaky pipes, loose hoses, low pressure, and dangling wires are just some of the problems they left me. Missed appointments, failed return calls.... I could go on.