Smoot Landscape Service

Tries to be a smooth operator and isn’t.
Very rude, unprofessional and does not listen.
His prices are ridiciulous based on his skills.
Charges $ 1,000 for plans that are under-​whelming.

We had Scott out to our home for an estimate. I had known of Scott through the years from seeing him out socially. We had a landscape designer design our yard so we had a professional plan to provide to him. When scot came out we were not sure of the attitude, he seemed nice in a way. We have a small yard but we are on a lake and we wanted it to be nice. We overlooked the attitude thinking maybe that was just his personality and he would still follow through with a cost for the project since we heard he does nice work. we provided him with a copy of the plans and he assured us that he would get back to us with a cost for the project. Weeks went by and we never heard back. We called and left messages and no response. He had a set of plans that we provided him and could have used but he never returned them. No response, no returned plans no nothing. He was one of the most unprofessional people we ever had out. The very least he should have told us he wasn’t interested or just returned the plans. But nothing. We eventually got the wrk done by someone and it came out beautiful. The other estimates we had and did not choose at least returned our plans and were very professional. We definitely cannot recommend this company.

They charge $ 100 per hour consultation fees. This consultation service is to tell you that your yard sucks and bad jokes. We knew about the fees before we hired for the services. I can’t blame them for that. What irritated me was that his recommendations contradicted with local nursery, soil/​gravel company and on-​line research and ideas were not even decent.

Scott is the best! We hired him in March 2011 to design and install our front yard. He did such a great job, we hired him again in September 2011 to do our backyard. Between my wife’s taste for tropical/​whimsical, and my taste for traditional/​structured, he definitely had his hands full with us! Scott blended our two styles better than we could have ever imagined. His recommendations for mow strips, large pots, a dry creek bed, low maintenance plants, landscape lighting, etc were spot on! He is a master at his craft and a lot of fun to work with. His follow-​up after the job is also tremendous. He often drives by to make sure everything looks good. We did not know Scott before we hired him but would now consider him a true friend and would not hesitate to recommend him to others.
Update (Dec. 2014): We recently sold the above referenced home in 4 days and received multiple offers over the asking price. I am convinced that the yard Scott designed and installed for us added a great deal to its charm, curb appeal, and overall value. We are now completing a remodel on our new home and have told Scott to get ready for another fun project! We look forward to working with him on our front and back yards in early 2015.