Even the ones that have gone thru the testing for a contractor's license don't meet the standards of what the state of California expects.
As someone who had 3 California licenses, the magic word is, "workmanship."
While part of the job is cleanup, that is fine, but beyond that they take on various work the entails details like keeping the area clean, using either or proper materials, and in the event something goes wrong and within the standard year of normal warranty they just take so much time to return, they do not.
I'm betting so many people around here have so many stories it would make you cringe.
I know the problem, and it's unfortunate. It's called "culture." I'm not trying to belate the culture because I know they are very, very hard working people, but there needs to be so much more than someone saying one morning, "I think I'm going into a landscaping business because I can." There must be some minimal training (as is anything the government expects) like California wants for verification of proof of "workmanship."
It's really a sad mess of what we have around here. Not only that but for the most part as these "contractors" work in this area I have tried countless times and always asked the question (but rarely got an answer), "how much do you want per hour?" I didn't care what they told me. Whether it was $50 an hour, or $75 an hour, that was OK, I didn't hardly get an answer as to how much was it to do the job before they started (either). They just didn't know, or try to figure out how much!
So sad. What a total mess, and our NV contractor board can't seem to figure it out either, nor do they care, obviously!
Oh, as a P.S. Thanks for all the hard, honest work you put into your blog!
On one hand, Sun City Anthem wants to count the number of bushes and trees you have, but they do nothing to check the legitimacy of landscaping services to check to see if they are licensed..
As some good advice to our readers:
Never...hire any landscaping service that is not licensed, and also ask to see their insurance coverage as well before you contract them for services.
The license numbers of the landscaping services are often displayed on the side of their vehicles.
If you don't see anything displayed, contact the City of Henderson. In the past they will respond.
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ReplyDeleteHi Dick,
In reference to this topic:
Even the ones that have gone thru the testing for a contractor's license don't meet the standards of what the state of California expects.
As someone who had 3 California licenses, the magic word is, "workmanship."
While part of the job is cleanup, that is fine, but beyond that they take on various work the entails details like keeping the area clean, using either or proper materials, and in the event something goes wrong and within the standard year of normal warranty they just take so much time to return, they do not.
I'm betting so many people around here have so many stories it would make you cringe.
I know the problem, and it's unfortunate. It's called "culture." I'm not trying to belate the culture because I know they are very, very hard working people, but there needs to be so much more than someone saying one morning, "I think I'm going into a landscaping business because I can." There must be some minimal training (as is anything the government expects) like California wants for verification of proof of "workmanship."
It's really a sad mess of what we have around here. Not only that but for the most part as these "contractors" work in this area I have tried countless times and always asked the question (but rarely got an answer), "how much do you want per hour?" I didn't care what they told me. Whether it was $50 an hour, or $75 an hour, that was OK, I didn't hardly get an answer as to how much was it to do the job before they started (either). They just didn't know, or try to figure out how much!
So sad. What a total mess, and our NV contractor board can't seem to figure it out either, nor do they care, obviously!
Oh, as a P.S. Thanks for all the hard, honest work you put into your blog!
On one hand, Sun City Anthem wants to count the number of bushes and trees you have, but they do nothing to check the legitimacy of landscaping services to check to see if they are licensed..
ReplyDeleteAs some good advice to our readers:
Never...hire any landscaping service that is not licensed, and also ask to see their insurance coverage as well before you contract them for services.
The license numbers of the landscaping services are often displayed on the side of their vehicles.
If you don't see anything displayed, contact the City of Henderson. In the past they will respond.