- Report: #331130
Complaint Review: SHEPLER'S LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION - JUPITER Florida
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SHEPLER'S LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION
152 NIAGRA FALLS JUPITER, Florida, U.S.A.
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561-633-3150
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SHEPLER'S LANDSCAPE & IRRIGATION PAID FOR A NEW YARD, SPRINKLER SYSTEM, REDO POND, CREATE SIDEWALK, PAID DEP OF $5600, GOT NOTHING, BUT A BROKEN POND, DIRT YARD. JUPITER Florida
I was introduced to Walter R Shepler, who came to my house and gave me an estimate on redoing my yard, putting in a sprinkler system, redo my large pond with a waterfall, and use stones that I had already, to make a sidewalk from each side of my pool. I knew that redoing the pond would be expensive and that the equipment for the sprinkler system was also not cheap. I first gave him a $500 dep, then another $500 for the sidewalk and then 4600 for the pond. He came out once and tore my existing working pond completely apart, pulled up all my grass, put in a few pipes for the water system, and didn't come back. The local code enforcement officer talked with him a couple of times and was assured that he would finish the work. I have left him over 200 calls on his cell. At first he promised me he would be back, that his father had a heartattack, etc and I said I would give him some time to get back to Florida and finish the job. After a while, the phone calls were left unanswered, but I could always leave a message. I still call once a month just to let him know that I have not forgotten this, and I will haunt him till I die. I live alone and cannot afford to pay someone to do the work again. My job situation has changed and I can no longer afford the extra money to have sod put in. I had my class reunion at my house and was completely embarrassed that anyone would see my yard (more like a dirt pile). It has been over a year and I still am the embarrassment of the neighborhood. This person that did this, did it to others also, he just used the money from the next job to work on a previous job. I believe he has left the state, so I'm sure there is no hope in seeing Walter Shepler again!!!
BARBARA
PORT ST LUCIE, Florida
U.S.A.
BARBARA
PORT ST LUCIE, Florida
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Linda
Jupiter,Florida,
U.S.A.
Barbara is Correct as she states being ripped off by Walter Shepler
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, May 06, 2009
Walter Shepler made promisses to my landscapping and did the same thing to me. Tearring up my yard then leaving with my money, never to be heard from again. Calls were made and he only returned the calls very angry where I would have to hang up the phone because I became scared of him. Last I know he went back home to Livonia, Michigan and rumors have it that he has a business again there. Do not trust this person. He will promise you the world but do nothing but take your money.
Bbass
PORT ST LUCIE,Florida,
U.S.A.
WALTER SHEPLER LANDSCAPING
#3Author of original report
Thu, April 09, 2009
I am afraid that the only person to be embarrassed is Walter Shepler himself. Had he done the job he was supposed to do, his name would never have appeared here. He has promised to repay me and promised to meet with me and discuss things. He has called and just ends up screaming into the phone, so I hang up on him and then he calls back and appears to sound calm and just ends up screaming again. I have many many people that will vouch for everything that I have said and pictures to prove it all. I have not heard from him for several months, so hopefully he is gone from the area. I have checked with the Port St Lucie county and he didn't even have a license to do business here.
Shepler's Landscape
JUPITER,Florida,
U.S.A.
BARBARA BASS EMBARRASSMENT WAS BROUGHT UPON HERSELF RIPOFF NEVER HAPPENED!
#4REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, March 24, 2009
I was introduced to Barbara Bass four (4) years ago. I gave her an estimate for redesigning her yard. This included: grading her yard, a complete irrigation system, and repairing her non working waterfall and pond that was infested with corral snakes and destroyed by a hurricane. Barbara gave me a deposit of five hundred ($500.00) dollars and through out the project gave me additional funding of forty-six hundred ($4600.00) dollars. Weeks of work were completed which included: complete clean out of pond and waterfall, grading the property, and installation of a complete in ground irrigation system. Needless to say Barbara doesn't inform the public that after the irrigation system was complete; she hired her sons friend to regrade the property without consulting me. The result of this action was the destruction of the irrigation system I had just installed. Later, Barbara called me to inform me that there were a few pipes sticking up threw out the yard which seemed to be very minor. To my surprise the irrigation system was totally ripped out of the ground and dumped into a 15' ravine in the back of her house. I informed her that she would have to give me additional money to repair what she had just destroyed. She in turn told me she didn't have the money. I explained to her that I couldn't do the job for free. Lessons to be learned don't grade your yard after you install an irrigation system. As for her embarassment she brought this upon herself. Sincerely, Shepler's Landscape & Irrigation
