Review response guide

How to respond to a negative review for a Landscaping Company

Landscaping reviews hinge on results, cleanup, and showing up, specific replies reassure homeowners spending real money.

A negative review is public, and it's read by far more people than the one who wrote it. Your reply isn't really for the upset customer, it's for the next hundred people deciding whether to trust you. Handle it well and a bad review can actually win you business.

Use four beats: acknowledge the specific problem, apologize without making excuses, say what you're doing about it, and invite them to continue offline. Keep it to a few sentences, stay warm, and never get defensive.

Example

The review

Left ruts in the lawn and never came back to fix it.

A reply that works

Leaving ruts and not circling back isn't how we work, and I'm sorry. I'd like to send a crew to make it right at no charge, please reach out to me directly.

Tip: Offer to send a crew back. For outdoor work, a concrete fix beats an apology.

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