We have a large lawn with plenty of weeds. We heard good things about Hometurf so we thought we would try their service for a year and then reassess just how effective they would be. We were really more interested in keeping a handle on weed control. To be honest as far as I know they did spray something on the grass for weeds, they fertilized and did all we paid them to do. So I do believe they tried to do a reasonable job. So are they as good as or better than as the next company? Perhaps. Where I feel they need to improve is their weed control. From our observation it had minimal effect on our weedy areas. When I talked to them about this after one year of service, one of their staff said that Hamilton restricts the use of effective herbicides so we can only use a product which is eco friendly. I understand that their hands are tied but where I have a bit of an issue is they seemed to indicate that they could control the weeds on our lawn. I would have been happier if they would have been honest up front about their limited ability to control weeds rather then after a one year contract. This in itself isn't a deal breaker to be fair to them, as in a sense we did get other decent lawn care with the fertilization and they did give us some helpful advice. One other thing that I would like to add is, one needs to read the contract well because it is easy to unintentionally sign giving them the right to roll the contract over to the next year, I'm speaking from experience here. :-) Would I recommend these people... you see the ratings. I'm torn, I honestly would like to like this company, as of now I'm not sure any company could do a great joy on our lawn with the restrictions they have on them.