Helms and Son Grading Company

I would not recommend Helms & Son as Austin (owner of the business) proved very difficult to work with and left my back yard in a terrible state. He was hired to install a french drainage system around my property in March 2021 which costed $7,540. Prior to hiring him, I had a professional visit and provide drawings of what needed to be done as this was more than the basic french drain. When Austin came out he was shown the drawing, spoke to the professional and agreed he can do the installation as indicated in the drawings. However, he decided to proceeded to install the drain not according to the specifications previously agreed to and would lie about it. When the professional inspected and saw that it was not to specification he insisted that it be done in accordance with the agreed upon specification. Austin became quite irate, but did pivot to install the drain according to specification, and the system works very well. My second issue is the state in which Austin left my backyard. He did a very shoddy job regrading the backyard which is now very rugged and looks like it was just ploughed. He covered up the shoddy work with tons of straw after reseeding so it would not be very noticeable at first glance. I've contacted him on several occasions to address the issue but he is yet to respond to calls or text. He was paid in full, and I believe the shoddy work in the backyard was done to be spiteful.
Apr 11th, 2021

Always perfect compete always looks better than you thought possible. Would not hire anyone only Sammie Helms. He's just like his dad Paul if you do it do it right the first time. That man is missed.
May 2nd, 2020

Beware, Stay far away from this company . I paid them to knock down and clear some trees on my property, burn the debris, remove it and replace a couple of underground driveway pipes. I paid them upfront seeing they had completed some other work for me. The following Friday I was told he had to jump on another job but would be back in 2-3 days,that was 3 months ago, They left my property in shambles ,broke my horse fences in several places, left me with 20 ft debris piles , ruined my grass , destroyed my swails . Lie after Lie, all broken promises, never returned. See you in court
Feb 18th, 2020