We had quite a big project covering our back, side and front yards which we went ahead getting it done with Cortez landscaping. Emanuel and his uncle were quite knowledgeable in providing suggestions. We did swimming pool coping, retainer walls, artificial turfs, pavers, outdoor kitchen, stepping stones, steps, side gates, plumbing and electrical, etc.
Right from giving suggestions on what to do wrt. Design questions or changing layouts, they gave me options and pros and cons for each of those options, which was very very helpful and useful to us. One aspect I like the most is right before doing a specific task, Emanuel would confirm with us if we are good to go ahead with the planned proposal on the start of the day or the previous evening or if we had any changes and if if we did have changes, he was patient and accommodating in addressing those , though we should expect change in cost to the initial proposal we are doing more obviously. My point is there is room to those discussion without any resistance. This happened quite a lot to us as we get to see a close perspective of how things are turning out while the work was in progress. So we had new ideas and updates popping up randomly.
Another aspect I liked about them is they try use machines as much as possible to save time. For instance, we had to take out the old concrete and brick which was done in less than 2 days, in contrary other contractors gave me a 5-6 days of estimation as they weren't as fully equipped as these guys were. So we can expect the job to be done close to the proposed ETC.
They also addressed various scenarios the project with little more care rather than doing some filler job and moving on. So the end results turned out to be close to our satisfaction.
Though They planted few trees and plants which were ok mostly except for few, I would recommend getting that done with a more professional gardener who knows the intricacies as they might not be as knowledgeable as a good gardener would be. I had more than ~40 plants/trees newly planted and my gardener replanted few.
Once the project was over, we had few minor pending tasks which they will address and any issues that popped up were fixed too.
Overall I'm greatly satisfied with them. I had recommended them to few of my friends who also got their entire house done with them. I would surely recommend them. read more