Originally hired them, through their rep Jairo Alvarez, to replace wooden fence (274 ft) with block wall. Also obtained quote for replacing and newly installing a lot of concrete. At the last minute, asked them to do both jobs, and they didn't miss a beat. Alerted neighbors (four) to fence coming down (they were all very pleased at the block wall going up), asked them to please tie up their dogs for two weeks. Took Dreamscapes one week to bring down the wall and get enough of the block up (including city inspections) for all the dogs to be free to roam. Neighbors were over the moon! Did angled wall connections (we're on a cul de sac) which look great, put a curve on our long front wall, and brought a pony wall along the side of the driveway to the street. We are higher than our back neighbors, and they did the footings perfectly, as per city requirements. All of the city inspectors told us, "You picked good contractors, their work is excellent." Great steel gates, too, good selection from their subcontractor, fast work, easy install, beautiful job.
Concrete was just the same. Wanted a curved walkway that went all around our house, did it beautifully, exactly to our specifications. Expanded driveway, replaced courtyard, both with stamping and accented brushed lines. Added RV parking at side yard with drains to street. Curved front walkway with lights, stamped and with a brushed edging. Round pad with a firepit in the backyard, and small pad for a telescope added on with a Compass stamp, pointing true north for polar aligning telescope (we set the string to true north and they lined up the stamp exactly). Great job!
The old concrete courtyard actually tilted toward the front of the house, they removed that and graded the new courtyard correctly. Garage door had a section of concrete that actually tilted INTO the garage, and they removed it and fixed it so it tilts into the driveway. Now nothing drains into or against our house. TEN YEARS we waited to get this done, so nice to have that peace of mind. It rained a week later and everything was dry at the house and garage door. Excellent work!
After completion, we then asked them to do grading, lay drainage, and lay weedblock on our front yard - 2,100 feet. We added it last minute, and they still did a great job, very fast and neat work. We ran out of funds and are doing the rest of the landscaping ourselves, but would have loved to have had enough to have them do it. Wouldn't have been able to get this far with other contractors, because their pricing was more OC than IE. Out here we just don't have that kind of money.
Good company, bonded, insured, and very reliable. Jairo stays in touch with you, and you always know what's happening. Prices are excellent, better than almost everyone we got bids from, but work was stellar.
One note, and maybe this is standard but to us it looks really cool...we had a lot of curves in our concrete...A LOT...and the edges all have this 12" edge that was brushed and the rest was stamped. They did a perfect job of following the curves with the brush. Just amazing, so nice, such attention to detail. We had the dumpiest house on our street, and now we may actually have one of the nicest ones. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DREAMSCAPES! read more