Susan Vogel came to my rescue and I am so happy with the result! Our first architect didn't even talk through what we like! His plan was overwhelmingly-20 different plants & shrubs. Susan spent time reviewing, suggesting, revising and making sure we were satisfied. When the nursery truck showed up they unloaded the most beautiful specimens. Quite a challenge in February. We were so happy with the results when everything was planted we ordered a second load to expand what we started. Her value is untouchable! read more

Landscape Locators - Jacaranda, Ceanothus Wild Lilac, Morning Glory Ground Cover - Landscaping Near Me - San Jose, California

Thanks to Landscape Locators, now we have a backyard that we love! First they help you narrow down your design, providing great aesthetic and engineering feedback. Then they procure quotes from their network of experienced, vetted landscaping contractors. Finally they sit down with you and the selected contractor to walk through the project details and the contract. We are so happy with the experience and with the results! If you don't love your outdoor space, please stop reading reviews and call Susan!! read more

My experience was horrible. 1. I was told the estimate included all costs, just to find out later that I needed an additional 10% to purchase plants. She was clear that the swing, fountain and pergola were my responsibility but did not mention the representative amounts she included in the estimate for the plants. She made a layout to show me what the project would look like, but the trees and plants were not possible within the estimated costs. As the estimate was above what I wanted to spend, I flat out asked if this was the full cost before signing to initiate the work and she said yes. Three people heard her say it. Yet when I confronted her about it, she denied that she said it. 2. Planting plan. I asked for a green and white garden. She emailed me confirming that I wanted a green and white garden. When I received the plan there were bright pink, gold and blue/purple flowers in the plan. When I asked her about it, she said she thought splashes if color would be nice. Maybe..but not what I wanted. The plants could have been done at the beginning of the project. We had to stop work on the yard to wait for Susan to complete the plan just to get one that did not meet my clear request. The plants ended up being a huge project for me. I had to choose most of the plants and then had to verify them before they were planted as substitutions were made without telling me. Had we not noticed, we would not have known until they flowered next Spring when it would have been too late to change them. We also had to insist that she was onsite for the planting even though she told us during the bid process that she would be here because the landscapers wouldn't know what to do without her. 3. Lack of accountability. She was nearly an hour late to an appointment with us during the work day/week were I had to carve out time to meet her. She then had the audacity to say it was my fault because I could not move our meet up an hour on short notice. Whenever things went wrong, she never took any accountability or made any effort to find a solution. When she did enter the conversation, she always made things worse. 4. Arbor. She recommended a motorized arbor. First, the one she showed me turned out to be significantly over my budget. Then the pergola was late (okay supply issues) and then it came in several shipments so the contractor could not plan. They sent a piece for another customer to my house. To finish off, the bases were sent in the wrong color. Several shipments later and a seam that we cannot hide, we still have bases that do not match. To get to the end of the project to have the bases not match is so irritating. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't ordered it at all. 5. Cherry on the sundae, she tried to tell me what I could and could not include in this Yelp review. Bottom line, I feel cheated on a free service. read more

Landscape Locators - Confirmation that Susan knew what I was looking for in the plan. The plan I received I had magenta, gold, purple, pink and red. - Landscaping Near Me - San Jose, California

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Susan was referred to us by a friend who had also used her. We were pretty satisfied with her services. She was very patient since I kept changing my mind. She also walked with us as we dealt with a difficult neighbor. 4.5 stars. Would recommend to my friends. read more

Susan Vogel was referred to me by our daughter who had been impressed by Susan's professionalism and business model. Different than other designers, Susan did not charge upfront design fee. Instead, she worked with us until we were satisfied with her design, she then let us select one of the 3 contractors she recommended to execute her design. She earned design fees from the contractors. We hired her to revamp our front yard landscape during shelter-at-home period. She was extremely knowledgeable of all plants in her design, effectively use computer-aided tool to design our garden, and was very responsive to our requests. I highly recommend Susan Vogel. read more

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Landscape Locators was fantastic, particularly Susan Vogel! I was connected to their local rep Susan after the initial call, and she went above and beyond to make my budget work with my vision. She was creative and full of ideas! She was candid about what I could reasonably try to do myself and where I could save on cost, but also about what I really needed to spend the money on for the bigger picture. Everything turned out really well. She brought three quotes and the company we used was fantastic. Even finished early! Great process, highly recommend! read more

This is an awesome company! If you haven't pulled the trigger on your yard yet, do it with Landscape Locators. I waited 6 months before posting this review so I could see how things settled and I'm still happy with how our front and backyard turned out. Susan Vogel, the company's rep and landscape designer in Northern California, is an experienced professional. She can out immediately for a consultation, listened to my requests, and provided a detailed estimate from 3 different contractors within the week. My husband loved that the estimate was in Excel so you could play with the values (if you don't want something you can remove a line item to get estimate to fit budget). Also, Susan Vogel did the design for FREE within the week. I had been working with a pricey designer who took months and thousands of dollars from me for a sub-par design that I suspected would cost me double their quote. I really appreciated Landscape Locators speed, timely ness and honesty. The amount I paid was the amount that they estimated. Well, it was a tad over, but it was my fault since I added to the design. Worth it though. The landscape contractor they matched me with - Brian Tran- was awesome. He had a trusted team and he was on site EVERY DAY. He didn't disappear and he worked right along with his team. He was pleasant and easy to work with. Plus, as a second generation landscape contractor he knew what he was doing. If you want to ask me questions or see my yard, contact Susan and she can put you in touch me me. I whole-heartedly recommend this company. read more

Best thing was I found Landscape Locators. Susan was absolutely a dream to work with on our backyard redo. We really weren't sure where to start and she came up with ideas and a design we loved. She got us 3 quotes from different landscapers. We decided on All Pro Landscapers out of San Jose. Highly recommend Landscape Locators! read more

We selected Landscape Locators to execute our landscape remodel project. We worked with Susan Vogel to come up with a design and gather estimates from their network of landscape contractors. Susan was professional, punctual, and very knowledgeable during all of our interactions. We were very pleased with her responsiveness to our communications. Also, the estimate and scope of work that she prepared was broken down in a task by task fashion. This allowed us to easily account for the cost of each work element. We had a great experience and would definitely recommend Landscape Locators. read more

This is my second time using landscape locators. Had lots of conflict with the landscaper due to misalignment on the bid. Paying a 25% change order fee on the total job due to misquoted work read more

My husband and I were referred to Susan and Landscape Locators through friends who she had worked with previously. We found Susan to be extremely thorough, full of great ideas, and motivated to set us up with the right landscaper to get our project completed to our satisfaction. Susan put us in touch with three landscapers, arranged the meeting between us and the final selection, and helped us make our choice on types of materials for the project. Her extensive knowledge and great listening skills helped her determine what would be a good fit for us all around and we are thrilled with the end product: a backyard much more beautiful than what we could have imagined. Thanks Susan! -Rosa read more

They were super helpful and honest when I called about a small job that we needed done. We weren't able to use them because it was under their price threshold, but Kevin gave me great advice and pointed me in the right direction to solve my problem Thank you! read more

Completely appreciate the landscaping work done on my residence in December 2014. Susan V. has much experience and the landscaper I chose (Golden Sky Construction) did a beautiful job to my front and back yards - will not complain. I had major work done: new fence, new side gate, added a waterless fountain, added a swing, added 2 planter boxes, new no-drip irrigation system, beautiful flowers that finally blossomed and complement my yards beautifully. Til this day, I still contact Bill Tran to help with items in my yard. He is always responsive and provides what he can and provides referrals. I have referred him to many of my friends who are looking for landscaping work. read more

An update to my previous review: I see the owner decided to respond on Yelp and make claims about the job with Susan Vogel when he doesn't even live in the area nor ever spoke to me to try to resolve what happened nor saw my job site. I did not hire anyone else BUT Landscape Locators and the contractor they provided. I didn't sign a contract with anyone else but the Landscaper via Susan(who wrote the detail in to the contract and later couldn't recall it). False claims again. read more

I had the great pleasure of working with Susan Vogel on our yard project of a little under $90,000. She was an absolute pleasure to work with giving us many suggestions on how to maximize the impact while minimizing the costs. Her ability to take the bids we received for the work and distill them down was exceptional and made sure that we were comparing apples to apples. Susan receives my highest recommendation! We are currently waiting for the "dry" season to begin the work. I look forward to having our yard be beautiful and drought tollerant. read more

We found Susan Vogel from Landscape Locaters through an ad. My husband and I had been interviewing landscape contractors and they were all so expensive. Susan was so great to work with because she really listened to what our vision was, and sent out a bid to 3-4 contractors so we could evaluate the pricing on a detailed spreadsheet. Susan worked closely with the contractor that we decided to go with, and the pricing was well below what we had been given from the other independent contractors. We are very happy with the outcome of our landscaping, and our working relationship with Susan. read more

I was introduced to Landscape Locators by their rep., Susan Vogel. In 2015, my goal was to complete the hardscape and lighting of my yard. Susan was very efficient! She "heard" what I wanted (we walked around my yard); she prepared a plan; sent my request to three landscaping companies; and, three estimates were returned in a timely manner. From the three, I chose what I felt was the most reasonable (not necessarily the cheapest). I chose to work with Vista Landscaping - and the result (which took approximately two months) is absolutely fantastic! I highly recommend Landscape Locators for leading you through this important part of your home improvement. read more

"Susan Vogel is very detail oriented and is a very imaginitive and creative Landscape Architect. She listens to her customers, trys to understand what the customer is looking for and put that vision on paper. The end result is a masterpiece.." read more

My wife and I met Susan Vogel in San Jose Home Show. She brought in 3 quotes from 3 different contractors based on my landscape designer's drawing, At first, we were so skeptical because we had never hired the contractor this way before, but we wanted to try her because the job was not small. The landscapers we know might not be able to handle it. The yard was done last week, and it looks very nice. I am so glad Susan found us such a good contractor to do my yard. We really love my yard! read more

The easiest way to find a reputable landscape company. We met Susan Vogel of Landscape Locators at the home show. She was extremely knowledgeable and helpful with the design, planning and gave us great choices for a landscaper. We highly recommend Landscape Locators and Susan as they did a wonderful job with our big back yard. read more

I love the business model Landscape Locators uses. Susan leverages her years of experience to bring in contractors to deliver the concept she and I built together. The landscape company she recommended was AMAZING! Everything promised and more. Susan was strongest at the beginning, as we talked through ideas and put the high-level plan in place. I really like how she has three companies bid the work by line item. It allowed me to compare pricing and it was easy to remove things that I wanted but didn't really need (or could afford). She was great about changing the design as needed once the work started. The one thing that would have been better is having her more engaged throughout the process. The outcome was a gorgeous yard that we'll enjoy for years. I recommend Landscape Locators' approach to anyone wanted a high-quality landscape project. read more

This is the way hiring a contractor should be. They provide the design for Free and then put together 3 bids from pre-screened contractors. Susan V. knows her stuff and did a wonderful design for my front yard. Thanks! read more