We recommend Ecolawn in the strongest possible terms, and without reservation. You may think the following is too good to be true - that we're somehow related to them. But truthfully, we cold-called them based on seeing a single friend's house.
They provided a rare experience in home renovation: the outcome was better than we could imagine, despite having dreamt of the project for quite some time. They did everything on a large project spanning our entire yard (back, front and side): new patio, new lawn (artificial turf), stone walkways, new stone walls, raised garden, new trees, irrigation and wash lighting on large potted plants and sidewalks. I'm assuming they'll post pictures somewhere that will speak for themselves, but in summary, we think it is absolutely beautiful and of the highest quality.
The process was an unbelievable contrast to our previous experience with contractors: quotes came immediately, with fully complete details. Phone calls and emails were returned immediately. The project started, and finished, exactly according to schedule - despite a few significant changes and surprises along the way. When there were questions, pictures were texted with options. One can imagine the thousands of details that needed sorted out - and they did it all. The most amazing part was that they took the time, care and attention needed to *understand* our vision - not simply "following orders" but making numerous suggestions find and out do what we wanted, even if we didn't do a good job articulating it. Naturally, there were strong project benefits enabled by their vertical integration, but we were amazed that each individual piece was given the same detailed attention and held to the same high standard of excellence.
Their employees were respectful and cooperative, but even more - genuinely seemed to love what they were doing. They clearly enjoyed their craft - making something really "right". (One of our favorite workers sang frequently in a big booming voice and the kids loved it! All of them were friendly, polite and responsive.) Our neighbors commented how impressed they were by the crew and their professionalism, how they cleaned up the site each evening and were never a nuisance, despite how large our project was. On the last day, even though they were crunched and facing uncertainty from the impending covid lockdown, they stuck around to wash the outdoor lights *by hand* to get the dust off from the blowing!
Regarding cost, Ecolawn seemed consistent with other quotes we received, perhaps a touch higher. But, the coupled cost-benefit analysis makes them a no-brainer to us. Any money would could have saved by going with other contractors was more than made up for by the service and responsiveness, top notch quality and excellent overall project management. read more