A broken pipe, water pouring out and impacting water supply to our horses had myself early Saturday morning in a panic. I shutoff the water and starting calling multiple sprinkler repair and landscaping companies in the area. Rafael Landscaping returned my call in less than 15 mins and after explaining the situation Rafael the owner drove over by himself to inspect the problem. He had a job being worked by 5 of his crew in the area but starting working to dig out the broken pipe, went to get the necessary parts and fix the problem himself! The job took about 3 hrs after exposing the broken pipe, driving to get parts and performing the repair. Then Rafael informed the price, which was far less than I expected! Rafael gave me the standard labor rates for such a repair plus materials by his company which I expected to be higher and yes I added more to extend my thanks for such a fast response and priority Rafael gave to our situation! Thank you Rafael Landscaping from us and our pets! read more

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We are so beyond lucky we found Rafael on Nextdoor! We bought our first home in Concord about 2 years ago and we were super apprehensive taking on our first project. Rafael showed up to take measurements last week and gave us a quote same day. He was onsite with another worker the very next day. He is willing to work within your budget and will talk through the process with you. He prices his work fairly. His crew always showed up on time and ready to work. They are super hard working. We have already asked for another estimate for landscaping. So happy we found our team! read more

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Rafael is a nice guy, so I almost feel a bit guilty leaving him a negative review, but will leave him those extra stars because I think he would've done a decent job if circumstances were different. Short version: His team didn't really remove everything they were supposed to, and once I paid him, it took Rafael another 2 months to come back to do 20% of the remaining items. I had to contact him almost every week to see when he was going to come back -- I've now given up on the remaining 80% because it's too draining to have to keep contacting him. Back in March, I hired him to remove all plants, grass, concrete, trees, rocks, etc. to get the site prepped for new landscape design. At that time, I had not decided on the landscape installers but wanted to hire a crew to remove everything so I had a better visual of what I had to work with. He seemed competent, friendly, and thoughtful about the work. I think one of the key issues with his delivery/execution is his team (who are apparently his friends) - whenever Rafael wasn't around (which was about 99% of the time), they would sit around on their phone. There was one guy in the team that was good -- he worked on tree & concrete removal and he was clearly a hard working guy. The rest -- not so. In fact, on one of the days, the entire day was spent removing 3/4 of the 110 sq. feet grass that I had in the front yard (which by the way grew back). I felt bad and wanted to tell Rafael that he was essentially paying his guys to take 4 hour breaks a day. My husband told him at some point and his response was "I know" -- apparently other customers have shown Rafael videos of his people just sitting around) Anyway, to be honest, it didn't really bother me that they were slow because it was going to be awhile before I installed the new landscape design anyway. What is driving me to leave this review is that in the end the crew (hence Rafael Landscaping) didn't do what they said they were going to do. Even though Rafael is a nice guy, I do think that it was his responsibility to come back promptly to fix things but he really did not. He said he was very busy, which I get, but I'm pretty sure he would've came back right away had I not paid him yet. So here I am in May, and the crew that I hire to do the landscape installation will now need to finish prepping the site, meaning I will have to pay someone else to do it. Lesson here is, if you do end up hiring Rafael -- do not pay him in full UNTIL you are 100% satisfied. And don't believe it when Rafael says he would come back to finish everything -- it's been 2 months and it's still not done. Once that check is cashed, he has no incentive to come back to finish things. One of these days, I will learn my lesson! read more

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Rafael and his crew are the best. We just moved into a new home in Oakland. The backyard had been neglected for some time. Before starting major work on the yard, we wanted a clean slate. Unfortunately the yard was cluttered with abandoned and rotting planters, dying fruit trees, and a rotting baby gate fence. Rafael came to our rescue. He gave us a very reasonable quote for a not so fun job--demolishing and hauling a bunch of abandoned yard fixtures. He fit us in quickly and knocked out the project in one day. We've asked him for quotes on some other items and are confident he'll come through. We're looking forward to working with him again. read more

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I have had the pleasure of using rafael's landscape service twice now one for my home and the other time for my business both experiences were excellent prices were fair and service was exceptional I'm extremely happy with the quality of work and professionalism rafael and his team provided us Gabby was a pleasure to work with. read more

Rafael just helped me cleaned up a rental property and transformed an overgrown/neglected yard to a much more presentable property. He understands exactly what needs to be done to make it look good and did it in a professional way at a reasonable price. His crew showed up at the time he said they would and finished the job as promised also. I would not hesitate to call him for any landscaping related needs, he won't disappoint. read more

My yard looks great! I wanted to do a complete redo of my front yard and got a few quotes. Rafael wasn't the cheapest, but he was always on-time, communicative, got me a quote right away, and made helpful suggestions on what would work best. I had a super long delay before my HOA approved the project but Rafael was still able to start right away once it was approved and worked with my schedule. His team quickly hauled away all my old rocks and weeds, tore out an old stump, evened out the yard a bit, put down a new weed barrier, installed a drip irrigation system, planted a ton of flowers, and topped it all off with some nice mulch. I love it and have received so many compliments from my neighbors. read more

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Rafael did an awesome job on my patio!! He was so quick to get things scheduled and offered a very reasonable price. He was always available via text and I trusted him to get the job done! He made suggestions on what to do to optimize my patio space and after we solidified a plan, he got to work 2 days later!! highly recommend Rafael and his team if you're looking for landscaping or gardening services. read more

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Rafael gave me a competitive quote for a walkway I wanted installed and some yard cleanup. He and his folks came out promptly and completed the work in an efficient and quality way. I really can't complain, they did exactly what they said they would on time and in budget. Very highly recommend Rafael. read more

I've been wanting to work on my front yard for a while. I wanted to install something that refects the severe drought that we are going through, thus getting rid of my old, weed ridden front lawn, that I really let die trying to save water two years ago. Rafael and his crew did an great job which was to remove lawn, bushes and install rock, new trees and drip irrigation system. The price did go up from the original quote because I wanted river rock instead of small grained rock and added trees instead of bushes. But compared to other quotes I received, the price was still reasonable. His men also cleaned my yard walkway, which was not part of the job and repaired my fence. One thing that they did do was cover my clean out, which I had to make sure that they uncovered it. I told one of the workers that they had covered it and he said he would check it. When Rafael came we walked over to the section where the clean out was and discovered that it was still covered. He got on the worker and after while we found it, but you might want to talk to Rafael directly if there are any problems on the job instead of the workers. The only thing not completed was the timer for the drip system which he said he would do soon. If he doesn't do it, I'll notch him down a star or two. But overall the quality of work was excellent. I would definitely use him again. read more

Rafael did a great job at our home. He and his crew are responsive and have good communication and completed the projects on time. In addition he went above and beyond to help relocate l a storage unit that was blocking our patio. A big thank you to Rafael and his team. read more

My 40 yr old fence blew open with the recent winds. My posts were very weak. Rafael was quick to respond and that weekend two workers came and replaced four weak posts and redid the framing. He was able to keep my costs down by using the same fence boards but new posts and frame wood. His guys did a great job including cleanup and disposal. His pricing was very reasonable and he did everything he said he would do. read more

Rafael did a great job of landscaping our front yard. He did everything like we were asking and did not miss even small things.