We are so pleased with the work from Dario Garcia Landscaping! After remodeling our home, the front…read moreand back yards were left a muddy mess. Dario took the time to listen to our goals, offer expert guidance, and bring our vision to life. The finished result is beautiful. The lawn, trees, shrubs, and hardscape all came together perfectly. We especially appreciated Dario's excellent communication throughout the process, his professional, hardworking crew, and the on-time completion of the project. We couldn't be happier with the transformation and would highly recommend Dario Garcia Landscaping!

Dario missed his calling in sales. The man can sell confidence by the pallet. Unfortunately, the…read morefollow-through seems to be available only by special order. We hired this company based largely on its excellent reviews and paid a premium price for what we expected would be premium work. The project involved reworking an existing paver patio and surrounding landscaping. Having spent enough time around the construction trades to know good workmanship when I see it, I was disappointed by both the finished product and the amount of supervision apparently required to get the job done properly. The problems began when they discovered they were a few pavers short. This wasn't entirely unexpected--the old patio had two angled corners, while the new configuration required filling out the full square. Dario's proposed solution was for me to spend another $1,200 on all-new material because his supplier supposedly sold the matching pavers only by the pallet. I declined. They ultimately found similar pavers, but they are noticeably different in both color and surface finish. I can live with the mismatch, but after paying what we paid, it wasn't exactly the finishing touch I had envisioned. More troubling were the shortcuts. I was specifically told that proper paver edging had been installed around the entire patio. It hadn't. One corner had no edging at all. Along another side, they reused old edging that wasn't appropriate for the application and left excess material protruding into the landscaping. One of the corner pavers began tilting almost immediately. Along the south side, the solution was essentially to pile dirt against the pavers, lay a narrow strip of sod over it and call it finished. It was difficult to mow and created an abrupt drop at the patio edge. They also managed to puncture my brand-new garden hose during construction. Mistakes happen. What really shaped my opinion of this company was what happened when I tried to get them corrected. After I complained, Dario promised to come to my house between 2:00 and 4:00 the following day. I cancelled my plans and waited. He didn't show and didn't call. I subsequently sent a detailed email with photographs documenting the problems. That generated a flurry of calls and texts. When we finally spoke, Dario insisted on meeting me at the property to go over everything. Fine. We scheduled the meeting for Thursday, August 13 at 10:00 a.m. He arrived at 11:00. To his credit, once we walked the property together, he agreed with my assessment of what had been done improperly and said his crew would return the next day--Friday--to correct everything. Friday came. The crew didn't. When I followed up yet again, I was told they would come the following week. I specifically told Dario that any day was fine except Monday. He acknowledged that and said they would be there Tuesday morning. Naturally, they showed up Monday. I know this because I was in St. Louis and my wife texted me to say the crew was at our house. When I returned Monday evening, I discovered that they had finally reinstalled the edging properly. Progress! Unfortunately, they hadn't replaced the polymeric sand disturbed during the repair, so the newly corrected pavers were left with unfinished joints. Another complaint. Another return trip. Eventually, the sand was installed. And that, in a nutshell, was my experience: the work ultimately got closer to where it should have been in the first place, but only after repeated complaints, photographs, emails, phone calls, missed appointments, changed appointments, showing up on the one day I specifically said I wouldn't be available, and then another call to finish the repair they had just made. I don't expect perfection from contractors. Problems arise, materials don't always cooperate, and crews make mistakes. What I do expect--particularly when paying premium prices--is good workmanship, honest communication, attention to detail, and enough quality control that I don't have to serve as the project's unpaid superintendent. Based on my experience, that's where this company fell considerably short. If you hire them, my advice is simple: inspect everything carefully before the crew leaves, get commitments in writing, and don't assume that because something was supposed to have been done, it actually was. And if Dario tells you he'll be there Tuesday, you might want to keep Monday open.

Dante and his team were incredible. I submitted a request for help through Yelp and they responded…read morethe same day. He provided an organized and detailed quote within 24 hours of our first conversation. The quote was very competitive with quotes we had received from other groups. After confirming we wanted to move forward with Dante's team, they started the work within one week. The team was extremely efficient and had the work done in 2 days. They were polite, professional, and knowledgeable of the process to help manage our expectations. They went above and beyond what we had asked to ensure the new grass would not be overrun by surrounding weeded areas. They did an exceptional job cleaning up the area once the work was done. Dante came back to our place outside of normal business hours to help with our maintenance and care plan. We could not have had a better experience and are very grateful for Dante's work on this.

Dante and his technician Juan have been GREAT to work with. He has given our building a new look…read morewith the upgraded fence. We have had issues for years and have always placed fixing the fence on the back burner, but as we all know, things get worse with time and it did, but they came in heard my complaints and went to work and went above and beyond expectations.

Papas Landscaping did a fantastic job. Ramiro and his crew were professional, hardworking, and easy…read moreto work with. They replaced my window wells, cleaned up the landscaping, planted bushes, and redid the rock. Everything looks awesome. They went above and beyond what I asked for and paid attention to the details. I will definitely use them again and highly recommend them.

I had a tree that fell on my neighbor's property. I was ready to hire Papas but the neighbor hired…read moresomeone else first. Papas was the best quote I had for the work.

They returned and did the job correctly. They stand behind their work. I am very pleased with the…read morework.

I actually found AKUI's on Nextdoor. I live in a condo and I represent my HOA. We had a mess in the…read morefront of our condo. Neglected weeds, uneven retainer bricks, and dying shrubs. I called AKUI's for an evaluation/estimate as this was going to be a big project. We wanted the bricks to be realigned or replaced and new mulch put down. AKUI's first cleaned up the weed growth then went to work with the bricks, which were very difficult to remove and realign. I can recommend their services very highly! We (HOA) and our unit owners were very happy with the results. The manager I met, Curtis, is very personable, but more importantly he is excellent at what he does. He's very detail oriented and he took me through every step of the work process. The communication with this company is excellent and their prices are very competitive. They also finished the project in a timely manner. I highly recommend them for your landscaping projects and we (the HOA) will most likely call them back for maintenance.

Angel and his team were great! From arriving for the estimate to completing the work, he was in…read morecommunication the entire way. The patio came out so good! Angel and his team cleaned up after themselves and were a pleasure to work with. I had pavers with pea gravel in this spot before, and I was looking for something a little more elevated in style/ materials. My family and I have sat outside just about every day since the work has been completed.

Had multiple different companies I've quoted over the years - most of them were ridiculously…read moreexpensive or never showed up. Unikstone was one of the few who gave me a fantastic price, showed up on time, and did phenomenal work beyond what I had hoped to expect. Spring cleaning, dethatching, mowing, mulching, and some retaining wall hardscape done over the course of a day, doing far better than I could have done myself. This is my favorite part - retaining wall I've wanted to put in myself for a couple years but just don't have the time with a young child, and there is NO WAY I'd have done this will - each brick was even cut to line up perfectly in instances where the brick shape would have left a gap. I'd have never gone through that much detail myself. Thanks a bunch, Ángel and team. I'm sure I'll be hiring you for more work in the future.

Hired RAM to do a blue stone project. We had horrible weather and these guys did a great job…read moreworking around difficult environment. They did a great job, and made some nice suggestions. The price was fair and work excellent. Gave us advice on maintenance...we couldn't be happier.

They did some brickwork in our backyard and though it looks really nice, they damaged our…read moreunderground electrical line to the garage in the process, and it took 2 months and hiring a completely different crew to get it running again. I felt it was necessary to warn potential buyers that they didn't yet have the experience to know that this mistake could happen (which I'm sure they do now), and that they initially pushed the blame on us. When I pushed back, they agreed to fix it, but when things got too tough, they gave up and stopped responding. Even though we like the owner and wish everyone well, we were very unhappy with the result.

Extremely professional in all aspects of the project. Fairly priced. Really knowledgeableread more

We began our conversation with Salvador about a year ago. We had just torn down and rebuilt our…read moregarage and needed to landscape the back yard. He came out and provided us with an estimate and drawing, which we loved. However our neighbors were doing a construction project as well that caused us to have to hold off on our project until this year. Salvador came back out, adjusted the original plan to account for the work the neighbors had done, and ultimately provided us with the back yard of our dreams. It was completely worth the investment and worth waiting for. Salvador, Maria, and the crew were great to work with from beginning to end. Salvador is creative in his designs and very knowledgeable about the plants he brought in. He and the crew were dependable and did really great work for us. Highly recommend.

Awesome company! Looking forward to seeing how they repair the driveway and front entrance.read more

We had pavers which were poorly installed, sinking, crooked, even collapsing under our front…read morewalkway as well as pooling water near our back entrance. Enter Aztec Stone Design- Edgar was courteous, responsive, and very knowledgeable. We had gotten a few quotes and shopped around but ultimately went with Aztec because they were so responsive and understood our issues. The team was very fast and professional, minimally disruptive and the end result is perfect and has already withstood multiple rainfalls with no issues. We highly recommend!