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Santos Hernandez

4.9 (108 reviews)
Open 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Services - Santos Hernandez

Deck construction

Deck repair

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Eric M.

Santos did our exterior stairs including making the foundation, and creating the stairs. He is extremely easy to work with, maintains the highest standards, and all on time and within our budget. The job had a lot of details and needed to be done according to a plan - Santos was able to anticipate areas of concern and help us easily get thru inspection. Santos and his team are great to work with and we highly recommend!

Hard to get a shot that truly captures the artistry because the deck is so big ... this is most of the lower level
Lizzy B.

Santos is AMAZING! He rebuilt my 1,200 foot deck in a way that was so professional and so staggeringly gorgeous. I wanted to preserve the original design but he found so many subtle ways to honor that vision while improving it enormously, adding a beautiful border and arranging all the boards so there would be no seams. He is incredibly creative and artistic in addition to being rock solid on structural fundamentals. He also has enormous integrity, character, and honesty. Every day I look at his work with incredible gratitude that our paths crossed. He also built a gorgeous redwood fence in a neighbor situation that was unpleasant and contentious and he told me that another side fence had 10 years left in it and didn't need to be replaced -- he built a PT base instead where the redwood had rotted. Santos is a gift to Marin. I can't recommend him highly enough.

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Jaci C.

Exceeds expectations. This was a tough job, crumbling steps of irregular rise and tread, uneven concrete. Santos' team figured a solution to every problem and executed beautifully. I will use him again. His price was also quite a bit lower than other bids.

Elise W.

Santos and team did an awesome job on the pavers and artificial turf in our yard! Excellent communication and very easy to work with. Our dog is also very happy with the result. Thank you so much!!

Santos and team did an absolutely fantastic job building our new deck, retaining wall, gates etc... Very professional, punctual, transparent and trustworthy! Highly recommend!

Back Yard - new patio, artificial turf, Cumaru steps and Redwood pergola
Leah M.

Santos is a Saint! We interviewed at least 7 landscape contractors and once we met Santos we knew he was the one. We went over the project scope and he texted me one number for the total project. I had never seen this before and was expecting an itemized estimate. So he came back, we went through the scope again, got clear on what was included in the number and what wasn't. It was a very fair amount for the scope of the work and he got my vision down to the detail. He also had a can-do attitude and was easy to problem solve with on the areas we were unclear on. The work we had done included: some tricky grading and water run-off issues including a French Drain, installation of artificial turf, a stone patio and walkway, Cumaru deck, steps and retaining wall, framing out aluminum privacy panels with Cumaru, Redwood fence and two pergolas, flagstone walkway, irrigation, planting plants, and bringing in topsoil and mulch. He delivered on everything we agreed to and went above and beyond! Anyone who has been through a project like this knows that stuff comes up, things you want to add, things you didn't think about before, and all the extra details. Santos was a dream to work through these things with. He was very upfront and fair on on these "change orders" which gave us total flexibility and control over the project. Santos is more trustworthy than anyone I know and he really cares about delivering something that you will love. His staff are reliable, extremely hard working, and highly skilled. Jose is an incredible craftsman and built us a beautiful custom gate that brings us joy every time we walk through it. If you are looking for a landscape contractor, look no further. I whole heartedly recommend Santos and his crew!

Finished project

I highly recommend Santos for outdoor living projects. I contacted Santos after looking up many landscapers and checking yelp reviews. My project was removing a badly constructed deck and replacing it with flagstone to continue to existing patio. Then decided to extend concrete walkway to patio, replacing rear fence and installing artificial grass. I am very happy with every aspect of the project. Santos was very responsive and answered any questions I had. His prices were the most reasonable I came across. His crew is very professional and courteous. Definitely a 5 star review and I don't give them out easily. Santos motto is "If you're happy I'm happy " Thanks Mr. Hernandez.

Side yard paving.
Alexey B.

Great job paving our side yard. Efficient and neat. This is our second job with Santos and his team. They have built us a beautiful deck before in a previous house.

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Review Highlights - Santos Hernandez

We had a great experience with Santos and his crew building a redwood fence (40ish feet).

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Update: found someone else who was able to fix everything without moving the posts at all. Insanity…read morethat I was going to let these guys swap out my aluminum posts for iron posts that wouldn't even match my gate. So I ask again, what are these guys experts at? Initial experience was bad. Sales guy came, was short with me, seems uninterested. Promised to give a quote. Waited 4 days. Didn't get a reply. I wrote a bad review and moved on. Owner contacted me asking me to remove the review and he can help me out with my gate job. I needed someone to help fix a botched gate install job so agreed. The job was to remove two existing posts and replace it with new steel posts. The price quoted for TWO posts were not cheap. He seems to think he's doing me favor for labor only but it was not cheap. It cost the same amount as the full job by the other company for the full install. I'm OK with it because at that point I wanted a job to be done by someone who knows how to do the work. Of course, I found out the reason they're expensive because they SUBCONTRACT to another company that specializes in gates. Are they the expert or is the subcontractor the expert? Nevertheless, I waited a week and a half for the scheduled date. The night before, he text me and ask if I have two steel posts that they need. They quoted me a very high amount to fix two posts but does not provide the materials for the fix. These guys are supposed to be experts in STEEL gates but do not have the materials for STEEL. So what are they experts in? Subcontracting? Reselling gate install service? What irritates me is that he sprung this on me at the last moment the day before. Our conversation was that the quoted price includes labor and materials to fix except for the extra materials that are needed that are ALUMINUM which I purchased. The fact that he asked me to provide STEEL materials at the last possible moment was maybe because (a) he misquoted me or (b) the subcontractors wanted more money to do the work. In any case, I cancelled the job. I cannot trust a company that bait and switch. If you misquote, then you own the difference, not spring it on your customer at the last moment.

Santos Hernandez - fencesgates - Updated July 2026

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