Inconsiderate, rude survey crew…read more A 3-person crew of young men brazenly walked down my driveway and into my backyard, telling me later they were 'entitled' to trespass on someone's property to do their survey work. BOTH our family cars were in the driveway and they did not bother to knock on our door. None of the three men had any I.D. on them. The supposed 'crew chief' was rude and stand-offish. I called the Warrenville Police, who mediated the dispute from the end of our driveway. The crew chief phoned his company owner, then handed me his phone. 'Eric Carradus' said they 'had always done business this way.' I informed him that being hired to do survey work does NOT entitle his employees to trespass on private property without even a knock on the door to ask permission. --This is 2024 and people are a lot more cautious these days, especially senior citizens like myself. The City of Warrenville verified that I "did the right thing" in calling police. Although Eric Carradus told me he would ask him employees to start asking permission to walk across private property, he would not commit to them having to carry company I.D.s (such as a gas meter reader or Amazon). From his (also) stand-offish attitude on the phone, I highly doubt that any change in company policy or behavior will be made. The Carradus crew chief guy (almost sarcastically) "apologized" to me --in front of two police officers. I told him that I accept his apology. He then (again, almost sarcastically) "asked" if his crew could enter my property to do survey work (for my next door neighbor). I said 'yes', told the police that I considered the matter resolved, and turned and went back inside. Regardless, I would urge everyone reading this review to use ANY LAND SURVEY COMPANY EXCEPT CARRADUS of Carol Stream. Their representatives were rude, inconsiderate, felt 'entitled' and carried no I.D.

I needed a plat of survey for my property in Carol Stream to build a fence around the backyard. I…read morecalled numerous companies for quotes. This company gave me the best price and turn around time. They kept to their word and had it done in the time specified. Their office was also easy to reach and responsive. They did a good job on survey.

Needed to rent a dumpster for a large project. Called around and they were the best price and…read morecould deliver a dumpster right away. Great experience! Planning to rent from them again for our next project.

We had Quinn Cons. remodel our kitchen 3 yrs ago. I was very pleased with all the work they did. I…read morelove my kitchen! When I needed a remodel to my bath recently I called Quinn. Thank you, Dalton, for giving me a beautiful bathroom on my budget. As a retiree, we needed to change the bath to make it more functional as we aged. I would never hesitate to use Quinn again.

If you are looking for a good review for Balanced Environments, you will not find one here. I have…read moretried working with this company for a number of years, only to be continually disappointed. As president of our association, I have performed numerous walk throughs with Balanced managers trying for better service and regularly check their work. We opted for their "gold" package. Last issue was fall clean up. Last year they left too many leaves causing turf issues in the spring. Despite my concerns then, they blew us off and did not repair our turf. We spent good mnoney repairing turf in this area over the spring and summer. To try and avoid a repeat, I watched them closely. This year, they came for "fall clean up" on a snowy Wednesday. Friday is our normal day. Their mowers tore up more turf in the wet conditions, and they skipped about 40% of the area pictured, altogether, as you see in the pictures. Their contract clearly states "will remove trash and any fallen leaves" no mention of mowing the leaves, leaving behind piles of mowed leaves (pictured) nor mention of "will leave behind most leaves and shredded leaves". Also did not remove trash. When we contacted Eric Carlson, our account manager, he tried blowing us off again, by saying :I will check to see if they are due out again. A month of chasing him down, led to me reaching out to his boss: Gayle Kruckenberg. She seemed reasonable, and knew a lot more than Eric. She did come out, I think, and said they did a "beautiful job" she avoided talking to me as she cannot explain the difference between what is in their contract and what she observed on site. Poor customer service on top of poor workmanship, Balanced crews do not use the proper eqiupment to ensure damage free mowing. Instead of "removing trash" as their contract states, they consistently run over it leaving behind plastic shreds and shards. (I've picked up hundreds, if not thousands of peices of this) They cut edges too short damaging turf (pictured) They let weeds get too big before treating/pulling. They are terrible at follow through on their extras: we spent tens of thousands on turf repair and plantings. (They planted a dead rose bush that I had to hire someone else to fix. It sat there for about 2 years) Instead of installing and maintaining, they just plant or spread seed and leave. Honestly, I have not seen anything they do well.

From the owner: Balanced Environments, Inc. provides the best solutions to meet all landscape budgets for…read morecommercial property managers and homeowners associations throughout Chicagoland, Southern Wisconsin and Northwest Indiana. We work to balance environmental management with the highest levels of curb appeal to meet any budget. We Provide Creative Landscaping Solutions. We are an award-winning and industry certified company for landscape maintenance, design and installation service.