Silva's did an okay job on my landscaping job, but if you are considering using them, I would strongly suggest that your contract is clearly defined in exact detail, and that he works according to those specifics. Do not pay him in full until the entire job has been examined!! I made the mistake of paying him when he showed up unexpectedly at my work asking for final payment sight unseen. I paid him because he had come recommended by my builder. When I went to see the job he did, I found the fence was three feet instead of the four feet specified in the contract, the "gate" was a flimsy piece of fencing that had crooked, hand cut ends with no end caps, and no supports. It also did not close properly because the latch did not line up properly. I was led to believe that the that the fence was going to match the nice heavy-duty vinyl fence that ran down the opposite side of the house, but instead it was a very cheap fence with very wide spacing between spires. Our contract states "4 foot vinyl fence with gate", but the fence is only three feet high and the "gate" is not really a gate. Looking back, I should have made him specify that the fence would match the existing fence on the property. When I called to bring these things to his attention, he literally YELLED at me telling me that I didn't pay him enough for him to come back (as if I was the one who quoted the job!!) and that he is not doing anything for me "for nothing"!! I was floored. For the next 6 weeks I texted him weekly asking when he was going to get there to fix the gate. He kept saying "this week" or "next week", but 2 months passed before he sent "his guy" to fix it, but his guy supposedly didn't have the correct drill bit so he did nothing. Weeks went by again, He said that "they don't make gates" and that they have to be made with the fencing (really?? I see plenty of real gates!). He said he would fix the latch and put end caps on the ends of the makeshift gate, but he didn't do so. Instead he texted me saying that he added a couple of screws to secure the latch, and that he now did all he was going to do and that the end of our "business relationship". This is all done on text messaging which I saved. For this reason, I would not recommend him. His customer service etiquette is sorely lacking, which to me says he does not take pride in his work. It is for this reason that I would not recommend him. read more