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Jeff G.

Do yourself a favor and stay away from this company. The stairs they built to my basement apartment fell apart under my feet while I moved furniture in. They came to check them, acknowledged that they were built incorrectly (4 stairs in a space that should only have 3), confirmed the person who built them had been let go, then sent a crew that simply glued them back together in the same place. Since then, Juan and Alex have been unresponsive for months. The entire project was full of false promises. The original quote was for two cement staircases, a cement walkway and a new railing. After they demoed my old cement (a week before they were supposed to start the project while I wasn't home), they told me that hard stone was the only option and cement could not be done. They refused to find a subcontractor to build the railing, so I had to source my own. I've been holding back this review in the hopes that they would fix their work, but the time has passed and others need to know. This is the worst experience I've had with a contractor.

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Julie M.

I have dreamed of this patio for YEARS - and finally S&S made it become reality. Four companies gave us a bid, but S&S were the only ones who could start in my timeframe (1 month out). Alex was so enthusiastic and shared my passion for what our back yard could be. We had a few hiccups, but when I was clear with my expectations, Juan and Alex were responsive and respectful, truly wanting us to be happy with the job. The work was done well and finished on time, despite a small delay with supplies. It is beautiful!

As some of the other reviews point out, they are rather terrible at communicating, sloppy with the quote, hours late when they were supposed to come.. After they came the first time to check out my property, they initially took a while to send a quote. Once the quote arrived, it was obviously wrong: it was showing a price of $0 for a new fence. I had to point it out, and it took them over a week until they fixed it and send a second quote. But it turns out the second quote had more mistakes, this time with the materials that should be used for the project. I tried to call them, leave voicemails and emailed them every business day for a week until someone finally got back to me to tell me they'd need to come to my property a second time to take measurements. The day he was supposed to come, at 8.45am he called me and said he'll be at my property "within 30 minutes". At 11.20am he had not shown up yet. See attached screenshot. Not even an apology. Needless to say, I decided not to go with these guys for my project.

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Soil & Stone did a amazing job with our back yard project. Couldn't be more happier with the outcome.

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Soil & Stone were fast, professional, and affordable! I will definitely work with them again on future projects. Highly recommended

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