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    Tom Kalin Excavation

    4.0 (1 review)

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    Brownscape - Boulder Work & PreCast Stair Set

    Brownscape

    (4 reviews)

    Let me start out by saying that my encounter with this company started out a little rocky. Lol, …read more After meeting with Robert about getting some stones placed he was very accommodating. He doesn't usually do this type of work according to his wife, but since the location was so close to his yard they agreed to place 4 stones to accent/border my yard. I picked um out and marked them. He showed up promptly Saturday morning and put them right where I wanted them even micro adjusting them to my specific liking, . Fantastic service. Not many people do that anymore, it's a good trait. Good pricing also. Keep up the great work bro. If I need bigger ones, I'll call you again. I highly recommend this company. ****6/20/23****MAD!!! UPDATE. Let me start out by saying my experience with the owner was fantastic easily likable guy with a great attitude. Took care of business professionally the way it should be done. Over the course of this job I've called them 7 times according to my phone call logs. Marcella has actually CALLED ME BACK 1 TIME OUT OF 7, THAT'S 14%. Not very good. This last time i called and spoke with her June 10th@2:53pm. She said I'll call you back Monday the 12th. At about 430pm I called and after not being called back and she said sorry I didn't get a chance to talk with him, I'll call you at noon Tuesday the 13th. It's now Tuesday the 20th and of course still nothing. I messaged her on Facebook and she had the never to say I never gave you a time id call you back. I write everything down so I don't make mistakes. I also don't like people who are dishonest. Just say your sorry and do better. Don't keep blowing me off. My word is my bond. I'm old school. I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY DUE TO LACK OF COMMUNICATION. The guy is fantastic but his wife's communication skills are terrible.

    If there were negative stars I would give them all. This is…read moreby far the WORST experience I have ever had with a "contractor ". Paid him to remove some structures on my property. I told him only rock, concrete and wood ash is allowed to be buried. "Oh yes of course we would never put anything else in the ground, we will take it all out to the recycling and transfer station". At first I thought he only did a terrible job cleaning up the job site!... until we started excavating for the foundation for our new house a few months later... My contractor called me and was very upset! He sent me pictures of all the garbage they found while excavating! It was horrific, seems like Brownscape just bulldozed the structures and pushed them in the existing hole where the foundation of the old house was. They just took a minimal amount to the transfer station and left insulation, plastic tarps, house wiring, wood structures, carpet, hoses, parts of the fridge and concrete and in the hole and covered it up with a few inches of dirt. After confronting him on the phone, he insulted me and called my ever name under the sun and told me that it was my fault that I wanted to build the new house in the same location as the old house.... I have talked to a few contractors about the incident and everybody agrees that what Brownscape did, is not common practice. If you need stuff done around your property and want a complete disaster and extra cost to clean up the mess, hire Brownscape, if you want it done right, then please don't.

    Kalin Excavating - Starting 2

    Kalin Excavating

    (9 reviews)

    Our sewer has been backing up for a few years requiring at least annual preventative rooter clean…read moreouts. This is due to having the dreaded 'orangeburg' sewer pipe. We obtained several bids with Kalin coming in at the lowest. I have to say there was a $5k spread on the bids which was kind of surprising being they were all doing exactly the same thing. The crew showed up pretty close to the time we were told but it was just a crew of two instead of the normal 3 to 4. As a result things went slower than expected, making the one day project push into the next day. All the work was done as expected and the two guys that were here were pretty nice guys. One thing that could have been better was communication. A pre-made document stating what to expect, when the crew will arrive, payment info etc would help them tremendously. It would be nice if they had put a note up at the alley entrance notifying neighbors a couple days in advance that the alley would be blocked. We've noticed their biggest competitor does this when working in alleys in our neighborhood. We also didn't find out they were pushing to the following day until late in the afternoon. It was good my wife happened to be off the 2nd day, otherwise there would have been an issue getting them into the house. I had to ask when they would show up on day 2 and was told 9am. At 8am they were ringing the doorbell without a courtesy call to notify my wife they were going to be early. These would be easy fixes that would alleviate some customer frustration. Overall a decent experience that ultimately gave a us a new sewer line that will hopefully last longer than me.

    I cannot recommend them based on my experience, as they did not respect my property. Complete lack…read moreof accountability. On top of ruining my yard, took boulders without permission when asked to leave them in the morning, but Chris will try to make you think he did you a favor. Wish I listened to the one star review. They offer a discount to leave a 5 star review. It feels unfair to the community. Pictures of what should have otherwise been an unaffected area with the premium I paid for trenchless. I cannot emphasize enough, it feels like they do not care.

    Tom Kalin Excavation - excavationservices - Updated May 2026

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