Very happy with our gorgeous new fence and automatic gate by HandyMaestro! Dmitrii was a pleasure…read moreto work with--always helpful and patient. The project was completed quickly and at the quoted price. Although this was not the lowest quote we received, Dmitrii's honesty during the consultation phase helped earn our trust. (He accurately flagged that one idea we had in mind for our project--adding stucco over existing cinderblocks--should first be evaluated by a masonry expert. He was right: we consulted a masonry expert who confirmed that the stucco would not have lasted long on that surface, and it would've been a waste of money. Other fence companies were willing to do the stucco work and didn't alert us to the need for a masonry expert.) We will be coming back to HandyMaestro for our future fence projects.

Dimitry and his team were absolutely amazing and we highly recommend them. They fence my entire…read moreproperty and two gates with the black aluminum fences. The fences and gates are so clean and modern looking. Top quality, excellent workmanship and professional. We highly recommend them! My property was a difficult job with the hillside but they did an amazing job! Thank you Dimitry.

My backyard was so overgrown with weeds that i think criminals used it as a place to hide from the…read morepolice helicopters. The front yard, once blooming with birds of paradise, sweet peas, roses and avocados became a sorry, shabby mess. The neighbors probably wondered if anybody lived there anymore-- and they were on the right track... The place had been deserted for months, and the neglect took its toll on my lawn and blooming plants. I was at a loss. With no time to do the yard work myself and no referrals coming through, I rolled the dice and called Tierra Verde. My luck had otherwise ran out, but any luck I had left found the kind, caring people at Tierra Verde. They are wonderful and professional. I am so pleased with the yard now. It looks terrific, and it only took them a couple days to come through with fabulous results. They even did me a favor and hauled away some junk in the yard along with the massive amounts of asparagus fern and dried weeds. My fruit trees are beginning to get healthy again, and the roses are pruned to perfection. So, sorry petty criminals of SGV. You'll have to find somewhere else to hide. My place is no longer a jungle-y mess! You get what you pay for, and these guys are worth every penny...

After reading good reviews we called them for an estimate. Paul arrived and walked through our…read morebackyard. He then proceeded to say he needed $1250 for plans. Seriously? What a waste of time. Why would I give you that so you could put my dimensions into your software and in 5 minutes you'd have plans. He wouldn't even give a ballpark for what the project would cost. Call someone else. While Erica is great at her job and he response was fantastic from her business perspective it doesn't change the facts. If my budget was 5k why would I give you $1250 to plan a backyard that will take 40k to complete? Not logical. Had the company said they could come up with a plan in a specific budget that would be more reasonable. But to just throw money into some plan that could be five times our budget is ignorant.

Hired this contractor about 5 months ago to seal coat my driveway. To this day my driveway looks…read morebeautiful. Great quality. I will definitely be coming back to him later for my backyard turf area. Very satisfied & good price .

These guys are very professional and do a good clean job. I hired them to do an asphalt job and I…read morewould definitly work with them again and recommend them to anyone needing asphalt or landscape work

They did amazing work and their communication was great. I had a pretty complicated fence project…read moreto do and Jonathan was very helpful in figuring it out.

As a professional designer for many years, I have to say that Jonathan completely exceeded my…read moreexpectations on this project. He is an excellent and professional carpenter, prompt, responsible, and, to top it off, super friendly. He built two gorgeous decks and a fence for my latest project. For reliable, impeccable quality, I highly recommend him! As a professional designer for many years, I have to say that Jonathan completely exceeded my expectations on this project. He is an excellent and professional carpenter, prompt, responsible, and, to top it off, super friendly. He built two gorgeous decks and a fence for my latest project. For reliable, impeccable quality, I highly recommend him!

Enrique and his crew are amazing. They replaced all our old irrigation - installed new sprinkler…read morelines for the grass and drip irrigation for the planter beds, and new brass valves. They removed our old worn out, overgrown plants and installed a gorgeous new landscape (plant selection by JW Garden and Design who was equally wonderful!). He also installed new black metal edging and gorgeous landscape lighting. The quality of their work is phenomenal. Extremely hard working and knowledgeable, great to work with. So glad we met Enrique, we felt we were in really good hands throughout the whole project. Will for sure use him again for future projects. Highly recommend.

When we bought our first home in 2021, we inherited a St. Augustine lawn in the front of our home,…read moreand a bermuda lawn with overgrown blackberries in the back. We spent a lot of money on monthly gardening to help keep up the lawn, and a lot of money on water to irrigate the lawn. We soon realized that we needed to make some changes that were more sustainable so we could keep up our yards more easily and frugally. We had the great luck of meeting Enrique at Solex Landscaping through a landscape architect. Over the past 4 years, Enrique has helped completely transform our outdoor space. It has gone from barren and overgrown to beautiful and useful. Our gardens are my favorite part of our home. They are easy to maintain, we save money on our water bill and we can grow veggies year round. Solex Landcsaping is run by Enrique Vazquez, who is timely, professional, and meticulous. He is a talented landscaper, but also has fantastic ideas about design and can help with fencing, lighting and irrigation. Everything that Solex has done in our yards has come out looking incredible. He always quotes us a fair price and overdelivers. If you need a trustworthy, diligent and conscientious landscaper to help you with transforming your outdoor space, I cannot recommend Solex Landscaping highly enough!

This is a review long overdue, like a year overdue. My apologies to Nick and the gentlemen who put…read morethe vinyl fence up for me and my neighbors. So, here's the long story shortened, I found out that my neighbors had about three feet of my property on their side. There was this decrepit wooden fence that was built prior to my buying my home. I went through the legal requirements to confirm, give notice, and they agreed to split the cost of a new fence with placement on the common boundary line. I found Nick on Yelp. We negotiated a fair price, I gave him a copy of the legal survey, informed him that my neighbors would split the cost and we all met in person. He professionally and politely drew up contracts for both parties, splitting the cost as agreed. The day of construction, my neighbors pretended like they didn't know what was happening and secretly tried to get the men to build the fence on my property line instead of the agreed upon common boundary line. Of course, the guys had the survey and instructions from the initial meeting and upon arrival all had been confirmed again, so the foreman came to me to once again confirm the placement of the fence. I told him it was the agreed upon common boundary line in front of my neighbors who were trying to pull an illegal move. When they realized I wasn't budging on the placement, my neighbors began yelling, screaming and calling me all kinds of names. They even went so far as to lie about our initial agreement and the legitimacy of the survey in an attempt to get the guys to abandon the project. It was a circus and clusterpluck! As someone who is well raised, I refused to join in on the idiocy. Instead, I just reminded the men about the survey and initial discussions. I refused to be intimidated or harassed into giving away land I bought and legally own. The foreman and gentlemen working remained calm, polite, professional, and completed the work as contracted. They did not let any of the craziness from my neighbors distract them from the plan. The foreman even told me not to worry about anything because they had the survey and also, he wouldn't let my neighbors physically touch me (it was a male neighbor who initially began the threats and verbal attack and his girlfriend came out and added on to the wildness). I appreciated the professionalism and the assurance of physical safety as my neighbors showed their crazy, psychotic side. I was shocked, but these men were so cool and collected. They truly focused on finishing the job early (possibly because of the neighbors behavior) and doing it well. I have nothing but respect for them. I guess they see this happen all the time with property line disputes, but wow, how amazing they were in all the commotion. They are so nice that they even gave pointers to my neighbors for free to help them in construction for stairs since the neighbors could no longer use the ones by the fence once I got my property back. It was an attempt to calm the neighbors and make them see reason instead of attacking a female for no reason. I mean, how professional and nice. They didn't have to do that at all, but they are good people. These are the type of folks you want working for you and assisting you in your home renovation. True gentlemen who are craftsmen. The fence is beautiful and built perfectly on the common boundary line. My backyard is bigger and looks great. The fence alone has helped raise my property value and that of the crazy neighbors. My family and friends and even strangers have commented on how nice my house and the fence looks. I have constantly recommended Nicks Vinyl to my friends and anyone who mentions fences. They use top notch materials, they are able to work well and professionally with extremely weird and negative behavior around them, and they make sure they follow the terms of the contract and aren't persuaded to do anything illegal or harmful to their client. I respect this company and those men a lot. As a woman who owns her own place and who has had to deal with a lot of people trying to take advantage or intimidate me into releasing things that are legally mine, it was nice not to worry about this one thing that meant so much to me. When I look at that fence and see my new, bigger backyard, I am filled with joy and a feeling of overcoming. Thank you, Nick's Vinyl for going above and beyond on this job site.

This has been one of the most frustrating contractor experiences I've ever had. I signed my…read morecontract and paid my deposit in September and was told the work would begin within 2-3 weeks. Instead, nothing started for over a month -- and only after I repeatedly followed up asking what the delay was. Communication was consistently poor. I had to chase updates instead of receiving them proactively. After becoming frustrated, I requested a change in materials. Only then was I told the delay was due to materials -- something that should have been communicated upfront. Even two weeks after making that change, still no work had been done, yet I was asked for a large additional advance payment. By month three, work finally began -- but only partially, because not all materials had arrived. Weeks later, the front gate was installed. Upon final inspection, the vinyl walls noticeably move. When I questioned this, I was told they "need to settle." It has now been months since installation, and the vinyl still moves. The front gate is visibly lopsided, and the overall workmanship appears rushed and sloppy. I have made multiple requests for these issues to be corrected. Each time, I am met with excuses and no real effort to resolve the problems. I paid in good faith and expected professional communication, quality workmanship, and accountability. Instead, I experienced delays, poor communication, and unfinished or substandard work. Based on my experience, I cannot recommend this business.

I called Luis on Friday 10/5/18 because we had two leaky sprinkler valves in the front of the…read morehouse. I needed to have someone come fix or replace the leaky valves the same day. I connected with Luis in the morning and he was working on another job in another city. By sending him detailed pictures fo the valves he was able to buy replacements and was at my house in the afternoon the same day and the job took about half an hour to complete. He charged a little extra because it was short notice and he had to go out of his way. We got the work we needed done in the time that we wanted it done. Very pleased with Luis' response. Will definitely keep him in mind for future landscaping projects.

Luis transformed our hillside landscape that had been made inaccessible mess after a storm brought…read moredown huge trees that destroyed large sections of the garden. The garden is now a delightful walk among new plantings. While the garden is very attractive I know that the infrastructure required to maintain a hillside area was also installed. The project was expensive but Luis provided all receipts for the quality materials purchased. These materials accounted for a significant proportion of the costs. I am very happy with my "new" garden.

We usually do most of our own home repairs, gardening, and DIY projects. One thing we could not do…read moreourselves was replace our circa 1917 old cracked 82 feet long driveway and widen our 7' driveway approach (with a steep angle of approach designed for a model-T) to a new 12' wide City standard driveway approach with less than 8 degrees angle of approach. We would need a licensed contractor who could work within the City of Alhambra's public-right-of-way. We started calling for quotes in early April of 2014 and A.F.R. Masonry, Alex Diaz, gave us our second lowest bid out of 6 bids. Alex was the only contractor who said he would honor his bid longer than 60 days. The City of Alhambra would definitely need more than 60 days to complete the relocation of a water meter that was in the way of a new driveway approach. I liked the fact that Alex said he had his own digger (to break and haul concrete) and he was based locally in El Monte. His bid price was a definite draw (one of our highest bids from another general contractor was more than triple the amount of Alex's). So after the water meter was relocated we called Alex and he said he was available to do our job within two weeks and could complete the job in approximately 6 working days. The job is just finishing up today and I just had to write up this review. I have been waiting a long time to be able to drive into my driveway without hitting my tires on the curb face. The new no frills driveway is so much more pleasant to look at then our old cracked and patched driveway. The only thing that other homeowners might have an issue with would be that during the construction, the job-site (my yard) was left with construction materials overnight. But I am definitely fine with dealing with unsightly construction materials overnight during construction for Alex's bid price. It all gets cleaned-up in the end. The work was done on time and on budget! Alex did not complain about having to deal with the large magnolia tree roots adjacent to the driveway approach. He listened to our concerns and made sure they were addressed. The craftsmanship of the concrete work with proper forms, slopes, and finish was definitely on point. I am very happy with the job well done.

Alex Diaz is very experienced with his work, great attitude & knowledgeable…read moreProfessional &honest. He completed the new driveway with 1200 sq. Ft. in 1.5 days, sooner than expected&that's exceptional! Workmanship & the team were on time & efficient. Fair price & quality work . Highly recommend his services without any reservations!