Troy and his team were nothing short of amazing in many ways. My front yard looked like a barren wasteland, and as soon as Troy came to look at it he pointed out all the potential he saw in how beautiful it could become. I had already spent thousands on a landscaper several years ago so I explained to Troy that I wanted to try native plants this time as well as a few of the changes I had in mind. He spent a lot of time listening and making very valuable suggestions. Unlike the first round of landscaping, I decided to give him my budget, and then let him make the choices of plants. Each idea he ran by me I loved, and it was a very easy process in communication. Unlike my first landscaper, Troy was patient, full of great ideas, friendly, and showed excitement about the project. I have had many neighbors stop by and tell me how beautiful my yard looks, and I see people looking as they walk by. Troy also got me in touch with an irrigation expert he vouches for to help my troubleshoot my irrigation system that had. not worked for awhile. He sent me a great company that helped me fix this issues and now I'm able to easily water my newly sodded yard every day! Each time I come home or look out the window, I am in awe at how incredible he and his men made it look. I will be excited when the time comes to call and book the next project, the backyard! Thank you Troy and Yards Apart team! I am so very grateful for your hard work! Carrie Butcher read more

When renovating our front and rear yards, Yards Apart Landscaping provided an amazing service. Before placing our house on the market, our landscape badly needed an upgrade. We found Yards Apart Landscaping on Yelp after becoming frustrated with unresponsive landscapers. Within a few hours of our initial request, Sue answered. After a couple of emails, the owner, Troy, arrived at our door the same evening for a preliminary consultation. They worked quickly; we got a thorough price in less than 24 hours. Within a week of submitting the quote, they were able to start the project. Outstanding service was provided. Troy and Sue allowed us to select the items we wanted, and we ultimately decided to go with everything on their quote. Even in the sweltering Texas heat, a work that we expected would take a week to complete was finished in just two days by a tiny but incredibly effective team. And Troy was there, working alongside his group with his sleeves rolled up. Troy was incredibly professional and knowledgeable about plants. He identified our current plants with ease and seamlessly added new ones that properly fit the overall style of our yard. They completed the task ahead of schedule, and we were quite pleased with the outcome. In fact, we're so happy with their job that when our new construction home is ready, we'll get in touch with Yards Apart Landscaping once more. We strongly advise getting in touch with Yards Apart Landscaping if you want to improve your outdoor area. We can vouch to their responsiveness, professionalism, and competence based on our excellent experience. read more

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I highly recommend Yards Apart Landscaping. Troy, Sue, and their team provided exceptional service, and did a masterful job landscaping our entire backyard. From providing a competitive bid to completing the project on time. Yards Apart Landscaping truly lived up to their name. Well done! read more

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Wow! We had the best experience with Troy from Yards Apart! He was kind, experienced, and honest! This is a man you can trust! We highly recommend! Thank you, Troy!!! read more

Troy did a wonderful job taking our scattered thoughts and ideas about making our front yard more drought friendly and turning them into something we love and get lots of positive comments about. And when we let him know that some of the shrubs/perennials they planted in the fall did not survive the winter freeze he quickly evaluated what needed to be replaced and made it happen within a couple of weeks, even during the busy springtime. Both Troy and Sue make working with Yards Apart stress free. They did a great job communicating and keeping us aware of any delays or schedule changes. We will certainly use Yards Apart Landscaping again when we are ready to tackle changes to another part of our yard, or simply adding more mulch. read more

Troy and his team did an amazing job on our yard. We had a vague idea of what we wanted (tame/remove the overgrown hedges, more color in the garden beds, a solution to muddy patches on the sides of our house, etc) but we didn't have a clear vision of our own. Troy had wonderful ideas, and he took our desires and added so much personality to them! Now our yard is not only beautiful, but manageable as well. He was also very knowledgeable about issues that plagued the health of our grass, and he worked hard to fix them. He responded right away with a quote, and he and his team got a massive amount of work done way faster than I expected. Very high quality work for the price! read more

Troy and his crew deliver on what they promise. He has great ideas and knows his business. They are prompt, professional and do great work at a fair price. read more

It's rare these days that I'm happy enough with a product or service to write a review. Well this is one of those rare times. Yards Apart just finished up our project & we couldn't possible be any happier with the result. From the 1st. contact with their office manager, Sue, everything was done on time to our satisfaction. Troy is a master at working within your budget & very willing to help maximize your dollar. Our front yard is now just like we had always wanted, having Troy's advice made it so easy. Sure, get some other estimates, talk to other companies & you will understand just how exceptional Yards Apart is. As far as the several negative reviews, well I read them and even their reviews don't make any sense. I can only imagine trying to deal with people like that. So I ignored them and are so glade I did. Give them a call, see for yourself !! read more

Troy and Sue are great. Call backs, good communication and the estimate as promised within hours of reviewing our project. Our front garden looks terrific. Zero scape is not difficult but the day and a half job took them less than a day. Great advise on plants in our yard and how to work with the botched sod in our back yard. I will be calling Yards Apart for any future work our yard may need. Dependable and honest. read more

We loved working with Troy. We had no landscaping to speak of when he started, so he had a blank space to work with. Troy did an excellent job of listening to what we, the homeowners, wanted, while also offering his expertise. We ended up with a yard we get compliments on all the time! The landscaping and lighting are beautiful, and low maintenance. Troy is a genuinely nice guy, and really cares about his customers and making them happy. We have some crazy deer here that eat things that others don't, and he replaced those with no questions asked. He is creative with his solutions, and was patient with us changing our minds multiple times. Your yard will thank you for using Yards Apart! read more

And again like I told sue if I knew that my area was out of the the usual area for your company I would of gone with another company but that was never disclosed. The "free" estimates I'm sure I payed for them in my quote. I payed $6000 for this project and several things on the quote were completed but I was charged for them( weed barrier under deck). I guess your company isn't able customer service. I too am sorry I confided in your company and am now out $1000 of dollars and have a deck that is not safe. read more

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We indicated that this project should be designed to attract pollinators and birds. Troy, however, is not familiar with native plants and did not communicate that to us. He did not, apparently, do any research about plants to accommodate our request. We had him xeriscape our front yard. We now have various plants growing through a single layer of landscape fabric. One is highly invasive and was growing into the roots of nearby plants. Today we dug those plants up and threw them out. When we contacted him about this problem he came over, said he had never seen anything like it and said he would be going away for a while. That was three weeks ago. We also have to spray areas of our yard covered with river rock since plants are growing up through the landscape fabric. You never know when and if he is going to show up or how long he'll stay. read more

We worked with Troy and Sue for our landscaping needs. Troy was knowledgeable, listened well and designed our backyard space and front yard space very efficiently. He discussed the project every step of the way and was very flexible to our needs and ideas. Troy repaired and built a retaining wall, worked on tree trimming, designed portions of our front and back yard. He also constructed a private fence gate. He showed up promptly and worked efficiently. Sue was prompt in sending communications and scheduling. We highly recommend Troy and Sue for their professional, honest work on all things about landscaping. -Vidhya read more

We are so very pleased with the work done by Yards Apart Landscape. Our yard looks beautiful! Troy was very attentive to our questions and concerns and provided a very creative and attractive answer to all of our problem areas. They worked quickly and efficiently and we were more than happy with all that was provided for the cost of the job. They also did a really great job trimming our trees for a very reasonable price. We found Troy to be knowledgeable and very helpful in educating us along the way in what was being done and how to care for our new plants. We both wholeheartedly recommend this company for landscaping, tree trimming and they put a gate in our privacy fence. read more

For starters, I was told by the owner that Yards Apart took credit cards and he even described the "little white box you stick .into you cellphone" yet when I asked to pay the second half of my payment, before they completed the work, I was told they don't take credit cards. Had I realized they lied to me during our 1st meeting, they'd not have left with a check for half the job nor been hired. Sadly, I hired them. They'd appear and disappear at will, never giving me notice of when they were coming or going, leaving branches and plant debris al over my already stressed front grass for over a week which upset not only me and my husband but our neighbors, too. The owner never takes notes so his bids may look complete but he does what he wishes and consistently, with me, tried to add more to the bid almost daily. He does what he wishes when he wishes with little to no regard for what we agreed upon or what the bid stated. Plants I asked they not remove were removed and plants I asked them to remove are still growing. The bid included mulching all the beds yet they left the largest bed without any mulch along with two smaller beds, yet half-filled a bed with mulch that I specifically asked not be mulched! Worse, they used a mulch I specifically asked them not to use as my husband and neighbors are allergic. I showed it to them and was stunned, weeks later, to walk out and see our beds filled with it. He told me it wouldn't blow away with a leaf blower so would be easy to clean yet it has blown in our Austin evening wind. The soil he told me he'd use never came, at all. The bid also included hauling off wood from our backyard (it is all still there), removing all plants and debris next to the back fence, and they, too, are all still there. Every plant that was to be trimmed was hacked into no shape, at all. They look as if some large animal chewed them all. My clematis were all destroyed, even the ones in bloom. My Crepe Myrtles in front may never bloom again and look awful, and a huge Crepe Myrtle in the back is now in the shape of a tall stick! No branches, at all and hacked into in places: I am told it will die. Lunch trash and drink cans were left on the days they bothered to show up for me to clean up. Because the job was to last 3 days, in the 2nd week, I put into writing that I didn't want two trees cut out down so they could complete all else as I needed to leave town. They cut the trees anyway. The work was never completed, I paid them in full over 4 months ago. The owner never wrote down a thing I asked for even the two times he returned at the request of my many emails to please complete the job after I paid him. In fact, he made fun of his wife for bugging him about coming back to complete my work! He had the same bid in hand that I did yet seemed amnesiac when it came to finishing or even knowing a thing about it. Finally he did return after the 4 months of being paid in full, of coming back twice to see what wasn't completed, but with the idea to only cut that Crape Myrtle into a stick! I told him not to return without my stepping stones and without giving me warning and then wrote it but he showed up, anyway. 1/3 of the work is not, and will never be, done. When I wrote him that 1/3rd of the work was not complete, I got no apology or offer to repay me 1/3rd of the money but I did get something close to this: we want to offer you the best quality of landscape work available! Finishing the work would have brought that closer to a possibility but that didn't seem to cross his mind. which still astonished me! I was taken. We have now had to hire another company to try to salvage our once lovely yard. And two of our neighbors are very upset as our yard reflects on their yard. We always had people stop to tell us what a lovely yard we had but now they ask what ruined it. I tell them WHO ruined it. I've never been treated so unprofessionally! We treat all workers very well, usually pay ahead and in 22 years have never had a company leave the work unfinished or done in a way that wasn't just as we discussed until Yards Apart! I've never submitted a poor review about anyone before at any site because I've always been treated professionally by people who care about their work and use us for good references. Yards Apart isn't someone I'd rehire or recommend to anyone for anything, sadly, but they made the choice to do a poor and incomplete job. I wish I could have given this company no stars, at all. read more

DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY. I had a Terrible experience. After taking my deposit for a 3 day job, I was met with constant excuses for only 4 hours work and a bit of edging and a mess of a yard after 4 days. The WORST was the owner called me said his wife had misused my deposit and my job could not be finished unless I gave them additional funds!! I immediately asked for my deposit back even letting them have money for the 4 hours work. I have not received my money back and would not allow this unprofessional company near any yard. I did find a wonderful company and realized that Yards Apart was cutting corners on the jobs. DO NOT USE. I found out the hard way. read more

I had a vastly different experience than the other two reviews. During the bidding process Troy was the quickest, easiest to deal with and most thorough. Once I selected Yards Apart, they started almost immediately and completed a full backyard and front yard revamp in about two weeks. Troy had many creative ideas and developed and executed a backyard I am very happy with now. The communication was very good and we were constantly tossing ideas back and forth at each other. Troy was constantly at my home supervising and actually doing a lot of the work. I would highly recommend Troy and Yards Apart. read more

We have been thoroughly pleased with Troy at yards apart. He is attentive, creative, and will do whatever he can to make his customer happy and pleased with the work. We've had him plant trees, do landscaping, and do hardscaping. All of which we have been very pleased with. read more

Troy did an awesome job with our landscaping. He gave us lot of suggestions and ideas. He finished the project in a timely fashion as well. I highly recommend him for landscaping projects. read more

I would give them 6 stars if I could! The owner gave us creative ideas and did a landscape makeover on our side yard and gazebo. It originally looked like an over grown jungle. After they finished it looked AMAZING and completely cleaned and manicured! I did look at reviews from other sites that are impressive . . . I would highly recommend them! read more

Yards Apart did our neighbor's landscaping, and it came out beautifully. During the process, due to an error by the neighbor in delineating our property line, a trench and small wall were sloped several feet over into my family's yard. When it was corrected, there was a long scar in our grass, running from the sidewalk all the way to our fenceline. The owner assured us that when he was done, it would be repaired completely, and he was true to his word. The area was cleaned up, filled in, and overlaid with sod. More than a month later and you cannot see what was an unsightly mess initially. We are so grateful that this was a "non-issue" and was rectified so well. Thank you, Yards Apart. read more

I had a great experience! I was in the process of putting my house on the market to sell and the owner came by to assess my situation. I needed something done to front of my house as all the plants had been removed. He promptly had some great suggestions and then he completed the work right away! I would highly suggest using Yards Apart for any and all your landscaping needs... read more

I was very pleased with the job Yard's Apart did. They were quick to come out and Troy had a lot of creative ideas but was quick to listen to what I wanted. They showed up and knocked out the work quick and I hardly knew they were there till I stepped out to see the finished job. The quote was reasonable and the crew was very friendly. read more

I can't imagine anyone not being happy with Troy and his team. He came recommended from some good friends, and did not disappoint. Responded quickly, listened carefully, respected our budget; and then over-delivered. It's great to see someone that really takes pride in their work and is so focused on customer satisfaction :) They said they would do everything they could to be creative and deliver great results within our budget, and they did that and more! read more

I spent $14,000 and my yard is a complete disaster. Troy is a nice guy but doesn't know anything about plants or landscaping. He put crushed granite in my front yard and driveway even though they are on a slope. He should have know that most of the granite would wash away. He came back once after I complained many times and put in a few bricks to stop the granite from washing out but it didn't help. Most of the granite in my driveway is gone and the weed barrier is almost completely exposed. The granite in the walkway up to the house has washed out and the remains of cement he was supposed to have removed are exposed. With respect to plants, he does not have basic knowledge. He crammed my front beds full of plants and I had to tell him they were too crowded to grow. Had he even read the tag on the plants he would have known was putting in 3 times the number that could reasonable be expected to grow in the space. He planted plants with absolutely no regard to sun needs and since most of my beds are shaded, almost all the plants I paid for have died. He paid little attention to water needs as well and despite my request for drought tolerant plants, he put in a plant i normally see growing in ponds. He told me I would be able to sit down with him and chose the plants for the yard but instead he bought them without my input. In the backyard I asked for grass in the middle of the yard where there is some sun. He covered most of the yard in sod, where, of course, it cannot grow. He neglected to put weed barrier in some of the areas in the front and although he came back and put it in one area, he never returned to fix another, which is completely overrun with grass. When I hired him I told him I was concerned about having to weed the front if we used granite. He told me that if he did the work, I wouldn't have to weed. Even in the places where there is weed barrier, my yard is full of weeds. I can't keep up with pulling them. When I pull up to my house and see my yard I want to move because I can't afford to repair the damage that has been done. read more