Decades of experience in land development & management in central Texas. Mitch was efficient and…read morereliable. Mitch and Christian helped build a farm road (see photos), clear a homesite, cut a half mile of trail, remove invasive trees and clean up natives. Mitch knows how to manage uneven terrain and erosion control in central Texas and was able to walk me through a range of options. You'll find the upfront pricing from Hill Country Retaining Walls is on the higher end of peers. After a couple projects, I've found it ends up being worth it to go with an experienced and efficient crew (Mitch and Christian) who can handle the unexpected issues that come up in any project.

Expectations were set based on previous reviews. Mitch failed to meet those expectations. I was…read moreleft with the impression that he is not trustworthy to do a job right. If you go to craigslist you'll find numerous bobcat/skidsteer services available. They charge from $425 to $550 per day. For road base the cost varies based on driving distance. In my case the cost is about $25/ton. It's about 1.5 tons per yard of material. For these services you'll have to be very specific and supervise the work. But, in the end it is a time based service and you get what you pay for. For my job I agreed to pay Mitch significantly more than the above amounts, easily 2x the labor costs. Why would I do that? Well, I did not want to manage the job. I was looking for someone that knew what they were doing that I could trust to do the work right. I wanted the work done once. I did not want to be in a position of having to call someone else out in the near future to rework the work. Based on the reviews and his other business that does retaining walls I figured it was a safe bet to go with Mitch. I had two parts to my agreement with Mitch. Individually, these were well compensated. After the first part I pointed out deficiencies to Mitch as he asked for the first payment. He assured me he would be back out to get these remedied. After that meeting he said some things that made me suspect of the second part of the work not being done right. I asked for either assurance (guarantee) or slight delay (wait for rain to ensure placement accurate). Mitch's reaction was insightful of his true character, he became argumentative about outstanding work and refused to own his future work. He was being completely inflexible. He agreed to meet to review and discuss. That agreement only lasted until his first check cleared. Then he turned into a ghost. No text message replies and calls blocked straight to voice mail. In the end I'm lucky. I only ended up overpaying for half the job which he never finished completely. If I had allowed him to work, as he insisted, on the second part of the job that part would have ended up a complete waste of money as it is obvious his planned solution was wrong and I would have had to have the work completely redone.

I worked with Two Men and a Hoe on my recent home project, they exhibited amazing skill and were…read moreextremely professional! They got the project done in great time, and within budget. Their attention to detail was incredible. Two Men and a Hoe was an incredible company to work with. I will recommend them to all my friends for any future projects!

We had to think carefully about how to write a review good enough to adequately describe our…read moreexperience with Two Men & A Hoe. We have a large, rustic property that has very rough terrain, and we are trying to turn it into our home. We needed to create outdoor living space and correct some significant problems with drainage and elevation. Before we started work with Two Men & A Hoe, we had some ideas of what we wanted to achieve, but we thought everything about our property was either too expensive or impossible. As soon as they started work, they quickly made us realize that nothing was really impossible, and there were many solutions within our budget. From that point onward, they took every idea we had and made it better than what we had even hoped. They solved problems and provided creative ideas to generate options beyond what we thought possible. All the while, they were very mindful of our time and our budget. Since our fist job with them, we have had them out several times as our ideas have grown, and we will probably have them out again for future projects. The end result is this: we are simply overjoyed. Before Two Men & A Hoe, our outdoor space was not usable. Their skills and problem solving have created outdoor living spaces that we now enjoy every single day. Their work is simply awesome. There is no better way to describe it.

Great work at a fair price! Can't say enough about their communication and flexibility, too…read more Georgetown had everyone jumping through hoops to get the ok to proceed with the demo of a largish outbuilding (30-year-old, dilapidated art studio) in our backyard, but Keith and Wolf stayed the course. They kept me posted along the way and still got the job not only done sooner than expected but under the quoted amount, too! Both of them were a pleasure to do business with as well, nice folks!

My backyard was an absolute mess. A badly shaped, leaking, out of service pool, along with a pool…read morehouse that was disconnected and a lot of random trees that occupied the whole yard. I was taking bids for someone to demolish the pool and clear the land including the pool house, dead trees, and the pool house. I got about 5 bids fairly spread. However, I was sold because of Jeff and Annette's personalities. They showed up on a Harley, patiently took a look around the backyard, investigates with the city for permits and gave us a bid that was the lowest. Once the contract was signed, Jeff always showed up early, clean and respectful about the neighbors property. It was fun to see him demolish stuff and watch the passion with which he drove those CAT machines. All in all, I am thrilled with the work they did and would hire them in a heartbeat.

The absolute BEST customer service from a trades company I have ever experienced in my 11 years…read moreliving in Austin. David & Bill's communication was top notch. Pricing was beyond fair - the most reasonable quote by a far stretch. Other companies were trying to charge 2-4 times the amount. David was the most thorough and knowledgeable person when looking at my roof leak. He was the only person out of 4 roofer companies to climb into the attic and find the source of water intrusion. He and his crew were even willing to work with my schedule and did the roof repair on Sunday. I feel so lucky to have given Bill & David a call to check out my roof issue. I will highly recommend them to anyone and 10/10 will be going to them for any future roofing needs.

I reached out through Yelp and the owner, Bill replied very quickly. David, the owner's son came…read more He took the time to go into the attic to find the leak/hole, and then climbed the roof to show me the damage. The estimate was good value and I felt I could trust them. His staff member Oscar came out and did the repair. Afterward David returned to check the work. Oscar had missed the maintenance part of the job, so David had him come back the next day to finish it properly and they also sent pictures once everything was done. Overall I'm happy with the repair and would recommend them.

JT and his crew did the most amazing work clearing our land of cedars and scrub. I was blown away…read moreby the work ethic, the diplomacy, and the great deal. These guys came out and worked nonstop until everything was done. Afterwards, JT even asked us to take a look and make sure we were completely satisfied before leaving. Hands down: Lone Star is a 10 out of 10!

When they finally DID make it out there, after days of excuses, they 'completed' the job and didn't…read moresend a single pic (they knew we live 85 mi from the property). When we did get to our property it was barely touched (it was supposed to be cleared!) we were in shock! Barely any tree's taken down, and they weren't mulched as agreed upon, our GC has a tree/clearing guy and he said from the looks of how the trees on the ground were mangled that "they didn't know what they were doing". We ended up having to have another service come out to get the job done since we were now 2 days behind, they did the job correctly, trees gone, land cleared, tree's mulched. I should have known when they didn't/wouldn't send any pics! I offered to pay 1/2 since barely 1/2 the work was done in everyone's opinion.

Do not USE! Damaged our property with over 20,000$ worth of damage after we gave him plans,…read moreschematics, and drawings showing exactly where to dig and excavate. He hit a city gas main that was spraypainted YELLOW and he was warned several times to not dig 50ft within that area. The city showed up and he took off and pretended he was never on site. The city has banned him from working on any public or private work and there are several lawsuits against him from other customers for this exact same work. DO NOT USE. THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE AN EXCAVATOR

I called and called other soil and dirt companies but no one could compare the Hot Dirts prices and…read moredelivery times. Edgar and Marcie are super professional and friendly and got my order delivered on time. I just called them again today and they were able to squeeze me in for another urgent delivery tomorrow.

Everyone was fantastic, from Robert who quoted and sold the job, to Dustin who completed the work…read more They did such a great job of keeping all the debris from overflowing to my neighbors. And the job got done fast like they said. I would definitely use them again.

From the owner: With over fifty years of experienced service in the Central Texas area, Absolute Demolition is one…read moreof the leaders in the Austin and San Antonio demolition industry. Headquartered in Austin Texas with satellite offices in San Antonio and Corpus Christi to serve metro and surrounding areas.