We had a very positive experience working with Alex and his crew at CH & L for a big backyard…read moreremodel last year. They built an outdoor kitchen and constructed a large raised seating area on a new concrete pad. Porcelain tiles and travertine pavers were installed in place of our old aggregate concrete patio as well as raised flower beds and new landscaping. Everything was completed with a competence and consideration of our preferences. The crew was very hard-working and polite. I also appreciated how Alex was flexible and worked with our timeline and always ready to work with us to solve any issues that came up. Highly recommend.

I have to take off one star from my original review because after 4 months our concrete patio is…read morestill splotchy when completely dry - despite promises that it would cure out evenly. It's very disappointing that things were not mixed properly and this is something we will be able to fix on our own .

We needed to replace our raised wooden deck and were looking for a replacement and adjacent…read morelandscaping that would address critical drainage issues. We met with Lund landscaper Taylor Hawkins to discuss options. He came back with a really great preliminary design that matched all our wants and needs. We suggested a small change and he finalized a really great design. Since we already had a stone terrace and wanted to optimize the budget, we chose to match our existing look and Taylor's design addressed all our needs: Most important to us, improved drainage and gravel instead of grass; a continuous paved patio where the raised deck once stood, giving us a more useable, flat surface all the way to the terrace steps, and finally, plantings that enhanced our existing landscape, an upgrade to the sprinkler system and bonuses like a seat wall to expand the use of the patio for guests. Lund even took existing pavers that were removed from the old build and used them to create a circular patio in an area that had been useless before. Lund's talented team were on time, every day, all day. We had one or two weather delays, but if it wasn't pouring, they were there working. If one part couldn't be done due to rain, they moved to something else they could do under shelter. It was like that with every part of the project. Taylor provided guidance, Raphael was an amazing craftsman who installed the pavers with the most amazingly accurate drainage (including additional drainage and water for our potted patio roses), new circular patio and retaining wall. Likewise, Martine built the most beautiful steps for us and finished up the seat wall, Manuel handled the dig out, drainage and gravel work, Angel ordered the plant material and marshalled the guys who planted everything (they were fantastic), and he and Rodrigo also handled the sprinkler system to all the existing plantings and left extra nodes available for future plants. If anyone was left out, please forgive, because the entire workforce were all professional, understanding, and always ready to assist and make a change if necessary. You can't do a project where you dig up your yard and not find the unexpected. Lund was very responsive and immediately addressed any issue, found a resolution, and it was done, usually within a day or two at most. We received everything we paid for, and more. We are currently enjoying the fruits of their labor! We would definitely use Lund Landscaping again and, in fact, we have already received a future quote for some changes we are contemplating on our fountain. Thank you again, Lund Landscaping, for your great work! Because of you, our family's Easter celebration was so inviting, they didn't want to go home!

We recently had a portion of our backyard done by Dana Lund. We are very happy with the results,…read morethe patio extension (stair, walkway and concrete work) matched our original design. Marco and his crew were very professional, timely and kept the place clean and neat. They checked in with us occasionally to ensure we were happy with their performance. We are using them again to replace our back fencing given the positive experience. They are pleasant to work with and we would recommend using them.

DPG Design & Build exceeded all my expectations. Their team was professional, detail-oriented, and…read morepassionate about their work. They transformed my outdoor space into my dream backyard garden.The computer aided concept design created by Kelvin to the final result everything "met or exceeded" our expectations. This project went under Rick's leadership, his sole motive was to deliver quality work and keep client happy ALWAYS Communication was seamless, and they kept me updated every step of the way.There were no surprises or add ons to the bill. If you're looking for a top-tier landscape design and build company in the East Bay, DPG is the best choice. Highly recommend!

I am surprised to be the first reviewer for this company--these folks are fantastic!!! I hired…read morethem on a referral from HOUZZ when I was looking for a landscaper to redo my front yard in a Japanese garden style. They designed and installed the "Epicurious Restaurant" garden in Berkeley, so I had a sense of their work. Their landscape designer, Kathleen Walters was awesome--she listened to what I wanted and nailed the design on the first try--I loved everything about it--dry creek bed, natural stone walking path and bridge and appropriate landscaping, including several Japanese Maple trees. Once approved, we selected plants and then in a couple months DPG crew arrived to rip out my old tired lawn and landscape and install everything, include bolder placement and wiring up and installing a tsukbai fountain, outdoor lighting, and timer irrigation. They also replaced my cracked cement driveway with a beautiful patterned paver layout that complements the landscaping. They were professional and went above and beyond. I cannot recommend them highly enough--I would give them more stars if I could.

My front yard in Lafayette is just beautiful thanks to Maverick and his crew. I get so many…read morecompliments from my neighbors and I am enjoying it so much. Thank you Amy

Best in the area. Highly recommended for any project and dream backyard. Great communicationread more

We purchased a home with a huge backyard and so much potential -- but it was completely overgrown,…read moreand it was hard to envision what could truly be done with the space. From the moment I reached out to Pat, we connected right away. He is incredibly knowledgeable about landscape design, layout, and all things plants. He really helped us see what was possible. Pat then introduced us to Ricardo, who is the expert in hardscape, mechanical work, and overall execution. Ricardo and his team worked tirelessly to demo our backyard. Once it was cleared, we finally saw how much usable space we truly had -- and we even uncovered a view! We were so pleased with the entire process -- from design to execution -- and absolutely love the end result. Working with Pat and Ricardo was seamless, professional, and collaborative. We're already looking forward to having them transform our front yard next. We highly recommend Universal Pavers for anyone looking to reimagine their outdoor space!

We started off by calling for an estimate. Pat came over and reviewed our design plans, listened…read moreto our concerns, shared many great suggestions, and then gave us a reasonable quote for our backyard project. His knowledge of plants is extensive, and he also helped us with many practical design elements. Ricardo and his crew worked very hard in transforming our yard. They put in a drainage and irrigation system, a PVC deck with lighting, paver patios, artificial grass, and a variety of plants. His attention to detail and getting things right even when it added to his labor and material costs was appreciated. The quote was more reasonable than 2 other quotes and there were no "surprise and add-on costs." We are very happy with the high quality of the work, the affordable cost, and the beautiful result of the project and highly recommend Pat & Ricardo with Universal.

I am very pleased with the installation of pavers for my side and back yards by The Paver Guys…read more(TPG). 1200 sq ft of 50 year old concrete needed to go. 3 bids received, and I selected TPG based upon reviews, the best price, and warranted work. They showed up on Friday and finished on the following Wednesday. Very hard workers. They kept the work site orderly. Always had a crew foreman on-site and I also met with the project manager daily. I now have proper drainage in my yard which was not thought of when my house was built in the 60's. Yes, this type of job makes your yard a construction zone (tracked dirt, stacks of pavers, piles of gravel, cement dust) for a few days but the end product is so worth it. A beautiful result. My back yard is now a place I can look forward to using. All around, a great group of people to work with. I highly recommend them.

If you only read one sentence of my review it should be this: Stay far away from the Paver Guys…read more Spare yourself the aggravation, the headaches, the poor quality, and your weekends fixing the crap the Paver Guys create and stand by. Your project will be an absolute headache from beginning to end. James G's review from 8/4/2021 was exactly like our experience. Instead of doing things the right way, Brian took shortcut after shortcut to cut costs and was never around while his foreman made one dumb decision after another with our project. For most of the project, I was doing quality control for Brian and texting him when his contractors were screwing up. Brian will promise you everything you want to get the deal, but then he'll barely be around to oversee the project and his clueless forman will run the show. Here are some of the highlights (see pictures as evidence): 1. We asked for a specific fire pit during the quoting process with a link and picture of the brand and size, included it in our permit, and communicated with brian via text. At no point during the build did Brian tell us we weren't getting what we asked for. He came up with a pathetic cheap, and unsafe solution. We asked him to fix it repeatedly and had to threaten to take him to small claims court, and threatened to report him to the BBB. This is the type of person Brian is. He wasn't upfront with us about what he was doing and tried to hide his pathetic firepit solution that we didn't want. We ended up settling for the size he delivered and I had to redesign the burner support system and pay for it myself just so i didn't have to deal with Brian again. 2. Project started over a month late, Brian blamed it on the rain even though it rained once between when we signed the contract and our supposed start date. 3 We repeatedly asked Brian prior to the project start to ensure all dirt and debris from the demo was hauled away and not dispersed in our yard. Brian of course dispersed concrete chunks in our yard. 4. No porta potty provided for his workers. (where did they go to the bathroom). Cost cutting measure i'm sure. 5. We had a plumber lined up to do all plumbing work like removing 2 cleanouts from the side of our house. Brian said he could do it, and then offered up a horrible solution to hide our cleanouts we wanted to remove. As an engineer i couldn't let it slide and i had to do the plumbing myself. Brian wanted to cut the cleanout branch off and glue an ill fitting "blank" on and jam a paver against it to secure it. This is not even remotely close to how a cleanout should be removed. I spent 2 nights of my personal time doing the plumbing for the project. 6. They broke my sprinkler manifold after repeatedly being warned to protect the pipes / manifolds. Brian refused to fix it because "it was in bad shape" . So I had to spend the weekend doing it myself. 7. Foreman tried to convince me that it was ok to Build the patio without removing a 4" x 6' concretre pad that was found 3 inches under the soil. I had to call Brian and inform him and tell the foreman why this would cause uneven settling of the patio 7. They didn't use a wet saw to cut the pavers and covered our trees, house, etc... with dust. Never cleaned it up. 8. During the 2nd and 3rd redo of our firepit (yes they had to rebuild our firepit 3 times) they drilled and cracked the topper stones on our fire pit. They replaced them and used cardboard to shim pavers in our firepit. Yes, CARDBOARD IN A FIREPIT was deemed ok by the forme 9. The workers locked the burner valve to our firepit in concrete pavers so that it if the valve failed we would have to chip out the pavers to replace the valve. Again, if he used the fire pit kit we asked for it would have been installed correctly and easily serviceable. 10. After Brian told me he didn't need me to manage his project his workers built a section of our patio to the wrong size, which Brian of course didn't catch so I had to point it out to him so they could fix it. 11. One month after "project completion" the polymeric sand collapsed into the cracks between our pavers. This was caused by Brian and his team rushing to finish the job and not taking the time to actually fill the gaps properly. Instead of Brian sending someone out to fix it, HE TOLD ME HOW TO FIX IT. After calling him out on that and the numerous other issues he sent someone out to fix the polymeric sand issues. They of course used the wrong color polymeric sand, lol. 11. Brian convinced my wife that a whistling firepit was normal and told us he used non-whistling tubing and we should just keep it on low. After inspection he didn't use non-whistling tubing eventhough he said he did. He took final payment from my wife fully knowing he didn't deliver what we asked for without telling us, and delivered an inferior quality fire pit. I have had to redo all the tubing on the firepit to prevent it from whistling.

Updating my review after months of no one answering my calls for guaranteed warranty repairs-, I…read moredecided to reach out to their social media via instagram. The owner quickly responded and gave me his direct phone line to call and text. A week or so after explaining the issues and sending photo repairs- repairman were dispatched to my home. The repairs were done in a matter of days. My husband and I are pleased with their work and are truly grateful that they kept up with their warranty. I want to note that it had never been a problem in the past (since 2022) to get repairs done to my pavers -some delays but communication was always open and honest until this year. My previous review was due to their lack of maintenance service and communication.

Revising my review to excellent. I just spoke to the owner. He apologized for not reaching out to…read moreme earlier because the company transitioned to new phone system within the last 2 weeks, hence, no return calls back to me. I was having issues with some pavers settling and not level. Junior will schedule and correct issues. I was pleased with their installation in 2019 and hope to continue with their service in the future .

Transformative experience! Our backyard project was a long time coming--between demoing it myself…read moreand getting initial plans from Yardzen, a couple of years had passed. When it came time to build, I found All Around The Garden on Yelp and decided to take a chance. I am so glad I did. From day one, Anthony was professional, punctual, and remarkably responsive. Even though we brought pre-made designs, Anthony didn't just blindly execute them. He walked the property with me and suggested thoughtful adjustments that suited our actual space so much better. His crew was always on time, incredibly courteous, and refused to cut corners. The final result is absolutely stunning, and we can finally enjoy our outdoor space for years to come. I cannot recommend Anthony and All Around The Garden highly enough!

We had a great experience working with Anthony and the team at All Around the Garden. They…read morepreviously helped us remove a large amount of overgrown plants and dead grass, so when we decided to completely clear out and remodel our backyard, they were the first company we called. Anthony was quick to respond and schedule a walkthrough to discuss our ideas. He helped us develop a plan, recommended materials that would work best, and provided honest advice about which plants would and wouldn't thrive based on what we wanted. Their pricing was fair compared to other companies, and the project was completed on time. They even followed up a couple of weeks later to make sure everything was still looking great. We're very happy with how our backyard turned out and would absolutely recommend Anthony and All Around the Garden to anyone looking for reliable and fairly priced landscaping services.