Hydrascope Engineering aka Machado Land Investment aka Irontree Consulting and Mitigation Owned by the same people, some of the same workers and board members. They state they have 35 years experience. They quote you $2500 to assist with code cases plus permit fees at approximately $1500. The final total cost was $18672.98 plus $2000 in administrative fees for the County of Riverside's Code Enforcement plus $303.50 for a citation (that they can mitigate for you for about $1200) plus it took 13 months to complete the work, the loss of the sale of the house plus they will scrap out thousands of dollars of 2 x 12 x 12s of pressure treated wood after it was agreed they would take it down and stack it up on the property. You can contact them multiple times and you get told "you were on my list to call" , get no new answers only that things are in progress. You can request a copy of the grading plans but you will never see it. But they can always contact you for money or more money. The initial quote of $2500 is to mitigate but apparently does not include administrative fees, use of their truck fee, phone call fees You will get 2 -5 invoices a month. They will blame delays on the County, the weather and payment. They will verbally tell you they will make a promissory note (as by now you have way exceeded $2500 with no progress) or state they will salvage your wood and stack it on the property but they apparently do not communicate with each other as their verbal word accounts for nothing. But the billing invoices come regularly. They will tell code enforcement dates of when permit numbers will be available, not do it and the you will end up with a citation that you can add to the never ending cost Some billing invoices will have the same dates, always seems to be an administrative fee bit different invoice numbers. And we aren't the only one check out Yelp under notrecommended read more

We contracted with Hydrascope in December of 2017 prior to selling our house in the LA area. We already had property in Anza, and planned on selling our house and having a doublewide built and installed on our property. We sold our house and did motorhome living while the property and permits were prepared by Hydrascope. Long story short...the new house was completed and ready for delivery in January, of 2019. However, Hydrascope was not ready to receive the house. They were not able to prep the property until May, 2019. The house was delivered in late May. Machado told us that we would be able to move in by August, after the utilities were hooked up by Hydrascope, and the permit process finalized. What a joke! It is now December, and we still do not have a certificate of occupancy. I have had to go to the County of Riverside to resolve permit issues that Hydrascope refuses to acknowledge. I have asked on numerous times, especially at the beginning of the project, for a construction calendar. Hydrascope is incapable of providing that. Hydrascope even said they completed their contract in October, long before they had even hooked up the utilities. To date, in mid December, almost six months after. The house was delivered, we are still waiting for electricity. I ended up having to make the arrangements for the propane. This contract with Hydrascope has been a DISASTER! Never in my wildest imagination did I think that we would be subjected to such incompetency and a grade of "F" in professionalism and communication. I won't get personal, but the office staff is terrible, and you can expect to get double billed and exorbitant change orders that should be part of your contract. They say some BS about only billing "Time and Material" and some other smoke and mirrors statement called "as built" billing, which I still don't understand. Bottom line...run as fast as you can from Hydrascope. The cost that Hydrascope has charged is almost as much as the house and be warned that anything extra you ask for..(ie patio) will be included in the contract and subbed out. read more

Overall, a very positive experience. Hydrascope provided options to fit our budget and worked around our timelines. I was very happy with the quality of work and guidance they provided throughout the project. Would definitely recommend. read more

These guys were great. They went above and beyond to complete a project that had some very challenging situations after a large flood eroded 25% of my property. They completed the project on time and within budget. My place looks great! I highly recommend Hydrascope. read more