We are so glad we chose Elite Landscaping for our turf project. Alberto was easy to work with and…read moretruly understood our needs; plus, his pricing was very reasonable from the start. He has a specialized team dedicated strictly to turf installation, which gave me full confidence-- and the final results prove it. Between the excellent communication, the efficient and clean crew, and the timely work, the experience was seamless. Alberto and his brother, Daniel, are such professional, kind people who clearly go above and beyond for their customers. It's easy to see why they have so many referrals and repeat clients!

I recently worked with Alberto and his team on my driveway replacement, and overall it was a great…read moreexperience. Alberto always kept me well updated on the project status throughout the process. During construction, we ran into some unexpected issues related to the city, but Alberto communicated with me right away and was able to resolve everything quickly and smoothly. He is very open-minded and even helped with a few things that were outside the original driveway scope, which I really appreciated. I'm also very happy with the in-ground lights that Alberto and his team installed -- they turned out great and really enhanced the driveway. I would definitely recommend Alberto and his team.

We recently had the pleasure of working with Bay Scenery on the design of our new yard for our…read moreEichler home in Palo Alto. We completely re-did both the front and rear of the house. From the very beginning, the Bay Scenery team impressed us with their professionalism, creativity, and dedication to making sure we were happy with the results. Special thanks go to Paniz, the lead designer, whose ideas perfectly matched our Eichler and provided lots of livable space. She paid close attention to every detail to ensure everything came out perfectly. We also want to recognize Oksana, our planting designer, whose knowledge, precision, and passion resulted in a beautiful landscape, full of color. Throughout the project, the whole team was exceptionally responsive, friendly, and easy to work with. Communication was seamless, and everyone listened to our input and followed through with great care. The team responded to our every concern, and worked with us to adjust the design and materials to fit within our budget. We wholeheartedly recommend Bay Scenery Landscaping to anyone looking for high-quality, design-forward landscape work. They exceeded all of our expectations!

We originally hired Bay Scenery for landscape architecture, but when we ran into major issues with…read moreour overall building plans and the project came to a full stop, Behdad stepped in and completely saved us. He created an incredible design that worked perfectly within our very awkward, almost triangle-shaped setbacks. His creativity and skill are unmatched. I honestly don't think anyone else could have delivered that level of quality and given me everything I wanted. On top of his exceptional work, Behdad is extremely responsive and always available to answer any questions I have, which has been such a relief throughout this process. I'm genuinely grateful for his expertise, patience, and dedication. Highly recommend Bay Scenery!

My backyard makeover has just been completed! I contacted…read moreApolo via Yelp and he was one of the fastest people to respond with the specific opening he had for me to choose. He came the same day and gave me a very reasonable estimate. I had another contractor that was scheduled for the following week, but I decided to go with Apolo. What I liked the most about Apollo are: 1. Clear communication: the complete scope of the work, project start time 2. Quality of work* I am happy with what I see with my new backyard. 3. Price: I had a few different estimates from different contractors. The range is not huge but there are differences. Apollo finished the project in three days (2 and half days). I recommend him for your landscaping projects and I will definitely contact him again for future projects I may need his service.

It seems like people either have a great or terrible experience with Apolo. Working with him was…read morevery stressful for me. For a job that would normally take 6 weeks, it ended up taking more than 6 months to finish. Not only did he not know how to do many aspects of the job, I had to constantly remind him of everything. He also tried to hide things from me or plainly lie to me. On the very first day of the job, he told me that there was a lot of traffic on US101 and he could not make it. Indeed, there was a bad accident there. Most people work a partial day when they hit bad traffic, but I said he can start the next day. On the second day of the job, he came to demolish my existing yard. I specifically told him to keep one tree at the center of my yard, and an hour later, his guys chopped it off. Rather than being upfront with me about it, *I* had to confront him about it. He apologized, and I said okay. I showed Apolo that I have a major gas line running through my yard and asked him to be VERY careful to not hit my gas line, and guess what, one of his guys specifically dug in that area and hit my gas line! *face palm* [1 star off] At this point, it was clear to me that he cannot keep a competent crew and the transient guys he hires do not care one bit about my yard, or their safety apparently. I talked to Apolo about my expectations if he were to continue to work for me, and he reassured me that he will improve. I told Apolo that the decking board we needed must be ordered right away because of COVID supply chain issues. He told me he did, but when I looked at his order date, it was not ordered until months later. At that point, the price also went up. (Hey, it's not my fault. If he ordered early like I told him, this would not have been a problem.) This oversight added several extra months to our project. [1 star off] When Apolo started building my deck, he looked confused. At first, he told me his decking guy quit so no one can work. I told him I will hire someone else, but he insisted on the job. After a few weeks, he hired someone from Craigslist. Okay, so build me a deck. It was still not built. I kept telling him I will hire someone else, but he kept on insisting he will do it (probably because he already paid for the higher priced decking boards). He actually then had to consult someone else about building the deck. After multiple re-sawing and re-anchoring, his crew pieced together something that resembled a deck. However, I noticed that the wrong edge pieces were used. I confronted him about it, and at first he said "I noticed that too" and then he said "Home Depot broke it when I picked it up, so I put another board there, but Home Depot said they will replace it." Which one is it -- that his guys installed the wrong pieces by mistake or Home Depot broke it when he picked it up? I looked at his replacement order, and it was a new order dated *after* I had confronted him, not a replacement order. [1 star off] Furthermore, Apolo was supposed to pave bluestone for me. The bluestones are manufactured square or rectangular in shape, but for some reason, his guys kept re-sawing them and I ended up with various tiny pieces...not the clean-cut pattern I instructed at all. He blamed the bluestones for not being perfect squares or rectangles. Regarding a new irrigation system, I made it very clear initially that my neighborhood has low water pressure, and he needs to design many more stations than normal. After he put in the irrigation system, he realized my water pressure was too low (I already said this at the very beginning!), and had to re-do some lines to add another station, charging me more money. [1 star off] Lastly, I told him I wanted certain fruit trees planted, one of which is an old-fashioned lemon tree. He plants me a sweet Meyer lemon tree with diseased leaves. I told him I wanted a healthy, regular, old-fashioned, tart Eureka lemon tree. He gave me a convoluted story about how a nursery in L.A. carries it, but there is a minimum order to ship it, and he has to pair it with some other order to make it worthwhile. After listening to that story, I went to a nursery 5 minutes from my house and bought an Eureka lemon tree and planted it myself. Toward the end of 6 months, there were still parts of the job that were unfinished, but Apolo was reluctant to return to finish things up. He even argued with me about how he did not want to pay for another lawn edge piece for $70 or a decking screw for $5. I paid him tens of thousands of dollars by the way. Anyway, I just did not want to work with him anymore. It was faster if I did things myself. I still gave him a generous final payment more than what I should have, because I wanted to part on amicable terms. This is not a 0-star review because the shrubs he planted at the back of my yard look quite nice. That is the only part of the job that went right.

We hired Ricardo and the Precision Paving team for a full backyard redo including concrete,…read moreartificial turf, and rock. We're really happy with how it turned out. The crew was professional and finished everything to a high standard. Ricardo is very easy to communicate with. We changed a few things partway through and the team accommodated it without any fuss. We also didn't know much about turf, and we wanted something dog friendly that drained well so odor wouldn't build up and it would be easy to clean. Ricardo brought us samples to look at and walked us through the options. We were also picky about the rock, and he drove out to the rock yard himself to track down exactly what we wanted. One thing that could be better is that the timeline. The original estimate was about a week and it ended up taking closer to two. The extra time wasn't a dealbreaker for us, but a more realistic estimate up front would have helped us plan around it. Overall, we'd recommend them. Good work, easy to deal with, and willing to go the extra mile on details.

I hired Precision Paving install pavers and decomposed granite including the removal of a lot of…read morelarge weeds. Ricardo's team produced what I had requested; everything is graded well away from the house, pavers and dg all feel stable and well packed, and they properly bordered the features I asked for. I would say there was room for improvement that the skid steer used to move materials deeply scraped the bitumen on the street. A strange area, maybe 6" in diameter, under a section of DG also bulged up and left a weird hole with a cap. After informing Ricardo, he sent his team to excavate a bit and fix that section, all is well. Its very good that he stands by his work.

Renzo and his crew were fantastic. We were not easy clients and had a lot of non-standard asks and…read morequestions. * Renzo gave great advice about the project overall and influenced some decisions that in hindsight, we're really glad we listened to his counsel on. * Renzo was super punctual for all our meetings, a great communicator, and did a great job explaining the billing and timing structure. No surprises! * The crew was very neat, organized, and worked fast. We are really delighted with the results and would 100% work with them again!

Out of the nine contractors we interviewed, Renzo was the only one who insisted on no cement…read moreapproach; made me consult an arborist; suggested to grade the whole front lot instead of just replacing the old pathway; and genuinely cared about my plants.  We didn't want to hire him at the beginning and was even about to sign contract with someone else. It all started with the inquiry of concrete footing which he refused to do and I wanted to know why. He replied promptly. During our communication, Renzo's clarity, persistence, knowledge and patience impressed and persuaded me, not to mention his very reasonable quote. Instinctively I knew I could trust Renzo and he is the right guy for my project, even though I haven't met him.  So I waited a month and hired him. The wait was worth it. They built three walls and one patio, redesigned front left yard by grading and building a new pebble pathway with statue, installed lighting and irrigation system that had better dripping rings. They also revamped the driveway that made it look brand new and pebble-covered the right front yard.  It was truly a remarkable experience. Not only they did an excellent job with fine craftmanship, but their punctuality, hardwork, efficiency, know-how, discipline, organization, respect, kindness and neatness were a force to be reckoned with and an inspiration beyond a mere landscaping job. They take pride at what they do and the result is phenomenal! Before and during the three-week construction, Renzo was very respectful and made me feel my opinion matters. He was responsive, accommodating, flexible, easygoing and honest. He listened. He always showed how it would look. When something didn't work out, he was open to suggestions and assisted with solutions. I felt he had my best interest. The level of care to my plants led to high survival rate during transplant. I also noticed one of my trees was magically recovered from disease and the other was vigorously blossoming, which has never happened before. They brought life to my garden. Everything was done very nicely. They cleaned up the whole place and it was much better and cleaner than when they started. They also showed up for additional work as promised. Renzo and his crew transformed my old and messy space into the most beautiful and meaningful garden/haven that I could have only dreamed of. With the new lawn, now my garden has never looked better. I spend more time there and enjoy it more than ever. Renzo at Total Landscape is the best! I highly recommend them!

We had a great experience whith D&I Landscape, who worked on our backyard after some serious water…read moredamage. They quickly scheduled an estimate that was very detailed and the price was very reasonable. They worked on a retaining wall, drainage system, leveling,  decks, and adding cement and mulch. D&I is super organized and easy to communicate with. Right after signing the contract, they established a group chat including the designer, supervisor and project foreman, creating an easy line of communication. They also regularly updated the progress throughout the project and completed the project on time. D&I is very professional and we're very satisfied with the final results!  David K.

Irvin, Hugo, and their crew did a great job with our backyard. Irvin had suggested an amazing idea…read moreto set stepping stones in the corner of our yard which complemented our pre-existing pavers well. Their quotes and price contract was laid out in-depth detail and they were accommodating of any changes. What stood out to us was that they went the extra mile and help us re-plant some of our pre-existing plants and fixed some of our pavers at no extra charge. Ongoing communication was also very solid.

Cutting Edge Design and Build did a full backyard remodel for us in May -- removed old pavers,…read morepoured new cement, laid new sod, and added a couple of raised beds. Professional from start to finish: competitive rates, fully insured, gave us a clear timeline, and stuck to it with zero surprise charges. Miguel was great to work with -- communicative and walked us through the process at every step. What really stood out was the follow-through after the job was done. Some of the new sod struggled to take root during a heat wave, and about two weeks after the project wrapped, I reached out to Miguel. He came back out personally with a colleague, walked the yard with me, and gave hands-on advice to get it back on track -- the grass fully recovered and looks great now. That's the kind of service that's hard to find -- most contractors consider the job over once the invoice is paid. Highly recommend.

I had a great experience working with Miguel and his team. They brought my design to life. During…read morethis entire time, I had no pressure to point out things which I had doubts with. Communication: I always highly value a contractor who has the patience to explain things to their clients and keep everyone updated to ensure both sides are on the same page. There will always be things that we as homeowners overlook or forget during an ongoing project, so maintaining good communication is key to avoiding setbacks. Quality: They did a great job installing the pavers and turf, as well as handling various miscellaneous requests along the way. Miguel was patient in listening to my concerns and was able to offer proper solutions Price: I got quotes from at least four other contractors, and Miguel offered the most reasonable price by far.

Overall great experience working with the team at Hills Landscaping. They were friendly,…read moreknowledgeable and easy to work with. I highly recommend Hills to anyone looking for landscaping type services.

Antonio and team turned a lack-luster backyard into a fantastic venue for children, pets, parties…read moreand more. The work was high quality and has remained the same to-this-day, 4-years later. Whenever there was an problem or issue, Antonio was highly responsive and returned to our site to address our concerns. Exceptional work, quality, and customer service!