Stephen B.
11/03/2020 12:00:00 SA
This is going to be a long review. In short, the Mesquite team was a 10/10.
We had recently purchased our first home, and it being a new construction home it came with a completely blank backyard. It's not huge, but we felt like there was a good amount of space to take advantage of.
We drafted up a wish list and a budget, and my fiancée and I sat in the backyard with string to map out a general layout that we felt worked well for us. We then reached out to 10+ landscaping companies to get quotes for our yard. Some never came, some ignored our requests, one in particular didn't even spend 30 seconds in my yard before sending me a quote. Mesquite, however, was different.
Within a day of our request, Lynn reached out to us to schedule a consultation. He came on time, *wore a mask* and *maintained a distance* - something none of the other companies did. He asked us a few questions about what we were looking for and we took him to see the yard. He carefully measured the areas we had laid out and provided a few suggestions to better utilize the space. After measurements, he asked what plant preferences we had and was on his way.
Later that week he set a zoom meeting with us to go over a 3D rendering of his plan. There we saw an accurate representation of what our yard would look like and we made a few tweaks here and there. After that was done, we really wanted to look at our options to make sure it fit within our budget. Lynn was more than happy to provide different options (sod vs turf, covering our concrete patio with pavers vs leaving it bare, etc). In the end we chose turf and completely covering the patio and couldn't be happier with the end result.
Some other things I was impressed with (during planning):
- They were the only company to recommend adding underground drainage to the yard.
- They added gas stubs to the yard for a reasonable price
- They added a tree to our plans only a week out from the build
Their quote came in basically on par with everything else (honestly, a little cheaper once you consider the other guys didn't provide plants, drainage, or gas lines).
Month goes by and the day was finally here for the build. Unfortunately, the crew got tied up with the previous days project and couldn't make it to our yard. Fortunately, Lynn notified us the day before and said this would only cause a one day delay. Sure enough, they were there on the newly scheduled day at 5:30AM and worked HARD until 5:00PM. We were assigned Juan (the owners) crew and couldn't be more pleased with their work. They ran into some issues (concrete overpour from the foundation, concrete under our gates) but resolved them quickly. They were also kind enough to help me bury some conduit in the front yard (for a future project) since they had to dig trenches for irrigation anyway.
At the end of the day the owners nephew gave a walkthrough of the yard and made sure it was to our liking. They then cleaned up everything and washed the house, driveway, and street so no dust was left behind.
I can't speak highly of this company enough. I was pretty nervous as this was a lot of money (for me) and my first time working with a contractor, but they really did a bang up job. I would definitely recommend them to anybody looking to get their yard done. We've had neighbors comment that it looks great and completely transformed the home.