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Run....Do Not Use.... is the best advice I can give you. he workers destroyed my bird house and melted the handles on my grill which they paid for but still WTF. I used them to install a raised deck and turned into a nightmare.
They sloped the deck so the water would flow towards the house even though I told them I didn't want that. They had to correct the job but then installed a bunch of cracked tiles that they had to replace. They installed a bunch of small pieces together instead of cutting the tile correct. They had to fix it. So up until then, I would have given them a decent rating because at least they were willing to correct the mistakes. Here is the unprofessional part.
I told them I wanted drains installed in the deck which they agreed but didn't put in the contract. They poured the concrete without putting them in so now they had to be drilled out. They would not take responsibility for it and then wouldn't fix any of the other mistake they made and demanded full payment. Then things got ugly and they threatened me constantly with a lien on my house. Eventually we worked it out without going to court but I probably would have faired better if I did.

UPDATE

Funny how you keep changing your story. Good luck and have a great day.

These guys are the best! Great job! Left the property very clean! Everything they did exceeded my expectations. You wont be disappointed with them!

Third time is the charm - Finally a landscape contractor we could rely on. To finish our back and front yard soft and hard landscape. Great communication throughout the project and finished early. Given our less than great experience with 2 other contractors, we had a lot of questions and Lisa and Naji were great in providing answers and guidance. We even had an issue with the irrigation and they were out the next business day to fix! I will be recommending JNK Landscaping and Pools to everyone I know! Thanks again!

Tried to contact the business owner through Yelp for landscaping service of my house. Got extremely rude reply for no reason, he texted me Go suck a duck you fucking chink in the end of our conversation.

Warning to others thinking about doing business with Paseo Hardscapes, you are talking to a rude racist.

I had been working on my yard for some length of time on my own.  I finally got tired of that and these guys came to the rescue.  They worked fast and they worked very professionally.  EVERYTHING is exactly how I wanted it.  They followed the requested plan to the letter and let me know every step of the way what they were doing and answered each of my questions.  They even went above and beyond answering questions and making suggestion on work that I had already done or am planning to do on my own.  Going as far as to offer to answer any question I had about those plans in the future should I find a need for further information.  If you are looking for a friendly and professional team then these are the people you need to get to work for you.  They are very, very busy but worth the wait in line.

We contracted AZ Dreamscapes to redo our backyard with pavers, new rock, turf etc. Scott was awesome to work with and made it so easy for us by offering expert recommendations and communicating with us frequently.  I hate having work done at the house so Scott made it a no brainer by completing our work while we were out of town on vacation.  We came home to the backyard of our dreams- we barely recognized the place!!  Scott we've been enjoying our outdoor space so much this year thanks to you!  He's worth every cent folks.

Juan was fast to reply and came by at my convenience to provide a quote. The work was done quickly and within a few days my weed problem was gone. I've now hired Juan and Desert Sage to provide monthly services at my house. Great work!!

Great work, on time and affordable.  They installed uneven flagstone pavers like it was no big deal after multiple other landscapes told me it was impossible.

Jason did an amazing job in my backyard. The name of his company fits perfectly with the work he does. Great communication during the project and very reliable.

They set up an appt for 3 pm to 4 pm today ...at 4:13 i called . The guy said he he completely forgot about it, the he was in Mesa and completely forgot about it.

Should have done my due diligence and hired someone who is actually licensed. He came out, was on time and nice and told me to name my price. I did we agreed on a date for him to start. The cement patio was not laid properly to allow for proper drainage so water sits against my house. He told me he would come and file it down and told me he put a seal around the bottom of the back door so water wouldn't get in. He refuses to install more sprinkler heads so my grass is dying. The grass is higher than the cement so the water can't drain back into the yard.

The guy that he had doing the whole yard by himself put a flat in my wheel barrow and didn't have another one to use so was using a pot for plants or his hands to carry stuff out to the front. Jorge refused to bring him another wheel barrow.

Now he won't return any of my texts or calls so I am moving forward with a lawsuit. DO NOT HIRE THIS GUY!

I should have taken the reviews seriously. This guy came out to take a look at our project, even after I posted that our job wouldn't be the largest and he talked a good talk but never gave us an estimate. I even followed up with him a couple days later by text. Again he said he'd get it to me the following day and nada. If a company can't even follow through with an estimate I've learned not to trust they'd do a good job or be able to communicate with their us about our job. Just don't trust them.

DAMIEN HEWETT Please stop saying I am leaving a review for the wrong contractor. I have attached the Estimate you gave me for my patio. It clearly shows one of your company names, your address and your signature.

I only asked you to refund my deposit for landscaping that you did not end up doing for me. You said you would give me a refund and have the patio's large bird bath repaired if I would then take down my review.

No check has come, and you are still saying I have posted to the wrong contractor. YOU ARE THE CONTRACTOR THAT IS NOT REFUNDING MY DEPOSIT AS YOU SAID YOU WOULD. That is not liable, that is a fact.

Just refund me the $1000.00 deposit you said you would and fix my patio.
Then I will remove any reviews I have posted.

Thanks Custom Outlooks, for wasting my time.

My project consists of tearing out an old deck in the back yard, removing a large tree and 16 much smaller trees, forming and backfilling a new raised deck area with fill, and paving over it with travertine, and installing pavers on the east side of the house in addition to trimming some large trees.

My project is not a 6-figure job but for damn sure, it's a decent 5-figure job for a contractor with enough integrity and business sense to follow through.
Having kept a Custom Outlooks advertisement and business card from a prior home & garden show, I set up an appointment with Jesus to come to my home on June 3.  

Jesus arrived and I explained the project to him when he arrived. He was professional, although on the downside of friendly. But, I wasn't looking for personality; I was looking for skills and value so I wasn't too concerned. We chatted about the project and he promised me a quote the following week. It's now been six weeks since I met with Jesus and have never heard diddly squat from him or anyone else at Custom Outlooks. Needless to say, I've gotten other estimates and permanently crossed Custom Outlooks off my list. They've wasted their time and mine. And now, they'll have the benefit of showing how unreliable they are to any customers foolish enough to ignore this review.  

One other note--which I'm putting in the category of Just Plain Weird: After Jesus and I talked in my back yard about my project, I left him alone to finalize measurements, photos etc. (I'm not totally sure what he was doing out there). I came inside and sat on the couch to wait for him after telling him to just come in the back door when he was finished and I'd let him out the front door. There is no other way out of my back yard except to come through the house. There is a double gate--which is locked at all times. So other than coming to the back door and walking back through my house, the only way out of the back yard is literally, to jump the fence.  Through the back windows, I saw Jesus walking around for a few minutes after I came inside...and then, I didn't. After about 10 minutes of not seeing any more movement in the back yard, I walked outside and found he'd vanished!. I checked in front of my house, and sure enough, his vehicle was gone. I'm not sure when he left or why he didn't simply come to the back door as I'd instructed. Maybe he knew he was going to ghost me and wanted to run off without any insincere pleasantries and without promising me--again--that he'd send me an estimate. Either way, it's just weird as hell that instead of coming back through the house, or at least knocking on the French doors that lead to our back yard, he chose to skulk off without a word by JUMPING THE FENCE. What a freakin' oddball!

Perhaps the current state of the AZ home building and remodeling industry makes companies like Custom Outlooks think they only have to take jobs from folks with a blank dirt lot and a blank checkbook so they can soak people on high-dollar, fancy-schmancy  jobs that include lots of design work and markup. But if that's the case, why not just tell me? I'd much rather have had Jesus tell me something like: based on the size of your job, we'd have a really hard time squeezing it in among our larger projects so you'll probably be better off contacting another company, vs. ghosting me after wasting my time and promising me an estimate that never came.
 
I get it: construction trades--including landscapers--are living the high life right now. Housing starts in the Phoenix area are up and the remodeling industry is booming. There's tons of work and prices are hugely inflated. Lots of contractors believe they can pick and choose what they think are the cream of the crop jobs and treat everyone else like crap without even so much as an explanation, much less an apology for not doing what they said they'd do. But if Custom Outlooks really wants to convince people they're reliable, they should be bright enough to know that boom times come and go and livin' the contractor high life won't last forever--unlike online reviews, which DO...