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Raul is very reasonable in his price and works extremely hard with awesome results! Todd and I highly recommend Raul. He did pavers and artificial grass for us. We will be hiring Raul again for more work. He has great work ethic and again does magnificent work.

In Ebay parlance.....NOT RECOMMENDED.

I had a twinge about using Robert after reading the reasons for his prior bad reviews...but hey, overall it was 4.5 so I thought it should be a good risk. I should have trusted my gut. Two reasons I recommend you choose another mason 1) quality of work, 2) integrity and professionalism.

1. Quality of work
I contacted a number of masons for a simple straightforward job of widening a side yard gate from 144 to 176. The job was straightforward and simple, cut the existing wall back to the correct position such that after adding the pilasters, the resulting opening is the target size......not rocket science. What happened.....he cut one wall back 4 feet too far....yes...4 feet (see pic). I'm not going to repeat the excuse he gave for doing this as it was a verbal conversation we had, hence I have no proof to attach here, but what I will say is I had to clench my teeth to prevent my jaw from dropping, it was so far out of this world........literally. This error now resulted in having to do an extended stepped tear-down of a lot more wall so it could be rebuilt correctly and prolonged the job by 3 days past his original quoted time frame....which now forced a delay of the gate installers also. Additionally, one of the two end pilasters wasn't even square to the wall, but angled to the right when looking down the pilaster to the wall (see pic).

2. Integrity
As mentioned, I contacted a number of masons and price-wise, Robert's bid was in the middle. The original plan was just a standard 8x16 pilaster at the end of the wall block. My YELP project request was very clear with multiple pictures and a clear description. Robert's quote was $680 and one day to do it. Before making any decisions on which mason, we opted to make a change by increasing the visual impact of the project by having a double pilaster at the end of the wall, the first pilaster (adjacent to the wall) being a standard 8x 16, the second and opening pilaster being a bulkier 16x16. This was explicitly described (see pics of Yelp conversation string) and his quote came in at $1070. Again, middle-of-the-road price compared to others. We decided to move forward with Robert and invited him onsite to review and finalize anything. He came onsite, reviewed the project with my wife and I both present, and did not indicate anything different from our YELP exchanges. I repeat, after reviewing the project, he did not suggest anything different....meaning price or timeline. When the project was finally done, he charged $1700! When I complained that there was nothing different about the scope of the project from the $1070 description....his comment was that was a rough quote. Clearly he charged us for his mistake and then some.

You cannot trust him to stick with his own bid! I'll be getting a different mason to finish the 16x16 pilasters in stone veneer.

We wanted to extend our driveway and create a path with embedded glass block lighting from the driveway to the backyard door. I solicited multiple call requests, send pictures, measurements, architectural drawings to everyone. Testa came in with a good value, and a commitment they would be able to get this done before our backyard housewarming party.

Due to everybody having a very busy schedule, they committed to me they would come by earlier if there is a cancellation. Sure enough they did. I had pre-ordered all of the paving stones and solar light inserts and they arrived at 7 o'clock in the morning and we're done by 12:30 in the afternoon. Very efficient, pricing exactly as quoted, left the work area clean and even took the pallets that the paving stones came on with them. Very happy with their service, respectful of property, good communication. At the end, extremely happy with the service provided.

Ed the owner called me and offered to make good which I appreciate.  If I had complained before that would have given them the opportunity to resolve the problem, but I chose to move on and the problem is resolved.

What a waste of my time.  They sent 3 people out to measure and give me a quote for my pool and backyard renovation project.  I was told that I would have the quote in a few days.  It's now going on 2 weeks and I heard back.  No reply to my email, text or phone...

Loved that they showed up on time and were very detailed about our project from start to finish! Very communicative and responsible. Highly recommend them for all your hardscape and Landscape needs!

I do not recommend Damian and would not use him again. Damian showed up for an initial meeting and did get me an estimate in a timely manner which I found encouraging. (Thus 2 stars not 1).

Damian claimed he had built a cinder driveway I saw a photo of on HS website on Yelp but I believe it was the company he worked for before going on his own. I was trying to get our new place in Vernon shaped up from Phoenix so I had some urgency and thought I'd give a new business owner a chance. I expected he would put some thought into the project and have a plan to build up the driveway since he was just getting started.

Instead I got a barge load of 2,3 and 4 inch cinders dropped and Damian's skid steer operator (his father) raced around frantically for hours spreading cinders. Damian didn't even stay around to supervise but instead left right after introducing me to his father, so we had to figure out what to do ourselves which should have been his job. There was so much cinder that we kept having to expand the area that he spread it on and it was still too deep with cinders. After spreading a mountain of cinders for several hours and continuously expanding the parking area, there was no more realistic area to spread them so we said enough. I thought my SUV would get stuck in the deep loose cinders the first time I drove on them. I still leave ruts in the deep cinders. I now I pray for weather so the cinders might sink into the ground. When it rains or snows we drive the car up and down to compact the cinders. Most likely I'll die or break an ankle tripping over cinders before that ever happens. I brought in someone to try to fix the problem, and learned that I could have had the driveway built up correctly, and rolled to compact the cinders for the same as I paid Damian. Not just a dump and spread. I don't recommend this company at all.