Best Block Wall Construction in Phoenix AZ

Naji landscaped our front-yard last spring and we were so pleased we called him up for a second project this September and continue to be extremely happy with his work.  In our household Naji's name is synonymous with great work ethic and great work.  His crew came in and completely re-landscaped our entire backyard in just 5 days.  He made an amazing patio for us, and we really couldn't be more pleased with his work. Communication, input and collaboration on what were initially vague ideas helped flesh out an amazing transformation of our yard courtesy of Naji & his crew.

I had jake come remove a block wall in my yard and spread gravel, it looks amazing and he did a great job! He showed up on time and had great prices.

Miguel and his team were great!!!  I just used them for the first time but from start to finish they were SUPER professional and so nice.  Miguel responded to me quickly on Yelp, easy to communicate with, and got us scheduled for a first time treatment within a few days!  I would highly recommend them for your landscaping needs.  Not only did they do an amazing job, but they cleaned up after so nothing left for us to do.  A couple of things I asked them about (because I know nothing about plants and how they grow, etc) they answered me with a smile.  SO glad I found them and will be using them for monthly services that I hope are as great as this one.  Thank you!!!

I had a 30 foot tree that needed significant dead branch removal. Paul and his crew were fantastic to deal with. Multiple tree services came out and then told me they couldn't do it. Or their estimates were 2-3 times higher than Happy Tree. Great business. Quick work. I will definitely call back when I need more tree work. Thanks!

Called to set up appointment. Said they would come next morning to evaluate job and would come the day after if estimate was approved. Did not show. Waited a few hours after set time. No call/ no show.

Juan came out for an estimate.  Very nice and prompt, however we never received a follow up with an estimate.  It's been about 2 months.  
You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

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Update to Original Review

I received the quote from Juan this morning (a few hours after original post).   Looks like he did send the quote mid-December 2021, however I never received the quote.   I'm changing my rating and will update if we chose this contractor for our project.

I wanted to have my side gate expanded and Paseo Hardscapes came out to give me a estimate. He was on time and professional. He explained what had to be done and when he could install. I am very happy with the gate. I will be calling them again for future projects.

My wife and I bought our home last year, but the previous owners didn't do much for landscaping in the backyard.  The side patio (if you can call it that) was tiny and faced the block wall so there's not much of a view and not much space for seating.  After saving up, we began accumulating estimates that we sent out and requested via Yelp!  Ruben at Nico's Landscaping was the first to respond last week Sunday when I submitted the request.  Despite it being a Sunday evening, he answered all of my questions promptly, professionally and gave me all of the information I needed.  It's tough to chat about projects like this without actually seeing the area first hand.

Ruben called me the following day and advised he would be in my area the next day.  Despite me not getting home from work until after 4 p.m., he worked around my schedule and met me at home shortly thereafter.  This was a very nice surprise and extremely accommodating on his behalf.  My wife and I were so appreciative!  We explained what we wanted done and also told him we wanted patio pavers in a gray-scale color.  He took note of all of the information we gave him and went to work the next day locating the (2) pallets of gray pavers we needed to complete our project!  In a very short period of time, he accumulated the pavers and said he could get started as early as the following Saturday... just 6 days from the original Yelp request!  AMAZING!!!

He said he would be at our home at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday and it was 6:58 a.m. when he showed up... PERFECTION!!  He and his crew pulled a 9-hour day on Saturday and they even came back today (Sunday) to complete the job in its entirety.  The paver patio slopes away from the house so water isn't accumulated.  He locked in the entire outer edge with concrete and leveled everything out as it should be.  They cut any custom pieces that needed to be cut and no paver was out of place.  The existing gaps were filled in tightly and compacted with dense said to keep everything rigid and professional.  The entire project is approx. 20' L and 8' W.  It's not an enormous space by any stretch of the imagination, but it is perfect for my wife and I.  We have plenty of room to stretch out, do some BBQ'ing and relaxing in our backyard.  

I would not hesitate to recommend Ruben and his entire crew at Nico's Landscaping to my family, friends or fellow Yelp'ers.  They were all professional, polite and more than accommodating to the schedules of my wife and I.  He text me when he said he would.  He called me when he said he would.  He showed up and completed the job when he said he would AND the best part?  His estimate was LOWER than the other businesses who contacted me MUCH later than Ruben!  (in fact, a few businesses did not even bother to respond to my quote request!)

Thanks again, Ruben to you and your crew!  We will most definitely use you again in the future!

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.

I could not ask more from Jason and his crew at The Hardworkers. On the day they arrived to provide a bid, they started the job. His pricing is fair and Jason is simply just a good guy to work with. They performed the requested job as advertised, were attentive, and did not leave a dirty work site as well as lived up to their name, The Hardworkers. I will 100% use Jason and The Hardworkers for my future projects.

Had a great experience with Scott and AZ Dreamscapes. Installed pavers driveway extension and updated front yard. Work was done on time and on budget. No surprises. Scott was easy to work with. Will use them again!

Isaiah and crew are top notch and so glad I found them!  They raised a back wall with block and stucco and did a pro job.  So much so my neighbors are looking to them for new projects and they'll be my first choice for new work to be done.  Super impressed by the work, professionalism, price and timelessness and friendliness of this crew.  Isaiah is a pleasure to work with, honest, creative, responsive and all around wonderful guy.  Hire them you'll be pleased!

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!!

If landscapers don't want to work with certain type of yards a simple rejection would be great instead of never replying back. Do better.

Completed a backyard renovation with new artificial turf, new pavers, and landscaping rocks. Also did a driveway extension. Great communication with Oscar, he kept me updated with status of materials and progression of project. Employees kept area clean and tidy during project so we could continue to use the space while project was being done. Great price. Amazing outcome. Highly recommend!

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.

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.

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...