Stone Creek Landscape & Construction

Description of Work: Our first contact was at the Auburn home and garden show on May 3rd, 2015. I wanted to get a quick appointment and had one scheduled that next Wed. Brandi showed up on time and it hurts me writing these details since she was so patient with my 69 year old mother and she was so nice and understanding with what my mom was asking for. She spent the time listening to my mom but it wasn't until after the appointment where my disappointment started. Brandi showed up on May 6th and I still have not received the quote yet (one month later). She has had some communication with me but it has only been with excuses. My opinion of this company is that they have to be doing something right since they are still in business but if you go with this company, I would say please put them on a timeline. Maybe put in the contract some stipulations for communication. We had two companies come out and Brandi was sooo nice I was really hoping the bid would come in comparable to the other, but the quote was never received. We have reached out in Text (5 times) and phone calls (4 Times). Please do your homework on these type of companies since there are a lot of them on this list. The other company came out for a quote a week later and we received the bid within 10 days.

Description of Work: Took out old land scape and gave my yard a new look.

Description of Work: estimation

Description of Work: We went over details of our usage of our backyard and received a very nice drawing of our plan. It was a pleasant experience and we find we are using our yard as suggested and enjoying it. We are doing the work bit by bit ourselves and really appreciate the plan.

Description of Work: The ad on Angie's list was for "4 hours landscape design and consultation w/ plans." The gentleman came out to my home twice and spent a significant amount - probably the full 4 hours - of time discussing landscaping, patios, etc. He had a lot of good ideas about what types of plants to use, and where to place them, and what type of concrete to use, and where the patios should be located, and other esthetic concerns.

Description of Work: Troubleshoot electrical short in rear yard circuit. Disconnected unsafe circuit & installed new power source for rear sprinkler system.

Description of Work: I met with Nathan (landscape architect) of Stone Creek Landscaping for a four hour consultation (through Angie's List Big Deal) about future plans for my backyard. We initially sat to discuss what I had in mind for the backyard...needs/wants/dreams. After the initial discussion, we went outside and he immediately starting walking and drawing. It was obvious he listened very well because all of a sudden my ideas (and some dreams!) were on paper. Nathan brought a spray can and outlined the design we discussed - which helped me tremendously. The weather didn't cooperate and it started raining on us. Instead of getting out of the rain, he was a trooper and continued on until the full design was completed on the lawn. Once we were back inside, he provided several books on different landscape plants/designs for me to review. While he was finalizing the design, I went through the landscaping books and showed him which pictures I liked. By the end of the session, I had a great design and rather large list of recommended plants. I would highly recommend Stone Creek Landscaping for their knowledge and professionalism.

Description of Work: Mike from Stone Creek came over and sketched out some ideas for our back yard. We used the coupon from Angie's List for Landscape Design.

Description of Work: Stone Creek Landscape & Construction is currently working on a large landscaping project for my home.

Description of Work: This was a promotion for four hours of landscape review and a drawing. Nathan was on time and very professional. He spent a few hours looking over my yard and made several excellent suggestions. He prepared a drawing listing plants and trees by name. He is preparing an estimate for some of his suggestions.

Description of Work: Just a free estimate, which took over two hours. When I called to book, I had to wait three weeks for the appointment.

Description of Work: We had already removed trees,shrubs and other landscaping from our front lawn planning on re-doing the landscaping ourselves but that plan quickly went nowhere and left us with a barren front yard. We initially called Stone Creek Landscaping & Construction for a estimate on installation of artificial grass for the area nearest the street. Brad Jennings gave us that estimate but when he heard us mention we had no idea what to do with the two barren areas nearest the house he came up with an alternate landscaping design that would encompass landscaping all areas. Brad consulted with us about the level of landscaping and maintance factor. Once we decided on a dry creek river bed landscape for the front nearest the street and artificial grass for the areas nearest the house Brad suggested plants within the color scheme we wanted that would compliment the dry creek bed landscape. We hired Stone Creek Landscaping to impliment the design suggested as Brad's professionalism, personality and ideas made us more confident Stone Creek was the company we wanted to deal with.The others we had obtained estimates from that gave us nothing more than a bid for what we called them for an no suggestions fo how to landscape the other areas yet to do. The Stone Creek crew arrived on time and promptly began work removing about 4 inches of dirt, rocks, tree roots and planters to make way for the dry creek bed.Once all that debris was removed,the sprinklers in the area were capped off for later installation of a drip system, the ground was evened out, a heavy commercial grade fabric was laid out for the dry creek river bed and the yet to be planted landscape. New soil was mixed with the remainder for the original soil, a drip system was then installed for that area and the rocks and boulders laid in the river bed. Brad would bring the plants selected to compliment the river bed design and we were pleased with his selections. These were planted and black bark was laid to cover the entire section. The areas nearest the house were also removed of 4 inches of dirt, roots.weeds, etc. to install the artificial grass. The ground was evened out, the commercial grade fabric laid and sand and other fillers for the artifical grass were put in place and heavily packed down. All this work was done by hand. The sprinklers in those areas were also capped off and one small area would have a drip system installed for a plant that would help disguise the sewer cleanout. Two days later, the crew would arrive on time to lay the artificial grass. It took about four hours to properly lay it out, cut it to fit the area,sand, rake and fluff the grass to look more natural. River stones were placed around a tree as a boarder making the tree surrounded by artificial grass look like it has always been that way. One section around the water main pipes was left with no artificial grass and was filled in with river stones for future replacement of the water main line without disturbing the newly planted landscape.

Description of Work: Stone Creek did renovation work on my backyard based on a design plan provided by my landscape designer. This included removing specified plants, planter beds, arbor, fencing, old irrigation, and a small pond and waterfall. They built and painted a new fence and gate, replaced the pond with a brick patio, built a brick walkway, and removed and reset a flagstone patio. All three--the patio, walkway, and flagstones were set in concrete. In addition, they set a flagstone path leading to the flagstone patio. Due to a neighbor's crushed drain, they installed a French drain to improve drainage on my side of the property. The arbor was relocated to a different location and the rotted posts replaced. They built privacy screens, installed new irrigation, plants, lighting, and fountain. They repaved and repaired cement patios and walkways, and installed a new hose bib next to the fountain. They brought in an electrician to disconnect the old waterfall's pump, and to move the electrical outlet to the fountain's new location. Their electrician connected the switches for the fountain and lighting to an existing switch inside the house for ease of operation. They poured a pad and posts for the fountain and secured the fountain to the posts. They covered all surfaces with rock or cedar bark according to the design plan. They cleaned the yard thoroughly at the end of the project, including the existing artificial turf which they had covered with a tarp during the work.