Selvin's Landscaping & Hardscape Services Inc

various landscaping services

They did a good job!

very good job, well done

Very well. Would use him again.

Great job done

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Very well.

Very well.

Looks great!

So far so good.

The job was well done.

they did a great job.

Reasonably well.

Completed work to my satisfaction.

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Lift F by mistake

great. I would hire them again.

everything went as scheduled

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The weekly service was done regularly and well. The trimming of the bushes was done twice during the year while I was home, based upon my request. I have had several bad experiences with trimming done by other companies and was apprehensive. The owner Selvin was very understanding of that and agreed to only have the trimming done by his crew by appointment. I was very pleased with the work done. The landscape design for a 16-foot circle (where a tree had at one time been) was beautiful and they did a good job with the planting. I received many compliments from neighbors. I plan to use the service again this year.

Selvin was extremely professional and anxious to please me no matter what I wanted. Since I want him mainly for lawn maintenance, he gave me a very good price and I also want a Spring cleanup. I am looking forward to working with him when the time is right.

They did a fine job. They used shovels and a snow blower and it took them two hours, but they moved most of the snow away from the house which is what i wanted them to do. They did not clear it all the way down to the patio, but I didn't ask for that. They would have if I asked. They did what I asked them to do. I thought the cost was a bit high but it was worth it. Selvin was extremely responsive and cooperative, professional and easy to talk with. He handled a difficult job and made it look easy.

They were very courteous and helpful right from the phone call to their follow-up. They came to remove the snow within hours and did a fine job. They ask a fair price. I would recommend using them and I will use them again.

Lawn looks great. Projects completed as agreed to and on time. Snow is always gone by the time I leave for work with side walks shoveled. He will spread salt but I do not use it due to my pets. Also, his crew is very diligent about closing the gates so that my dogs to not get out of the yard. His crew has also cleaned gutters for me and done fall clean.

First of all it was very difficult to find a company that does concrete AND landscaping. Our home is approx. 26 yrs. old. The front porch was coming away from the house. We tried to fix the gap ourselves over the years but it just kept getting bigger and more unsightly. The bushes were all overgrown so now was the time. We called quite a few concrete places since that was the main problem. Several said they could sub-contract a landscaper to remove old shrubs and plant new ones. The price for just getting the old concrete out and new poured was almost $300.00 less than Selvin's. We contacted Selvin's (we had a post card from them--I don't know where I got the post card-possibly a home show). We checked them out on Angies and gave them a call. Selvin (the owner) came out several days later. We explained what we wanted and asked for any design help. We also asked for 2 estimates--one for just doing the porch and walk and one for doing a decorative wall along the front of our house. A week and a half later we had both estimates. We thought our budget for the whole project was $5,000,but after we saw the computer picture of what our house could look like we decided to spend the $1,300 more to have the Unilock wall installed as well. We would be purchasing all the new shrubs and plants (11 in all) and Selvin's would plant them for us. We signed and gave 50% deposit on 9/9/13. It took till the 24th before any work was done. We removed some decorative cobbler stones and several bushes ourselves. We were told the previous week (when I met him at a company in Addison to see the Unilock bricks in person--it's hard to choose a color from a tiny picture) that the work should start on Monday. Both my husband and I made last minute arrangements with our work schedules to be home for the 3 day job. We were disappointed to find out after we called Selvin that he won't start until Tuesday. Tues--all shrubs removed, old sidewalk and porch jackhammered away. Also framing for the new porch design and longer walkway. It seems the cement slab 4 ft down cracked years ago and that is why the whole porch was leaning away from the house. Wednesday Selvin and his crew arrive in the morning to finish reinforcing the framing for the new porch. By 11:30 the cement truck arrives and by 12 noon they are done pouring. It took another 2 1/2 hours to smooth everything out. I tried to ignore the tire tracks on our asphalt driveway from the cement truck and our damaged lawn, because things were looking good. I asked Selvin what time he would be here Thursday to start the wall. He said "Oh, we won't be back til Sat". I told him we had adjusted our work so one of us was home this whole time. He just said no--we will be back Sat.. So Saturday arrives and he is here with a crew unloading the Unilock bricks we choose. Took all day to dig trench for wall, build and cap wall and plant 8 bushes and 3 perennials (they used our soil conditioner and bags of top soil). He told my husband he would call Sunday to let us know when he was bringing the mulch. No call on Sunday so I called 1st thing Monday to let him know we wanted Friday AM. We were going to install Malibu lights on Wed. Selvin said I'm on my way now, I told him had he called I would have had advised him earlier. He said" Fine see you Friday" Friday 8am a truck arrives with mulch. So all and all we are very pleased with the final product. He agreed to honor the contacted price even though he said it was a bigger job than he anticipated. We would have liked more updates and contact from him-I was the one to call but like I said we are pleased with the results.