Jim Verhaeghe & Sons Landscaping Inc

Jim was extremely responsive and attentive from my first call. I contacted jim on a recommendation from c*** creek sod farms at around 4 pm on a Tuesday. He said he was sorry he could not come out right now, but asked if it would it be ok if he came by in around 2 hours. He was running 10 minutes late due to rush hour traffic from Elgin to Aurora and called me to let me know. He walked the entire backyard with me and showed me how he would grade the backyard with his power rake and hand rake, where he would come in with his tractor, how he would lay the sod, and was extremely helpful with all my questions. He did a wonderful job grading my backyard and he laid the sod all in one day. He took my fence apart to get his tractor in, he moved about half a cord of firewood onto my patio so he could grade and install the sod. He moved/removed anything needed to complete the project without damaging or destroying anything. Although Jim's work was fantastic, Jim's communication was even better. We had some rainstorms the week he performed the work which usually pushes him back a day or two. He contacted me the day before anytime he even thought the weather may cause a problem and push back the project. Although we had 2 rainstorms the week the work was performed Jim still met his original prediction or Friday of that week. He went out of his way and even went as far as to hire a 4th man to expedite the project to complete it in one day because the forecast for the following week had so much rain which not only allowed him to complete the project on time but also will save me money on my water bill. This is everything that you hope for from a small business; attentive, responsive, informative, fantastic work, cleaned up after themselves, and goes the extra mile. On a side note, I recently installed a new mailbox and had not back filled the hole and reseeded around the mailbox. Jim had 5 pieces of sod left over and I asked him if he could leave half a roll so I could backfill around the post and use the half piece to sod around it. He said no problem and asked one of his guys to grab a half piece for me. We continued to chat and review the work he had done and when I looked back at my mailbox 2 minutes later, he had 2 guys backfilling my hole, cutting the sod to fit around the box and had my lawn around the mailbox looking like new again. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Jim and his crew again. Top notch!