Goshen Enterprises

Fron start to finsih it was a pleasure working with Goshen Enterprises. The customer reps who answer the phone are knowledgeable, friendly and courteous. The contract was easy to read, the work that needed to be done and which was agreed to was itemized and priced out. The workers who came to my home were always on time, accompshied was they were supposed to and cleaned up so the lawn/landscape looked lovely. No upfront money was required until the the work was completed..

They definitely look a lot better than when they left and it definitely looked better than when they arrived. They actually ended up not only ripping out all the area and making it look nice but they also weeded the entire front yard. They worked extra time so we appreciated that. Their prices were a little higher than some of their competitors and we had an issue.What they did was they sent out their people here to work on our yard and it was impossible to talk to their people because they did not speak much English so I had to call their office to please send the manager out so that was just a little inconvenient.

The work was done professionally and timely. I was pleased with their work and have used them for the past few years.

The yard did not appear to have been iver seeded, as no new grass ever germinated. The low areas did germinate and looked good until mid summer when the grass began to die off.

I contacted Goshen and another local lawn service. The other company said they would come out, but never did. Tommy Cressman of Goshen visited us on the day of our choice and walked around the yard with us, pointing out good and bad areas. He sat in his car and drew up our service plan immediately. It had a list of services from which to choose. Choices are always good! We did not have to sign up that day. He followed up by email, my preferred form of communication. We picked the services we wanted and the first one was done a few days later.

We were initially drawn to Kevin's company because of the exquisitve photos of projects he had done on his website. They were all much more artistic and creative than any other sites. Kevin personally came to our home for a session where he looked over everything we wanted to do and came up with some initial ideas that really appealed to us. He listened to our needs and desires...and factored in the deer in the area that were eating our plants and trees....He had terrific ideas that we would have never thought of......he had SO MUCH knowledge about every aspect of each project....plus we learned that we could get everything done with his one company!! One stop shopping! And, he would be the only one we'd have to contact...he'd use people that he knew and trusted. The second time he came, he had a complete proposal with price and drawings of what he thought would work....We added our opinions and he tweaked a few things, but basically we LOVED his proposal and signed with him immediately. After reading his Angie's list reviews, checking his website, and sizing up how very knowledgeable he was and how easy he was to talk to....we felt no need to pursue another bid. We knew we were in good hands AND WE WERE. It all turned out better than we even dreamed and he was in touch with email all along the way...when we had a question or concern, he'd email back and we'd figure it out together....communication with a contractor is SO IMPORTANT to us....he was so easy to work with. We will continue to work with him over the years. We look forward to a long and happy relationship with his company. This is one of the best experiences we ever had with a contractor.

Goshen was punctual and professional. The poison ivy actually came back after they removed it, so they came out again and sprayed round-up on it. I appreciated the follow-up. The service was as described, but pricey - $1750 for 3 workers for 7 hours + $75 dollars worth of mulch = more per hour than a GS 15 step 10!

We worked with Andy French. Andy was very quick to respond, came out to give a quote when he said he would, and worked quickly. He was very open to our ideas and discussed what would be most cost effective in the long run - even cautioning against some work that he thought wouldn't be a good investment for the property (repairing a retaining wall vs. replacing it). The quote came back at a lower cost than competitors. We agreed to do the work and Andy's team came out 4 days later. They completed all of the work within 2 days and it looked fantastic. They were quiet and professional and very respectful of the neighbors. They actually did more work than I expected - they didn't just weed and mulch the areas we asked for - they also weeded the yard along our fence and the front areas. The end result looked far better than we had even hoped. Two days later, the big storm hit MD and took out a tree in our front yard. We called Andy back and two days later, his team arrived to quickly and efficiently remove the broken tree and all of its bits (and there were a lot of bits). I am very happy with the work that Goshen has done on our yard and I would gladly use them again. In fact, we asked them to come back and do every other month weeding and pruning in the yard, for a really reasonable cost. We look forward to a long and useful relationship.

The job was never started. The contractor never sibmitted an proposal, just a phone message for me to contact him.

Goshen's estimate was not the lowest or the highest, but they were the most professional, by far! The quote was provided by the estimator on the first visit! The other guys made us wait a week or more.

I usually do the fall cleanup myself but the landscaping was just so overgrown I needed help this year. The owner, Kevin, walked around with me and gave me the estimate within 15 minutes of the walk-through. It was a little expensive but WORTH EVERY SINGLE PENNY!!!! It was truly unbelievable what they did! They cleaned up and everything was exactly the way I wanted it. It was perfect. No complaints at all!!!! They will be my one and only landscaping co from now on. They even referred painters and remodelers to me!

The work was done promptly and thoroughly.

After receiving estimates from 4 highly rated Angie's List firms, we selected Goshen and were very pleased with both Kevin Bohrer and the workers who performed all the labor. We had the Goshen Landscapers come help us take back control of our overgrown backyard, and were very happy with their work. We had a general cleanup in front, including weeding our azaleas, laying down fabric and stone (river rocks) behind the azaleas to minimize the regrowth of weeds, as well as trimming trees and installing 6 steppers on the side of our house and about 15 in the rear of the house. They also graded our back yard, pulled out all the weeds and mulched our garden plot, installed boulders at the edge of the plot and reseeded the graded area. It took about 4 days to do all this work, then they came back on the 15th to weed out our bamboo and install a barrier to prevent the bamboo from encroaching upon our yard. We had some ornamental plants put in to the former garden plot at this time. the workers were polite and efficient, and cleaned up after themselves. They even fixed my garden hose connection to the spigot, which I had been unable to tighten myself. The only complaint I have with Goshen is that we received the information sheet about how to treat our newly seeded back yard only several days after the work had been done. Apparently we were supposed to have watered the new seed/straw lawn, which would have been nice to know immediately after the work was done! However, the info sheet wasn't given to us until the invoice was sent, about 2 weeks later (luckily it ad rained and I had done some watering when it got dry, so that the new grass grew just fine). Other than this little snafu, everything else was fine. We would definitely hire Goshen again for any landscaping, yard or tree work.

I met with the account manager--whom I believe was the owner--on a Saturday (the schedule person was cordial about accommodating my day job) and we walked around the lot and discussed the plants. He was quite knowledgeable about perennials--a rarity, I find, much to my surprise--and could identify many of them just from the spring shoots coming up out of the dirt. It was a very good conversation, and the gentleman assured me that their workers were not summer help but people who did a great deal of landscaping and would know their gardening. It took a little while to get them out--slightly over three weeks, I believe, given weather and spring schedules--but I couldn't complain, as I was a late in the season when calling them. Their crew did all the work in one day, cleaned up beautifully afterward, and left an advertising sign stuck in the grass at the curb--which was OK, since they did splendid work. They DID know the difference between the Mexican Primroses that self-seed and weeds in the garden! They paid a careful attention to what they were pruning and erred on the conservative side, if anything (left one weed that looks exactly like a clematis in its leaf, and had told me they would). Kevin said that he'd be back in a month or so to check on things, and he did email me just yesterday, having noticed that the yew bushes were getting wooly and wild--which they do about twice a year at least. So I am definitely going to have them back to deal with them, hopefully to repair the amateur hack-job (done by a different contractor) and snow damage left the year before. As for price? It would seem that in this instance, I got what I paid for, which was *far* more than I could have done myself at all, since our yard is almost a half-acre, and it gave my spring garden a great start. I have used less expensive landscapers who did a terrible job. Given the man-hours put in, and the intelligence and kindness with which they treated my yard and me, I would give them high marks. Worth every penny, and I'm fussy about my plants.

We are very pleased. The yard looks better than it ever has. The new grass under the tree in our back yard is very lush. The arrived ahead of schedule and performed the work very efficiently and exactly as we had discussed.

We are very pleased. The work is finished quickly and competently. They have also mulched and edged. Overall we are very happy and have recommended them to our neighbors.

Yard looked great after they were complete.

Kevin came by the house on a weekend to give us a free estimate. He clearly has a great design eye as he suggested some affordable and beautiful landscaping suggestions. He also provided us pictures and details about each plant he suggested planting so that we knew exactly what we were getting into. We ended up intalling a number of plants, removed a tree, reshaped our landscaping, and seeded. I would highly recommend Goshen.

Overall, it went well. They gave a very detailed estimate which we thought was fair. They had Miss Utility come out to indicate utility lines. About a week later, they started the job, which took about 1.5 days. They dug into our property to install a drainage line. Unbeknownst to us, they dug on our neighbor's property, which he was very upset about, and they cut his cable. The manager came out very quickly and resolved the issue, and had the utility fix the line at their expense, so I would say lesson learned. They seeded the area and lay straw. They cleaned up our shrubbery beds, removed several dead azaleas, and planted replacements (much prettier color, which they chose). They lay stone where the drainage exited, which looks very pretty as well as functional. Very shortly, the new shade-tolerant grass came in, and now a month later it's a gorgeous, lush lawn. All in all, we are very happy with the services performed.

Great response time to initial inquiry. Great time return on quote, over e-mail. Service scheduled around our schedules, performed on time and very professionally. Billed us after the work was done to make sure we were satisfied with the job.

Kevin the owner came on a Tuesday, looked over my yard and said he would be right back with the numbers of the estimate. I was in the middle of something in the house and noticed a good 15 minutes had gone by. I will say at first that I was just starting to get agitated at why it was taking so long to get the numbers together. Well much to my surprise and delight, when Kevin came back to my house he was gone for so long because he produced a typed up estimate on company letterhead (Must have a portable printer in the car, lol) with three examples of the work they could do, giving me options on work and price. I was blown away by the "mobile professionalism". We scheduled the work for the following week, though rainy days pushed that date back about an extra week. Finally the weather broke, the crew showed up at 0745 am and were done 0500 pm. No complaints, workers did what was asked. One even took it upon himself to weed a 25' x 8' section of the back yard. And in record time, I might add. Crew used the hose to clean up as best they could, and two and 1/2 weeks later, it looks great. May use them for further work in the future!

Arrived for estimate on time. Very professional. Very helpful with suggestions. Very knowledgable with best types of deer resistant plants. Constructed estimate on property before leaving. Was able to begin work earlier than anticipated. Finished in 2 days. All debri perfectly cleaned away. Job looks great. Much attention to detail. Cut up a downed tree in side yard to use parts for a fire pit. Cleaned up all of the tree and surrounding area. Wanted me to look over completed job and give him any questions or complaints before sending the bill. There were no complaints, only praise. Cost was well worth the excellent work. Enthusiastically recommend.

I am fussy, and want the weeds removed, not just ripped off and covered over with mulch. They not only weeded properly, they also knew which plants were not weeds. I have had previous companies who have ripped out perennials and left weeds behind. Goshen knew the difference. The only complaint I have was that they put a sign on my lawn without asking me first and I am not one to put out signs.

The prices were fair, the work was done as promised, and Kevin advised on our rights with Pepco for tree service--he even went the extra mile in making contact with the county and Pepco on our behalf. This was an excellent experience and we will definitely use Goshen again!

Goshen Enterprises did an excellent job. They were punctual and very courteous, and are very knowledgeable about plants and bushes. They returned 6 weeks later to weed out the thistles that came back.