Allison Outdoor LLC

Wonderful crew! On time, efficient and the clean up was great! I am planning on working with them again in the Spring!

I wasn't able to hire from this company because our schedules didn't work out, but the owner responded quickly to my query and fully explained their timeline. I appreciated that.

Very reliable and excellent job. This is our third year with Allison Outdoor. Highly recommended.

They never responded to our quote request submitted through Angie's List.

They went above and beyond our expectations.

Fast friendly and affordable these guys do quality work at a very competitive price

They said i was out of their area.....

It went really well. I'll definitely use them again.

Excellent experience. Jeff was responsive and easy to work with, had helpful suggestions, some of which saved money. Dan and crew were extremely professional, the work was completed in a timely manner, and the quality is outstanding. I'd look forward to working with Allison Outdoor again in the future.

Fell for the bait & switch routine with the Angie's list "coupon" of $495 for landscaping - 3 workers for 4 hours or 12 man hours. Estimate came in for another $395 to cover spraying(125), mulch(200) and debris removal(45) Invoice sent after work performed came in at $635(60% higher). They sent 5 workers and charged me for 20 hours plus spraying, mulch and debris removal(even though coupon said it was included). After complaining, they brought down the final invoice to $502 The $200 for mulch delivery and installation is really a double dip since they used 2 of the 4 hours they were there to install the mulch. I feel overcharged by $300.00. I guess they would rather get you once versus having repeat or referral business. Lesson learned - skip the "coupon" and get 3 estimates.

They did a great job, They did more than what was contracted.

Very professional from the start. Communication is huge and Jeff the owner, his staff and crew communicated promptly. They did a great job, they did everything they said they were going to do and more. The crew was very nice and willing to listen to any questions or concerns I had. I will be using Allison Outdoors for any future work I need done.

They did a good job but I did not like how they took care of my lawn.

Took a long time to get into their schedule, but not excessive. Work done in 2 days and cleaned up everything very nicely. Only bad point was the crew on day 1 played very loud music that I don't think my neighbors appreciated.

***Project cost = $19,410.00*** I won't fail the company completely since the design was good but for almost 20K spent on a landscape project you would expect it to be pretty spectacular. A year later after installation, the quality and functionality fall deeply short of satisfactory. 1) $1,200.00 spent to have French drain placed along back fence line. it was obvious shortly after installation that it was NOT working (see photo). We paid an additional $2,500.00 to have a licensed plumber connect the NDS tubing directly into the storm drain. This still did not work. After a rain storm, there was standing water in the backyard for days and would not drain completely not matter what. Come to find out there was clay buried back on top of the drain pipe during installation (***which Allison Outdoor will deny). I know this first hand because I had to excavate the ENTIRE fence line and hauled away hundreds+hundreds of pounds of clay. We filled it back in with pea gravel and guess what, it works extremely well now. 2) Due to the french drain's failure to deplete rain water throughout the initial season, the Blue spruce planted in the SW corner of lot drowned. Though it was in the agreement that we (customer) would cover item costs and company would cover labor, the tree died because the french drain was not installed correctly. This should (in my opinion) have been covered by contractor. We had a different company replace it this year. During replacement, they stated the current dead tree was also planted too low, which most likely also contributed to its death. 3) Upon spring/summer's arrival this year we had roughly 8 of 20 Arborvitaes come back looking terrible. The contractor suggested I use some fertilizer and wait and see what happens. Well, let's just say they didn't show any signs of getting better and the remaining Arbs that were planted by Allison Outdoor look like they are trying to die as well. I ended up replacing ~8 of them myself spending hundreds $$$ once again. My theory is: why pay the same company to install the same product, it dies again next season and we go into the same cycle... 4) Here is another funny thing. So I decided to install mulch around the entire yard this year myself. Not knowing how many yards to order, I followed the last invoice from Allison Outdoor as a reference to how many yards of mulch they "Claimed" was delivered and installed last season (15 yards according to them). I ordered 13 yards just to be on the safe side, if anything I could order more if need be. When I was done putting down ~6" of mulch around the entire yard I ended up hiding it in places because I had a huge surplus and still had several yards in the driveway. I probably bagged and stored AT LEAST 5 yards of mulch after it was all said and done. In retrospect, 8-9 yards would have been plenty, YET last year I was charged for 15 yards of mulch when Allison Outdoor installed the initial landscape. Amidst all of this headache, the contractor is blaming us (THE CUSTOMERS) for all of this not working out. I'm sure he will have some sort of a rebuttal on this forum. I apologize if my tone may be somewhat negative but all in all for the amount of money spent on this MAJOR project ($19,410.00 to Allison Outdoor LLC + ~$5,000.00 after the fact + our own manual labor/time = at least $25,000.00 total), we should not be displeased. However, in the end it is our fault, right?

EXCELLENT On Time Polite Clean Great Attitudes during work

I purchased a deal through Angie's List: $495 for four labor-hours of landscaping by three landscapers. When he came out to look at the job, he estimated that there would probably be an extra charge of $150 for the amount of debris that would need to be hauled away. They came out and did the work, but only worked for a little less than 2.5 hours out of the 4. Then I received an invoice for the original $495 with the debris removal charge no longer there. I assume they meant that in exchange for the hours not worked, the debris removal was now included in the original purchase price, but that wasn't really communicated so that is just my assumption. Overall, we are pleased with the work that was completed but I think communication fell off a bit.

on time according to schedule, except when weather would not permit

Jeff and his team were awesome. We are thrilled with the results. The entire experience was great - from the initial contact to the finished project was smooth and drama-free (even though we had a bit of a delay due to a permit issue). I was impressed with how clean they were! They put protection down on the driveway to prevent tire marks from the equipment and there was no mud or dirt tracked anywhere. The crew as professional, prompt and friendly. We will definitely hire Allison Outdoor again!

They did a great job and Jeff was very helpful going out of his way to address any concerns I had with the work. We will definitely use them again for future projects.

Jeff came out and seemed reliable. By email he gave me an estimate for all the work. We agreed to weeding, edging planting and the rest would wait until Fall as it was getting too hot. The date was set for June 23, he later changed the date to June 30 due to weather. On June 8 I called Jeff about something. He stated he was coming to spray in the morning the next day. I was not made aware this is what he was doing. I could not be here and asked him to be careful of the overspray. He got an attitude and said he knew what he was doing. After several weeks the spray killed 3 plants, several others struggled to stay alive and he sprayed all the edge of the grass on the flowerbeds.. The spray followed the grass roots and killed off over a 1 1/2 feet of lawn edge on the flowerbeds. The grass on my neighbors side of the flower bed has been sprayed and killed off some of his lawn. Weeds have grown on the dead grass and I will now have to re seed in the fall. I received an emailed at 8pm on June 28 to say his crew would be here tomorrow June 29 at 8am. He apparently gave me the wrong date of June 30. I had plans for June 29 and could not change them. He knew I wanted to be here when they worked. He said they would be here Friday July 1 early afternoon 12-1pm. They arrived at 3pm instead. They rushed to complete 5 hours of work in 3. At 6pm we had enough. It was July 4 weekend and I had to change my evening plans already and the foreman was suppose to be on the road up North. I could see they were rushing and told them to stop. The crew did not know how to plant my flowers. The holes were not dug big enough with correct soil put in. Within a few days the plants were dying and falling over. I had to replant them correctly. The grass edging was dug too wide out into the lawn in spots plus it is still dead. I have to replace some with sod in the fall. Flower pulled out and thrown away. Weeds not pulled up at root growing back. Asked for tags of plant information. Some put by wrong plants, some thrown away, some returned. Jeff asked me not to pay the remainder of what was owed. However, with all that happened I felt as if I should have received some of my $350.00 deposit back. I was stressed and discouraged with this experience and ended up doing more work myself . The fall I will have to hire someone to reseed and sod. I had to hire someone to spray the weeds in the dead grass. I lost my 5year bleeding heart plant and some annuals. My grass lawn edging is not sharp and clean because Jeff sprayed it with weed killer. It is dead and brittle. If I had known he was doing that I would have told him not too. Just to deep cut the grass edge.

It went very well.? Crew as on time and professionally supervised.? Plant recommendations were correct and new plantings are doing well.? Work was expertly executed.? Work was scheduled for about 6 weeks after estimate.? We were updated by Allison on schedule status as it changed by a few days due to weather delays.?

The experience was very positive. The owner scheduled an appointment with me within a few days of contact and arrived on time. We walked through my entire yard, which has a lot of overgrown landscaping that we want to reduce and replace. He took measurements and photos, then wrote up plans and quotes for each individual area. We need to complete our landscaping project in stages and he was fine with that - no pressure to do the whole yard at once or for things we did not need/want. The project manager was equally fantastic, pleasant, and did a great job. I will definitely continue to use Allison to complete all of our landscaping needs over the next few years.

Arrived on expected date, work completed in a timely and professional manner. owner followed up with phone calls for a few days to make sure we knew how to take care of the newly seeded lawn and that we were happy.

It went great, we were very pleased. Crew led by Dan showed up on the appointed day, were very professional, and meticulous about cleanup. My husband was even impressed and he tends to be very particular. Job looks terrific.