Lemmel Landscaping

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Chris did an excellent job and charged a fair price. The wall was built exactly as requested and is absolutely beautiful! I would highly recommend Lemmel Landscaping.

Initially just placed stone walkway pavers on the dirt and shoved mulch around each for completion. He did go back and redo some of that, however he left the walkway undone and never corrected the front. His solution for everything was not to dig for appropriate placement but to add dirt around it. Not surprisingly this created a drainage problem in the back yard. He put the stones down for the patio on some gravel, however the surface of the stones are not even close to even and the patio tilts towards the house. He was going to use gator dust, which I later found out he had never used before (he had used other gator products) and was not familiar with it. He was going to use it against manufacturer guidelines below freezing. I was willing to continue to work with him (mainly because he kept telling me how hard up he was), but he walked off the job. However, he had no answer for how he was going to correct the patio grade - the solution would have been to dig some dirt out from the patio and replace the gravel and stones but that would have required the work that he was hired for and never done. As he stated he quit because i asked him to level the front walkway which he stated followed the grade. The stones are level with the ground on one side and fully sit above the grade on the other. -he did not show up a few days he said he would, nor did he call. Found out later he has a regular job on fridays. (this would have been fine if he had told me) -he did not use a level until i asked him to (he laid on the ground and said it looked level) -created a drainage problem, where there had been none in the yard -left the job unfinished with the patio grade towards the house, my yard a mess that he created, the walkway unfinished

It was good. He did what he was supposed to do. He showed up on time. He did a good job with it, but we are doing the work ourselves now.

It turned out very well. He is very thorough when he is out here. If we have any special request he never has any problem taking care of them.

The job was well done! Chris built the wall the way we requested. He dug out the area, put in crushed limestone for the base and tamped it down, then built a beautiful wall around our patio. He back-filled it with 1 inch wash, put in a drrain, and replaced all the top soil, leveling the entire area, and making sure all the curves and edges were to my liking. He cleaned up the area when he was finished. I was very happy with his work.

Overall an honest, hard working service provider who is fair and straightforward. You may find someone bigger but unlikely you will find someone better.