Mark Webber's Landscaping Co

The stone wall removal, tree and hydrangea plantings went on time as scheduled. The patio took slightly longer than expected as there was a supply problem with the bricks. We were in constant communication with Mark and the patio was finished only a few weeks late. We are very pleased with the patio and the garden work.

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We have no less than seven contract violations on our deck and hardscape project with Mark Webber?s Landscaping. (1) No building permit was obtained as required by Montgomery County and stated in the contract ? if we have it inspected now, we will have to tear it down and rebuild it at our own cost. (2) A zoning plan was not submitted per Washington Township requirements. (3) The deck was not built to code. It is attached to the brick veneer of our home; this is expressly forbidden in the Ohio Residential Building Code (Section 502.2.2.2). (4) The deck manufacturer?s installation specifications were not followed despite this being a requirement of the contract and the Ohio Residential Building Code. We now have a deck with an invalid 25-year warranty on expensive top-end synthetic materials. (5) Mark Webber also re-used the 20-year old joists from our old deck, despite the contract calling for ?removal of existing deck.? Rather than having joists supporting the deck that span the entire length, we have new pieces patched on to the old frame with wood screws. (6) The ?underground? wiring for the landscape lighting sticks out of the ground in one place in spite of the National Electric Code requirement for this to be buried six inches below ground (NEC Article 300.5). (7) He also failed to add any organic material when he planted the trees and bushes in spite of the contract calling for ?2 inches of organic material?. This is the end result of a two-week project that took him six months to complete, with rework at every step by unskilled workers who can?t read plans, use a level or measure properly. All of these contract violations are easy to prove, so there is nothing for Mark to debate, dispute, or defend. 1) We know he did not get a permit. 2) He did not submit a zoning plan. 3) We can see in the crawl space under our house where the deck is attached to the house and there are no bolts penetrating the brick veneer into the frame. 4) TimberTech will verify he failed to follow specifications. 5) The old deck joists are still there and can be seen if we remove deck boards. The old joists were 2 x 10 and Mark used 2 x 6?s or 2 x 8?s between them. 6) We can dig up plants if we need to prove there is no organic material added. 7) The wiring is sticking out the ground in plain sight. In spite of this, Mark Webber?s lawyer says ?it looks like a nice deck.? Yes, we have lawyers involved now.

A five-year old child would have no trouble telling which junipers were damaged, but instead Webber's crew removed perfectly healthy trees and left the severely damaged ones in place. The damaged ones are not subtly differentiated from the healthy ones; half of one of them is missing. The healthy junipers were replaced by a small bush-like tree which does not provide any privacy, one of which has already died. We were unsuccessful in getting Mark Webber Landscaping to admit to the mistake, return the stolen healthy junipers, or refund the services at all. Needless to say we will never again contract this service or recommend it to friends.

We went to the nursery in May of 2013. The service at the nursery was pretty good. It is very muddy and not really made for the public to browse. So, if you go there dress for walking in mud. We picked out and purchased a tree. The price of the tree, including delivery and planting was a little over $600. It was a good size tree so I think the price was fair. They told us that they do not dig trees until the fal. We were ok with that since they felt it was best for the tree. We expected the tree in September/October of 2013. But, we did not receive the tree until May of 2014! That was 1 year after we purchased it! We called several times during the fall and only received 2 call backs. Our other calls were ignored. They just gave us excuses like they had so many trees to plant they couldn't get to us. I wish we would have just put down a deposit and not paid the entire amount upfront. Finally, they brought our tree. They knew what they were doing and I think did a fairly good job of planting the tree. However, they just left the rocks they dug up around the base of the tree. It looked horrible! We had to purchase mulch to cover the area. They also complained about how bad our soil was. There were zero instructions on how to care for the tree (neither verbal or written). The tree has been planted for over a month now and it looks sick. Very few little tiny leaves. I called to ask them to come out and look at it. Of course there was no one there to answer the phone, as usual. I left a message and am waiting for a call back. With our previous experience, I am sure I will have to call several more times to get a response. Update: Mark Weber did come by one week after I called and told me that the tree did need to be replaced and they would replace it. I will update again when they actually do replace it. I upgrade their rating to a 'C' because of this.

They are good. They are very thorough. They do not come at an announced time so as a customer I would appreciate an advanced call.

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We have very bad soil in our lot so we think it helps in the process of our trees growing better. They seem to know what they are talking about. He has a radio show on Saturday mornings talking about trees, landscaping, and things like that. He seems knowledgeable.

His work was great. He has a radio show on the local radio station and that’s how I got to know of him. He is very well known. He is very professional and one of the best with the business. His business is certified. His pricing is reasonable. I would use him again in the future.