ANDRESKY'S THREE RIVERS LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

Description of Work: He was to build us a patio, outdoor fireplace, a retaining wall, pillars and plant trees.

Description of Work: I contracted with Three Rivers Landscape to complete hardscaping and landscaping on my property. My wife and I have saving for years to realize our dream. The job was to include hardscape patio, a fireplace, as well as installation of numerous planting beds and lawn. At present, almost 3 months later, very little has been completed and has essentially abandoned the job.

Description of Work: Got approximate estimate to have a retaining wall, patio, waterfall and landscaping done.

Description of Work: Shopped around for a number of contractors to finsh off an area where I demolished a 23' above ground pool and moved 6 tons of river rock from around the circumference. Leaving me with a 30' indentation and crater in my yard. Doug was the most professional contractor, listened to the needs of our family and added his suggestions. His patio and masonry work were top notc matching our exisiting patio nearly perfectly. He added about 300 sq ft of patio, berm, pantings and rock boulders, he also repaired my block stairs with the work. His staff was friendly and courteous. They even leveled and graded low spots and mulched parts of my yard when the work was through without requirng payment or asking for those services.

Description of Work: We worked with Doug a couple of years ago when his company installed a paver patio for us (approximate cost $9,000). We were happy with that project and have not had any issues with the patio. We decided to add a couple of retaining walls and some landscaping to the front of our house this year and immediately thought to call him. He was responsive, provided a bid and answered some questions. I had some difficulty reaching him over the next couple of weeks, but I knew it was busy season for them and that we had a relatively small project. In mid-May, he told me we were scheduled for the next week and that they would be done in 1 1/2 days (important because I was scheduling additional work from another company that couldn't start until he was done). At that point, I paid him the initial amount of $2,300, which was to cover the materials for the job. He didn't show up the following week and hasn't returned calls since. Over the last two months, I've called at least 20 times and he hasn't answered or returned a phone call or an e-mail yet. One of those messages was to cancel our contract and return our money because we were no longer interested in working with him. My husband called from his work number and Doug actually answered only to tell us that "the check was in the mail" which, of course, it wasn't - and he offered no apology for any of the mess. We have now contacted the Better Business Bureau and are trying to figure out the best way to get our money back. What a pain!

Description of Work: I hired Doug to build 2 retaining walls after getting estimates from other contractors. He seemed knowledgable and assured me his company had lots of experience building walls of this type. He offered a 15 year warranty that the wall woudl not fall down and also was the lowest bidder. I hired this company prior to becoming an Angie's list member - what a mistake. He started the project on time and esimated the time to completion at 2 weeks. Prior to initiation of the project, we discussed the need for engineered drawings and a building permit - which he told me he would take care of. A few weeks after he started, I found out we didn't have a building permit - which caused a delay. Not that that mattered. After we obtained the building permit, his crew would only show up for a few hours on a few days of the week. Despite being far behind the estimated time of completion, no work in rain, hot weather, for more than a few hours. Doug was a nice guy and was relatively responsive to phone calls, so I perservered with them on the project. With time, aesthetically, the project started to look better. It took forever, but I was close to being happy. Little did I know that the structure of the wall was a complete failure. As the backfill was put in place, the wall began to bulge. The crew was there and took the wall down, claiming they wanted to replace a cracked block. I don't believe that to be the case. Never the less, the damage was already done, the wall was already pushing forward and would need to be nearly if not completely replaced. I had 2 other wall builders exame the project, finding several flaws in how the wall was constructed. By the time the wall collapsed, I had already decided that I couldn't tolerate more months (the estimated 2 weeks turned into greater than 3 months) or futility. I cut ties with the company and asked them to remove the debris (palates block was shipped on, broken shovel handle, unused piping) from my property and clear out. After failing miserably with the building project, they didn't even have the courtesy to remove garbage from the job site. Avoid this company.

Description of Work: Doug is a great talker but his design, choice of plants, quality of work and professionalism were terrible. First of all, he confused us with other clients and told us he had already done our landscaping, when I called him because he failed to turn up on TWO separate occasions to start our landscaping work!! He entirely failed to complete the work of leveling and planting grass in our back yard, having told us during his 'sales pitch' that when he was finished, our back yard would look like a golf course. What a joke! The quality of soil used was very poor, the ground completely uneven, the grass planted so sparse, the ground cracked and looked horrendous. Doug came to look at the work his people had done and said he'd give us our money back. Needless to say, he has not and we never heard from him again, our phone calls went unanswered. The plants he selected for our front yard were totally inappropriate and most have either died or been eaten by deer (Doug said they were deer friendly - NOT). One tree he selected and planted in the front yard has grown much larger than he said it would in only 2 years and was planted only a foot from the foundation of our house. We are having to pay to have it moved as a surveyor has advised that it is likely to damage the foundation of our home. My advice is to AVOID this firm which is neither competent, reliable nor trustworthy.

Description of Work: Called this company about a landscaping job on a steep hillside that has been unmanageable for me for several years. I was very impressed with this companies website and made a call for an estimate. Mr Andresky returned my call quickly and came to my house exactly when he said he would. I was impressed with his ideas and was looking forward to working with him. He said he would call with an estimate within a week. After 3 weeks, I called and left a message asking if he had an estimate available. I never heard from him again. I was very disappointed as I really liked his knowledge and professionalism when he came to my house. At least give me the courtesy of saying that you don't want the job when you come to my house- don't make me waste time waiting for your estimate. I could have made arrangements with another company. But, I am learning that all landscapers play this game. I don't know how anybody gets anything planted around here.

Description of Work: I used Andresky’s Three Rivers Landscape & Design in June 2008 years ago for some masonry work.

Description of Work: Andresky's came out and helped re-do our back yard including a second patio and extending the original porch to that area.

Description of Work: Backyard excavated, patio built, retaining wall built, sidewalk built. All work was done using stone blocks.