Galati Landscaping, Inc. is Family Owned and Operated and has been in business for over 30 years.
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Galati Landscaping proudly offers one of the most Reliable landscaping services in South Western Pennsylvania. For over 38 years, the Galati crew has specialized in completing timely landscape and hardscape designs. Our landscape and hardscape services include retaining walls, plantings, pavers, clean-ups, seeding, grading, aerating, de-thatching, sodding, rock beds, french drains, tree and shrub removal, light excavating, mulching, weeding, edging, landscape designs, commercial snowplowing, as well as whatever custom landscaping needs your home or business calls for.
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The wall was built as three separate walls, rather than one integrated wall. I was assured this was not a problem. Wall started to separate within a 30-60 day window. Vito (the owner) examined the wall, and a crew returned to fix it. This all happened before winter set in. In discussing the wall with the crew, they acknowledged that it was not built correctly, but they were putting it back the same way as per Vito's instructions. The repair of the wall basically involved removing the top 3-4 layers of the wall and re-laying them with some type of additional glue between the stones. Wall began to separate again after a few months. Spring rains in early March completely washed out the footing of the wall, and washed the foundation material as well as the material around the base of the wall all over the driveway. I contacted Galati's and left many messages for Vito, but was unable to get a return call. He finally showed up at the house the week of March 19th 2012, while I was out of town (information I specifically left when leaving messages with people at Galatti's Nursury). My daughter saw him outside in our driveway, and my wife spoke with him. He promised a crew to fix it. After several weeks, I began to leave phone messages again, unable to get Vito to speak with me. I finally got a phone message on April 9th from Vito, saying the crew would be here that week to fix the wall.On Friday, the 13th, one guy showed up. I showed him what needed to be done, and he told me that he had been instructed that it was a couple hours work for one man. He immediately saw that the job was much bigger and he would not be able to do it himself. While I was standing next to him, he received a call from Vito. The phone was turned up quite loudly, and I could overhear much of the conversation. I heard the man express the work that needed to be done, and I heard Vito tell him that he knew the wall was not built properly in the first place. After he got off the phone, the man told me that Vito was sending him to another job, and a larger crew would be here the following week to fix the wall. I finally received a call from Galati's, (not Vito) later on in the week telling me a crew would be there on Monday the 23rd. It rained on the 23rd, and I received a call from Galati's (not Vito) at about 9 a.m. telling me the crew would not show up that day because of weather. April 24th was a clear day, but no crew showed up in the morning. I called Galati's at about 9:30, and was told Vito was on the phone and would call be back. He did, and on that phone call he told me that it was at 8:30 that morning that he was made aware that this job required extensive work. He told me that he had been building walls for 20 years and never had anything like this happen, and didn't know what he needed to do to fix the wall. He told me that he needed time, and said that he could send a crew sometime in mid June, and would send me a letter saying he would do the work. I expressed to Vito that I did not believe he only knew about this that morning. I told him that I had overheard his comments about the wall, and knew that his employee had told him about the state of the wall when he was here. I also expressed my concerns about not being able to get in touch with him, the lack of returned calls, the no-shows from the crew. I told him that I had given him plenty of time to address the problem, and he had not met any of the previous obligations that he had made to me. I wanted the wall fixed. Vito become increasingly agitated, saying he didn't want to go over "past history" and wanted to move forward. He started yelling at me on the phone at one point, saying I was beating him up, and acting like his ex-wife. He said I should sue him if I wanted, and then said he had to call me back and hung up on me. After a month, with no call back, my wife called and spoke with a nursery employee, who knew exactly who were were and was shocked the problem had not been resolved. We received a call back telling us the work work be done some time in June. One day the crew just showed up and started working without even knocking on the door. I had to stop them so that we could get cars out of the driveway. They spent two days rebuilding the wall. They dumped construction material in the back of my yard, the workers urinated in the back of my yard, and when they needed additional dirt for behind the wall they dug it out of the back of my yard! I was just glad to see them gone. I had contacted an attorney but was advised the amount of money involved would not be worth the expense of going after them, so I felt at the mercy of this horrible company. I waited this long to write a review because I was afraid of sharing this information until they were completely gone from the project. I would advise staying away from this company at all costs. They clearly don't know anything about engineering or construction, have no respect for the home and work site, produce shoddy work, and don't communicate with the home owner.
Description of Work: replace railroad tie retaining wall with stone wall.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
4.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
1.0
$2,629
eric K.
03/2012
5.0
landscaping
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They did a beautiful job. There was one problem. I called them and they came out to fix it right away. They wanted to make sure it was right and that we were happy. They were very professional.
Description of Work: I have used Galati do landscaping and build a wall in our back yard.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
YULIYA B.
11/2004
1.0
landscaping
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MR. VITO GALATI PROMISED ME A PROFESSIONAL DESIGN OF THE ENGLISH STYLE GARDEN BUT NEVER BOTHERED TO PROVIDE A DESIGN OR DISCUSS DETAILS ABOUT TYPE AND SIZE OF THE PLANTS I'D PREFER. MOREOVER, HE NEVER GAVE A PRICE FOR THE JOB. HE SIMPLY PLANTED THE WHOLE YARD AND THEN TOLD ME HOW MUCH IT COST. I TRIED TO NEGOTIATE THE PRICE BASED ON THE PLANTS THAT I RETURNED AND STILL WANTED TO EXCHANGE. HE DIDN'T GIVE ME THIS OPTION. HE ALSO FAILED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE MAP OF PLANTING AREA WHERE ALL PLANTS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED. MR. GALATI WAS RUDE, UNPROFESSIONAL AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ME WHO TRUSTED HIS NURSERY REPUTATION BASED ON THE ANGIE'S LIST REPORTS. I DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE GALATI NURSERY IS A FAMILY BUSINESS THAT INCLUDES TWO OTHER LANDSCAPING DESIGNERS. WHEN I CALLED THE NURSERY, I GOT MR. VITO GALATI AS AN ONLY CONTACT RESPONDING TO MY CALLS. THE OTHER OWNERS OF THE NURSERY WERE ASHAMED OF HIS BEHAVIOR BUT WERE AFRAID TO INTERFERE WITH MY DEALINGS WITH MR. VITO GALATI.
Description of Work: VITO GALATI WAS HIRED TO DO A PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPE ON THE BACK YARD PLANTING BUSHES, PERENNIALS, INSTALLING PATHWALKS, ADDING TOP SOIL AND MULCH. THE QUALITY OF THE JOB WAS DONE WAS BELOW ANY EXPECTATIONS: MR. GALATI NEVER DISCUSSED AND NEVER PROVIDED A DESIGN OF THE GARDEN, AND DIDN'T GIVE ME A CHOICE OF PLANTS. HE JUST SHOWED UP UNEXPECTEDLY ONE DAY AND BEGAN PLANTING WITHOUT ANY AGREEMENT FROM MY SIDE, WHILE I WAS AT WORK. ON MY REQUEST TO EXCHANGE SOME PLANTS THAT I ABSOLUTELY DIDN'T LIKE, HE SENT ME TO HIS NURSERY WHERE THERE WAS NOT MUCH SELECTION LEFT DUE TO LATE FALL. I ASKED MR. GALATI TO GIVE ME A CREDIT FOR PLANTS TO EXCHANGE THEM IN THE SPRING WHEN HE'D HAVE TO ORDER THE RIGHT SIZE AND TYPE FOR ME. HE REFUSED DO SO. MR. GALATI SHOWED COMPLETE INCOMPETENCE WHEN IT CAME TO GARDEN DESIGN. AS RESULT, I HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF WORK IN ORDER TO CORRECT HIS PLANTING AND CHANGE THE LAYOUT OF PLANTS. I STILL HAVE NO PARTICULAR DESIGN FOR THE TYPE OF PLANTINGS IN THE AREA.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
1.0
value
1.0
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
$7,000
Response from Galati Landscaping Inc.
I met with her on at least three occasions before work began. I did not 'just show up,' I called and was asked to delay work until the driveway sealing was done. I never promised or was asked to provide a design. We charge for computer designs. She was given a plan of the garden and the names of the plants. I did give a price, which she agreed to. She did not pay in full. She did not originally ask for specific plants but changed her mind later. Plants were exchanged and she was satisfied with the exchanges. We do not have two other designers on staff. She did not complain about my work or me until I requested payment. The plants that are 'sick looking' are deciduous plants that are not going to look especially nice since they are losing their leaves and the perennials which die back in the fall.
JAMI C.
01/2004
5.0
landscaping
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VERY NICE WORK. PLANTS HEALTHY AND DOING WELL.
Description of Work: LANDSCAPING.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
12/2003
4.0
greenhouses
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THEY WERE VERY POLITE. THEY MAINTAINED THE DELIVERY SCHEDULE. REPLACED THE TREES THAT DIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
Description of Work: DELIVERED NUMEROUS TREES AND SHRUBS.
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Service Categories
Landscaping,
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FAQ
Galati Landscaping Inc. is currently rated 3.2 overall out of 5.
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: Closed
No, Galati Landscaping Inc. does not offer free project estimates.
No, Galati Landscaping Inc. does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Galati Landscaping Inc. does not offer a senior discount.
No, Galati Landscaping Inc. does not offer emergency services.
No, Galati Landscaping Inc. does not offer warranties.
Galati Landscaping Inc. offers the following services: Landscape Designers & Consultants,Landscaping & Lawn Services