San Antonio Landscaping And Design

I left Voice Mails on April 5th and again on April 12th 2021. I never received a return call.

Was very smooth from beginning to project completion.

Steve McLaughlin was wonderful to work with. He took our concerns into account, provided a plan to meet our needs, and his crew executed that plan excellently. All members of his crew were efficient and respectful workers, and did an outstanding job of planting and clean up.

Steve did $65,000 xeriscaping and retaining walls proect. Overall work was excellent. We did have an issue during the cleanup after the work was completed but Steve and his team worked diligently to resolve the issue. We only installed stones, pavers, mulch and retaining walls, no plants or trees.

I like it. I was able to find them through Angie's List and also mention it to them. They took care of making sure that they provide a good service. I will call them again. Pricing was fair.

It was the best contractor experience that we have ever had. We have a lovely yard now and would hire again for any outdoor need. Thank you!!!!!

Steve said he was booked up and couldn't come out at the time I called, but he suggested when to call back (several weeks later) and when I did, he immediately agreed to an appointment time at my convenience. He spent over 2 hours walking around my yard, asking me what I wanted and offering suggestions while sketching everything out on paper. I was pleased that he and I shared a preference for native and low-water-maintenance plants, and he offered some suggestions for a couple of drainage issues. He gave me an estimate for the entire project, and said it could be broken into two parts, and he gave two prices: one for which he and his crew would do all the prep work and provide the plants, and one for which they just did the prep work. I have not decided when to proceed, but will probably have SAL&D just do the prep part since I do gardening as a hobby.

Steve is a true landscape expert! What a level of professionalism, expertise, great recommendations, not to mention having a true passion for his craft. It was a pleasure to meet and work with him over several months to see our project start from dirt to a beautifully landscaped yard. Would certainly recommend him and SA Landscapes again!!

This work was done very smoothly. The owner came out a couple times before and drew out his plan and placement. He also let us approve placement of the items before actually planting. He and is staff are professional, efficient, hard-working and on time! The work was done in a timely manner (they had a lot to do)! Several neighbors called or stopped by to say it looks beautiful and to get his contact info!

Everything was done quickly and professionally

Steve came up with a landscape design that greatly reduced the damage done to our yard by our dogs. He even built a sand pit for us that the dogs love. Plants are all xeriscape and easy to care for. Such an improvement over the mud pit our yard gad become. Steve left great instructions for for short and long term care of the grass and plants. He also let us know we only have to email him with any questions we may have later. All in all a great experience. I would definitely recommend this company.

Steve came to our home to discuss landscaping our back and side yard. After giving him an idea of what we wanted, he drew up and presented a design plan for us the afternoon of his visit. We were very pleased and excited about the design and plants he proposed. We proceeded to set a time for him to do the work for us. He told us it would probably be a 2-3 day job, and he set aside 3 days on his calendar to complete the work. He and his crew arrived promptly on the date and time we agreed upon. He gave his crew instructions each morning, and they set to work immediately. His crew worked hard and were both professional and polite. The job was done in 2 ½ days. We were and are very happy with the completed job. We have had many neighbors and friends tell us how beautiful it looks and many have asked for Steve’s number to have work done for them. We highly recommend Steve and his company to do any landscaping needs you may have.

Steve came to our home to discuss landscaping our back and side yard. After giving him an idea of what we wanted, he drew up and presented a design plan for us the afternoon of his visit. We were very pleased and excited about the design and plants he proposed. We proceeded to set a time for him to do the work for us. He told us it would probably be a 2-3 day job, and he set aside 3 days on his calendar to complete the work. He and his crew arrived promptly on the date and time we agreed upon. He gave his crew instructions each morning, and they set to work immediately. His crew worked hard and were both professional and polite. The job was done in 2 ½ days. We were and are extremely happy with the completed job. We have had many neighbors and friends tell us how beautiful it looks and many have asked for Steve’s number to have work done for them. We highly recommend Steve and his company to do any landscaping needs you may have.

At first I was happy with the project. 2 years later it is a disaster. Only about 4 of many plants survived. But the worst part is the soil they brought in was apparently filled with Nutsedge. I’d never had it before and now it has taken over the bed. I’ve fought it for 2 years with no hope of getting rid of it. My side bed was filled with Bottlebrush and rock. Looked really nice. Problem with that is it’s never once bloomed since the first summer. To replace them means having to remove all the rock which is too big a job for us. I was told it would bloom for years. Didn’t happen. They look awful. I’m very disappointed in the long term result if all the money I spent.

Great. All services delivered as specified in "deal".

It went very well. Steve is knowledgeable and gave us some very good suggestions.

It was clear pretty quickly that Steve (super nice guy) was not qualified to actually design anything from scratch. If you already know what you want and need someone to sketch it, help you calculate materials and place plants, this is your guy. If you want someone to help you with ideas from scratch, he'll tell you to hire a landscape architect. In my mind, this deal description needs to be tweaked to ensure customers understand what it does NOT offer. Steve recommended I request a refund from Angie's List since he couldn't provide actual design but since it was more than 30 days since I purchased the deal, Angie's List won't refund my money. This will be the last deal I buy from Angie's List...you're better off with Groupon as they actually stand behind their vendors.

Horrible. The so called landscape DESIGNER arrived and we started walking the property to give him a quick overview. We did not even get out of the front porch area before he started debating over how the sprinkler system was a problem. I asked him to focus on the design without diving straight into the mechanical aspects of the project. I mean, come on - we had only talked for about 5 minutes and he is already debating with me about trivial crap. After about 15 minutes of total frustration, I asked him to leave my property and don't bother coming back. As I explained to him - he has a perfect way of 100% destroying any creative spirit. Save yourself the hour - you can never get it back - and I would not even wasting a minute to place a call to this so called DESIGNER.

Excellent. I'm very pleased with the plan Steve presented and the completion of the work. They were neat and efficient. I certainly plan to use them again.

Great. Steve was very knowledgeable and provided the kind of information I was seeking.

We could not be more pleased with how this project turned out. We stumbled into this after receiving an Angie's List email offering $69 landscape plans. Knowing that we needed to one day get rid of our excessive lawn that was using up too much of our shared well water, we knew we couldn't go wrong to just sign up for a plan. We were a little concerned that whomever came out was going to hard-sell their service. This was far from what happened. Steve came out, spoke with us about what we were looking for, hand-sketched a plan while he was here, reviewed it with us and gave us his opinion on how we could reduce the cost. There was absolutely no hard-sell. We could keep the plan and do nothing. We chose to have him price it out and he had it back to us the next day, along with suggestions (again) on how to keep the cost of our job down. We liked the plan as drawn and scheduled to have the work done. Steve and his team at San Antonio Landscaping provided the kind of service that we all hope every contractor would provide. He knows what he is doing (knows plants/landscape design), he communicated with us every step of the way, he was on the job when he said he'd be, and he has followed up with us after the job. A+ work. We couldn't be happier.

Things went very well. Ideas that were presented were excellent.

Design included our suggested plants where feasible. Suitable suggestions were made as substitutions. Have placed a hold on doing actual work until spring time.

It went very well. Stove was knowledgeable about plants and integrated everything we discussed in to his plan. One of the nice things was that when my wife and I were did not have an idea of how we wanted the plan, Steve was quick to offer several options of how he would do things. Very refreshing to work with someone that isn't afraid to offer up their opinion. Also, no pressure to buy anything beyond what we paid for!

We liked the design so much we agreed to have them do the work for us. The plantings were done as promised with all the finishing work on the area as well. It looks beautiful. They were prompt and courteous and left our area clean.