Service Review
Since moving into our house in central Illinois we have been dragging our feet on landscaping to the point where I did my own landscaping initially, however with 2 kids now, the need for a sprinkler system was essential as my wife could not keep up with watering the lawn. Also we had a major vole problem which lead to the lawn being destroyed given the propensity of these vermin in hiding under the patio. A combo landscape and sprinkler system would go well. I was concern about getting an honest contractor that wouldn't cut corners, perform sloppy work, or pop up with last minute surprises. Since our neighbors went with Kouski and had nothing but good things to say we got our quote from Joel. He is quite knowledgeable and wants to get the project right for you. One tip for anyone that is hiring a contractor, get an idea of what you want to pay for the project or a budget limit and they will try to maximize it. I have been going at it all wrong trying to get a comparison between projects presented by contractors. Once we got the project down from the design, we were placed in a queue since we didn't sign up until later in spring. Overall the wait time was reasonable. The crew that he sends out are professional and work hard to keep the project on schedule. I think they were short a few people recently as there was only one crew instead of the normal two on the project. At the end of the project, the cost matched the estimate. The final product looks like the design plan. He also warranties all of the plants for a year. We will see in spring whether everything perks up the way it should as our plants were installed late in the season and some of them resembled what plants look like in fall. Overall I would go with Joel and his crew for our next project. My only comment would be that certain areas could have benefited from reseeding where the larger trenches were laid down for the sprinkler system.