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Penton Enterprises Lawn & Landscape
4.4(
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Serving Ames, NE and surrounding areas

In business since 1997

Free estimates

Credit card accepted

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Due to shade, dog damage, etc., our back yard had turned into a mud yard.  The grass had thinned or died, and the soil had then eroded away.  Penton?s team added a few of inches of soil and then covered the soil with sod.

I first want to praise the Penton team for showing up when they said they would and doing what they agreed to do.  My back yard was transformed from mud yard to thick lawn.  My only complaint is with the damage done to my front yard while moving soil and sod to the back yard.  I understand that some damage is inevitable, but the other landscapers that I have seen put boards down to limit the heavy equipment damage.  Penton?s team instead put down narrow sod patches to cover the tracks left by their track steer.  This left a very uneven patch of lawn, with high tracks where the sod was set bordered by low ?barrow pit? areas.  Friends and neighbors have literally tripped due to the very uneven strips.  I don?t know how the damage can be repaired without stripping, leveling, and then re-sodding the area.

I?m very thankful for the work that John?s team did for us, but I get a little angry every time I mow the damaged area.


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Lawn and Landscape
Limestone & Flagstone
Retaining Wall
Recommended by86%of homeowners
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MWC Construction
4.1(
120
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Serving Ames, NE and surrounding areas

In business since 2005

Free estimates

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"Everything went great. The job was affordable and finished quickly. The 2 man crew were clean, courteous, and did a great job. I will definitely be using MWC for future concrete work."
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FAQs for landscape soil, sand, mulch and rock delivery projects in Ames, NE

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