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"Oustanding ! Jose is extremely responsive and "knows his stuff"! If I have a question or concern, I can always reach him. I have used quite a few landscapers and never really been satisfied. Quality vs. Value is perfect with Nahuat"

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"We have used Steve's for all kinds of landscape projects, for masonry work and for snow removal. They are responsive, always on time, polite and just great overall. I wish everyone worked like that! Steve himself comes out and checks on things and helps coordinate. Yard looks beautiful! THANK YOU to Steve and his whole company!!!"

"Bob came to give me an estimate not long after I made my initial phone call. I was immediately impressed with him when he showed up with his adorable and precious one year old daughter. When you watch a parent interact with their child you can tell a lot about their character. So aside from being a good father, Bob was knowledgeable and thorough in his evaluation. I booked my appointment that day but had to wait 3 weeks for the work to be done. I heard that since Sandy it was not uncommon to wait for tree work, so I didn't mind being patient. About 1 week before the work date I called Bob because my landscaper had concerns about tree companies and my husband became nervous.  When Bob called back quickly, he wasn't threatened by my concerns and even offered to speak to my husband about his training and experience.
On the day of the work the crew arrived a little before 8am. I was initially concerned because Bob wasn't there but a crew supervisor walked the property with me to make sure he understood everything that needed to be done. The crew supervisor was wonderful to work with and assured me that the job would be done to my satisfaction. Before the work was completed, the supervisor walked the property with me again to point out what was done and to make sure I was satisfied. There were a few small things I noticed that weren't even on my work list but he happily took care of them.
The only problem I had was that my pear trees continued to drop cut branches for 2 days and I had a fair amount of cleaning up to do. However, it might have been hard for the crew to notice every branch they cut and remove them all. The crew finished their work at 1pm.
I was very impressed with Hurricane Tree Experts and will certainly recommend and use them in the future.  

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"Very helpful in providing options and links to those options for new kitchen appliances (dishwasher, fridge, microwave, stove). Delivered and installed in a timely fashion and installers were very detail oriented. Had a small issue and they came right back a few weeks later to fix. Very happy overall!"

"It went well. Mr. Gallo looked at the condition of the retaining wall and said it wasn't something he wanted to work on. He said he was more of a plant maintenance and landscaping person. He gave me an idea of the kind of company I should hire. He was very helpful although he didn't perform any work.
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Our insured and bonded tree removal and landscaping professionals have the expertise and skills that you need for services in Fairfield County and Western Connecticut. At Double Tree, we have a staff of certified tree removal experts and registered arborists.

We strive to provide A+ quality work so that our clients are left 100% satisfied. The smiles on your face when the job is done RIGHT is what we seek! We work hard and diligently and look forward to servicing you, your family and friends repeatedly. We are very friendly and reliable. Try us out!

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I can't rave enough about Billy Vamvakidis and his crew.
Billy is a pleaure to deal with, and understood the vision for the new stairwell and patio that I described. He clearly explained things that I hadn't thought about (such as drainage concerns) and reviewed with me the simple pictures that I had drawn.,
He came back with a quote in a week (which was exactly how long he said it would take). We revised the quote only once, as I had been revising the drawing. We realized we had underestimated the square footage of the patio.
After all was said and done, the final cost was only about 4% higher than the original quote - because we needed additional retaining wall blocks, based on the issues detailed below.
As the actual work got under way, Billy made -- and made good on -- a number of and quot;Don't worry - I'll take care of that for youand quot; promises, Some of the snags and solutions we encountered are detailed below.
1) Yard was difficult to access.
The only access to the backyard was from a neighbor's driveway, which is about 4 feet below the grade of the yard. Billy removed our chain link fence, and backed a flatbed up to that wall, and very carefully drove the bobcat and digger across a steel plate bridge. I'm pretty sure other contractors would have looked at that access problem and walked out.
2) Rocks, Rocks, and more Rocks.Our house is in Cliffside Park, on top of the Palisades. You can't dig down more than a foot or two before you hit big rocks and/or the cliff head. Billy and his team unearthed some giant rocks (and kept them for us to decorate the planter boxes) as they were grading down the yard. Finally, toward the back of the yard, they hit a rock (or the cliff head) that would not budge. The top of that rock would have to become the lowest point we could grade to. Billy's crew then had to UNDO the grading that had already done to bring the rest of the yard back UP to that minium level. They didn't charge me extra for that work, although -- that meant there was less material to remove, so - that may have been a wash, cost wise.
3) Solving design issues as they come up.The original plans called for a much wider stairwell down to the ground floor entrance. When the old, narrow stairwell was removed, it became clear that there was no bricking on the exterior of the house below grade. Rather than try to re-brick the newly-exposed wall - or create some kind of stucco finish that wouldn't match, we re-though the return walls of the stairwell to create more of a and quot;flareand quot; -- so that the more and quot;openand quot; feel would remain, even as the return walls came closer to the door.Also, once the big, immovable rock re-set the grade of yard about a foot higher than planned, it became clear we would need to add a step up from the patio entrance (at the side of the house). Also, the new curved retaining wall suddenly seemed very short next to the raised patio. Billy added a course of wall block to raise the retaining wall (bringing it back to and quot;sittingand quot; height) and created a nice design element uniting the stairwell's return wall to a single step up to the patio.
4) Little Extras without nickel-and-diming.I did not haggle with Billy on the initial quote. and quot;I'll pay you what you want, but I don't want to be dinged for the little extras here and there.and quot; I think that understanding worked out quite well for us. The only thing he charged me for (beyond what was quoted) was extra wall block: because of the and quot;big rockand quot;, we needed to raise the entire length of the wall by another course to preserve the and quot;sitting heightand quot;, and we needed wall block for the riser for the new step that was needed. Also, as we finalized the grading, we realized that the curved wall really need to extend around about 12 feet further than planned. What's important to note is what I DIDN'T specifically pay for that Billy felt added to the overall quality and appeal of the job:
4a.) Two window wells - since the yard was graded higher than expected, we needed two window wells at the house. He didn't charge me for these.
4b.) Cinder-block cap to outside retaining wall on east side of property. When we raised the curved block retaining wall by another course, it's top was now higher than the outside retaining wall facing the neighbor. Billy added a and quot;capand quot; of blocks to this existing wall so that its height would match.
4c.) Bury a conduit for me: in the back of the yard about 40 feet from the house is an 8' x 8' quaint-looking painted cinder-block building we use as garden shed. I've always dreamed of having electricity out there. Since the yard was being all torn up, I asked Billy if he could run a conduit from the house to that shed, and he did - at no extra charge. He also drlled the difficult holes in both the house and the shed to complete the run.
4d.) Double-sided block for the end of the wall: The original plan called for the curved retaining wall to and quot;disappear into the ground' as the grade behind it sloped down to the patio level. When completed, this looked a bit odd -- there was about 8' -10' of wall cap that just seemed to be sitting on the ground - begging you to step over it - or worse - trip on it. It seemed clear that the wall needed to be the same height all the way around, and just and quot;endand quot;. The problem was that - for this last 8' - 10', we needed double-sided block - because you would be able to see the and quot;other sideand quot; of this higher wall from the lawn. Billy somehow managed to get his hands on a few matching double-sided blocks to complete this, without making me buy a whole pallet of them. (or maybe he cut some single-sided blocks and put them back to back?) I don't know. Don't care. It looks great.
4e.) Small and quot;porchand quot; patio and interesting wall return at the Garden shed. Hard to explain - but totally his idea. Looks great. Pictures coming soon.
4f.) Totally unrelated repair. On the other side of my house is a three-step stairwell down to another ground floor entrance. The return wall on that stairwell is falling apart. As we were closing the deal, he off-handedly mentioned - and quot;Oh we can fix that up for you.and quot; It wasn't mentioned in the quote/contract, and - he could have easily 'forgotten' about it. But he didn't.
All this work was done over the course of about four weeks. His crew consisted mainly of two guys who were here every day. Billy would come by every day in the morning and late in the afternoon. We talked about the yard - while actually standing it it - almost every day for 15- 30 minutes before I left for work.
I would recommend Unique Custom Landscaping for extensive hardscaping work to anyone without reservation.

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