Having to clean up two spring floods in my garage as a result of the landscape work done by Ashlar, I felt I needed to revise my review. I purchased a home in Bloor West, and during the first winter, realized I had a major grading issue resulting in flooding when melting occurred. Early spring I met with two contractors to discuss and resolve the issue. I wanted the flood issue resolved, first and foremost and low maintenance but high impact landscaping (including artifical turf) installed. Ashlar demonstrated superior technical knowledge in the excavating and installation of buried downspouts to a french drain, and provided a very clean, fresh landscape design that I was very happy with. Unfortunately the technical solution implemented to alleviate my #1 priority to resolve the flooding during spring thaw was not successful. I later came to realize there were two flaws in their solution. Canadian winters are cold, and can result in ice build up - and when this happens the french drains do not drain in the spring thus compounding the flooding issue. Further the backyard was raised up to be flush with my garage which couple with no draining causes the garage to flood. While they were flexible and easy to work with, and I would recommend them for landscape design, the technical solution they recommended and implemented has not resolved the flooding issue, but rather compounded it, causing me hours of time every spring using multiple sump pumps to remove the excess water from my backyard and now my garage that their solution was supposed to resolve.
- Approximate cost of services:
- $11,000.00