Ruth in York

I contacted a series of paving companies to get a quote to resolve a laneway grading issue that flooded my garage annually. Most of the paving companies want to pave the lane at considerable cost. Joe, explained why that would not work, and detailed how to approach resolving the issue. Even though it would have been optimum to have the entire laneway graded, many of the those backing onto the laneway were unwilling to participate as it was not affecting them. Joe provided a solution for 1/2 of the lane way, for those that wanted to participate, provided a quote. On the day of work, he arrived with a team of folks, a series of machines and a truck to remove laneway excess not required after grading. The grading work was completed in less than 1 day. This year during the spring thaw, not one drop of water entered my garage. I could not be happier, and highly recommend Joe. He knows what he is doing.

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.

I was referred to this company and I liked the service from the beginining. They were clear about the service, punctual, clean, efficient. I really liked the before picture showing me what was removed. The house just felt cleaner.

Kevin and Troy have provided outstanding service in getting rid of the mice in our old home. They explained how the poison would rid the house of mice, and what to keep an eye out for to ensure the process was working. They came back a second time to on request to check the poison and ensure the mice were eliminated. . They are efficient, clean, courteous, on time and guarantee their work. I highly recommend them if you have mice you need to get rid of.