Member name Jeannie Bernier

Company name DLS Landscaping Inc.

Location Palatine, Ill.

Category Landscaping

Work done? Yes

Hire again? Yes

Approximate cost $15,000

Description of work: "DLS Landscaping Inc. removed my front stoop and sidewalk and some old overgrown evergreens. They completely regraded the front and backyard for storm drainage, installed new drain tile and a paver walkway, resodded the front and backyards, and put in all new landscaping in the front."

Member comments: "DLS was a pleasure to work with. Before he even gave me a quote, [owner] Dave Swanson did a lot of preliminary legwork with the city of Evanston [Ill.] to determine what would be the best approach for the project.

"It took a while to get all the work done because of the amount of rain we had during the spring, but I'm really pleased with the end result."

Bernier appreciated Swanson's attention to detail. "It was this highly personal touch that sold me on using DLS," Bernier says.