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A & R Landscaping & Lighting Inc

in business since 1983

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on Angie's List for 12 years

We love a challenge. Most people consider landscaping planting trees and shrubs in the ground, but we take it to a higher level. We will have you thinking about creating an outdoor room with a pergola/arbor overhead and a stone or brick patio to set the outdoor couch on. We will design a custom fire pit with a curved stone wall to sit on which also acts as a retaining wall for the custom fountain that sits behind it. We won��t forget about the front of the house because with our awesome weather in the greater Orlando Florida area, we love to custom design those outdoor spaces for you. We will even provide landscape lighting so after those long work days you will still be able to go outside and enjoy your newly renovated custom landscaping and maybe even install a spa to help out.

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(407) 359-4952

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Oviedo, FL
32765

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Review: Landscaping Service
1 year ago

Entrance pavers, backyard patio with fire pit, flower bed areas, lighting system

It has taken me a while to write this review but I needed time to digest all that went thru. We contracted this company initially to complete a massive renovation of our landscape which included all the areas mentioned. The pavers work was done beautiful and we are very happy with the end result. At his advice, we added a transformer for lights to add some dimension to a retaining wall behind the fire pit in the brick patio. About 3 weeks after the job was completed, we discovered the cable from the transformer to the retaining wall was completely exposed. They never buried it and was just covered with mulch. Obviously, after a good rain, the cable showed. So thankful, it was not destroyed while cutting the lawn. Otherwise, it was money in the trash. After multiple calls, someone came and fixed the problem. For the flower bed areas, the work required to remove river rock stones, and at Andy's advice, it was replaced with sod and mulch. During the process, the brought sod - don't know from where - but it introduced crab grass everywhere in my garden beds - impossible to control. Within 2 weeks after job was done, I called and he send someone to spray weed killer. That really didn't solve the problem obviously. Upon asking why the industrial grade plastic was not installed, he felt his expertize was attacked and I decided never to contact him again. Upon leaving the job, the work was not complete (areas needed St. Augustine grass because they ran out of it, same for the mulch). Now over a year later, we have to bring another landscaper to fix all our flower bed. None of my neighbors, even the one next to our home has the crab grass issue we have. About 25% of the plants recommended and planted by this company died (they were too young), the ornamental grass grew out of control (not the best plants to plant under palm trees.) So are now, a year later, we are hiring another contractor to fix all the plant bed areas this crew did (Over $4K more) My advice, if the work that you want to be done is pavers patios, he is the Go-To person. If for landscaping, do more research before hiring him to do the job. For some plants we were charged over $40 for a 1 gallon to them finding the same plant as a reputable nursery for a fraction of it ($10).

Service Provider Response
Dear [Member Name Removed], This is not the experience we had with you back in January of 2017 when we installed your project. I can feel your frustration regarding the preexisting Torpedo grass. As discussed with you, torpedo grass is a hard weed to eradicate, especially since it was prevalent in your lawn before our project began. Unfortunately this is not a design issue but a maintenance issue as stated at the beginning pf your project. I hope you're still enjoying the patio spaces which was 85% of your project.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Hardscaping
- Landscape Lighting
A

Review: Landscaping Service
1 year ago

French Drains around house, re-landscaping front and back yard, fire pit installation

Big job. Very professional. Listen to what I wanted and provided a detailed drawing with exact number and types of plants. They were the only company which provided a drawing and detail. Showed up as scheduled and on-time every day (about a 5 day job). Left everyday with job site clean and crew is respectful and professional. Price wasn't cheap but the quality of work was great.... you get what you pay for. They made sure it was to my liking at the end of the job as well. I would recommend.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Hardscaping Service
2 years ago

We made an appointment to meet Andy at our small neglected backyard to ask for advice on patio, landscaping and irrigation. He came on time, showed enthusiasm for the job, and gave a lot of good ideas.

He sent his estimate with drawing as promised, and it was very good. Unfortunately, we couldn't afford the whole package at this time and may have to do some of the work ourselves. However, because of his professionalism, kindness and time spent, I plan to recontact Andy in the future.
Services Performed
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
3 years ago

Designed the landscaping for the front of our home. They put in new trees, plants and shrubs, mulched, and even put in some concrete pavers.

The whole experience with Andy and his crew was a joy! Andy created a great design for the front of our home, and his crew made that design come to life. The crew that came out got right to work, finished in about six hours, and cleaned up after themselves. They were a great group of guys. I've had many compliments on the work, and will be calling Andy again soon, this time for lighting up that beautiful landscaping that he created!
Services Performed
- Landscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
3 years ago

Front of house face lift including plantinting of shrubs & mulch, and repair irrigation system

Went great. Crew arrived around 10:30 AM, cleared new beds, placed & planted low maintenance shrubs, added mulch, even around other tree's and beds. Repaired irrigation system, replaced controller, and including running new control line to one of the zones. All done and cleaned up by 3:00 PM. Great job, very professional crew.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Irrigation System
F

Review: Landscaping Service
4 years ago

Drawing and Proposal

The owner andy came to my house to look over the property and give me a estimate. I waited 2 weeks for this appointment. Once he looked over the property and I told him budget, him me told me he would do a drawing and email me a proposal (never did he tell me my budget was too small. After 2 weeks and no contact I emailed him to ask if he had a chance to write up my proposal. I was answered and was told that he had gotten busy and that he would do it in a couple days. Another week later I was sent a drawing that I could have done my self and was totally underwhelmed by the drawing that took him 3 weeks it was a paver patio and a few hedges and a proposal costing $10,668. As a D.I.Y'r I can totally do the simple patio for less than $5200 and I can plant my own hedges for less than $1000. I told him that I was sorry but I was expecting something a little bit more extravagant. Below is his response: "We can do extravagant, just check out our projects on my web site! However you said your budget was around $5000. That gets you this patio. Since I don't charge for my designs I really didn't want to waste time designing something that won't work in your budget. " My budget was higher however he totally forgot how much it was because he waited 3 weeks to "draw" up the proposal.

Service Provider Response
Dear [Member Name Removed], I apologize for just now responding to your review as we just got going with Angies List and responding to reviews. I strive my best to see all our clients within two weeks of our initial appointment with a proposal of a design that was discussed with that client. During our peak seasons we can be booked a month out so I apologize if you had to wait a little longer than you would have liked. As discussed at your appointment you had a budget of 10k for a wedding and you wanted to spend a portion of it to prepare your backyard to have it there. We went over all that you had wanted done and I explained with your budget not all could be accomplished at that time but, we could start a portion of the project, the patio and it would be large enough to hold the amount of guest you wished to have and finish the other sections at a later date when you had more funds. Also discussed was that I would give you a rough drawing of what the patio could look like and if you wanted to move forward I could then go into more detail.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Fence Company Service
4 years ago

Updated the landscaping for our house in Windermere. The task included: (1) Re-sodding the backyard (tearing out old grass, getting rid of roots, adding topsoil and planting new grass). (2) Adding a new planter area near the patio and planting gold mound bushes (3) Planting approx. 30 jasmine vines against new black aluminum fence (4) Removing two trees (5) Planting 3 new trees (6) Planting 10 plumeria plants (7) Removing/replacing bad areas of lawn with new sod (8) Adding mulch to new planter areas and removing/replacing old mulch (9) Adding/updating sprinklers to accommodate new design

Andy was pretty booked when we first contacted him but we got an appointment for him to come out to the house and assess the situation. In about a week after the consultation he presented a detailed design that was a bit out of our price range, so we simplified the design and created a plan to be submitted to the HOA for approval. HOA approval took almost a month but once approved Andy and his crew scheduled completion of our project within a week. They arrived on time and competed all of the work in one day. The crew was professional, polite and had excellent attention to detail. The yard looks great and the sprinklers are now adjusted to keep everything looking good without having to call out a separate sprinkler firm. We are very happy with A & R Landscaping and Lighting and would use them again. The only negative I have to mention is that they are busy and it is hard to get on their schedule, but be diligent and the end result will be worth it!
Services Performed
- Fence Company
- Landscaping
- Irrigation System
- Lighting Installation
- Landscape Lighting
A

Review: Landscaping Service
4 years ago

installed paver patios

left alot of cracks unfilled with sand and one very large chipped paver was installed within the patio which looks awful and NEEDS to be replaced ASAP. Lots of concrete and dust left behind for me to clean up.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
4 years ago

I used A & R Landscaping & Lighting Inc. for removing the old plantings, cleaning out the beds, replanting and putting mulch in, and adding some sod to the area around it. They also did some minor pruning in the backyard for the same price.

There was one crew that did the walkway, and a different crew that did the landscape. They were both very good. It was all fine. It was all part of the same job. I would definitely recommend them. The owner was very professional. I appreciated the fact that he gave me a detailed professional drawing to scale what he was going to plant and labeled all the planting so I could look them up if I was not familiar with them and see what they were. He gave me low maintenance but colorful plantings. He did not himself do the job, but he came over several times to check on his crew.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
A

Review: Hardscaping Service
4 years ago

A & R Landscaping & Lighting Inc. replaced the landscaping in the front of my house and replaced the walkway to the front door with pavers. They had to remove what was there and then they had to level up the ground. They put down first some sand, and then laid out the pavers so that they were very close together because there were just the little plates between them. There's a curve so they had arranged the pavers so that they would be close together even around that curve.

I was very pleased with both jobs that they did. I had called them earlier but we had a lot of rain and so he was backed up for a while. It was somewhat later when he came but that was fine with me. It was not an emergency, I was not in a hurry. I paid $2500 for everything, and that included the plants. I haven't had any trouble. I have a large oak tree at the front of my house which had been a problem with previous walkways that I had. The roots of the tree would uplift the other walkways but so far there has been no sign of that with the new walkway. It's very easy to walk on. None of my guests have complained of it being uneven or anything like that. I thought the price was reasonable. I had gotten 3 other estimates and I thought his was fair. He drew up a plan and sent it to me so I could see exactly what he had proposed and what plants he was planning to use, and I was satisfied with all of it.
Services Performed
- Hardscaping

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