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BLACKSTONE HARDSCAPE INC.

in business since 2000

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on Angie's List for 12 years

In 1997, Nate Amberson learned the craft of hardscape when he took a summer job with a firm while attending college. It didn��t take him long to realize he had found his calling. Armed with a passion for craftsmanship and detail, three years of field experience and a lot of ambition, he founded Blackstone Hardscape in March of 2000. In 2010, Blackstone Hardscape merged with Northland Stone Co, Inc., a company owned and operated by Rob Cramer and Drew Stillwell from 2004-2009. Rob has a background in carpentry and nearly a decade of hardscape experience. His passion for craftsmanship and zeal for work are matched only by a few. Rob oversees our crews and ensures that our work consistently meets our standards. Drew is an entrepreneur who is passionate about building relationships on the foundations of honesty, trust, and respect. He also has the gift of thinking creatively and the ability to make things happen. Drew oversees our sales strategy. Nate continues to oversee our general business operations. Our operations are located in Burnsville, MN. We work primarily in the southwest metro area (Minneapolis and suburbs). Depending on the size and scope of a project, we will travel. We have completed projects throughout Minnesota, and are always willing to consider any opportunity.

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(952) 882-2968

Address

12400 Beard Ave S
Burnsville, MN
55337

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Ratings and Reviews for BLACKSTONE HARDSCAPE INC.

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Review: Hardscaping Service
7 years ago

Installation of: - three boulder walls - pavers on front walkway, side patio, landing outside garage door, landing outside basement door. - edger stones all of the way around house.

Blackstone subcontracted through Bachman's. We had Bachman's do a complete relandscaping of our house. I don't remember the portion of the landscape cost that was allocated to hardscaping so don't pay attention to the cost I put for this review. Nate and the crew from Blackstone were great in every way. Very professional. My wife and I are pretty picky and they listened to every request that we had while doing the work. The work was top notch. The boulder walls really showed experience and some artistic touch - a wall can look pretty crappy if the right rocks are not selected to go next to each other - don't want it too uniform but it needs to fit together. We love our walls. The front walkway and the other areas where they installed pavers look awesome. The bullet edgers that go all the way around the house also look great. The work was done in 2009. In Oct 2012 I noticed that a row of the walkway pavers just below the front step had sunk an inch or two. I sent an email to Blackstone and they responded immediately and sent someone else out to fix at no cost (I wasn't actually sure what the warranty period was). While they were there they also adjusted the height along the driveway so that those pavers matched up exactly (it might have been the driveway that heaved and not the pavers that sunk but they fixed it). Highly recommend and I'll use them again for any future work.
Services Performed
- Hardscaping
B

Review: Landscaping Service
8 years ago

We requested an estimate for the replacement of 5 retaining walls, including demo haul away and some land clearing. John was very responsive even keeping an appointment in poor weather. He came out again to retake measurements when weather was better. John was very professional and prepared very detailed CAD plans of the project. I appreciated the detail and effort that he put into preparing the estimate. Unfortunately, his quote was between 25% and 100% higher than the 4 other estimates that we received for exactly the same work. I have no reason to question the quality of the work that would be provided, but price was a significant decision factor for us.

We did not move forward with Blackstone for this work.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Lawn Care
- Hardscaping
D

Review: Landscaping Service
8 years ago

none.

Bad! This company came to my home to give an estimate on some paver work. Basically when I told them my budget I was told that if I did not use thier design service my project would go on the back burner. We never did get an estimate but were told that someone could come to the house and then we could get an estimate. No other company that I had to me home was unable to give me an estimate.

Service Provider Response
We met with this Angie’s List member at his home, where his project and our process was discussed. In less than two weeks we had the design and proposal ready for his review, and made several attempts to set up a follow-up meeting. No response. After reviewing this report, we tried contacting him again to discuss any misunderstandings. This member has not responded to any of our phone messages or emails.
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
8 years ago

I used Blackstone Hardscape Inc. for landscaping in July of 2009.

They were great. They did a good job. It looks good and their product was good. They did exactly what the architect had designed. I would definitely use their services in the future too.

Service Provider Response
Thank You!
Services Performed
- Landscaping
A

Review: Hardscaping Service
10 years ago

He carefully cut out a piece of stone in our walkway. He then cut a new stone in an irregular shape and set it in at the same level. He also matched the grout.

He did a perfect job on something that was rather tricky. We had some irrigation people mess this portion of the walkway up and Blackstone came right now and corrected the issue.

Service Provider Response
Thank You!
Services Performed
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
11 years ago

Major landscaping renovation: paver walkway in front of house, paver patio in back, 3 boulder retaining walls, regrading of yard, removal of old rock and vegetation around house.

Blackstone, at this moment anyway, consists of Nate, the owner, and his crew. For our job it was a crew of 3 so 4 people total. Blackstone was subcontracted through Bachman's who we used to do the design and general contract the project (the Bachman's designer we used was Daryl Melquist who I also highly recommend and will do so when I finish this report). We are extremely pleased with the work that Blackstone did and were very glad that Daryl contracted them. We may, finances allowing, use Blackstone some driveway work next year. It was clear from their first arrival on-site that they were extremely professional and courteous. Each member of the crew addressed us courteously and throughout the project took time to explain things or listen to our concerns or suggestions. They maintained a well organized work environment and cleaned up the work site each day. No music, swearing, etc. They arrived each day between 7:00 and 7:30 (made me felt guilty because I would be up to get to my own job) and stayed generally until 5:00. They definitely know there landscaping and in particular their hardscaping. The paver work looks awesome with very nice stone cuts, etc. The boulder walls also look amazing with an artists touch on the placement of the boulders to give them a natural look. They put in bull nose stone edging around the flower beds and that looks great. They also did the plantings of the vegetation, which I was surprised of. I think it was easier to have them do it than bring in another contractor and they said they liked the break from the heavy stone work. I was unsure about it but the plants all look properly placed and planted. They were responsive to our concerns. There was a place where there was spacing between the edging stones in order to have the stones make it to the end without having to cut a small piece of stone. I asked them to tighten that up so that grass would not grow between the edging stones. They were very responsive and fixed it by altering the course a little to make it shorter thereby tightening the spacing. They also changed the location of a couple of plants to make them line up better. Both things that perhaps should have been caught in the first place but the most important thing is that they do what it takes to make the homeowner happy.

Service Provider Response
Thank You!
Services Performed
- Landscaping
A

Review: Landscaping Service
11 years ago

Most recently, they put in a new patio, patio retaining wall, redid the entire yard, and put edging around the yard.

They did a great job. Nate's bid was right, and they got the job done on time. They were very responsible. We had some problems with the stone they used, and it was his supplier's fault. But he came and redid everything and didn't charge us at all for the labor.

Service Provider Response
Thank You!
Services Performed
- Landscaping
- Lawn Care
- Stone & Gravel
- Hardscaping
A

Review: Stone & Gravel Service
12 years ago

Replace existing stone patio with NY Bluestone. This included demolition and disposal of old flagstone patio set into 3" of concrete; installation of a 6" thick base of limestone, an NDS Mini Channel Drain system that drains into the front yard, a 9"x9" catch basin where a downspout used to go into the ground, and 1.5" thick New York Bluestone on sand leveling bed. They also installed polymeric sand 'grout' in the joints between slabs.

They started when they said they would, and the job took as long as they planned. Blackstone has a policy of not leaving a job until it's finished. There was a glitch when the material for the channel drain was unavailable, but Nate called me every day to tell me what was going on. They prepared the surface and did everything they could without the drain channel. Once the drain channel came into the supplier, the crew returned to our house and finished the job with no other delay.

Service Provider Response
Thank You!
Services Performed
- Stone & Gravel
A

Review: Hardscaping Service
4 years ago

This work was done in 2012 and in June 2013 we moved from our single family dwelling to our current home in a condominium. So, I would use this service again if we were in a single family dwelling. They removed old stone & mulch landscaping from the north side of our home along with some dirt and re-did the landscaping to improve the slope away from the house and provide better drainage. I/we no longer have the paperwork from the service that was done knowing we would not use them in the future and as a result have no idea of the date or approx. cost of the service.

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Services Performed
- Hardscaping

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