Mancha Hardscapes

First let me say that I know that with construction projects things don't always go as planed. Owneing several properties and having renovatovted several more, with that being said I'd have to say my experience Overall was not good at all.. After singing the contract work began several weeks later. The overall project was to remove an 85 yr old 6ft high retaining wall with stairs and replace it with a geo stone wall ,stairs , and 50 " paver pathway. . At this point it might be easier to just list the mishaps which followed . Dug up gas line, crushed water meter, crushed half of a driveway , pushed over fencing.. Issues with the construction included non permitted project sight management unavailable and uncooperative . Miscalculation of stair placement and execution requiring a replacement and rebuild . Incomplete backfill material.. (Topsoil only partially filled correctly). Waste materials such as Kevlar mess bundles and plastic rap material burried within the top 5% of backfill.. Extensive soil and Vegittation destruction requiring Extra landscaping to prevent erosion.. Since dealing with Mancha Hardscapes I have found through others in the industry this type of work from this company is unfortunately very common. I in good faith could not recommend this company to anyone, and would recommend that they be avoided at all costs. For anyone reading this review please feel free to contact me if you like to know anything further because I am more than willing to provide photographic documentation, and other names and numbers of similar experiences Contact thru Angie's list or Email [email protected]

First planting was lovely. After that, other than lawn care, which I did not really need since I did not cancel my previous provider, maintenance was haphazard or nonexistent. I bought (not from Mancha) 18 rose bushes. Almost none survived their (lack of) care. No info was provided as to what was being done at each visit. Fall planting not done till December. Excuses, excuses, excuses when asked from Sept on why no planting. Poor quality plants placed often did not survive. Perennials replaced with annuals. Cutting garden never had much in it worth cutting and mostly looked untended. I could go on and on. Expensive,|unresponsive, and a major disappointment after an initial nice job.

We made an appointment for 8:30 on 11/12/13. We were assured that someone would be out to give us a quote on a retaining wall although the appointment was not confirmed. When they were 30 minutes late, we called and were told that they were running late and it would be another 30 minutes before they could arrive. No one bothered to call to let us know. We had to track them down. We decided not to wait and will get a quote elsewhere.

They came when they said they would and did a great job.

Mancha Hardscapes did a beautiful work. They had a very good crew working with them.

After taking bids from 8 hardscapers for two retaining walls we selected Mancha. They were not the least expensive nor were they the most. I was impressed with the initial contact and remained impressed with them throughout the job. They put up two Geostone walls totalling 640 sq. feet and relayed and mortared a stone path and did a few other small things. The wall came in at $22.00 a sq. ft. which is actually slightly less than web searches told me to expect. The crew was prompt,courteous and responsive to me. They took my neighbors comfort into consideration as well. They cleaned up after themselves well. Zero Complaints.