Spohr's Landscaping Inc

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Let me begin by saying that we are very happy with the services provided by Dave Spohr and his crew and staff. We had a serious water problem in our basement that needed to be rectified, without delay. A decade ago, Dave had completed a project for us at a different property and we were pleased with the outcome at that time. We called Dave and scheduled an appointment for consultation. He arrived on time and spent at least 2 hours with us, examining our basement, answering our questions and offering his opinion on the likely cause and solution to our problem. He suggested a particular test to provide a more definitive look at our infrastructure, and we appreciated the opportunity to gain more insight into what was actually occurring. A few days later, we received documents that set out Dave's findings and conclusions, his proposal to solve the issues, a cost estimate and a contract for our signature, if we wanted to proceed. We wanted to proceed and fast! Dave was responsive to our desire to begin the project at the earliest opportunity and so, a short time later, it was underway. From our perspective, it was a big project, involving removal of concrete, laying of drain-tile, creating an appropriate sump pump pit, and numerous other things that are needed to insure that water will drain away from your home, instead of flowing in and soaking your carpet! Throughout the project, Dave and his staff treated us with the utmost courtesy. Always, they worked with our schedules and with the attitude that our project was of paramount importance. Brittany and Aaron were especially nice to us, but beyond that, we liked each and every person that Dave sent to work in our home. This was significant because these individuals were in our basement for hours on end, amongst our personal things, and charged with the responsibility to fix our water issues.  For us, it was so important that this project succeed.  Dave and his crew completed our project on time, on budget and to our complete satisfaction. The spring rains have arrived, and our basement is dry.  With no reservations, we recommend Spohr's Landscaping Inc as a result of their excellent work on our behalf.

Very satisfied with the end result.  They were professional and courteous to our wishes.  The price was compatible with the work done.  They cleaned up afterwards and tried to the best to put the area back the way it was.  They were enjoyable to work with.

I was very impressed with Dave Spohr's knowledge and professionalism.10/2010

The work was done as scheduled.  Mr. Spohr and his staff were very courteous and professional.  They were very helpful in explaining the process as it went along and answered any questions we had.  When a staff member had a problem reconnecting an item, Mr. Spohr came right over to make the correction himself.  That kind of response is not always available.

Excellent.  Dave came out and gave an estimate.  Estimate was accepted and they came out when the weather was right.  They did what they said they would for the price estimated.

Dave Spohr presents with confidence, with enough competence coming through the sales talk that we finally decided to select his approach.  The hesitancy was that unlike another landscaper who carefully detailed his estimate, Spohr's estimate was quite vague.  It took a while to get past that, which was based mostly on some word of mouth recommendations.  Dave is definitely a character, not a cookie cutter person.  We finally just took a chance that he would do what he said he would do, and that it would be an interesting ride that we hoped we wouldn't regret.
The work was to be completed by the end of October, about six weeks start to finish.  Adding on say, two weeks for the additional excavation and foundation, mid-November.  Sod was laid the first week of December, with the sprinkler system finishing in the third week of December.
Areas for improvement: clarity of the initial bid; clarity of cost adders as decisions were made along the way; self-managing of schedule rather than over-promising on multiple jobs; conveying Dave's sense of excellence and attention to detail to his employees; and meeting his own schedule promises.  One of the subcontractors seemed much more responsive to Dave than to us, as far as getting his portion started.  Some definite gaps between Dave's expertise and attention to detail compared to a few of his employees, which included leaving the grade of the "sunken patio" area outside the egress windows incorrectly directing water toward the basement, and in rough rather than raked condition.  One employee plumbed the outside sump pump drain in a totally unacceptable way aesthetically, which Dave corrected.
Areas of strength:  assessment of needed work with robust solutions proposed, contacts with capable subcontractors, mostly excellent employees, Dave is a wizard with a Bobcat; and listened well to our perspectives, concerns, and questions.  I appreciate his willingness to bill in accordance with work done as well as the target budget--the bill could have been higher!  We much appreciated his pro-active looking at the overall property multiple times along the way, and offering his suggestions as possibilities.
Prior to our relocation to Lincoln from NW Wyoming, we used contractors very sparingly, as I did most of the work myself.  With our new house and my new job, plus some debilitating knee problems, we used a lot of contractors between moving in August and the end of the year. I think we could have done a better job of insisting on clarity and deadline-meeting, but we are not highly confrontive people.  Overall we expected it would be quality work, and expensive, and that would be better than poor work and expensive.  Both expectations were correct.

Dave's business was very busy with many wet basements when we called, but he made our job a priority.  Ours was a big job, with many phases, but Dave Spohr was always on top of the schedule, his workers and all sub contractors.  The total job took about 3 months and turned out beautifully.  We love it.

The experience was awesome.

Great.  Dave is wonderful to work with.  He really knows his stuff. The entire yard is beautiful, as well as draining water properly away from the house.

The overall process went very well. The fixes he recommended didn't require us to purchase any special tools or have any special knowledge, and the repairs were very easy and straightforward.

They worked with us for the most part of October because of lot of rains and bad weather. They worked for some time and took a break due to the bad weather and repeated the work in the same fashion in October. We went with them because they had a fairly new procedure to do the 16 foundation walls. We had a cement block foundation that we ended up having problems with. We didn?t like the majority of the companies that fixed basement walls because they were very expensive and didn?t seem effective. This company does something that?s a little different from others called concrete flogging. They fill holes in the concrete outside of the brick walls and foundation basement walls. They pour concrete that flows down through the wall. What it does is it gives you one solid wall. There is no anchoring of walls and no cracking of anything. The concrete work is expensive. The price ended up being reasonable for the amount of concrete they brought in.