ANDRESKY'S THREE RIVERS LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

Doug was the second contract we worked with after the first contractor we hired after 2 referrals from friends, asked for 75% of the money up front. Unsuspecting we gave him the money when he started the concrete slab. He has never returned and took the rest of our money. Doug knew of our situation and said he wouldn't charge us until the job was complete. He started the job, and then showed up sporadically stating all sorts of trouble he was running into. He communicated he needed money to make payroll or the work would not get done. So, once again we gave him money to try and keep the job moving. After months of waiting for the job that was supposed to take 3 weeks to be completed we asked him to stop working on the project. We were tired of the lies and lack of work being completed. We called other contractors to finish the work and we were told by multiple contractors the work was not acceptable and would all have to be redone. He seems like a genuine person and is amazing at making you think he really cares about you and the work he is doing. However, after many months of frustration and now a massive fireplace that is a risk to our children I realize he was a greatdeceiver. 

One of the most frustrating and truly disappointing experiences of my life. I provided a materials deposit worth 50% of the job to Mr. Andresky. All of the materials were supposed to arrive immediately. On a deposit of $21,900, less than $6000 worth of material has arrived at my house. He continually lies about the work schedule, remaining materials delivery, and after 3 months has provided very little. The work that has been completed is already falling apart and I have not seen the same employees on the job site more than a day or two at a time. Mr Andresly was supposed to be leading the job but after issuing the deposit check has disappeared from the job. Occasionally he will drop off small value material to pretend that he is still engaged in the job. ( less then a couple hundred dollars in value) and work for an hour or two doing very little and then diasappear with a false comittment of work continuation.  The typical string you along and do nothing approach.
I have recently learned that he has a pattern of burning clients as well as suppliers and has no assetts worth pursuing. He is a slick talking and will try and be-friend you and your family members only to burn you. My motivation for posting this on Angies List is for public awareness as this is VERY real and criminal behavior. I will be pursuing this to the fullest extent of the law knowing that I will most likely never see a dime in return.
Everyone that reads this should consider themselves fully warned. RUN from this company and Mr. Andresky. I assure you that he will be changing the name of his company soon. Do not fall for the nice advertising material that I fell for. This will take me and my family awhile to recover from and it is a shame.
Please feel free to contact me through Angies List if you would like more information regarding my experience.

I met with Doug. He seemed very professional and interested in the project I needed done.  He took some pictures and requested that I forward him a survey of my property. I liked some of the work featured on his website. I was initially planning on going with him until I read the reviews from Angie's List and BBB. I ultimately decided I couldn't risk a half-completed job or a collapsing wall, so i am looking elsewhere.

The work was completed over the course of 2 weeks, it was proposed to be one week, but there was 2 days of solid rain. Only other delays were in final plantings as the fir trees we selected were not mature enough for Doug's liking so he drove out of his way to get more mature trees. The work has held up without fault or issue and its been nearly a year. Doug was communcative and responsive to our needs and wasn't an absentee contractor. I would consider doing work with him again

Terrible - see above.

Couldn't have gone worse.  See above.

Please see above

Very disappointing

I am currently in a dispute with them. The work that they did is starting to fall apart. I spent about $10000 on that work. I did post a review on the list with pictures of the work they did, but I have changed my mind since then. I don’t know if they can be trusted to do the work on time and they don’t value their warranty, which apparently is 10 years. They have not made any repairs as of yet, when I have been asking for about 6 months. The people that work for them don’t seem to have the best knowledge about how to do a particular patio job. I have had other people come out and look at it and said that it was not done correctly. It was all a stone patio job. The design looks nice and it was ready on time for the most part. They were better priced than more people. The last time I contacted them was about 2 weeks ago regarding the problem with their work.

Mr. Andresky could really see our vision - he knew exactly what we were trying to achieve. He was even able to get the idea down on paper for us. I really like how he did things, he went along with us everytime we changed our minds. The only bad thing was that the project lasted longer than any of us had imagined. He was very curteous and professional.

Doug and his team are cost-competitive, punctual and professional. The design was more than we hoped for, and the final area is larger than we expected. It looks amazing and gets many compliments. There were some issues with certain blocks not being glued down correctly (and that eventually came loose), but Doug was quick to send out someone to repair them. He work carries a very long warranty (10 years), and he is very knowledgeable. We did not use him for landscaping, but will likely do that in the future.