Roger Golding

Roger Golding is the kind of guy you wish you had in all of the different services required to keep a home running --- or maybe just as your neighbor! His work is a superior quality, and he goes the extra mile to be sure you're happy. He is so easy to work with --- very respectful, smart, tons of common sense, does things right, charges a very fair price. He gets back to you right away by phone or text if you have questions. He came to Springville from Lehi to do a free quote on our job, spending about 30-45 minutes with us talking through what we wanted and offering suggestions that would make the ideas compatible with his knowledge of earth moving & equipment. He answered all of our questions respectfully and with good advice --- he does things by the book, which was reassuring to us since we don't know all the codes. He named a very fair price at the end of our conversation (less than half of what our next-door neighbor was charged by another contractor for similar work). He was up front that it's a $250 minimum to show up, and if there's bad weather (mud) and he can't do the job, we'll be charged anyway. So we listened to his assessments about weather since we're in the rainy season (didn't want to get charged). We had to push the job back twice because of rain, but it actually worked out better for us because we were still clearing rocks and weeds. He called the city hotline to have them come out and place flags for cable boxes, etc, 3 days ahead of our project date. He was supposed to come at 8 on Thursday morning, but showed up at 7:45am in his industrial work truck hauling a trailer with his bobcat. He parked in our neighbor's side driveway that had access to our back lot and did a great job getting in there. We showed him a hand-drawn plan based on our previous conversation and talked through any questions, then he got to work. We couldn't believe the amount of earth he moved in such a short time. Our yard was transformed. By 10:45 it was a different place. Throughout the process, he watched us for cues about how it was going. Twice he got down out of his rig just to do a status check and make sure things were shaping up. His goal was to do the job right, so if there were any questions we talked them through, and he didn't go until he felt we were happy. He's so easy to talk to and really wants to understand. He seemed to anticipate all of our needs, even reading our minds sometimes. He went out of his way to clear boulders and lengthened the slope we had set up when we realized the grade was too steep for the riding mower. He went back and made one of the terraces smaller (about 60' worth of earth) so that there could be more lawn. He also went out of his way to clear some bad fill by removing good topsoil and placing the bad fill deep underneath so we'd have great soil to plant. He also does trenching, tree and post holes, tilling, leveling, grading. His motto is "Quality Work One Yard At A Time." Overall, I give the highest recommendation to Roger! We're recommending him to friends and family. Not only a great professional, but truly a nice guy.