Complete redo of backyard patio & walkways
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Complete redo of backyard patio & walkways
front yard garden, walkways, natural stone cladding porch and steps
Hello Dave. Thank you ever so much for your detailed account of our work with you in May 2021. Glad to hear that the drainage system is functioning as it should in the face of the unusually heavy rains over the past seven months, particularly this fall.
After the refresh of your front entrance porch and walkway in 2019, we were happy to receive your invitation the following year to help you start the planning process for a 2021 backyard transformation. Given the prevailing materials shortages due to the pandemic, we were able to purchase your chosen pavers, wall systems and slabs in 2020 and store them at our staging yard over the winter, to ensure their availability for project start in the Spring.
Wishing you and your family many happy hours in your reimagined backyard space! All the best, Angelo
(NOTE TO HOMESTARS VISITORS: To read David’s 2019 project review posted Dec.23, 2019, paste the following link into your browser, https://homestars.com/homeowner/1221603-david-in-toronto, OR click on the link “David in Toronto” in the left margin of this review.)
Dear ALL-PRO Landscaping Clients! We greatly appreciate your kind review, and the wonderful images that beautifully convey the scope and aesthetic of this project which we completed for you in the Spring of 2021! Thanks to the favorable weather and ground conditions in late 2020, we were able to excavate the area and install the base material in the fall, giving us a head start on your project originally scheduled to start the following year.
From your images, HomeStars readers will notice the gorgeous outdoor fireplace/pizza oven at the corner of your patio. I would venture to say that the overriding goal in paver selection, was to find a colour that would harmonize with the stone accents of this unit. As you mentioned, we hit a bit of a roadblock in locating a sufficient quantity of your preferred main paver because the manufacturer had discontinued that paver colour option. Luckily, after reaching out to more than 50 dealers in Ontario, we found sufficient quantity at a dealer in Winona. Hurray! And, as readers can see from the images, the match with your fireplace is extraordinary – an inspired choice on your part.
Again, we are very grateful for your review and happy to know that you are savouring delicious oven-baked pizza from the vantage point of your terrace forest look-out. Enjoy! All the best, Angelo
(NOTE TO HOMESTARS READERS: The materials used in this project are summarized in the image captions for project TOUR 20 in ALL-PRO Landscaping’s PHOTOS gallery. Here is the direct link to TOUR 20: https://homestars.com/companies/2783386-all-pro-landscaping-carpentry-ltd/media_galleries/14823309.)
Dear Peggy, Many thanks for sharing your ALL-PRO Landscaping experience with the countless homeowners in search of reputable professionals on HomeStars.com. You actually discovered us on HomeStars … it’s a virtuous circle! When you called our office in March 2021, our production schedule was already booked into August, and we were only quoting on new projects for previous clients and for homeowners referred to us by our clients. However, our office manager, Ann, specifically asked me to meet with you as a special favour to her on the basis of your chat. So glad that we were able to help you to bring your vision to life just in time for the Labour Day Weekend. Thank you for your accolades regarding the ALL-PRO Landscaping Team -- indeed hardworking and taking great pride in what is being created for our clients. Thank you for your recommendation and for including an image of the patio dining area! All the best, Angelo
(NOTE TO HOMESTARS READERS: All pavers depicted in the image from our clients are manufactured by OAKS Landscape Products. 1) Main pavers are Oaks’ RIDGEFIELD PLUS (Large Combo Bundle of three sizes) in EXECUTIVE colour. 2) Accent paver for Soldier Course* is Oaks’ CENTURION paver in ONYX colour (Standard Stone 5.5” x 8” unit size). *Accent pavers are installed in a Soldier Course pattern, meaning that pavers are laid side-by-side to create an approx. 8-inch-wide contrasting perimeter band.)
Dear Jerry, All I can say is “Whoa and wow!” After 36 years in business, we have many clients who begin to feel like friends by virtue of having worked together on successive projects over the years. You and your wife are precisely such friends of ALL-PRO Landscaping. After a 360-degree update of your previous home through a number of landscape construction projects over the years, we embarked this year on a 360-degree landscape treatment at your new home in a SINGLE PROJECT! As always, it was a pleasure working with you both. Although you had moved outside ALL-PRO’s core service area, we of course made an exception for you. And now, there is nothing left to do outside except for you and your family to ENJOY! I look forward to visiting with you in your backyard when the pandemic subsides and, perhaps, to capture some images for the website! Cheers! All the best, Angelo
(NOTE TO HOMESTARS VISITORS: To read Jerry’s 2015 project review posted Jan.6, 2016, paste the following link into your browser, https://homestars.com/companies/2783386-all-pro-landscaping-carpentry-ltd/reviews/428001, OR click on the link “Jerry in Scarborough” in the left margin of this review.)
Dear ALL-PRO Clients who are indeed “dog lovers from Scarborough”, We are so grateful that you posted this review of our current project which builds on the backyard transformation we had completed for you in 2016.
In 2021, we carried the aesthetic from the 2016 backyard project to the remaining exterior elements of your home by constructing side walkways, steps and retaining walls along the east and west sides of the house and the front entrance walkway and garden wall, as well as extending the size of the backyard patio, among other project elements. Fortunately, we were able to secure a sufficient quantity of pavers and wall system units to match what had been installed in your backyard five years ago, as they were no longer being made by the manufacturer.
Thank you, again, for this kind review. All the best, Angelo
(NOTE TO HOMESTARS VISITORS: To read the “dog lovers from Scarborough” 2016 project review posted July 29, 2016, paste the following link into your browser, https://homestars.com/homeowner/527962-dog-lovers-from-scarborough, OR click on the link “dog lovers from Scarborough” in the left margin of this review.)
WELCOME to the ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD. profile page on HomeStars! Thank you for taking the time to visit!
We also invite you to visit our PHOTOS galleries where you can "stroll through" more than 300 images organized into 24 ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING PROJECT TOURS.
In the meantime, here's a little bit about our history and the kind of work we do . . .
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CORE SERVICE AREA . . .
With our office in Highland Creek near the Scarborough-Pickering border, and our 3-acre staging yard situated in north Ajax, we concentrate on projects located in:
> PICKERING-AJAX-WHITBY, and
> the east/southeast neighbourhoods of Scarborough (e.g., HIGHLAND CREEK, PORT UNION, WEST ROUGE, ROUGE HILL, GUILDWOOD, THE BLUFFS).
Please click on the thumbnail image of ALL-PRO Landscaping's CORE SERVICE AREA MAP in the PHOTOS section of this page.
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OVER THE PAST 39 YEARS . . .
Over the past 39 years, ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd. has been designing and constructing beautiful, functional custom landscapes for more than a thousand clients who have entrusted Angelo Tersigni and his landscape construction team with their outdoor living spaces and home curb appeal.
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ABOUT US . . .
FOUNDED IN 1985 BY NICOLA TERSIGNI AND 21-YEAR-OLD SON ANGELO, ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd. specializes in working with clients to enhance the beauty and functionality of the landscape elements that complement and add to the enjoyment of their homes.
>> As sole owner and operator for the past 37 years, Angelo continues to honour the family values of integrity, diligence and quality that are at the very heart of ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd.; the company he founded with his father 39 years ago. Those values have stood the test of time and continue to translate into satisfied clients. And we are honoured that ALL-PRO is now being called upon by the next generation of our client families to help them with their projects. Angelo personally oversees each project from start to finish.
About 80 to 90 PER CENT of the projects we complete each year originate from:
1) previous clients who come back to us with ideas for new projects, and
2) homeowners referred directly to us by our clients (this doesn’t include HomeStars leads).
On average, ALL-PRO Landscaping has the capacity to commit to approximately 20 to 40 CLIENT PROJECTS EACH YEAR (depending on the scope of the projects).
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A FEW NOTES ABOUT QUOTATIONS . . .
Angelo personally handles quoting and sales. Hours of work are invested in a typical quotation. Rather than providing homeowners with a bulk dollar amount for the entire project, Angelo goes the extra mile by presenting a detailed, typed "contract specification sheet" that breaks the entire project into individual components that specify the materials/dimensions and pricing per component. The quote also specifies applicable warranty, HST and payment terms. Ultimately, for homeowners who choose to entrust their project to ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry, this quotation document evolves into the signed client contract, usually after a number of refinements to align more closely with the client's aesthetic and budget.
> At times during the season, Angelo may temporarily suspend quoting so that he can focus exclusively on current projects and on quotations already in hand.
In this scenario, our office manager invites homeowners to circle back to us at a later date if they are unable to find another contractor with whom they wish to proceed. She also compiles a waiting list of those homeowners who wish to meet with Angelo when he begins quoting again.
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IS ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING A GOOD FIT FOR YOUR PROJECT?
During the peak spring/summer period, we receive approximately 20 to 30 quotation requests PER WEEK, sometimes more.
Many of these we need to decline for a variety of reasons. For example, the project site is outside our core service area, or our schedule is already booked during the homeowners’ desired completion timeframe, or the project is not the kind of work we do.
When non-client homeowners reach out to ALL-PRO Landscaping to request a quotation, we are very grateful. We also respect their time and want to ensure that we are a good fit for their projects. So our office manager will ask a few questions before including their information on Angelo’s quotation request call-back spreadsheet . . .
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Q1. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
Each year, we must decline many quotation requests from homeowners located outside our service area.
Please refer to the “CORE SERVICE AREA” note, above.
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Q2. DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT COMPLETION DEADLINE THAT YOU NEED TO MEET?
Some homeowners are working towards a particular project completion deadline such as the date of a backyard wedding or the arrival of visitors from overseas.
> This is important for us to know up front, because the homeowner's desired time frame may no longer be available on our schedule.
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Q3. HOW MANY QUOTATIONS ARE YOU OBTAINING?
Conventional wisdom usually concurs that obtaining two or three quotations is prudent for homeowners who do not yet have an established relationship with a trusted contractor.
We respectfully decline to meet with homeowners who are obtaining more than three quotations.
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Q4. WHAT KIND OF WORK WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DONE?
We focus on "HARDSCAPE" construction projects, such as:
=> patios, walkways, steps, porches, garden walls, retaining walls, driveway borders/driveways constructed with precast concrete products and natural stone products.
=> decks constructed with pressure-treated, cedar and composite decking products.
For hardscape projects, we can also incorporate the following:
=> sod, mulch, triplemix, riverstone, ornamental rockery.
=> synthetic grass (usually Rymar Durablade 95 S-Shaped Synthetic Grass).
=> fence and gate structures, constructed with with cedar, pressure-treated or composite materials, as well as custom-ordered ornamental iron fencing from Medallion Fence.
We do NOT install the following:
=> Asphalt. We refer our clients to two trusted companies.
=> Stamped/patterned concrete.
=> Extensive plantings. While we can certainly do some planting of trees and shrubs as part of our hardscape projects, we refer our clients to trusted horticultural technician-designers for extensive garden design.
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Q5. WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF YOUR PROJECT?
The HomeStars company PROFILE format includes a field for “PROJECT MINIMUM”.
> For prospective clients, we have set $5,000 as the minimum.
> For our previous clients, of course we are glad to come back to help with any landscape construction job, no matter how small.
> We appreciate that some homeowners may be unable to gauge whether or not their project would be above the $5,000 minimum threshold. Our office manager might be able to help with this when you describe the kind of work you would like to have done.
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MEETING WITH ANGELO . . .
Angelo's QUOTATION REQUEST CALL-BACK LIST is updated by the office manager. On that spreadsheet, each request she enters is tracked by initial date of inquiry.
> CALL-BACK TIMEFRAME: During the construction season, Angelo strives to touch base with homeowners within two weeks of the date of their initial inquiry logged on the Quotation Request List (unless he had already placed a temporary hold on quoting before the inquiry was received).
> MEETING TIMEFRAME: During the construction season, Angelo does his best to integrate quotation meetings into his existing project work schedule. Client work always takes priority for him — something which prospective clients are sure to appreciate. During the offseason from approx. December through March, Angelo does quite a bit of quoting for the upcoming season, weather permitting.
During the peak season, Angelo combines jobsite work with sales, scheduling, purchasing, transportation, HR, client relations and other aspects of the business. He is at the jobsites daily. Multiple projects are usually under way. Clients deal with Angelo directly on anything pertaining to their projects. He manages the project schedule, calculates and places the orders for project materials and determines crew member assignments each day in consultation with his onsite Team leader, Dan. His Class AR driver's licence also enables him to minimize production disruptions by serving as the supply lifeline for the jobsites: delivering materials from manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers (paving stones, flagstone, wall systems, steps, boulders, rockery, gravel, screenings, lumber, fencing, topsoil, triplemix, sod, etc.), transporting equipment and materials between jobsites and ALL-PRO’s staging yard in north Ajax, and hauling project debris to transfer stations, for example. He integrates quotations into this schedule.
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LANDSCAPE ONTARIO HORTICULTURAL TRADES ASSOCIATION (LO) / CANADIAN NURSERY LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION (CNLA) . . .
ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd. is a proud member of Landscape Ontario and the CNLA. We can be found on the Landscape Ontario web site at:
https://landscapeontario.com/member/all-pro-landscaping-carpentry-ltd
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BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) . . .
ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd. is a member of the BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) with A+ rating. Review our page on the BBB web site at:
http://www.bbb.org/kitchener/business-reviews/landscape-contractors/all-pro-landscaping-and-carpentry-ltd-in-scarborough-on-1235758
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At ALL-PRO Landscaping & Carpentry Ltd., we take pride in our work. If you are looking for a Landscape construction team that is honest and reliable, uses quality materials, and will meet your needs and exceed your expectations, contact us today. We look forward to hearing from you at (416) 281-7560.
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