Landscaping reviews in Anchorage, Alaska

Glenn and his crew did an outstanding job for me last year in turning my average yard and driveways into a super sharp "place". They are my "go to" guys for landscaping.

Glenn (and Sherolyn!) and his crew were fantastic to work with and did a great job. Highly recommend these folks and would use them again in a heartbeat. Thanks again!

Josh and crew are prompt, professional, and very reliable. I’ve used them for several different projects over the last few years and the work is excellent.

Amazing customer service! Grate craftsmanship, and they stayed within my budget!!!!!!!! :) Our retainer wall looks great. The “landfield” for a back yard is now an oasis for amazing Sumer night cookout! Thank you MasterSHands landscaping:) I highly recommend them for all landscaping needs!

I used this company last summer to do some grading, hydro-seeding and planting shrubs. The grass did not come in very well and is chock full of weeds. I called, emailed and texted to let them know I wasn't satisfied with the hydro-seeding. I have received no reply. I am going elsewhere to get the job done correctly. Would not recommend them if you are getting hydro-seeding done as part of your landscape work.

Despite the not great ratings, I gave Master's Hand a call. At this point, we'd called MANY contractors and were slightly desperate for someone to come and seal off the leaking basement foundation before winter hits. Glenn called me back in about an hour and a half and was very friendly, and frankly, upset that not one company had called us back (yep, not even the ones that said "get a call back today!"), if not only to say they were not able to help.

He said he was tied up at the moment, but would be out looking at a few places later that evening and offered to come by. He arrived, made quick work of his visit and was out. He was personable and knew what he was talking about. He gave his business card stating the business is licensed, bonded and insured. That eased some worry.

The next morning I received an email with the estimate. Never having done something like this before, we expected about 10K cost...I hesitated to open the document but was SO GLAD when I did. It came in much much lower and offered a French drain option in with the estimate. It didn't feel like he was gouging the price by any means. We accepted that evening, a friday. Sharolyn (his wife) promptly emailed back and of course was happy to hear we wanted them to do the work. She said she wanted Glenn to have his weekend and would have him reach out on Monday (I personally LOVED that.).

Glenn called Monday evening and confirmed the work we wanted done, said he'd be out at 8:30 Tuesday morning. He and the crew arrived promptly, had all the supplies needed. They made quick work, that looked to be quality. I'd say by about 6:30-7 that evening that had 90-95% of all the work done. Wednesday morning they came, Glenn looked things over and they were out shortly after. I quickly received an 'invoice paid' email.

The work we had done:
Excavation to the bottom of the footers
Hand cleaned foundation
Caulked corners/cracks etc.
Primed (rubberized primer)
Bituthene sheeting from footers to ground level.
insulation barrier
French drain installation
backfilled excavated soil
established positive grade away from the foundation

For now, I would highly recommend Glenn and his guys to others, and will likely be using them next summer to level off our backyard. With winter quickly approaching, we'll see how good their work is, but I suspect our basement will remain bone dry. (I'll update if need be in spring).

Beware of this company, it took me some time and research to realize how much this company lied to me and how much they ripped me off. I wanted to make completely sure before I wrote this review and now I have all the evidence in place, pictures that show and tell all. Shame on this guy to pretend to be righteous.

Update - Josh the new owner and his grandfather Glen came to me in person to apologize. Thank you for the customer service visit and I appreciate your company making things right. A complaint is a chance to show your shine and this business Master's Hand Landscaping and Excavation has chosen to show their "Shine"

Glenn and his crew took my eyesore of a house, and turned it into the envy of my neighbors. Their work ethics and quality of work are impeccable! I get at least 2 passerby a day complementing: looks great, I'm jealous. This was the best: bang for the buck, I have ever got for my house. I was soo impressed with their work, I told Glenn, he could put his company sign on my property to advertise their GREAT work! I'm already scheduling my next project with them! Thank you so much Master's Hand Landscaping.

It's such a rare pleasure to work with a small owner-operated landscaping company that delivers so highly on quality and service. We approached the owner when he was working on a neighbor's yard, and he quickly managed to fit our needs in with his other jobs. His team is incredibly hard working, unfailingly polite, always on time, and deliver truly beautiful work. The owner is part of the team, so he is always on site, working with the team, able to answer questions, and making sure the work is getting done right. For example, he had one of his staff regularly sweeping the dust and dirt from our sidewalks and the road, so we did not look like a construction site. This is a bit of gush, but we are excited to find this team and would definitely plan to hire them for any projects in the future.

Glenn and his crew came to my house and totally changed my entire yard for the better. All I had was weeds before and in one day they scraped it, leveled it, put in top soil, added plants and trees, added rock, retaining wall, gravel fire pit area, and more.

I was so impressed by the speed and quality of work. They guys were all very polite and great to work with. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for landscaping help.

Josh was one of those contractors that you just know is going to do good work...he showed up on time, was professional, and listened. My project was foundation excavation/waterproofing that included a French drain system and a drain pit, along with extensive yard repair. Josh was fair in his pricing (I got 3 estimates from others), he performed good work, and his crew worked efficiently. We ran into a snag where some foundation wall repair needed to be done and he subcontracted it immediately so that the job could continue smoothly! I had a great experience and will use them again in a heartbeat, for projects big (like mine) or small.

Great work with

We are absolutely in LOVE with our front corner lawn! We ordered topsoil from American, spread and rolled ourselves. We then had them return to hydroseed and the results are epic!

I hate to write negative reviews but I can't recommend them for hydroseed and hope to save someone else from the same results.
I can't speak to their other services but as for hydroseeding:

After the first application in June, it was obvious something wasn't right- much of the ground was bare, and the parts that weren't completely bare dirt were a thin vaguely dark green.

We knew that it wasn't right and it looked like insufficient seed. We sent photos and were told the person who normally applied hydroseed was unavailable, so they sent someone new to hydroseeding. We were told we had to wait a whole month to see what it would look like. Not surprisingly, where any "grass" did grow in that month, it was thin and patchy, with soil showing and just sprouts in between.

After waiting a month, they agreed to come back and do a complete re-application to make it right, but to our shock and disappointment it looked like the same application again. We did watch them apply the second time from our backyard camera and they were inconsistent and rushed.

We sent photos again and were told the owner would come do a walk thru, but not only did they not show up when they were going to, they didn't and wouldn't return our calls. Once we got a hold of them and return contact it was late summer.

They came back to spray a third time, but there was even less chance of grass taking due to the colder temps, less sun, and the state of the yard from the first bad applications.

Now, spring of the following year, the ground is as we expected-- disappointingly random and splotchy just like the application looked as it sat on the dirt each time.

As first time home owners, we were very excited about saving up to finally be able to develop our yard last summer. If we had gone elsewhere or rented the machine to apply ourselves we would see lawn by now. Additionally, our yard was as best prepped as it could be before the first application. We can't/won't be able to re-till, re-roll, and redo all of the hard work and cost we put into prepping the soil before we hired this company.
With three bad applications, we can't tell if they didn't know what they were doing, if they were being stingy with the amount of seed sprayed, or if they just didn't care.
Even if you do it yourself you should end up with a much better result than this.

American Landscaping has done numerous projects for us and always done a great job. We continue to return to them anytime we have a project even remotely within their scope and they have always figured out a way to make it happen for us. We look forward to using them again in the future!

Alex and Bryan were both very polite and professional. They were super fast and finished our yard in an hour and a half. The lawn looks great. The admin staff was also fabulous. I dealt with two different individuals and they were both informative and polite. I would definitely recommend this company to all my friends.

Our family used Kelly Lawn & Landscaping to help us clean up our very large yard in the spring. The crew was professional and did Texas suburb quality work. When we went out of town we asked them to mow our lawn for us. I was so delighted when I returned home to find that they not only mowed my lawn but also cleaned the flower beds of some big weeds!

Kris & Elijah did an excellent job at our home doing spring clean up for our yard! It looks absolutely amazing! They not only did a great job… they were very time efficient too! Many Thanks! The Plaster Family

We used Kelly for Landscaping our front yard. The result was awesome.
Matt Madison was in charge of our project and he was terrific to work
with. He had creative ideas and an eye for design..He was very informed on plant and tree varieties and what was best suited for our project.
Carlos and Raul, the crew, were great. They were timely, worked very
hard with some long hours to keep the project moving along, built a beautiful rock wall, cleaned up every day and were enjoyable to have
at our house. An excellent experience and would highly recommend
Kelly Landscaping.

Kelly Lawn Service is truly the best. Brent and Alex were just over today, and as always they did an A+ job. Thank You VERY much.

I have used Kelly Lawn for several years and always had a good experience. The team in the office and in the field has always been very professional. I wanted to specifically thank Kris and Elijah for going above and beyond the basics this week. They were super helpful with some additional spring clean-up tasks and gave me some great advice on how to manage the lawn this summer. Thanks Guys! Much appreciated!