Andres was referred to me by a friend who had some tree trimming done. At this time I needed a cinderblock slump stone wall built along with other landscaping needs and tree trimming. When I met Andres he provided his business card, I Googled the phone number with no results. So I assumed he had no negative reviews online. Andres quoted me $8,100.00 to remove the wooden fence and install a cinderblock wall. The quote was fair and he was referred to me. Andres assured me he has constructed many walls and it would look great when he finished, he explained the time and detail he would put in to the mortar and spacing and the project was supposed to take 7 days. Andres asked for $6,000 upfront. HELL NO! Clearly he is unlicensed and unaware this is illegal according to CSLB. I offered him a small deposit and said I would make progress payments, the next would come once the cinderblocks were delivered and footing poured. Well, what a NIGHTMARE this guy and his crew of alcoholics turned in to!! The cinderblock wall took several weeks, Andres would claim on Sunday "we'll be back tomorrow" and not show up until Friday. Fine. The wall started off well, they ran a level line and used levels, the taller the wall got the more workmanship defects I spotted. All in all the wall itself was $9,000.00, they left a HUGE mess, cement mortar stuck to my concrete, it's an eyesore in many places.
They dumped their gravel on my grass which Andres claimed he would fix. I asked him to remove some other plants at the same time for additional cost and each time I would add another task Andres would ask for a sizable deposit. I realized these guys were drinking alcohol on my property so, as the day went along it would show in their workmanship. They would urinate on the side of my house. When I confronted Andres about this he denied it, I said I have cameras and I don't so much mind it but I want the area hosed down if you're going to keep pissing on the side of my house. Over 6 weeks passed my sod was never replaced, they left a huge mess. I provided several deposits for things that were not done. I asked for river rock to be put in my flower beds he kept coming up with excuses that they hadn't arrived, the supplier was closed etc etc. I knew this was complete and utter BS as I am a contractor and know which places are open and river rock is never out of stock. I just wanted the job finished. Ultimately no show after no show he promised they would show up on Monday, morning morning no show. I text him at 11:30 "so, what is todays excuse?" then I fired him. Told him he could pick up his tools on Saturday at 9:30 and stopped payment on the most recent deposit. I am left with thousands upon thousands of dollars in damage. If I want to get the cinderblock wall fixed it now has to be removed and reconstructed basically costing twice what it should. If only someone somewhere would have written their own review online it would have warned myself and others to AVOID ANDRES SANTIAGO AT ALL COSTS. Workmanship is unbelievably atrocious, oil stains in my driveway, broken sprinklers, a lot of empty beer cans and trash left behind, overpayments, excuses, damage all over my yard.
Andres Santiago Reviews
BEWARE ANDRES SANTIAGO DBA ANDRES LANDSCAPING
Andres was referred to me by a friend who had some tree trimming done. At this time I needed a cinderblock slump stone wall built along with other landscaping needs and tree trimming. When I met Andres he provided his business card, I Googled the phone number with no results. So I assumed he had no negative reviews online. Andres quoted me $8,100.00 to remove the wooden fence and install a cinderblock wall. The quote was fair and he was referred to me. Andres assured me he has constructed many walls and it would look great when he finished, he explained the time and detail he would put in to the mortar and spacing and the project was supposed to take 7 days. Andres asked for $6,000 upfront. HELL NO! Clearly he is unlicensed and unaware this is illegal according to CSLB. I offered him a small deposit and said I would make progress payments, the next would come once the cinderblocks were delivered and footing poured. Well, what a NIGHTMARE this guy and his crew of alcoholics turned in to!! The cinderblock wall took several weeks, Andres would claim on Sunday "we'll be back tomorrow" and not show up until Friday. Fine. The wall started off well, they ran a level line and used levels, the taller the wall got the more workmanship defects I spotted. All in all the wall itself was $9,000.00, they left a HUGE mess, cement mortar stuck to my concrete, it's an eyesore in many places.
They dumped their gravel on my grass which Andres claimed he would fix. I asked him to remove some other plants at the same time for additional cost and each time I would add another task Andres would ask for a sizable deposit. I realized these guys were drinking alcohol on my property so, as the day went along it would show in their workmanship. They would urinate on the side of my house. When I confronted Andres about this he denied it, I said I have cameras and I don't so much mind it but I want the area hosed down if you're going to keep pissing on the side of my house. Over 6 weeks passed my sod was never replaced, they left a huge mess. I provided several deposits for things that were not done. I asked for river rock to be put in my flower beds he kept coming up with excuses that they hadn't arrived, the supplier was closed etc etc. I knew this was complete and utter BS as I am a contractor and know which places are open and river rock is never out of stock. I just wanted the job finished. Ultimately no show after no show he promised they would show up on Monday, morning morning no show. I text him at 11:30 "so, what is todays excuse?" then I fired him. Told him he could pick up his tools on Saturday at 9:30 and stopped payment on the most recent deposit. I am left with thousands upon thousands of dollars in damage. If I want to get the cinderblock wall fixed it now has to be removed and reconstructed basically costing twice what it should. If only someone somewhere would have written their own review online it would have warned myself and others to AVOID ANDRES SANTIAGO AT ALL COSTS. Workmanship is unbelievably atrocious, oil stains in my driveway, broken sprinklers, a lot of empty beer cans and trash left behind, overpayments, excuses, damage all over my yard.