Since our first project for you and D. in 2010, we have enjoyed working with you on a number of projects to enhance the curb appeal, enjoyment and functionality of your outdoor spaces. We appreciate your review of our most recent (summer 2023) project to install a full interlock paver driveway, 3-level terraced front walkway/steps and garden border. Yes, each ALL-PRO Landscaping team member takes great pride in the transformative work that we do for our clients, and we are always glad to hear that it shows in the final product and during the planning and installation phases of the project. Again, many thanks and all the best, Angelo
ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
(416) 281-7560 allprolandscaping@rogers.com
Thank you for recommending ALL-PRO Landscaping to the HomeStars community and for sharing these project images! For the benefit of readers, here is a brief product summary to accompany the images:
1) UNILOCK U-CARA Multi-Face Wall System using Sure Lock Backer Blocks and Facia Panels. Facia Panel colour: ALMOND GROVE FUSION. Facia Panel finish: PITCHED for the majority of rows; SMOOTH for an accent row in each wall.
2) SILVER VALLEY LIMESTONE FLAMED natural stone 14" COPING (double-sided rock face finish) tops the walls.
3) UNILOCK SIENASTONE SMOOTH 4-ft STEPS in GRANITE BLEND colour.
4) SILVER VALLEY LIMESTONE FLAMED natural stone 6-ft STEPS (rock face finish).
5) TECHO-BLOC BLU 60 SMOOTH 6"x13" patio slabs in SHALE GREY colour laid in a running bond pattern in the fire pit area.
6) Lift-and-relay of approx. 2,000 square feet of existing interlock pavers, and installation of approx. 70 linear feet of channel drains, a French drain and other project elements not visible in the images.
It was a pleasure working with you and your wife. Heartfelt thanks from the entire ALL-PRO Landscaping Team. All the best, Angelo
ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
(416) 281-7560 allprolandscaping@rogers.com
Dear F., We greatly appreciate your three HomeStars reviews of our work for you and your husband in 2015, 2018 and now 2023. It was great to hear from you again this year, although very unfortunate that the flagstone cladding had lifted from your poured concrete multi-level front walkway. Ordinarily, this should not have happened, but it appears that the contractor (who pre-dated us) had not properly bonded the flagstone units to the poured concrete pads. For flagstone cladding installations, we always specify Kwik Mix Stone Bond Premium Mortar Mix in our quotations for optimum results. Removal and cleaning of all of the flagstone units is a somewhat delicate and labour-intenstive process before the flagstone can be re-installed; but now your walkway looks brand new and is secure under foot! And the textured sealant that we applied will enhance that stability. All the best, Angelo
ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
(416) 281-7560 allprolandscaping@rogers.com
Dear Tom, Thank you ever so much for your kind words regarding the project we completed for you last season. It was a pleasure to work with you in resolving the challenges of your backyard and transforming it into an enjoyable space for you and your family. All the best, Angelo
ALL-PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
(416) 281-7560
Dear R., Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. You originally found ALL-PRO Landscaping through HomeStars and are now sharing your experience for the benefit of other homeowners! We are happy to hear that you were pleased with the landscaping project we did at your home in Ajax! We put a lot of effort into our quotes and love hearing that they were appreciated! You took the opportunity to transform your home's curb appeal and your family's outdoor living spaces at the same time. The interlock pavers used to construct your new front walkways and clad your concrete front porch also carried that aesthetic to the patio areas in your back yard and southeast side yard. I will be in touch with pricing for the further landscape element you are considering for this year. Looking forward to chatting soon. Again, many thanks! Angelo
ALL PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
416-281-7560
Dear Eric and Mad! On behalf of Dan, Zack, Nick and Marcus, thank you ever so much for your kind and thoughtful observations regarding the ALL-PRO Landscaping Team! The process for our clients is a very important aspect of each project. We are working at your home, after all! Since founding ALL-PRO Landscaping with my father nearly 40 years ago, I have tried to treat our more than a thousand clients the way that I would want to be treated when I retain services for my own home. And the entire ALL-PRO Landscaping Team embraces that same philosophy whole heartedly! So we are very grateful for your whole-hearted recommendation! Many thanks and all the best, Angelo
ALL PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
416-281-7560
Dear SRP, It was a pleasure to work with you and your husband to overcome all of the challenges of your backyard space! The logistical challenge posed by the limited space around the pool was further compounded by the steep slope by which we had to navigate the tons of material, tools and machinery going in and out of your backyard. Luckily, after the first day of light rain in the Pickering area, the weather cooperated. Your kind comments about the professionalism of the ALL-PRO Landscaping Team mean a great deal to us. Our Team is indeed hardworking, dedicated, and skilled. Always mindful that we are working at our clients’ homes, we do our best to work as efficiently and cleanly as possible. We never tire of hearing our clients' happy comments about the various stages of the planning and construction journey that got us to the finished project which, of course, they also love! Enjoy! Thanks ever so much for your review! All the best, Angelo
ALL PRO LANDSCAPING & CARPENTRY LTD.
416-281-7560
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 280 images organized into 20 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:
> AJAX,
> PICKERING, and
> the east/southeast neighbourhoods of Scarborough (e.g., HIGHLAND CREEK, PORT UNION, WEST ROUGE, ROUGE HILL, GUILDWOOD).
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 37 YEARS . . .
Over the past 37 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 35 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 37 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 30 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.
> For example, as of Dec. 21, 2021, our 2022 project schedule was already booked into July 2022, based on an estimated April 11 season start (which, of course, can be impacted by weather, ground conditions, COVID-19, and other factors).
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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, washed river rock, 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:
=> We do NOT install plant material. We refer our clients to trusted horticultural technician-designers.
=> We do NOT install asphalt. We refer our clients to two trusted companies.
=> We do NOT install stamped/patterned concrete.
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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). 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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