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Hess Landscaping says it has worked the Farmington Valley and surrounding towns for over 23 years, offering landscaping, hardscaping and maintenance to residential and commercial customers. Its BBB profile adds snow removal to that list. Its Connecticut home improvement contractor registration, number HIC.0701986, is active on the state registry under the name Hess Landscaping Inc. A 2024 customer needed stone work repaired on the front stairs and said Fran picked up the phone while on vacation out of the country, came by on his return, came up with a practical solution and executed the job within a week. That 2024 customer said his team did a nice job. A 2024 customer wrote that Francis Hess and his team had handled their landscaping, small tree removal and mulch for a few years, and had created a rock gulley to divert rain and debris flow away from the pool. A 2017 customer on Angi said he helped with a 700 sq foot patio in three weeks and cleaned up afterward. A 2017 Angi reviewer said he did lawn work, winter plowing, fall cleanup and pruning for them, and had recently done a stone patio. On Google it shows 5 stars from 5 ratings, and its BBB grade is A+.
Great work, reliable, and a nice guy to boot. Would recommend!
I had a repair job for stone work on my front stairs. Other contractors never even called back. I reached Fran while he was on vacation out of the country and he picked up. On his return, he promptly came by my house, came up with a practical solution and executed the job within a week. His team did a nice job. As he quoted to me a couple of times, "He gets "stuff" done!" Indeed. Good experience overall.
Francis Hess and his team are phenomenal. They express great care, attention to detail, and stay on their commitments. We’ve used them for a few years now for landscaping, small tree removal, mulch, and also they created a rock gulley to divert rain and debris flow away from our pool. Experienced, trustworthy, and reliable services - highly recommend!
Excellent service with an outstanding crew. They did a beautiful job.
He helped with 700 sq foot patio in just 3 weeks, he cleaned up and got outta here, no waiting, came and did work the work he was suppose to do and he did it perfectly.
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Typical Connecticut range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Hess landscaping Inc. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$50 – $70
Typical landscaping service around $60
9,000+ sq ft of sod installed in 2 days5.0
Granite step replacement in one day4.9