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Culverts, grading and drainage ditches: Southern Vermont Outdoor Services is an excavating outfit whose work centers on driveways. On its website the company describes itself as family-owned and operated, specializing in excavating, gravel driveway repair and driveway drainage, with snow and ice management for commercial properties in winter. On Google it holds 5 stars from 19 ratings. One customer said they replaced two culverts and refreshed a gravel driveway, responding quickly when asked for a quote and completing the work fast. A customer who had a complete driveway install said the job was scheduled for the week after the quote and took less than one business day. One customer's driveway was graded and topped with surepak, and that customer said Jason was prompt and communicated well. At a small camp, a customer said Jason and Luke corrected a long standing drainage issue after giving a fair estimate. A customer who said they have been building and renovating properties for more than thirty years wrote that Jason and Luke Perna charge what they quoted, and did in two days a job that would have taken that customer two months. A 2025 customer said Jason and Luke's work on a long driveway included a water catch basin, customized culverts, resurfacing and reshaping. A 2025 customer said they installed a 12 X 18 crushed gravel pad for a shed, then excavated the ditch along the driveway for water management and sent photos and a debrief, since that customer did not live on site. A 2025 customer said SVOS did site work for a shed as the shed company specified, finishing on a Friday before the shed was delivered on Monday, and later placed a ramp. A 2025 customer who found them on Front Porch Forum said they walked the driveway, drew up a bid, and had the driveway done in two days. The work goes past driveways. A 2025 customer said SVOS did a large stump grinding and some tree cutting and left nothing for that customer to pick up. A 2025 customer said Jason and Luke did a spring cleanup of the lawn and flower beds to get the house ready to go on the market.
Had a complete driveway install done. Team was timely, caring, educated and did an amazing job! From the start everything was great, the team came out for a quote and to discuss with us what would work best for the area. After the quote we were able to be fit into the schedule for the following week. Entire work took less than one business day. Great quality on the driveway and amazing business to work with.
Jason was prompt, communicated well, and provided a good product ( graded our driveway and put down surepak). I would highly recommend his company Southern Vermont Outdoor Services.
These guys show up when they say they will and do the work they promise, and quicker than I could ever imagine. In these days of it being difficult to find honest and hardworking people to do some of the work I am no longer able to, these guys are a 100% shoe-in for best!
I have been building and renovating properties for more than thirty years. I have attempted to utilize many sub-contractors over the years to help, but most become more of a problem than an asset; don’t show up, bleed me for cash, or just disappear. Jason and Luke Perna at Southern Vermont Outdoor Services are one of the best contractors I have ever worked with. They return my calls in a timely manner they show up and do a great job and charge me for what they quoted. I will continue to reach out to them to execute difficult jobs. I just had them do a job that would have taken me two months, they did it in two days. Also, they leave the property better when they are done than when they came. I cannot recommend them enough.
Jason and Luke did an impressive job at our small camp, from giving responsible and knowledgeable advice to thoroughly completing the task of correcting a long standing drainage issue. Their work was conscientious and I felt they cared as much about what they were doing as I did. They gave me a very fair estimate for the job and its needs, then went beyond those, leaving the place in far better condition than it had been. Moreover, they are friendly young men whose expectations of themselves guarantee excellence of outcome.
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