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Van Riper Land & Home says on its website that it designs and builds outdoor spaces: patios, porches, paths, gardens and drainage. It lists Merrimack and Deerfield as its service area. Nick Van Riper designed and built an entry room for one customer, then an adjacent patio and two gardens, working with them on the design plans. That customer said he brought a knowledge of plants native to New England into the gardens. Nick also helped build a porch for a customer who said he designed and put in the artistic details. Nick built a dry-stacked retaining wall for a dahlia bed, and that customer said it has held up with no issues for over two years. For a rental property, Nick replaced a rotting railroad-tie retaining wall with a concrete block wall, cleared away the construction debris and graded the soil around it, that customer wrote. A 20-plus-year-old granite stair walkway that was coming apart was reset using all its existing materials, with an edge barrier on both sides and every paver cleaned. Two years later, that customer wrote, it is still level and tight. One yard got a new fence, a patio, a garden and raised vegetable beds; the customer said he took the time to talk through ideas and knew which native plants would work for their yard.
Typical your area range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Van Riper Land & Home. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A typical single-level deck is 12×16 — about 200 sq ft.
Estimated range
$7,750 – $14,500
Typical carpentry project around $11,100
Nick Van Riper designed and built an entry room to our house and followed this work by building an adjacent patio and two gardens. He worked with us on all the design plans, making welcome suggestions for implementing our ideas. We were impressed with his attention to detail in all these projects and consider his work to be a substantial improvement to our home. We especially appreciated his knowledge of plants native to New England, many of which he incorporated into the gardens. We look forward to continuing to work with Nick.
I had a great experience and would recommend. I have a 7 granite stair walkway leading to my front door, that is 20+ years old and was coming apart. Completely reset the entire walk using all existing materials. Provided a secure edge barrier on both sides, to ensure the walkway would stay tight, and cleaned every paver so they looked like new. All for an unbelievable price. 2 years later, all is still level and tight. This walkway is in better shape than when it was first installed.
We couldn’t be happier with the work! From our new fence and patio to the garden and raised vegetable beds, everything turned out great. He took the time to talk through ideas with us and was incredibly knowledgeable about native plants and what would work best for our yard. We really appreciated his attention to detail and how much thought he put into every part of the project, and would definitely recommend him to anyone looking for quality landscaping.
Nick helped build our porch. He designed and put in some beautiful artistic details.
Nick did an incredible job with this dry stacked retaining wall for my dahlia bed—it was exactly what I wanted, done right away and finished quickly at an amazing price. And without sacrificing quality which is important to me; it has held up with no issues for over two years. Could not ask for more! This is a business that takes pride in the work they do.
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