Blue Lake Landscaping & General Contracting

I selected Blue Lake for my custom garage and backyard landscaping project. It was an ambitious project and it was hard to find someone who understood what I was trying to achieve. Fab understood very quickly and had some great suggestions for improvements and ways to save money.

The cost may seem high however there was a lot involved including excavation, landscaping, extensive rebar and structural concrete, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and others. The garage includes a walkout workshop with suspended slab and is fully plumbed. Fence, retaining walls, patio, walkways, stairs. Also fixed my pre-existing drainage issues that happened during the spring melt due to my location on a hill.

Fab's crew was great and everybody was professional and respectful.

I'm very grateful to the folks at Blue Lake for taking on the project, for all of their hard work and giving me a great garage and back yard. Thank you all!

I have contracted Blue Lake to build our fence and do our landscaping and I am very impressed with Fab's and his team's level of professionalism and quality of work. They have exceeded our expectations and even went above and beyond by accommodating last minute changes including changes outside of the original quote. Fab and his team made sure that we get our money's worth. They are very thorough and meticulous with their work. We have been getting compliments from our neighbors which shows the quality of their work. One of the best companies we have worked with so I highly recommend Blue Lake for anyone looking for fencing and landscaping services.

Blue Lake landscaping did an amazing job making my yard maintenance free. Fab and his Crew were very professional and on time. Very hard working group of people with amazing talent. i would recommend them to everyone I know.

We engaged Blue Lake Contracting on an extensive renovation of our yard that included the replacement of a sewer line, 3 fences/ retaining walls, an overhaul of the backyard to accommodate a garage, deck and landscaping. Fab was very generous with his time during the planning stage of the project and the crews were professional, accommodating and kind. We were particularly impressed with the carpentry work involved in the fence and deck. The project took more time than expected in part due to weather, the complexity that comes with an older property and the other projects Blue Lake had also committed to. With the project now completed, we feel it was worth the wait and are very pleased with the results.

Fab was great and very patient, as we were back and forth for about 3 years on renovations.
He and his crew had some hiccups due to the weather, but he kept us informed. we had some costs overruns over an above the Quote.
overall they did a great job!

The scope of the work included the garage, deck, fence, and landscaping.
Blue Lake Landscaping & General Contracting (Blue Lake) was wonderful to work with, in making our backyard dream a reality. The staff were courteous and professional throughout the construction. They were also very knowledgeable in their trade and provide great insight throughout construction. The quality of work was superb.

Blue Lake was very accommodating in our request for a custom exterior garage wall and it turned out great (see attached photos). They can literally construct anything you are envisioning for your backyard. We recommend them to anybody wanting to build their backyard oasis!

We hired Blue lake to do our back/side/front yard because we were very impressed on the work they did on our neighbor's yard. Blue lake exceeded our expectation from start to finish of the project. Fab and his crew are very easy to deal with, answered all of our questions through phone calls and emails in a timely manner unlike other contractors the would take days or does not even care to reply. Fab and his crew worked fast and efficient with great attention to detail. We had a budget set in mind and Fab went above and beyond to meet that. Fab threw in some extras for us so we could meet our budget.

I highly recommend using Blue lake if you want it done the right way!
We will definitely use Blue lake again for our future project.

Thanks Fab for getting my new home fully landscaped!!

I'm an analytical/detail oriented person, so when I leave reviews I like to be thorough and fair indicating what went well, or not. I had Bluelake fully landscape the front, back and sides of my newly built home for virtually maintenance free enjoyment.

Back yard: Very satisfied. The back yard is mostly stamped concrete and it looks fabulous. There was a little tension when I was told that they couldn't accomplish the two stamp pattern we had agreed at the beginning would be the design. I told Fab, "if it cannot be done, so be it, I can accept a single stamp but I will be disappointed to not get the two stamp pattern we had discussed." He wasn't satisfied with that and even though I'd signed off on going single stamp, he went the extra mile to go around to all his suppliers and talk about how he could achieve the two stamp pattern as planned. He and his team put in a fair bit of extra effort and totally nailed it. The fire pit area having its own circular stamp design gives the yard real character.

Sides of home: Both sides were done exactly as planned/discussed. On one side Fab said to me "we'll probably have extra concrete, do you want an extra pad here on the unused side for storage" and they totally created a very useful storage section within the cost of the original contract. I doubt most landscapers would have done that without jumping the price. On the other side of the house the stamped concrete continues into a path from back to front and it looks awesome.

Front yard: Mostly satisfied. I will be honest, it did not come out as planned/envisioned. Very close, but still not as expected. We have a fully rockscaped front yard with a "dry creek bed" surrounded by larger grey Rundle rock. The creek bed border rocks were supposed to be black but Fab tells me there were none to be bought anyway so had to settle for a rainbow rock I don't really care for. Something I wish he'd known about up front. And I'd asked for Black boulders to contrast against the grey Rundle rock and instead received grey boulders with a weird rust color on some sides. It's done very well, don't me wrong - it just isn't the colors I had envisioned - so mostly satisfied.

We met Fab at the spring Home and Garden show and afterwards his quotes were detailed and provided in a timely manner, he followed up with us without being pushy and overall his customer service is amazing. All things the other companies we tried to quote with certainly can't say.

I could have found cheaper options but I'm certain the results wouldn't have been as good as Bluelake. All in all, the best thing I can say is: knowing what I know now, I would definitely still choose Bluelake if I was to do it again.

Thanks Fab!!

When shopping around for a full-service contractor for our new yard, Blue Lake’s team stood out immediately with their responsiveness. Within hours of visiting our site, Fab was able to provide a sketch and quote for what would become our new yard, including the fence, patio, and deck.

The way the project was managed through the execution phase also stood out. It has been a challenging year for such a project with the weather and construction on the lot beside ours. In spite of the rain clouds, Fab’s experience shone through in the way that these barriers were managed, with the project being completed within what was, in my estimation, the shortest duration possible given the circumstances.

We’re very happy with the quality of work that Brett and Dave did and look forward to enjoying our new yard for years to come! If you’re looking for a contractor, give Blue Lake a call.

I selected Blue Lake Contracting after interviewed many contractors. Fab and his crew, Brett and Noor did a fantastic job in my property. They completed the job beyond my expectation. They are honest, trustful and professional. Thank you Fab, Brett and Noor.