1st Impressions Home Services

09/01/2021

Need experienced and I experienced hardscapers - building patios - retaining walls - water features - outdoor living spaces- fences etc.

08/16/2021

We’re hiring!! Need skilled and unskilled people with or without landscaping experience. Positions for full or part time. Contact us today for details.

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01/01/2021

Time to say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021. I’m sure we’ll face many of the same challenges in 2021, but maybe with renewed energy and hope. 1st Impressions will be 10 years old in May and we’ll be celebrating with you - Customers old and new!!
Thank-you for your patronage and faith in our work this year! One day - I hope my wife will look into our garden and feel the same 🤣

Cheers All!! 🍾🥂🎇🎇

10/02/2020

Progress report
Excavation complete
12” gravel base in and beaten with a 1,000lb plater compactor
Gas line and electrical conduit in
Soaker system in
Walls and steps almost complete
Stans’s house ready for roof, windows, insulation and porch.

Next phase:
Upper walls
Grass
Plants and dressing
Patio
Fence
Pathway
And we hope - water feature!

09/19/2020

Competition time and a chance to win some project discount for 2021. Why 2021 you ask. Because we’re fully booked for 2020 and already overlapping into 2021. Tanya Gordon Ploss and Sean Ploss of Langley were the last winners of our previous guess the project competition and their discount is sitting in the bank for when they’re ready. You could be next! All you have to do is guess what the fella over my shoulder is prepping for. We enjoy a good laugh at 1st Impressions so let your comic juices as well as serious suggestions flow.

09/19/2020

As our latest Garden Makeover project continues, it’s important to explain and have customers understand the 3 rules of patio construction
1. Compaction
2. Compaction
3. Compaction

No point laying interlocking pavers of slabs on a poorly compacted base. W e has to bring out the beast 1,000lb’r for this job. More to follow

09/11/2020

We like toys and our toys are here for you!

09/11/2020

Lovely planter designed and executed by Mr Brad Hanna - final stage of a garden makeover including retaining walls to level the garden - new lawn and patio. Homeowner loves the patio so much they covered it with a pool 😂sacrilege! The planter includes Lobelia for the bees and hummingbirds, boxwoods with an out of the box design. Sarcocca for the awesome spring fragrance and headliner plants are Phormiums for a break away from the norm. Layer of proper filter fabric above soil to keep the weeds at bay and dressed with 1” river stone to help with summer evaporation control.

09/11/2020

Digging is fun, but we’ve done enough for now. This was a fun dig including finding 19th century drainage pipes!! Phase 2 about to begin with the construction of the upper wall, stockpiling of soil for the upper lawn, drainage and base material for walls and patio along with wiring for hot tub and new shed/mancave and gazebo!

09/04/2020

What shall we do with this - dig it up!!

06/12/2020

All done - front garden transformation. Allan Block Europa walls. Trees - Hinoki Cypress, lollipop and Cherry. Taxus yews along the railing. Shrubs - mock orange with some small rose bushes and boxwoods. Good old Heather to keep the bees happy. Spring and Fall bloomers. Ground cover is Thyme with Irish Moss placed in between flagstones. Soaker hose system on timers to keep all the plants happy - black lava rock and river rock for dressing. Boulevard has cedars around an electric box and river rock dressing.

06/06/2020

Changes are a happenin’ - more to follow.