I've known Marco Barrantes for eight years and live around the corner from one of his more spectacular landscaping projects. I feel privileged to have had him and his crew work here. Marco is...
La Loma Development Company
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La Loma Development Company is a Pasadena design-build firm leading the field of sustainable landscape design, with over a hundred completed projects throughout Los Angeles County. We have achieved such success because we work closely with our clients to realize each garden's potential characteristics. We create aesthetic and functional ecological renovations, by replacing lawns, asphalt and concrete throughout the city with beautiful habitats. We delight in the enjoyment our landscapes provide by instantly improving the quality of life for our clients, with enduring success. La Loma Development started in 2007 and has grown into one of the leading ecologically sustainable landscaping contractors in southern California, started from home and field offices. We are known for the quality and artisanship of our work and have grown our customer base largely from word of mouth and referrals.
Specialties
We create unique artistic, natural and beautiful landscapes, not just meant to be looked at, but to be lived in. La Loma is building the future of ecologically sustainable society based on a next generation of green jobs in watershed restoration, water conservation, food production, native habitat, natural pools, and beyond. We are a Sustainable Landscape Design Professional with the City of Santa Monica, we are also a Certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE) with the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), Certified Small Business with the County of Los Angeles Community Business Enterprise Program (CBE) and a Small Local Business (SLB) and (MBE) Minority Business Enterprise with the City of Los Angeles. Since 1997 and 1999 Marco Barrantes owner and founder has held two Permaculture Design certificates and is a Certified Arborist. Bonded & Insured General Contractor & C27 LIC 883785.
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Reviews

They came out to do a site visit in late August and I got very excited. Marco seemed to have good ideas. I wrote a $150 check, and couldn't wait to see the design and estimate. But I had to...

If you make an appointment at 1:30 p.m and get held up someplace else, it doesn't work to call at 2:30 p.m. with no explanation as to why you can't keep the appointment. Nice work, lousy people.

If you want a company that has no problem trespassing, damages bordering properties, does not return phone calls (4 of them), then when the owner says they will fix the damage but never do. Then...

Scooped up the $150 consult check, offered no receipt. Did sit on my porch and text, though, then fiddled with a sprinkler manifold and declared it broken. Aloof, no call back, no follow up call...
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