Mark Webber’s Landscaping Company Nursery & Farm

Mark Webber landscaping has proven to be the worst company I have ever had to deal with. We have no less than seven contract deviations on our deck and hardscape project. No building permit was obtained as required by Montgomery County — if we have it inspected now, we may have to tear it down and rebuild it at our own cost. A zoning plan was not submitted per Washington Township requirements. The deck was not built to code. It is attached to the brick veneer of our home; this is expressly forbidden in the Ohio Residential Building Code (Section 502.2.2.2). The deck manufacturer’s installation specifications were not followed. We now have a deck with an invalid 25-​year warranty on the planks. Mark Webber also re-​used the 20-​year old joists from our old deck, despite the contract calling for «removal of existing deck.» Rather than having joists supporting the deck that span the entire length, we have patched in pieces added on to the old frame with wood screws. The ‘underground’ wiring for the landscape lighting sticks out of the ground in one place in spite of the National Electric Code requirement for this to be buried six inches below ground (NEC Article 300.5). And he failed to add any organic material when he planted the trees and bushes in spite of the contract calling for «2 inches of organic material».
This is the end result of a two-​week project that took him six months to complete, with rework at every step.
In spite of this, Mark Webber’s lawyer says «it looks like a nice deck.»
In the past 5 years we have worked with 10 other contractors (kitchen remodel, new furnace and AC, new roof, exterior painting, interior painting, large trees installed, new front steps — poured cement work, lawn service, tree and stump removal, and lawn aeration). Never had any problem with any of these ten companies. But this company … just horrible.
Avoid working with Mark Webber Landscaping all costs.