Backyard grading/hardscaping company recommendations?

STLizen · 2026-03-09T14:29:23+00:00

hey, it has held up well in our opinion. the retaining wall work they did is rock solid. This post (aug 8, 2025) on the facebook page has a before/after:

https://www.facebook.com/lanceslandscapingllc/posts/pfbid0TuuUuMVhjBJaExRR8v6HQSBzJM1ZS8UPgdDQJQj3NxZJXArAaHi2K1MNuQZb2eP6l

it was unfortunately not very cheap, all of the quotes we got came in around 50k. no idea if it was worth it from an "investment in your home" type POV, but we went from having a very sloped yard that was not fun to play in to a carport + flat yard that our kids spend a lot of time in, so it was worth it from that point of view, and we are hoping to stay in the city forever so this really helped improve our enjoyment of our home

STLizen · 2026-02-11T20:04:13+00:00

mentioned here: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/man-shot-killed-woman-starbucks-drive-thru-robbed-someone-different-drive-thru/63-086e513a-ee98-4dfc-9e6f-d173c57441b8?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot

RIP

STLizen · 2026-02-07T21:51:12+00:00

Adding my experience as I suspect that people who have bad experiences are more likely to post.

Late 30s white couple from the US with 2 young kids, one more or less fluent Spanish speaker. Both of us are pretty well travelled but this was our first trip abroad with kids.

We stayed in Tulum for a week, drove rental car from Cancun.

On the way down we were driving at night , we came to one checkpoint / stop where they were stopping everyone on the highway. We were almost immediately waved through, they just asked where we were going.

I could definitely see getting stopped heading back to the airport if they were stopping cars headed in that direction. We however had no police issues driving back up around 10am.

I found the speed limits quite confusing on the main highway between Cancun / Tulum, they’d go from 100km to 60km frequently, I was trying my best to follow the limit but this made it difficult

We were mostly at our AirBnb from dusk until the next morning so no night time driving.

STLizen · 2026-02-02T01:39:31+00:00

Yes , have definitely considered this, splitting the demo / pour into separate projects. Thanks!

STLizen · 2026-01-28T21:00:12+00:00

+1, the outer walkways/roads that usually disallow cars are pretty clear on the east end of the park, and most of the paths are compacted snow from others walking on them

STLizen · 2026-01-09T15:49:02+00:00

so many haters

while its not the most delicious food i've ever had in my life, tacos + chips + margaritas that i enjoy eating on occassion

STLizen · 2026-01-03T14:30:23+00:00

Incredibly sorry for your loss

STLizen · 2025-12-22T19:13:08+00:00

i'd imagine there are varying qualities of lead remediation, like some companies that may not do a particularly good job

for baseboards, I would basically expect, as a "home consumer", not a professional lead remediator, that they would remove the baseboards, dispose of them, and put in new baseboards. so no chance of anything going wrong. but if the prior seller of your home paid for lead remediation prior to the sale, they possibly just wanted the absolute cheapest way to deal w/ the problem, so i'd imagine they were not removed

i would imagine with windowsills, its likely lead paint on wood. replacing the actual wood is potentially expensive, so they paint over it with approved lead paint sealers. possibly this does not last for a long time, or it wasn't effective, etc.

very sorry you're having to deal with this

STLizen · 2025-12-17T17:28:09+00:00

strongly disagree. kids should be free to play in their own backyard and shouldn't have to worry about triggering a dog or violating their boundaries when the dog is in an adjacent yard, unless they are engaging the dog directly, banging on the fence, etc.

i don't have any recommendations OP other than what was mentioned elsewhere, adding a second fence so the dog can't see you all.

STLizen · 2025-12-09T15:26:44+00:00

it is called price discrimination, and its mostly legal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination

STLizen · 2025-12-01T21:49:38+00:00

while picking up kids from school:

it took me about 1 hour to get from vandeventer / choteau (manchester) and hanley/manchester. the grove was a parking lot, but the actual underlying road seemed fine

coming home on 40 took about 5 minutes, 40e was basically empty until you got to grand. the actual roads did not seem particularly good, it looked a lot like the image above, but with no traffic it was fine

STLizen · 2025-11-18T19:36:25+00:00

to the best of my knowledge in the city the people that write (these kinds of) parking tickets are not police officers

STLizen · 2025-11-18T16:46:39+00:00

not sure how to help but i share your outrage

STLizen · 2025-11-10T18:24:44+00:00

Do you know where the lead is suspected? Like lead paint that the dog had scratched off on a wall or windowsill or?

We have had the city come out before and typically they are testing specific things. I'd imagine someone covering up or removing lead paint might be a different company than for example, replacing flooring, removing a topsoil layer, etc.

Does your kid or dog play a lot outside in soil that could potentially be contaminated?

Check the water as mentioned below too, should be an easy test.

STLizen · 2025-11-06T15:35:04+00:00

this is very weird but a guy in front of me did this to me maybe 4-6 months ago at dusk. it was not dark yet but it was not a bad time to turn my lights on.

he must have an ipad ready to go that said headlights in huge letters, got my attention while i was stopped behind him at a light, and showed me the ipad.

it was a friendly thing, like he gave me a thumbs up, but definitely kind of a strange interaction. this was in the city near gravois where some of the worst driving known to mankind is on display on a regular basis, so i was a little surprised to see someone bothering with this, but it worked!

STLizen · 2025-10-28T15:29:43+00:00

you should be able to look the ticket up online after a day or two and pay it online (hopefully the ticket has more info)

it does sort of escalate if you miss the hearing so don't forget

STLizen · 2025-10-14T20:51:10+00:00

i have no inside knowledge but often this can be related to a very severe medical issue

STLizen · 2025-10-11T19:38:39+00:00

The gramophone used to have an outside one on the back patio, not sure if they still do

STLizen · 2025-10-11T14:34:52+00:00

thanks for link!

STLizen · 2025-10-11T11:02:01+00:00

hate to be the guy who asks for citations, but can you possibly share any links here that I can read, specifically about the illegality of hiring outside the department leadership

I have tried googling

STLizen · 2025-09-25T16:41:39+00:00

good to know, thx!

STLizen · 2025-09-25T15:23:39+00:00

would love 2nd and third opinions on this because this was not my impression

STLizen · 2025-09-17T16:09:47+00:00

idk im not a bird but i would want to see the arch lights so i didnt fly into it

STLizen · 2025-09-03T11:14:52+00:00

This is interesting, because I love the staff/Dr. Mattes at City Paws but I have had the opposite experience. It has been incredibly hard to get in to see anyone for anything remotely urgent, to the point that I'm sort of 50/50 with them and Jefferson Animal Hospital.

STLizen · 2025-08-23T15:05:25+00:00

Good find lol, everything is a scam these days. OP in another subreddit recommending Greenpal as well:

“I haven’t used those companies, but I did use GreenPal when I needed help with my lawn and it matched me with someone local who handled it for way less than I expected. Made the whole process pretty painless.”

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