John Gross Building Arts

Jon did an amazing job of replacing our front porch and reworking our landscaping. His design really brightened up and beautified our front yard. He took out the old front porch and created a much more functional and beautiful area. The curb appeal on our house has gone up 100%. He added a few fun extras such as lighting and a river of rocks to redirect my water flow. He redid the beds in the front and part of the backyard and everything flows so much better.

Jon has an unbelievable eye for transforming outdoor living. He completed a space definition around my hot tub spa with a brick patio, privacy custom cedar trellis, up-lighting, custom powder coated steel bench, and landscaping to all encompass an appropriate fit to my mid-century historic home. In my small community, his project is the talk of the town. I will be hiring him again for any future landscape renovations.

I spoke with Jon about designing a patio area for our backyard. I sent him pictures to follow up our conversation as well. He told me he would try to get out to our house in the next couple of days to measure. He never came out and I never heard from him again. I realize that our project was going to be more challenging than just pouring a simple patio. If he wasn’t interested, I would’ve preferred he just say so.

I bought a house in the fall that had a beautiful yard but was overgrown due to lack of occupancy. Jon came and helped me with my back and side yards. What used to be a dirt and gravel yard now has grass. Jon beautifully highlighted what was already in my yard and even transplanted a lot to various areas to pop up the color and again to give room to add grass for my dog. He moved a brick path that ran through the yard to an area that made more sense and sured up all the other flagstone. In addition to all of that, he also helped facilitate better drainage from my roof since before it was just pooling

Jon was great at providing the perfect balance of his own design ideas with our requirements and budget. He encouraged us to visit nurseries to find inspiration as well as look at what he envisioned for our yard. He was able to landscape our front yard so that it was in keeping with the aesthetic of the neighborhood, used existing plantings when he could, and even buried our downspouts. The backyard is where Jon really excelled. He performed some excavation work around an existing concrete slab to regrade the slope and placed a new stone border around it, which finished the overall look of the

Jon Gross does first rate work. He has a very good sense for design and proactively makes excellent suggestions. He is professional and has very high standards for workmanship. Project design, installation, and maintenance/cleanup were excellent. We have now hired him for three projects.

Jon has done a magnificent job with various projects on our property. He is very proactive and motivated. He has a good artistic vision to come up with designs that pay attention to practical functionality. He then implements them quickly with good attention to quality. These are attributes that can be hard to find with contractors. He is pleasant and easy to communicate with. His work so far has exceeded my expectations.

Jon Gross does a fantastic job, start to finish! Jon submitted plans for our three to four phase project in early December 2017. Fighting the snow and cold in the winter months and an inordinate amount of rain in the early spring, he admirably persevered to finish the work on deadline. The finished product for the first three phases is beyond our expectation!
Jon's eye for balance and ratio is not something easily learned; he has a natural expertise.
His philosophies of "design within the natural elements" and "re-purposing and re-using" make him a conscientious steward for the planet.
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Jon Gross is amazing. After calling other "premium" companies who seemed to think my job was too small for them (thus, couldn't see getting my project done for months), Jon responded to my email inquiry with an immediate phone call the next day. He came out and gave me an idea of what he thought possible that same day. While he had other big jobs lined up, he found a way to squeeze a week (and then some) in-between other projects to get my job done. He and his assistant did an incredible amount of work in that time.
He regraded a large portion of my back yard, lessening a significant slope, and

5 stars: creativity, design, quality, communication
4 stars: project length, “on the fly” decisions
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My husband and I have wanted an outdoor space and outdoor kitchen for years. Early in the year, we reached out to four landscape architects and met with three. We had a strong vision of what we wanted when we met with each. Jon was the only one who seemed to listen, understand the design, flow, function, and budget we were seeking, and not push us in a different direction. He took the time to look at our home and our furnishings, to get to know our tastes