CONSUME BEWARE!!!
I had probably one of the worst experiences of my life with The Garden District and specifically with the owner Dennis. Had a project of over $160,000 with them which included a custom made fountain which Dennis himself sold the idea for claiming to have the knowledge and expertise to do so. It was all lies. They had no idea how to do this, from the design phase to the build, all the way to the disastrously horrible aftermath. Workers had no idea how to make the water flow in the way that was sold in the pretty 3D Designs Dennis did. There was virtually zero communication on how to build the structure until I stepped in and demanded that Dennis direct the task himself. Even with Dennis himself here, it was still a several weeks project because of the lack of workers and commitment. After a long period of trial and error they got about 80% of what I wanted with this piece “completed” and I said it was enough. Little did I know that after I paid the last remaining money of the project and the $13,000 custom fountain the paint and silicone they used started to come apart. It took less than 1 week for the whole thing to start bleeding brown and pieces of silicone because once again, to demonstrate the absolute lack of expertise, the paint and silicone used could not be constantly exposed to water treated with chlorine. As you can see in the images, the water is completely colored due to the paint getting disintegrated by the Chlorine. The color of the water looks Green/Yellow but it is not due to any mold or algae as it had a high level of Chlorine. The original color of the big bowl was brown and you can see how ashy it looks. I tried reaching out several times to Dennis and after a couple of weeks of delaying due to bogus reasons, he simply stopped taking my calls or answering messages.
The above is ignoring the multiple mishaps with the rest of the project that would have gotten them at most a three-star review. Mishaps which included, several delays, bad workmanship, and most importantly lack of supervision from The Garden District personnel over their incompetent contractors. I had to be on top of the project supervising the work when that was one of the selling factors for which I hired these people and overpaid for their work.
Suffice to say that I would STRONGLY advise for you to take your money elsewhere. This is if you are doing a large project like mine or simply to pave a small driveway. Dennis is like a smooth cheap car salesman who will tell you whatever you need to hear in order to get your money and then leave his incompetent supervisors in charge of a project for which they have zero expertise or worse, do what he did to us and totally disappear.
