"Our driveway installation was our last major project for our dream lake house remodel in Marietta, Georgia. We got quotes from concrete, stamped asphalt and paver experts. Pavers were our first choice but we weren’t finding any company that would do the work for a reasonable price."

We shared our discouragement about the escalated prices we seemed to be getting with a local nursery salesman. This nursery only sells pavers but the salesman highly recommended Mario Da Silva who owns European Stone Inc. The salesman told us that their customers came back with rave reviews of Mario’s work and honest prices.

Mario had an artist’s vision of the potential of our dream home. He took a picture of our house with all its construction debris and drainage pipes. On the picture he drew his concept of what our driveway would look like.

Other companies offered us a driveway, Mario offered us a complete hardscape and landscaping solution. We loved his artistic talent and awarded him the contract.

From the first day, we discovered that Mario is a perfectionist. His artistic talent won’t allow him to do a job halfway.

"Talk about over-delivering . . . our paver driveway came to life with 3 additional rock walls, stone curbing, excavation to expand our driveway, 200 sq ft of additional paver areas, a dry well to help with our drainage problems, 2 coats of paver sealing, top soil, mulch, plantings, a gorgeous boulder and a patio overlooking our lake. All this for less than the cost of a paver driveway with many of his competitors"

Now we understand why Europeans put in sitting walls. One of our favorite additions is a wonderful sitting wall overlooking our lake. It is really spectacular and made the driveway level useable space to spend time and relax with friends.

"Mario has a fantastic team. His workers are honest, hard working and a joy to have on site. Mario is the only subcontractor in the 1 1/2 years of our renovation to keep his workplace organized and clean. Not only did he get rid of his construction debris daily but he even got rid of other subcontractor's construction debris."

This may sound minor but it was a huge cost savings to us. Every dumpster load was $250 which amounted to thousands of dollars over the cost of our entire renovation project. What a kindness for Mario to treat our home so well.

We had started a do it yourself project building a stairway to our lake. Truthfully our efforts were horrible. Mario likes to keep his team busy so he volunteered to help us completely rework our stairway for the cost of the materials plus a minimal fee. What a deal!!!!!!

At the low price quoted, we thought the stairway would take one worker a couple of days. Mario and 2 workers spent several days getting our walkway perfect.

"Mario took up all our work, reused our materials, added pea gravel, built a trellis, gave us extra pavers to give the walkway an entrance, reused telephone poles on our property for a railing, put in grass on our hillside, added plants and mulch."

Mario totally transformed our home with his artistic talent. Now the areas he hasn't touched look forsaken.

Many of our friends have taken one look at Mario's work and have begged us for his number. We are now waiting on Mario to find some free time to do our backyard.

We thought we needed a driveway and Mario provided us a dreamscape. The secret of Mario's success is over-delivering. He does what he says he will do plus so much more. Mario's work ethic, his passion for being the best at his life's work and his artistic gift make him a star in his profession. Without hesitation, we highly recommend European Stone Inc.

BJ and Joe Mattarella
Marietta, Georgia