Prairie Path Group

We had a fantastic porch/​patio job and driveway wall, done on our house. Prairie Path Group helped with the designing. They remove our old deck and quickly graded the area. The installation was quick and neat. I would highly recommend them. Their professional manner which they accomplished the job is a testament to their fine work ethic.

We had Marty from Prairie Path Group (PPG) out to provide us with a quote to help install a new sidewalk and help re-​grade most of our yard after we had a new concrete driveway installed. Prairie Path provided some great ideas to our landscaping problems unlike other companies that simply stare at you and say «we can do whatever you want». As an owner of an old home, it’s frustrating to have a contractor of any trade simply say, «we can do whatever you want». I’m sure they are trying to be accommodating, but suggestions and guidance is always welcomed and Marty provided that.
Unfortunately, we were nearly ready to begin work but surprise driveway overages at the 11^th hour killed our landscaping budget for the fall season.
I feel horrible that we had to cancel our project at the last minute, but Marty was extremely professional and understanding about it. Even though we didn’t end up using PPG, after interviewing a hand full of landscaping contractors, this company is extremely professional and they have done amazing work for our neighbors on their brickwork/​pathway projects and came highly recommended. I highly recommend that you give them a call to have them take a look at your project and I hope that you can use them.

Had Pavercare fill and seal my driveway and back patio. Less than a year later most of the fill was gone. The seal did not work either. I have called many time to ask about their warranty and was told that «TC» would have to call me back. Three months later, still no call back. My driveway looks terrible. If you are thinking of using this company, please don’t. Their business ethics are terrible. At least have the guts to call back and discuss what can be done.

I used Prarie Path Pavers to do my drive way and it looks absolutely beautiful. Marty Halm was great to work with. He was reliable, professional and courteous. The crew was meticulous and very neat. I received countless compliments from neighbors and friends on the workmanship. It has been three years now and they came back to do some minor repairs and resanded some areas. Other companies would have forgotten you by now. I recommend them highly and will definitely use them for future jobs.

We hired Prarie Path Pavers to remove a cracked concrete driveway and install a new brick driveway I was told my brick would be special order, but it arrived on time and the job was completed in less than 4 days. Marty was able to match the color of my existing stamped concrete walkway. The crew never stopped working. They began at 7AM tues and I was parked in my garage Friday night. They had several trucks hauling equipment and material so no one was standing around waiting. They obtained the building permit from the village, scheduled the inspections and even filled the completed driveway edges with black dirt. My sister is hiring them today to repair her brick patio. A great company and crew. A+
Mary Beth

Marty Helm and his crew at Prairie Path Pavers are fantastic. We had them create a new patio for us and replace our walkways to complement the new patio. Marty worked with me to find just the right materials that would look good with the house and work with my budget. We choose irregular bluestone with a mixture of colors. I was extremely happy with the quality of stone and the color Marty acquired for our patio. Marty also suggested on recycling some of the stone from our previous patio to create our seat wall, which turned out fabulous. I would have never thought of using our old stone. The crew worked hard and did an amazing job of cutting and placing the irregular shapes of stone. The patio with a fire pit and seat wall and my front walkways are gorgeous! Marty was always diligent with his communication throughout the entire project. I had no problems whatsoever. I would highly recommend them.

We hired Marty Halm of Prarie Path Pavers to design and build our patio. The estimate was very reasonable and both he and crew did a wonderful job. He was also very pleasant to work with and resourceful. In addition to installing the patio, he assisted us in finding and installing a built in grill and provided and installed bushes and other landscaping around our patio. I definately recommend him and would not hesitate to use him again.
Katey of Clarendon Hills

We purchased a home that had a lovely walkway done by Prairie Path Pavers in about 2003. Beautifully done. One of the step pavers had broke. Not a big deal, or so I thought. The prior owners had called the company to come out and fix it. They were quoted $ 100. They were told it would happen just after closing. Not a big deal in my mind. The next month rolls around and I call the company. They have no record of coming out and giving a quote or scheduling the repair. The operator assured me someone would be out next week to look at it. I called back a month later… no record of my call. I won’t be having them out to fix the borken brick.

Update to the update: Well, I did finally call them back and complained and was told that there was absolutely no record of my having called before. Apparently, I must have been dreaming about the previous call. Not. Anyhow, they came out all stealth-​like and fixed the step. Poof. Crisis averted. I’m still keeping my star rating though for the bleh customer service. Tip to CS: If you fail to put a call or work order in your system, don’t make it that the call never happened, just say, «Oh, somehow it didn’t make its way into our system. I’m so sorry.»
Update: They have yet to come out and fix my broken step. Now, things have gotten away from me so I haven’t been able to call and nag them. We’ll see if they get back out here to fix it or not and then I can adjust the review. I’m willing to pass a mistake but if they blow me off again it won’t be a coincidence, I’m sure.
I love how the previous review makes entire assumptions about the company because of something hitting their car. From my experience, most companies don’t do anything about debris that hits your car on the road.
With that said, I’ll put in my review of Prairie Path Pavers. I had a fairly large patio put in with them last summer. They were more than happy to help me keep things within my budget even though that meant pretty much the cheapest bricks for them. The people in the front office, the site manager and the workers were all wonderful to work with, polite, hard-​working and professional. My patio was installed quickly and was guaranteed for the lifetime of the patio for workmanship. In fact, I just got off the phone with them because one of the bricks on the step had come out. No problem at all. They’ll send someone out ASAP to repair it.
I really dread working with contractors of any sort and was pleasantly surprised with the service and quality that I received. I would highly recommend them to anyone.