Vlad and Ben were prompt, professional, knowledgeable, informative and friendly. I first called Vlad last summer when I developed a strong desire to fence in my 2 young children. After checking other companies reports and profiles on the List and talking to a few other companies, I decided that Vlad's very competitive pricing, flexibility; professionalism and sense of humor had won my business. Then, after looking at my finances, I realized that the fence would have to wait another year. My husband convinced me that we should wait to survey until closer to the time the fence would be built. I made a note to myself to hire EDS when the time came, along with a mental note that their price was $495 to do a survey (actually their base price) and went on about my business until warm weather came for a few days in March. I then called Vlad set up an appointment. Our phone call was very brief and business-like. I told him that we'd already talked about the details last summer and was ready to hire him. In retrospect, I realize this was a mistake. We should have reviewed the cost structure. Their base fee is $495 for a boundary lot survey in the Twin Cities, assuming the lot markers are there somewhere underground. In our case, there were no lot markers. In fact, several of our neighbors had no lot markers. Three lot markers on our block were misplaced (i.e. out of line with other markers on the block, the layout of the block and with city easements) which Vlad and Ben hadn't run into before. So, Vlad and Ben had to find markers and take measurements all the way up the block (approx. 20 properties) just to determine with certainty where our property corners are. They also had to place legal monuments on all four corners of our property since all four were missing. These were surprises, obviously. Beyond that, they also placed what I'll call a visual marker (not the rebar they placed at the property corners) at a retaining wall where we were planning some work. The team kept me fully informed of what was going on, but, not having my full attention (kids in attendance) they were doing uphill work with that part of the job too. It wasn't until I saw their completed product and paid the bill that I realized what a deal I had gotten (the kids were at school or napping by this point). They spent most of the day doing what would normally take a morning. They addressed the interesting challenge of misplaced property markers with professional zeal. They addressed my dawning sticker shock with overwhelming compassion and slashed the final bill considerably. They worked and cleaned up (there's some digging involved in finding property markers) in an unobtrusive way. Working with EDS was a great experience. I recommend them to all my "neighbors" on Angie's List!