Outdoor Life Inc

Bill Botkin, owner of Outdoor Life, is very much the professional, and very gifted in the art of outdoor landscaping. He created an amazing, one of a kind, outdoor waterfall in my backyard, based on conversations and a picture that I sent to him. He is creative and has great ideas for layout and design of plants, trees and shrubs. He is also able to do other work that may be needed as part of your outdoor plan. At my house his guys patched a woodpecker hole, put a cap on top of my chimney, sealed up an outdoor electrical outlet, among other things. His varied services were a huge convenience, preventing me from having to call on multiple people to do those jobs.



Bill is dependable and has his guys continually working until he job is complete. He does not drag out the completion of the project, but gets it done in a timely manner.



I would recommend Bill Botkin and Outdoor Life to anyone who wants a professional landscaping job done.

We had problems with water puddling around the driveway & front porch, and erosion starting in the back where we back up to a greenway. Bill was easy to contact & always responded promptly. His was one of 2 quotes I got for the job & was his bid $1K cheaper, & more thorough. I felt more confident in Bill's plan given his engineering background. Bill listened to what I wanted & gave an accurate estimate of when our job would start (8 weeks wait due to other jobs ahead of mine). The 2 employees that did our work have been with the company many years & really worked hard & knew what they were doing. During the project I made a few small changes & everyone was very accommodating. The end product turned out better than I envisioned. I now have real backyard with a manicured front yard.

French drains, lifted front porch slab for better drainage, installed dry creek bed for drainage, bordered all beds with stone, laid mulch, installed sod in backyard, cleared brush in back of property.

After several failed attempts to find a contractor to landscape our backyard, we found Mr. Bill Botkin from Outdoor Life Contracting, Inc. He helped our backyard dreams come true!

After several design adjustments and budget considerations, and after we secured financing, we contracted with Bill in June 2015. Our project was completed on time and on budget except for a few unexpected site conditions and project scope changes that we added on to the project. We are extremely pleased with our backyard project and its results. We received everything that Bill said he contracted to do plus his extra attention to detail. We will definitely work with Bill again for all of our landscaping needs and highly recommend him to everybody!

I had Bill and his crew do several things for me, including putting stone edging in and fixing my sprinkler system which had a combination of needing upgrading do to age and fixing from poor workmanship by the previous contractor. Bill updated my sprinkler system and added me to the Smart Irrigation program in Mecklenburg so that I now save money on my summer watering costs and water only when needed. I also had most of the landscaping in front of my house redone, a fountain installed, and uplighting added to the house and the yard. He also did some yard grading for a drainage problem. Miguel, his foreman was a joy to work with. Bill communicated well with me, was very thorough, gave me options, and somehow remembered all the various little small tasks I had his crew do for me. I was impressed with his willingness to go the extra mile and get things done right, and to BOTH his and my satisfaction! I will definitely continue to use his services.