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We are proud to receive testimonials from private landowners, estates, fisheries, farms and commercial clients who trust us to deliver high-quality excavation, restoration and water management projects.
Furnace Place Estate were introduced & recommended to R Matthews Excavations by a previous customer of theirs, which is always a good start.
Professional, enthusiastic, efficient, communicative and reliable Ross was a pleasure to work with on our various water projects. Ross has a depth of knowledge and is incredibly passionate about the environment he works in. This comes across in both the planning and the execution of his projects. Always keen to find solutions to any problem thrown at him, Ross produces detailed quotes, having discussed all options, and is more than happy to explain them in layman’s terms. Budgets are worked out by Ross, discussed in detail and Ross sticks to them!
The team Ross bought in with him were of the same work ethic and a pleasure to have working on site. Would with confidence happily recommend R Matthews Excavations We are delighted to be booking him in again for future projects.
I have used Ross and his team for many different projects over a number of years from pond dredging and bridge construction to field drainage and path/track construction.
We have a 75-year-old manmade lake which needed extensive renovation.
I have no hesitation in recommending R Matthews Excavations' who completed the work on time and to an agreed budget.
Ross carried some dredging work /leak repair work for me on our lakes, the work repairing the dam wall leak on the lake was a sensitive operation due to the lake level not being able to be reduced very much which made the job more tricky but Ross and his team managed to carry the works out without issue and fully eliminating the leak.
Ross went above and beyond to complete all the work needed for us and I will be having Ross and his team back in the future for some planned works to improve our fishery further. I would fully recommend Ross and to add the quotation from Ross for the works we had carried out was very good compared to other company’s. Big thanks to Ross and his team.
We are delighted with the excellent quality of the work executed by a very skilled and competent team headed by Ross Matthews who provided superb customer service and a great attitude at all times.
I have known and worked with Ross Matthews over the past 20 years on many of my own contracts at 'Freeland Water Management' and I have always been extremely impressed with their professionalism, quality of work and always thinking ahead.
From the initial consultation to the final walk-through, his team was communicative, responsive, worked their way out of unforeseen tricky situations and dedicated to ensuring I was satisfied with every step of the process. Ross is particularly knowledgeable and skilled in lake dredging, lake construction, dams and landscaping and has completed contracts on budget.
I would highly recommend Ross Matthews Excavations to anybody and will not hesitate to use them again for future projects.
Really pleased with the work that Ross did for us. He clearly knows his stuff, turned up when he said he would, and did a brilliant job. Would definitely recommend.
We have used Ross on numerous occasions over the past few years for works including bulk excavations, site preparation, drainage works and various other excavation projects.
It has been a pleasure working with Ross and the team, creating 6 wildlife ponds. Efficient with his time, professional on site and showed a real interest by contributing to the design and working with ecological sensitivity at the forefront of this project.
I am the Chairman of an angling club in Surrey. We had some major work completed in the summer of 2023 by another contractor which didn’t go at all well. Ross was called in at the eleventh hour and saved the day and was able to put right much of the work which had been done badly, and by using an aquatic excavator he removed a huge amount of willow saplings which had grown up on the dry lake bed.
We recently used Ross to do some dredging on another pond we own. The work and finish were superb. He made new quality swim fronts, but more impressive was the communication Ross and his team insisted on having with the neighbours to ensure that nobody was inconvenienced by the movement of machines.
Couldn’t have asked for a more considerate, professional team. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough and our club will be using Ross and his team again.
I engaged Ross at the start of the year to dig a stock pond for my fish farm and was very happy with the end result. He has since been back and completed a 1 acre pond and an access track.
He is very professional, great at communication and a highly competent machine operator. He's suggested some great ideas about blending the excavations into the surrounding area and is very skilled at tapering and grading the mounds in.
His knowledge extends beyond just excavations, always conscious of surrounding trees and planting etc, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
Ross and Rob have recently carried out some much needed dredging and leak repair work to our pond. The whole experience was fantastic!
They were professional, knowledgeable and went above and beyond to make sure the whole process ran smoothly from beginning to end. Always friendly, approachable and eager to answer any questions or address concerns. The results are perfect, the pond is thriving and healthy again and we couldn't be happier. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend.
Ross dredged our large pond at the end of this summer. We could not be more pleased with both the outcome and the way in which the work was carried out.
He was on time, courteous, tidy and care taken with the work to ensure there was no damage to the surrounding garden was second to none. I would recommend him to anyone needing dredging work. We had to wait a year to be able to schedule him in (he is pretty busy) from when he quoted the works and it was worth the wait.
Whether you’re considering lake construction, dredging, drainage or specialist earthworks, we’d be pleased to discuss your requirements.
