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I have to agree. Although there is a certain amount of pride that goes along with doing it yourself it the results are tough to acheive when you are trying to learn multiple things at once through the experience of one or two projects.
Look for similar style houses in your area that has a landscape that you love. Approach the homeowner and compliment them on it and find out who did the work. That will give you the name of someone that does what you like, has local experience, is in the right price range for the value of your home, the homeowner will speak well only of a person who they had a good business experience with, and they can deal with your home style.
Remember that you are fixing something you did before. I also remember your pool project, and whether it gave you satisfaction or not, it does not look like a job at the right professional level in keepng with your house. You did good work, but it looks like you or a less experienced design/build company did it.
I don't mean to insult, but just to point out that the satisfaction that you get by doing it yourself clouds what you see. It will not cloud what others see, although your friends are not likely to tell you anything else other than how good it looks knowing that you put your heart and soul into it.
The satisfaction of doing it yourself may well out weigh the results on a personal level. If it does, there is nothing wrong with that and I admire people who enjoy a sense of accomplishment.
But, this is a 99% professional forum and most of us are all about promoting professionalism. That is why we put time and effort into helping each other out at being more professional. Most of us are not into undermining that in any way.
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