DIVERSIFIED APPLICATIONS INC

Diversified Applications was doing work in our area, noticed our driveway needed repair and offered to do the work at a discount since they already had equipment in the area on the other job (other job was walkway/retaining wall).  Original price was $3180, they'd reduce it to $2880 because the equipment was already there.  I offered them $2700 and they accepted.  We had previously been given a price of $1500 by another company but they turned out to be disreputable and never did the work. <br /> Total area of the driveway is about 600 square feet and the last third of the driveway was raised and buckled from tree roots.  They tore out the bad section (about 200 square feet), dug out the roots (they were extensive), backfilled and laid a stone base.  Over that they put 2 inches of asphalt base level with the existing driveway.  Then overlaid the entire driveway with asphalt ranging from 4 inches at the garage to 2 inches at the road portion.  The extra thickness was necessary because the ground had settled a great deal by our house since the original driveway was installed years ago.  A vibratory roller was used to compact and smooth the surface to a nice finish.  When done all of the debris was cleaned up and hauled away. <br /> Diversified Applications was professional, punctual, provided excellent communication, did everything they said they would, and did an excellent job.  The price was a good bit more than what we were offered from the other company but as I've found after the fact, that company has many complaints and does poor work or even only partially finishes jobs so it was a lowball price.  Checking with other neighbors who've had asphalt work done I think we received a fair deal, especially considering the demolition needed for our job and extra thickness of asphalt that was applied.  This new driveway should last many years, I would not hesitate to hire this company again and recommend them for driveway / hardscape / patio work. <br />

The company arrived in a timely fashion and the sales rep was very professional before we signed the contract. After they started the work, we were told that they mis-measured and it would be an additional $1,500.00. We were not happy and we did not want to cut the fence back any and they had already started. The company seemed to be a bit high in price to begin with when compared to another company, but they seemed to know what they were talking about. We were stuck and had them finish, which was a big mistake. They finished the job within two days, which was very fast, but it was 10pm at night when they finished up. He knocked on the door an asked us to inspect the fence and gates in the dark. He didn't even have a flash light for us to use!!! Well the reason why it was done so fast was because they rushed through the job to get it done and to get paid. The next morning we walked the fence and saw nails sticking out all over the place, the gates didn't self close which was a requirement due to Howard County Pool Code and their was such a gap from the ground and the fence that our dog could fit out. We called them and had them back out and they walked the fence and called us at work saying they took care of it. When we got home, we saw that they didn't do anything. We have been contacting them back and forth for a while now and it is still not done properly. Chris was out again today and told us that he gave us exactly what we wanted and that there is nothing else he can do. The funny thing was he had the nerve to ask us if we wanted them to open our pool for us for the summer. We said no thank you, not after all this. We should have went with the other company because the price was not much more to do the whole property line. Beware of their services and watch how they word their contracts. Now we have an over priced fence that we still need to do work to because they worded their contract funny.