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"I met and dealt with Richard while I was having my bardominium built in 2023. The concrete he pored for the 64x40 was perfect. He helped me out in many other ways on his own time on the weekends. I am happy that he has acquired the honest family business his dad worked so hard to make successful, and that Richard has been a part of since a very young age."

"I got multiple bids for this project. Not only was Absolute Concrete's bid one of the lowest, more importantly, I felt like I could trust Mike to perform the work and do it well. And he did. My new patio is beautiful! His work is top-notch, he was very easy to work with, he cleaned everything up and was all around a true professional. I'd use him again in a heartbeat and would highly recommend his services."

"It was wonderful. They worked around our schedule. The job was completed in a timely manner. We had very little downtime for our business"

"After showing up several hours later than promised, and too late to complete the work as the sun was setting and temperature dropping into 40s, then not showing up the next day as promised, I had to call to find out what was going on. Again the workers did not showing up at the time promised, but were several hours late, and then the work performed appeared rushed and was very poor quality. The seal coating completely missed a couple large areas of the driveway, the grass was not edged back from the drive leaving the edges of the drive untreated with sealcoating, and I was left with questions about whether some of the cracks that were not filled should have been (to me some of the unfilled cracks looked to be larger than 1/4 inch). I texted pictures to Tim of the work, and he had his employees come back out to completely redo the driveway, and he came out himself to supervise and help. There were many different excuses given by Tim and the employees about the reasons for the poor communication and poor quality of the initial work (previous jobs took longer than expected, worker's partner was at hospital because of sick relative, two employees were new with one that had no sealcoating experience, etc). However the final work completed was A+ quality work and looks almost new again. Received many compliments on the final job, and my neighbors had Central Paving and Sealcoating do their driveway. The company came through and made everything right in the end, and we would most likely call them again when our driveway needs another sealcoating, but we would do so knowing not to expect excellent communication and punctuality. <br />"

"I'm very please with my new driveway, patio and front porch. <br />"

"We contracted Safeguard Construction Inc. in Springfield, Il remove your tub/shower combo and install a walk-in shower. The process of choosing Safeguard and the actual work was very smooth. Our experiences with them before, during and after our shower replacement was all we expected plus more. Starting with the management team of Dean and Chris on to the working with their carpenters Scott and Brownie and their lead plumber Clint. We are very pleased with their attention to detail, respect for our home and to us. We highly recommend this Safeguard Construction Company."

"<p>Aaron from von Behren Builder met with us to determine what our needs were and promised to provide an estimate.  He was professional and efficient.  I explained that this was not our primary residence and we were looking for a reasonable priced deck with a couple of different price options (i.e. wood vs. composite).  I received an estimate in a timely manner, however, the estimate was way higher than other estimates I had received and there were no options offered other than the composite material.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>I have been told by others in the community that von Behren Builder has an excellent reputation for the quality of their work, but due to the high cost of the estimate we received for a relatively simple deck replacement, I will not be using their services.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Thank you for the opportunity to provide this review.</p> <br />"

"<p>We had a new sunroom installed, and wanted a new concrete patio to go along with it.</p> <p>First, the positives:</p> <p>Contacted Mr. Mabe after seeing him listed here on Angie's List.  He came out to our house, inspected the site, took measurements and gave us a quote.  To his credit Mr. Mabe made some suggestions that improved the design of the patio (like rounding the corners, and such).  He was also flexible enough to alter the proposal to increase the size of the pad at the very last minute (the day they arrived to start excavating.). Additionally, when it became apparent that the BOBCAT that they were using to haul rock and concrete was leaving ruts in my yard, Mr Mabe and his helper used a wheel barrow to move rock and concrete from my front driveway to the rear of our house (to the patio site).</p> <p>Due to delays finishing the installation of our sunroom, we didn't start the patio project until November of 2013. The proposal was signed on November 12th. The actual work started about a week later.</p> <p>The ground was excavated, the forms were laid, and the rock base was spread.  All this went off with out a hitch.</p> <p>Now the negatives:</p> <p>After the forms were laid, and rock spread, the concrete truck arrived to pour the concrete.  Because of the late start of the project, it was now the 3rd week of November and we were trying to finish before the weather turned bad. The day of the pouring, the weatherman predicted rain late that evening. We decided to risk it, and started pouring.  Toward the end of the pouring, it started to rain. Mr Mabe scrambled to finish 'leveling' the concrete before the sun went down. He was kneeling on a pad, trying to trowel the pad as level as he could. When he finished, he didn't have any plastic to cover the new concrete, and had to borrow some from me.</p> <p>When he finished and was packing up, he asked for the balance of his payment (50% of $1300.00).  I told him I didn't like the way he rushed the final troweling (he left obvious trowel marks, and I have a knee-pad impression right in the middle of my pad), and that I wanted to hold 10% of the payment until he came back some other day to finish it.  Mr Mabe gave me a hard-luck story of needing all the money to pay material costs, and offed to annotate the written proposal to say he would "come back after the weekend and patch any areas needed from the rain or resurface the entire pad". I agreed, and gave him the balance of my bill.</p> <p>The following week came and went without any word from Mr Mabe.  I wasn't too upset, the temperature had dropped, and it was unlikely that we would use our new patio until the following spring.  I assumed Mr Mabe would contact me to schedule a return visit. </p> <p>Nothing.  Finally, I called him on the 6th of March, got his voice mail and left a message asking him to call and schedule a return visit.  No response. What followed was a game of me leaving voice mails every few days until the 24th of March, when Mr Mabe returned my called, explained that his cell phone 'broke', and wasn't aware of the calls I had made, and promised to come out in a couple of days.  Nope. Never showed up.  This farce continued.  I would call, leave voice mail, he return my call, and promised to show up. Never did.  Finally, in April (I forget the date), Mr Mabe shows up, and we go to the back yard to look at the concrete pad he poured.  He looked at it, said "That's not too bad, we can fix that", and left.  We have NEVER heard from Mr Mabe since.</p> <p>I am upset with the quality of his workmanship, but I am d*** mad being lied to, direct to my face.</p> <p>Word to the Wise, if you work with this gentleman, under no circumstances, pay the full balance until you are satisfied with his work.   </p> <br />"

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"They were absolutely wonderful. Will sure recommend them"