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"Zachary and his crew were professional, informative, worked quickly, and did a great job extending the pavement of our existing paved driveway to meet our new, detached garage. They returned later to seal/coat the entire driveway and were done quickly with no overspray anywhere. The price was right. The work performed exceeded our expectations. I would highly recommend Muddy Driveways & Paving."

"Saul’s Paving is a professional company that I would recommend to anyone looking to have a driveway installed or sealed. From the first contact for an estimate to the completion of the final product, Saul’s Paving were extremely professional. They produce a quality product at a reasonable price."

"It went beautifully. We are very happy with the work and highly recommend them. Our friends and neighbors have all admired the fine job done by Richard Stanley and his crew. The only glitch was hearing back to set a date after we had called to say we were going to hire them. Once we got a call back, a date was set and the crew was here that day and on time."

"Great company, great owner ! Responsive to any questions or concerns went above and Beyond the contracted work to do an outstanding 2000 sq. Foot driveway and recemented/repaired the large walk up stairs. Fixed the slope in the driveway, widened the driveway flattened out areas that brought water into the garage. On time, great crew and owner on site for all work!! Absolute pleasure for a 3 day job. Full recommendation ! "

"We couldn't be more pleased of the work Joshua Paving did! They were extremely thorough with everything they did, which we really appreciate! Anytime anyone comes to our house, they compliment our driveway and we take great pride in that."

"I was very impressed by this company. I had several paving companies come and quote my job with JW Smith coming last. Tom, the man in charge of my job, came to my house at the appointed time and offered me a quote. Having seen the good reviews on Angie's List, I expected a reasonable price but was surprised to see that his quote was the lowest of those I'd gotten. I accepted his quote and was emailed the certificates of insurance I requested. The previous paving job that put down the driveway I was now having removed failed prematurely because they had used much less asphalt than they should have. When I mentioned this to Tom and asked how I'd know how much he was putting down, he invited me to watch and see exactly what he was doing. I did. Tom and his crew arrived just when he said they would and began to rip out my old driveway. The next morning, they came back and finished the removal process and set up to start the paving process which lasted all the rest of the day. The job went smoothly and the depth of asphalt was just as Tom had promised. In addition, the 100 foot section of the driveway that led to the road was paved about 6" wider than it had been before. It looked like a great job. There was heavy rain the day after the paving and I noticed that water was running off the driveway near one of my garage doors into the garage. Seeing that, I took a photo or two with my cellphone and called Tom's cellphone about 6pm and left a message. He called back within 20 minutes and asked me to email him the photos, which I did. The next day, I received an email telling me that he had received the photos and that he would deal with the problem. They came late last week to address the water problem and solved it completely. Justin, Tom's brother, and his crew handled the issue. He used my garden hose to determine where the water was going and then added asphalt to make the water go where he wanted it to. After each adjustment, he ran the hose again and saw the results of what he did and added a bit more here and there to ensure that there would be no further issue. The garage is now dry and, unless you know where to look, it's nearly impossible to see the extra asphalt that Justin added. He did a great job and the driveway looks great. At the end of the job, Tom gave me the invoice and I paid him. The final amount out of my pocket was actually about $90 less than his original quote. To add credibility to this review, I wish I had a little negative thing to say about Tom, Justin and JW Paving but I don't! It all went well, I feel I was treated very respectfully and the price was very fair. Get estimates from other places and have JW Smith come by last. I think you'll be impressed."

"I have mixed results with Briggs, some good points, some bad. My main complaint is that I was billed for more than the contract price, without notice or prior approval (thus my failing grade for price). The work also took much longer than expected, and was in some ways short of expectations, but in other ways well done. I chose Briggs over a lower bid contractor because Briggs promised a better job (new base and 2 layers of pavement: 2 1/2 inches of binder, which is a coarser asphalt for strength, and 1 1/2 inches of top coat of finer asphalt for a smooth finish; another contractor bid just one layer of pavement, also with new base). I also asked Briggs about using fabric under the base (which further stabilizes the pavement), but they never gave me a price for that. I had a contract prepared for removal and replacement of my driveway that was failing, in part because the original driveway was built on a poor base. I knew I had clay soil in my yard, and told the estimator I expected there was clay under the driveway too so I'd need a better base, and they wrote a contract specifying "Full removal of existing drive. Excavate + Grade with item 4 processed gravel as needed for proper pitch and stability", with an added footnote on the contract "soil may contain clay". I expected this covered dealing with the clay (which should be removed for stability, because it softens when wet). After preparation of the base was completed, I was mailed a bill for an additional $1000 for removal of the clay, and a new contract containing a "Rock/clay clause: If rock or clay is found during the install of driveway and interferes with completing the layout, an additional charge will be added according to work done". This clause was NOT in the original contract I signed. I was present when the estimator prepared the contract and for the whole time the work was being done, and was never advised there would be an additional charge until I received a bill in the mail. Since I advised the estimator up front about the clay, and my original contract specified excavating and grading "as needed", I believe this work should have been covered by the original contract. I signed a contract for a complete job, not a time and materials contract, and believe the contractor has not honored his contract in this regard. As for time to complete the work, this was done in the fall of a year that remained warm and mostly dry weather until nearly Christmas. At the time I signed the contract I was told verbally that paving should take about 2 days of work to complete. I was also working with another landscape contractor for adjoining work, and had them pause so paving could be completed. Briggs began work Nov. 21, preparing the base. A worker told me they'd return Nov. 25 to begin paving, but they did not (they did tell me the ground needed some time to dry; the weather remained dry). I finally called to inquire where they were, and they returned on Dec. 11. They installed the first layer of asphalt, and told me the top layer would be installed on another day. I then waited for them to return and install the top layer. After waiting I called again on Dec 18 to ask when they could finish. But the unseasonably warm weather was ending, and asphalt plants were closing for the season, and they told me they would not be able to finish until spring. They left the jobsite with unprotected loose soil along the sides on a hill with with no erosion control (and my landscaping contractor couldn't finish either, because we needed the pavement completed). In February heavy rain caused considerable washout of the loose soil, undermining the new pavement and leaving the pavement covered in dirt. Some of this washed into the road and into a storm drain. I called Briggs twice and left messages telling them they needed to clean this up, then followed up with a letter on March 2. They did not respond, until finally returning April 23 to inspect. Mr. Briggs first question was to me was asking me why I had not cleaned up the dirt that washed onto the driveway. I told him I thought I had hired him to do the job. They returned on April 25 to repair the damage and complete paving, but did not bring enough asphalt, and ran out 10 feet short of the end. They returned again on April 27 to finish, leaving a seam where the 2nd pavement met the first (they used an infrared heater to try to blend the seam, but it's still an obvious seam). A couple of months later, the town came and removed and replaced their storm drain, I'm not sure if this was due to the washout of Brigg's unprotected work filling it with dirt. As for quality of work, in some ways it was well done. They used all the right equipment, including skid-steer loaders, multiple dump trucks, a backhoe, a total of 3 different rollers, paver, and even sealed the joint where my driveway meets the road. The depth of the item 4 processed gravel base they installed varied, but by my estimate by the number of truckloads of material they brought, it's probably about 2 1/2 inches. But this varied. In some places it was thicker, and in others it was not much more than 1 stone deep (I used a wire probe to check). The pavement was also somewhat thinner than specified in the contract, which I initially believed to be the case because the asphalt required to pave to the specified depth and area should have been more than the legal load limit of the 1 tri-axle truckload they brought. This was confirmed when parts of the edges washed out over the winter. My contract specifed 2.5 inches of binder "after compaction". In areas where the washout occurred, I was able to reach under the pavement, and measured between 1 5/8 to 1 7/8 inches of pavement (mostly closer to 1 5/8). I told the contractor about this, and told him to bring extra for the top coat to make up, but I don't think he did, in fact, he ran out of pavement when doing the top coat. In addition, I think I have a couple of areas where both the base and top coat are thinner than average (at the road end, where I think he started trying to stretch the aspahlt as he ran low), and over the crest of a hill, where his paver broke through the base while preparing to pave the top coat. At that point I could see the base there looked like not a lot more than an inch (I didn't measure at that point, because they were working and soon filled in the hole with top coat asphalt). In preparing the base, they did take out a lot of clay and soil, but they didn't use as much item 4 gravel and pavement to build a new base, and parts of my driveway ended up below the original grade. I was left to fix the edges. They also paved the main part of my driveway a foot narrower than my previous driveway, leaving rubble in the gap that was no longer paved. I didn't ask for a narrower driveway. I also had a small expansion included in my contract, and had a bit of trouble getting them to shape it the way I intended, after they didn't square off their initial excavation (I should have painted markings on the ground for exactly what I wanted). All in all it's done, looks pretty good, is hopefully well enough done that it should hold up even though it may not quite meet the specifications in the contract (which unfortunately is relatively common with paving contractors, according to a construction inspector I know). But I'm not happy about being billed more than expected or having the job take so long to get done."

"Excellent, on time, trimmed edges, cloud driveway of all debris, hand coated with sealant being very careful to fill indentations and eliminate pebbles, completely covered to edge, put up caution tape."

"They are very dependable. They do excellent work. They did a really nice job fixing what another paver had done wrong. Just a really nice job."