Jesus Salvidar Concrete/Landscape/Patio/Decks

Jesus gave a fair bid and schedule straight away. Most other bidders tried charging us the customary large home tax by doubling or tripling the price of the job along with unknown schedules and no guarantees on completion dates (which we needed due to tight schedules). His team came in very quickly and in short burst of work over a few days was able to prepare, grade, pour, stamp and seal the job. The work came out very good with only a few minor issues. One was partially my fault, I did not specify to him the direction of the stamping to match pavers in other parks of the yard. The other was minor imperfections when doing the stress relief lines were not super prefect...but hey it is a side yard and there will be a boat parked on top of it...besides no one notices it at all (and I am very nit-picky...I work as a product designer). The only challenge you may find is his communication skills, my Spanish stinks and his English is very basic. Because of that, along with the huge demand on his crew with so many jobs going, you may find yourself wondering where he is at when he said he would show up at noon. Typically it is his crew doing extra little things at other projects...he is in high demand so it is difficult for him to balance his schedules...but he got our project done exactly when we needed it and the quality of work spoke for itself.

He was very nice. He doesn't know how to spell or add. The job was over $500 and he doesn't have a license so he is only qualified to do work under $500. His quote was very reasonable but it wasn't practical to do it because it was way over $500. He contacted a guy named Freddie to do the job together. Freddie quoted $9,000 and didn't want to do some of the things I wanted done. Jesus seemed very competent. He said that he could get me references and pictures but he didn't have them. He seemed very capable. He couldn't add the figures or write the words but he is a great worker.

They came out on the first day and took out the old concrete. It was a big job because they had to remove a large root that was causing the concrete to move up. They asked us for 1/2 the money to get the concrete. They didn't tell us about that in advance. It was an issue because we were having the work done for our neighbor. We had gotten a check from his daughter that lives in Nevada and she sent one check for the entire job. We gave him the check and the next day they poured the concrete and did a good job. They were supposed to come back and remove the boards and clean up the mess in a few days. I had to call and remind them, he said they forgot to come back. A couple days later I had to call them again because they did not come back. They finally came by the next day and cleaned up. They did do a good job and the price was very good but the follow up was not there.

He came out twice, once when I was here and then he came out to meet with my husband. He was pretty reasonable and his quote was in the lower end compared to some of the other people we talked to. It was a pretty good price. He came out with another person and he gave us some books on flagstones to refer. I really don't remember anything bad about the experience. He is a smaller company compared to some of the other companies that came out, so he has less manpower compared to the big ones, but I would encourage others to at least call him and consider him for a quote. He called back and came when he said he would, and he was on time. He mostly spoke Spanish.

Jesus Salvidar and his crew performed their job with great quality and workmanship. Jesus recommended many small changes that overall improved the look of the landscape lot better. He did not charge for small things or changes as they come by. He finished the job with his crew in short period of time that allowed us to move in quickly. He was very polite and humble and hears to our requirements very carefully.