Designer Concrete

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This is a fabulous company. They were very responsive to my request for an estimate and worked with my work schedule to come to the office for the initial estimate. The co-owners Zac and Grant were more than willing to accomodate my schedule and requirements for the work performed. The team showed up as promised and, despite equipment issues, worked late into the evening to complete the job. The floor is amazing!! I would highly recommend this company. They are professional, courteous, hard working and cleaned up the job site despite the lateness of the day. I had gotten quotes from other companies and their price beat the others. You will not be disappointed.

It was a technically difficult job because the house isn't on a slab. Dave fully informed us of the potential pitfalls before beginning the job. The floor is beautiful, but a little more delicate than we would have liked. I opted for the matte finish. In hindsight, I should have used the polypropylene finish which is shiny, but indestructible. We gouged the floor while installing the washer and dryer. I called Dave and he was out the next day to repair it. A concrete floor is not amenable to repairs like a tile floor would be, so you see the repair if you look for it. Luckily it is in an unobtrusive location. We are considering adding the polypropylene sealer now to prevent any further nicks. Dave was friendly, reliable, and responsive. He was trustworthy and did most of the work while we were not home. He left everything neat and tidy.

He was hired to do the job listed above in a Euro tile design. He put a paper thin veneer down and I found out later, he really skimped on material. He didn't finish the job because he didn't reinstall the hurricane bolts. He also couldn't be bothered to cover the holes for those bolts. He had me doing his job that he and quot;forgot to doand quot;. Even though the holes were vacuumed and screws put back carefully by me, all the grit he got in there caused the concrete and pop out and break apart. Had he done the job right, this never would have happened. He then told me he could repair the section that was broken after, at my expense, the anchor bolt was replaced (an additional $180). He came back to recolor that section and ruined it (on purpose I think). The color and texture of the repaired section is now purple and the rest of the patio doesn't have a color anything like that. Other parts of the patio are peeling already too. I found out from two other contractors that when he came back to recolor the section that broke because he couldn't be bothered to reinstall the hurricane bolts as he was supposed to do, he mixed the clear coat with the color so that he wouldn't have to do them in two separate steps. This completely ruined the color on that section of the patio. Also, had I not been so dissatisfied with his workmanship, I never would've had to call him and leave repeated messages. If you check other reviews I have posted on Angie's List, you will see that I have mostly been satisfied with providers I have used. This entire job will need to be ground off and redone. We had an email exchange and now he wants to sell me a refinishing job (5 weeks after I paid for this inferior job. He is what he wrote to me: John Cowger via yahoo.com 5:36 PM (16 hours ago)to me Schedule is booked solid 7 days a week for the foreseeable future. couple months anyway. $750 for solid white no clear needed $950 to rebasecoat, and stain again any color with clear Money talks! You want to move up on schedule, full payment in advance will do it .Send a check now, this will get you the week of March 4th. ..... John CowgerDesigner Concretehttp://www.dccfy.com/772-584-0061 THIS IS AFTER I JUST GOT DONE PAYING HIM 5 WEEKS BEFORE TO DO THE JOB PROPERLY. He has refused to provide a statement of warranty so I must believe there is absolutely no warranty on his work. I am currently considering legal action against him and his company. I will also make a BBB complaint. In my opinion, I did not receive what I paid for and was not dealt with integrity or honesty. If you hire him, he will make your life miserable as he makes himself almost impossible to reach. The entire patio had to be torn up and re-done according to 2 experts who have inspected it. I will post photos which will show exactly how terrible the workmanship is. As well, two experts who inspected the patio mentioned that he used insufficient material presumably to cut corners and save money. This resulted in an almost paper thin veneer of concrete; hardly appropriate for what I paid. The photos will clearly show the sloppiness and lack of attention to detail of which I'm complaining about. Mr. Cowger's claim that I threatened some painters I hired who did work for me on the side, is preposterous. Those painters still do work for me. Every word of this review that I wrote is simply my opinion which is protected by my first amendments rights.

Excellent

Mr. Cowger and his employee showed up when they said they would, did the work in the amount of time they said it would take and left me with a very nice experience and a beautiful driveway, walkway and patio.

One of the best experiences I have had with any contractor. He came out when we called and gave a very professional estimate after presenting all the options. He did the job exactly when he said he would and I think at a much higher level than most other options we compaired to. Well worth hiring this contractor.