JDM Concrete, LLC

On Sept 8, 2020, we entered a contract with JDM to redo our driveway. At the time the bid was presented (Sept 2), we were told the work would be completed at the end of Sept or beginning of Oct (4-6 weeks out). We paid the required 10% deposit (over $1200) and then kept checking on the start date because we were waiting to put our house on the market. JDM pushed back their work to mid-Oct, then late Oct, and then early Nov. When we complained, JDM said there were delays due to the derecho and rain. The derecho occurred one month before we entered into the contract (Aug 10), and the rain was occurring the week we were presented with and entered the contract. When it snowed in mid-Oct, we raised a concern about the structural integrity of the concrete when poured in bad weather. JDM said it was fine. When we explained that we had been waiting to put our house on the market and this timeline was not what we agreed to when entering the contract, JDM said they were booking 10-12 weeks out at the time we contracted. This conveniently coincided with the current timeline, but not what we had been told. We would not have agreed in Sept to a timeline that put the concrete pour in late Nov/early Dec. We asked for our deposit back and were told it was nonrefundable. We asked JDM under what circumstances they gave customers a recourse for failure on their part to fulfill the contract. They said they intended to fulfill it in November. I asked to review the contract again and only then discovered that, if they proceed with the work in bad weather, that we would be charged more for “winter charges” (e.g., hot water, calcium, coverings). This was never brought up when JDM was dismissing our concerns about the structural integrity of a pour in bad weather. The contract further stipulates that choosing to delay until spring, rather than paying the “winter charges,” would require us to pay 50% of the remaining charge (about $6000) or forfeit our deposit. Of course, there is no guarantee that they will actually complete the work in the spring, so that would just mean more money they get to keep for failing to complete the work in the timeline originally agreed upon. We now will lose money on our home sale as well. Essentially, the company entered the contract under false pretenses and will only consider honoring it by extorting additional funds from us. They bear no sense of responsibility for fulfilling the contract within a reasonable time period as agreed upon, and they leave no means of recuperating a significant investment of funds that they view as potentially holding your place in a hidden timeline.

Very good except for area next to street, it is spalling, contractor blaming on salts, I did not used salts City use brine not salt for streets.

They did not do the work according to industry standards. The work is sloppy with sealant sitting on top of the concrete and missing in spots. Grass is growing through the sealant and water still leaks from under the drive. They cut out a portion of my drive next to the house when asked to cut a 9 inch line.