Dependable Construction

I had 4 hours of masonry work for the deal that I purchased. Three workman came and I asked them to repair a stepping crack in my bricks that was about 4 feet in length, and then to look around the house and fill in anything else that needed to be done. I believe that they were here for less than 1 hour. The area that they filled had a crack in less than a week. I don't think that the joints were ground out, only extra mortar added? Either way, the repair wasn't right and I don't believe that they did anything else around the house.

Joe came out and gave me a quick and reliable estimate for the work and also prepared me for any potential other work that would be needed if fixing the chimney didn't solve the issue. Thankfully it did solve it and I already see major improvement with the brick along the side of the house and in the basement where it was previously leaking. Joe was easy to communicate with in person, on the phone and by email. I was very happy with the service.

Everything about the job was great.

The quility of the work was fine and the quote up front was detailed as to how much each area of the house would cost. My only concern was it was several weeks from the signed contract that the work was performed and I wasn't given a date for the work until 1-2 days before. I would also reccommend sending a final bill in the mail or leaving a detailed message about the remaining unpaid.

He came out and looked at my project. He said that I would need a lot more work done that I thought. He was very professional and courteous.

Not at all what I expected. We were not able to get on the same page. I wanted a small job , he wanted a much larger job done and even when he tried to reduce his scope of work, I was told 2 men would be needed to work to completed and additional charges would be necessary for me to relocate the water heater. I had someone else and completed the work in less than 4 hours without any relocation of the water heater and 2 people were not needed.

Only thing I would add is to inspect the work before the workers leave.

.see above story...I also rehired Nombach to do other work. ( on garage). I also apperars superior

Did a good job, end result looked very nice

Shortly after the Dependable Construction appointment visit , we went to Menard's construction department and they printed out foundation designs with exact estimates of gravel and different sands for various depths based on our description of how we wanted to build the mailboxes . It took them less than fifteen minutes to listen to what we wanted and then have their foundation design machines print out the designs and the materials estimates . Then , my 67 year-old husband used a round hand hole digger to dig the foundation site in about two hours of manual digging over a couple of days . Surely , if a retired old nurse could do the digging , and later all the construction of the foundation and laying the bricks in his spare time , I am hard pressed to see what prevented Dependable Construction from completing the same work that their agent admitted was real 'masonry ' work . Again , in my humble opinion , Dependable Construction DID NOT fulfill their contract as represent/stated in the Angie 's List order we purchased February 27 , 2012 . Cheryle A. Collins

The did a good job and assured us everything was fine.

I got what I wanted, and saved money. What more could I ask for.

I am not surprised when I am not able to complete the work w/out extra expenses. Beyond the Big Deal! The chances of trimming trees or other work is not so nicely compartmentalized as to fit a Big Deal exactly. I get that. And I understand that these are used to introduce us to businesses we may like and want to use later. But my experience with Dependable Const was way beynd that. When Joe Baron came out and I wanted to have my chimney re tuckpointed he assured me it could not be retuckpointed and told me I would need to tear it down to the roof and rebuild it completely at a cosy of $3350. Whem I suggested something less drastic and less expensive like touching up the parapet walls he said that would require demolition and replacement also($5950)I'm battling leukemia and forced into an early retirement and could simply not afford those kind of expenses right now Esp not to utilize a $99 Big Deal I consequently contracted another roofer and tuckpointer who replaced about 5 bricks and retuckpointed the rest for about $500 He assured me replacing it was over kill. and not necessary Sincerely David L Fisk

They couldn’t do the work that I needed. I described the problem & they said didn’t want to do it.

Their prices were competitive, but in talking over the projects with the representative, I just didn't feel a lot of confidence in the guy, so I ended up going with another company for a tad higher price.

Everything turned out fine. The only thing with this service that I will mention is that they didn't tell me when they were coming, and they just showed up. I guess I can't complain though, because they actually did show up and honored the coupon.

This process went super. I called Dependable Construction and had a Big Deal $90 coupon. Joe returned my call the same day. He explained that he was swamped with the Big Deal orders, but to please be patient and he would get to me ASAP. He was very pleasant an apologetic on the phone. In about a week, he came to my house. He noticed other cracks at the foundation and said they could be fixed. I was expecting him to find more things since the house had not been tuck pointed in fifteen years. He gave me a quote which I thought was very reasonable for all the work he did. The work was impeccable. He matched the existing mortar and the wall looks seamless. He even fixed additional cracks in the foundation that he found while working, and didn't charge me for them! This was the easiest major repair ever. My husband has been traveling and I am in charge of fixing repairs on the house. I felt really proud when I was able to show him the great tuck pointing job Joe did. I highly recommend Dependable Construction and I will be using them again. A+ from me!

I called at the end of August to schedule an appointment. He called me back after my big deal expired, but agreed to honor it. I asked him to repair some concrete in front of my house and he said he didn't offer that kind of work. He said he could come out and let me know what I can use the big deal for. I have called him and he claims that he has called me back and left messages but I never got any voicemails from him. When I did talk to him he told me I could get tuck pointing for $2000. I asked him what I could get for the $99 I paid and he said I could get 10x10 ft of tuck pointing for what I paid and I was fine with that and just asked him to let me know when he can come out. I gave him 2 numbers to reach me.

Took advantage of an Angie's List deal. Called Dependable Construction to make appointment. They promptly returned call and scheduled an inspection. They were very prompt and professional in handling the proposal. The work was completed as contracted. The workers were extremely friendly and cleaned up after themselves. They will be doing a follow-up inspection to keep future damage to a minimum. I will definitely use this company again for any future masonry work!

Professional service, on time, job site was left clean. Work was performed according to contract in a timely manner.

Our condo association got 4 estimates on chimney repair/rebuild for a 3-flat building and Dependable Construction seemed to be the best value. The area were he worked on the ground was so clean I wasn't aware that workers were even there the day he built the chimney. The chimney looked beautiful. One of the building residents went onto the roof & took photographs showing some cracks in the work. I called Joe Baran and he said the cracks were normal & would not hurt anything, nevertheless, he came back and covered all the cracks with tar. He also informed us that our parapet needs attention, and he covered holes in the flashing on the roof as a courtesy. He also removed the antenna from the roof, but left the wires intact in case we needed an antenna at a later time.

Needed tuckpointing done on my house so I bought a Big Deal for tuckpointing from Dependable Construction. Talked to Joe and informed him that I needed tuckpointing done on the back and side of my house. He told me he had some up coming work out in the suburbs that he needed to schedule and he would call me back as to when the date would be. He called and told me he would be in the area on Monday, September 10, to do the tuckpointing. I infomed him no one would be at home. That would be fine as we discussed the work that needed to be done and if there was anything else he would take care of it all. I came home that afternoon and everything looked fantastic and was done as discussed. And to my amazement everything was cleaned and there wasn't a mess anywhere. Would most definately use Joe and Dependable Construction again.

They did good job on masonry but it woudl have been even better of they cleaned up some of the dirt/dust created from the job. We spent a good amount of time cleaning up after their work.

With the Deal set to expire on Aug. 22, I contacted Joe of JBDependable Construction in mid-July. He came out to look at the property a few days later and sent a proposal about a week after that. With time running out, some travel coming up and budgeting concerns, I told him we'd like to have the work done in September if he would still honor the deal. He said he would if he had another job in the area. I couldn't have a contract that said "Work will be done in September if the workers are in the area", so I asked for a contract with a deadline that he was comfortable with, and I got him to put in the $200 credit for the Deal. The estimate was for 10 man-hours, or $500, plus $35 for materials. The proposal, with an Oct. 15 deadline for the work, was agreed to during the third week of August. During the evening of Aug. 31 I was notified by email that the work would be done sometime on Tuesday Sept. 4. After a couple more emails over the weekend I was told that they would decide their schedule on Tuesday morning. At around 8 on the morning of the 4th I got a call telling me that the crew was on the way. He didn't know when they would arrive, but they had left an hour ago. Good thing I got out of bed then, because the crew arrived within 15 minutes of the call. I thought it would be noisy, messy work, but it was much more quiet and less messy than I had expected. The crew of three worked quickly. I was going out to take a look when they started up the truck - they were about to leave without saying anything! I consider that unprofessional. They should have let me know that they were done, invited me to look it over, and given me any care or maintenance information I might need. The wall looks very good and I am very pleased with the work. It took the crew only 1.5 hours, or 4.5 man-hours, to do the work. This was less than half the estimate and put us in a somewhat awkward position. I called and said that I figured we owed for 4.5 man-hours ($225) plus $35 for materials, minus our $200, for a total of $60. He agreed, though I think somewhat reluctantly. If the job had come close to the estimate we would have paid the full amount, but the actual job was not close to the estimated man-hours. In summary, the actual work was fine, we are grateful that the deal was honored beyond the deadline, and we got a fair price. I would have liked more than 15 minutes' notice before the crew showed up, and I would have liked the crew to have let me know when they were done.

Overall, very happy with Joe Baran . . the work his people did will use them again