LIFE TIME PAVERS

Flawlessly. I would hire again.

Really quick and it looks awesome!

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The project went very well. We have nothing but positive things to say about this company. We submitted an email request for an estimate via Angie's List around 8:00 pm one evening and received a response later that night from company rep Mark Young. Mark was a pleasure to work with! He was always on time for appointments, responsive to our needs and requests, and continuously found solutions to keep the project within or lower than budget. Mark really went the extra mile to make things work, and we were very appreciative. Obtaining engineering drawings and permits took approx 4 weeks to complete. The project was scheduled to take approx. five days to complete, but the company finished everything in four. Life Time showed up on time everyday and worked upwards of 10-12 hours to get everything done; we were extremely impressed with the work ethic of the employees. Site was cleaned up very neatly everyday. Again, the whole project went great! Kudos to Mark and his team. We will definitely use Life Time for our next project!

My experience with Life Time Pavers was very positive. Eric was my project manager and he was always punctual and responsive. He came up with a terrific design that suited my needs perfectly, and took a lot of time answering my questions about products, color choices, and installation details. The work itself went very well. The crew was respectful of my property, they came in and got right to work, and when they were done, it was as if they were never here. They cleaned up every bit of everything and left a beautiful patio behind. I am very happy with this experience overall and love my new patio.

Eric was very professional, courteous, and punctual. He spent a lot of time carefully examining our yard, and coming up with a plan that fit our taste and budget. We really enjoyed working with Eric, however, when he came back to us with an estimate, it was more than twice our budget. We decided to keep looking for contractors that could do something for us and stay within budget. Other than price, Life Time Pavers is a great company. Very knowledgeable and professional. Just make sure they stay within your budget!

Mark came out the next day to give me a price. I told him we were getting our home appraised to get rid of PMI and I needed this patio installed ASAP. I also got 3 other prices life time was the cheapest and was the most responsive to our needs. They did a great job, it looked like the patio had been there for years, left my yard in perfect condition! No trash, mess or a sign that they were even there.

They did an extremely professional job. They finished it up in 2 full working days. They removed all excess soil and degree and the my yard in excellent shape. These guys are the best I've had at doing stone work. I highly recommend them and will use them again.

I must say this is one of the greatest experiences we've ever had with a contractor. Mark was very thorough in his explanation of how the hardscape areas are prepared for the pavers and how the subsurface features are designed to preserve the paver surface for many years to come. I pointed out a couple of "trouble spots" that I was curious as to how Mark would resolve. Hardly took him a minute before he provided a thoughtful solution. I was very encouraged. One issue we had was we also needed to install a driveway and didn't know which to do first. He recommended doing the driveway first to ensure a smooth transition from walkway to driveway and vice versa. He later sent a nifty drawing (I'm guessing using architect software) of the impervious surfaces, including the shape of the walkway. We went back and forth on how we (me and my wife) thought it should look...he was very patient and responded each time with a tweek to the drawing until it captured the look we wanted. Everything is beautiful. We had stepping stones for a walkway for 18 years and now a gorgeous professionally installed walkway that draws a smile every time we walk on it. And the patio is a sight to behold as well....just needs some furniture (did not come with the patio :) ) Oh....Mark's price was the smallest of the three contractors we interviewed. A win-win for sure.

I would definitely give them an A-plus; they were great. I highly recommend them and they do great work. Their price was average.

Outstanding business, always on-time for consultation and when the actual work is scheduled (hard to find these days), they are always in constant contact and respond in a timely manner to answer questions and/or to tweak the design. The installers are very professional, very thorough in everything they do and always clean-up the entire job site when completed.

I am very happy with the stone work. The crew was pleasant and worked hard in the heat to finish the job. Since the patio is part of my front entrance, it was important for it to look nice, too. I have used Life Time Pavers before and was also satisfied with the work.

The quote process went very well. They have been great. We were able to talk to the owner and get the job estimated out, this was all good. They started the project today.

We were looking to build a deck with Gazebo and integrated patio under the deck and on the side that included a fireplace patio area with steps and retaining walls. We did not know who to start with first, the deck company or patio company. We called the patio company first, and the owner Mark promptly replied to schedule an appointment. When Mark arrived we shared with him our vision for the deck to run the length of our house and to have a corner gazebo coming off the end of the deck. We told him we wanted to use the space under the deck as patio space, and that we wanted a patio landing on the side of the deck near the driveway that included a bigger patio area with an outdoor fireplace. Due to grading, several retaining walls were required near our driveway and along a portion of the house. Mark took our ideas and created a conceptual design for the patio and what the deck might look like. We loved his design so much that we used it to talk with the deck contractors to get quotes. Each of the deck contractors asked who did the design and stated how great it looked. We ended up choosing our deck contractor and went with Mark for the patio. The longest part of the process was the deck contractor. It took them three months to get the deck and gazebo built before Mark could get his crew in to do the stonework. Mark had two crews working with a total of eight workers on some days. I could not believe how hard they worked. They completed the job in 10 days. They arrived at sunrise and left after dark each day. The only time they stopped was for lunch. The quality of their work is outstanding. Everyone who sees the patio is completely impressed with it. Mark was in constant contact with me before and during the process. His crew was friendly and very professional. I would use Lifetime Pavers again without hesitation.

If I could give this company an A++ I would. The response to my inqiry was immediate. The project manager, Mark Young, was easy to work with, thoughtful of my budget and gave helpful suggestions. He kept in touch with me to keep me informed of various time and delivery schedules and was very pleasant. The job was started on time. His workers were early, friendly, worked hard throughout and finished the job early. The job itself was even more beautiful than I had imaged in my head and I get a sense of pride every time I see it or walk on it. This company is the one to hire!

They were very professional and courteous. I was pleased with the quote. They had a good mannerism. I had no problems. Once I made contact with them, they were very quick to come out. They were on time. We have gotten 7 quotes, and they are in the top three.

We called four companies to come out to give us some design ideas and an estimate for a patio. Lifetime Pavers was on time and more than ready, willing, and able to help us in every aspect of the process. We only knew that we wanted a patio - no idea about style, type, pattern, color of pavers. Lifetime Pavers provided ideas about the best location and gave us a step-by-step "lesson" in paver selection. In other words, he, Mark Young, left us with more than enough brochures and was available anytime day or evening to answer questions and/or provide more clarity. He provided us with lots of info and ideas about things that could enhance the appearance of the patio, since we did not want to have to cut grass or pull weeds in an area between the deck and the patio. We were never pressured into making any choices, but were allowed to take whatever time we needed to be completely satisfied. After making our final decisions, Mark provided us with a detailed 3-D drawing of how it would look from various angles - an outstanding, beautiful rendition. Once the work was started, we were very pleased with the steady pace and expertise of the workers. They stayed with this job until finished. They cleaned up the site and left it better than they found it. Mark was in touch thru out the process and visited on the last day, to do a personal inspection. As a final note, Lifetime Pavers was not the cheapest; however, their professionalism, knowledge, patience (remember, we did not know what we wanted, other than a patio), timeliness, and availability far outweighed the competiton, so it was an easy choice. We highly recommend this company to anyone thinking about a hardscape job. We have already contracted with them for another job - excavating and replacing the front concrete stoop and installing pavers from the stoop to the driveway.

Mark called back the same day I originally left a message about getting an estimate for the patio project. He scheduled a time to meet with us within a week of that phone call. He was on time for the meeting and very courteous to us. We showed him the area we wanted to build in and explained that we didn't have an exact idea of how the patio should look. Mark took our vague ideas and came up with a beautiful patio that incorporated all of them. It took a few weeks to get started on the installation because of the weather. However, once the date was set, the crew was on time and seemed to be clear about what needed to be done. They cut away the blacktop parking pad and removed it, preserving the asphalt driveway. They excavated the patio area to prepare it for laying the gravel, and managed to preserve the roses that were in an existing flowerbed bordering the work area, as well as several shrubs that had been growing in the area where the patio was being installed. They installed a drainpipe under the parking area to drain the downspout at the corner of the house into the yard. They laid the gravel, using a lattice system to help hold it in place in the parking area. (Since the patio has had a year to settle, I wish we had insisted on using the lattice in the entire patio). Finally, they started cutting and laying the pavers. I was amazed at how efficient that step was--we went from a mud pit to a patio in just over 24 hours. They filled in the cracks between the pavers with a new product that is supposed to harden when it gets wet and not let things grow in it the way sand does. They regraded the yard coming up to the patio and reseeded it, and even left us some extra seed to fill in if needed. The guy bringing the topsoil for the flowerbeds took a couple of weeks after the patio was finished to show up, and when he did, he hadn't brought enough topsoil to fill in everything. He had to go back for a second load. The only complaint we had with the installation was that the crew seemed to have mismeasured in some way when the asphalt was cut, because they continued the parking pad closer to the house than the asphalt was. Overall, we were extremely pleased with the ease of the installation and the final product. This summer, we have had to pull some weeds out from between the pavers, so I am not sure that the sand mixture they used really did what it was supposed to, but maybe so considering the total size of the patio and the small number of plants we have had to pull out.

The retaining wall was fine and the patio was fine too. There was a gap in the steps that I wanted them to fix but he never returned my call.

After getting estimates from several firms, I decided to go with Lifetime. Mark was very organized and professional. He offered a number of references. Mark sent us a computer rendering of the job along with a detailed contract that we used to get approval from the homeowners association. Less than one week later, the Lifetime crew started work. They arrived about 3pm and were finished by 7pm...wow. Several other firms estimated 2 or 3 days to complete the work. The fact that Lifetime brought in a whole crew contributed to the job being done so efficiently. Also, these guys worked in unison and there was no standing around. While the speed and quality were surprising, I was especially pleased that they cleaned up everything and did some minor landscaping which included sowing some grass seed adjoining the new sidewalk. The new sidewalk is absolutely beautiful. We are more than satisfied. It was hard to know that they were here except that we have a new sidewalk.

The salesman, Tony Lozapone, was very helpful and helped design the size and layout of the driveway and walkway. The price, $7,000, was reasonable - keep in mind this was 10 and a half years ago. They installed the driveway and it looked beautiful for about 6 months. Then, the pavers began to sink where the cars ran over them to get into the driveway. I called and they kept saying they would come out but never did. I eventually wrote to the Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation and reported them. Then they came out and relaid the worst bricks, poked a little concrete on top of the dirt next to the driveway and it did look better so I said I was satisfied. Another year went by and the driveway began to heave and buckle again.In addition, the pavers began spreading away from the driveway so that they were falling off the sides of the driveway. Also, the walkway began sinking away from the porch, so much that you could put your hand under it. I began calling again. On August 26, 2003, 4 years after they had originally installed the driveway and walkway, I got a letter from Mark Young, telling us that Life Time would service our driveway on one of three dates. They would come on either September 13, October 4, or October 25th of 2003. I wrote back thanking them (!) and asked them to leave a message whenever they chose a date. I never heard from the company again. Fast forward to August 2008. I had another company come and repair the driveway and walkway. They picked up all the pavers (to reuse) and dug down and removed all of the base that LifeTime had put in. Turns out, Life Time used the wrong base and also did not tamp it down every two inches as is required and as they said they would. The new company showed me how there was "puffiness" in the base except for the top few inches. The new company also secured the edges with steel edging buried next to the edge of the driveway and secured with huge spikes - totally invisible once installed. The new company also brought in the proper crush to put under the walkway and brought it up to the level of the porch again. They also covered the porch to match the walkway. Everything looks beautiful now, but i ended up paying another $16,000 to get this work done. On another note, Life Time had told me that my original salesman, Tony Lozupone, was dying of cancer (!) - I think to get my sympathy so that I didn't get upset with them for not coming out to fix our driveway. Lo and behold, I see in Angie's list that Tony Lozupone has opened his own paving company!

Lifetime gave us the best price by far on our new paver walkway. The work was absolutely superb! They estimated that the job would take two days, but they finished in just one day. We are so impressed with the quality of the workmanship. I highly recommend them!

My entire experience working with Life Time Improvements was outstanding. My representative, Mark, was extremely knowledgeable and professional. He was able to identify what I had visioned for my paver project, and then designed an incredible and detailed diagram of what the final project would look like. The installation crews were very efficient, friendly, and hard working. I would highly recommend using this company. Several of my friends have used Life Time Improvements as well, and have experienced the same level of complete satisfaction. Their pricing was very reasonable, and the quality of the workmanship was superior. My final project looks better than I could have ever imagined.