Able Paving & Seal Coating

I wish I had researched this company better. You cannot trust what Tommy Small says. He will tell you anything to get the job.. Problem he doesn't follow through with his promises. We had our estimate done in two sections for our driveway.we wanted a 12 ft. wide driveway. We decided just to do the first half. Tommy also said he didn't need money down, just pay at completion. The day they were starting Tommy called and said he would cut the price by $1000 if we would do the whole driveway and go with 10ft. wide instead of 12. My husband and I agreed. Willy Small came here with a new contract and said he needed half down because a big company wrote them a bad check. I found it strange that he wanted the check made to him and not the company. When the guys finished Tommy Small was at the house collecting the balance and he wanted the check made out to him. I was satisfied at that point. When my husband arrived home he said why is our driveway so narrow. We measured it and it was only 9ft. wide. I called Tommy right away and he blamed his foreman William. My driveway installation has generated $25,000 since my neighbors installed after me. Tommy said he would seal my driveway to compensate for the footage shortage. It has been a week today and Tommy and Willy Small have installed my driveway and two of my neighbors driveways. I already have spots washing out due to lack of tar. I cannot get any response from Tommy via phone calls and texts. He has everyone $ now.

I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED to the locals who advised against using this guy. Apparently this guy is WELL KNOWN as being a CROOK and has quite the reputation. Go figure I didn’t start hearing other peoples horror stories until after I had him do it…. I decided to give him a chance... Most expensive mistake I’ve ever made. What I paid for: 150ft Tar/chip (like a course asphalt) standard residential driveway capable of supporting regular vehicle traffic What I got: A paper thin, already falling apart, as bumpy/uneven as it gets driveway (Picture someone spraying asphalt sealer straight onto the ground) The Service: His word means nothing… if you can even get it -Originally quoted $3500 (did half the job then said it would need another $600, proceeded to charge an extra $700) - Extremely bad communication if any at all (wont answer calls, no voicemail) - HORRIBLE timeline / job commitment (NEVER comes the day he says he will, Ive been hounding this guy for 2 months to finish the job. At one point he even told me to call his crew to tell them to come out for him) -Careless and messy (they left pools of spilt tar, wires, ect.) The Job: Incomplete and falling apart 2 months later with minimal use - Laid the base in the pouring rain (resulting in horribly bumpy and uneven) - Used inadequately washed stones (driveway is now separating in layers) - Skimped on tar (so little tar between layers that the whole thing is falling apart 2 months later, large areas of loose gravel with no tar at all) - Skimped on stone (paper thin driveway so thin that it looks like someone spread sealer right over the dirt. Mud literally seeps right through it) - Didn’t smooth the layers as poured (driveway was graded but not smoothed, I verified it was sufficient with him before he started) - Sprayed it with sealer before finishing to cover up the incomplete falling apart job So $4200 and 2 months of countless hounding later I'm now left with what looks basically like someone sprayed asphalt sealant right on the ground. Don’t make the same mistake I did!