EDWARD HULME INC

Overall, the job was satisfactory. A price was agreed upon and a contract signed on the day the estimator arrived to survey what needed to be done. It was explained Hulme had bought out the paving company that would be doing the work and the people doing the paving were experienced and professional. No date was set for the work to be performed due to the weather and temperature conditions required. That being understood, I was told I would be notified when they would arrive to perform the work. Thus, it was to my surprise to get a knock on the door the morning equipment was arriving to learn they were there to pave the driveway. I had to hustle and remove a trailer, my car, garbage cans, etc..so they could begin. The stone part of the driveway needed to be dug down and since it was filled with driveway stone, I approached the workers to see if they could dump it on another driveway behind my house. Well, it seems they had other designs for the stone to be used elsewhere (without asking me) and had loaded it on one of their trucks for delivery. Fortunately, i was able to preserve part of the stone for the back driveway and they did deposit it and smooth it out which I was thankful for. Except for that hiccup, I found the pavers to be friendly and easy with which to communicate. The paving was completed on that day and looked to be well done. With the first rain, however, it could be seen that a small area was slightly depressed and water would collect there. It is not a major problem at this point, however. In summary, the driveway looks fine and no problems have arisen to date.

It went very well! Tom came and did measurements and gave us a very accurate estimate on the spot. That night he returned with the written proposal to sign. He said they would get to it soon depending on weather (they were also working on roofs and good weather would have them on roofs). The next morning he applied for the building permit and the morning after that we got a call saying the workers were on the way. They arrived with the digger and my husband asked if they would be able to use it to pull out the ugly schrubs in the front of the house and they did that first at no extra charge. They worked in a timely fashion and got the job done quickly but professionally. It was basically done the first day but the worker came the next day and did some things and checking. I think it was another day and he tarred the wall and then the backfilling was done. When the bill was sent it had the price of the permit which we were informed would be added but the amount of the permit was not accurate. The charge was $100 which seemed high but the office also included a copy of the permit which was actually $35 but it was easy to see how the mistake happened as the hand written receipt for the permit was written like a check with 00 over 100 and the 100 was right by the word dollars...easy mistake. When I called the office Jen was very friendly and apologetic and said to take the extra off the bill. All in all it was a good experience.