Crete Doctors & Stepright Inc

BEWARE BEWARE! TONY PATE IS A THIEF. A LIAR. A CON MAN. I would give him zero stars if I could. He stole 3400 dollars from us. We needed the walkway and steps up to our house redone as well as our driveway he quoted us 6800. We gave him the check which he cashed IMMEDIATELY. We had to call him 10 or more times to come back to start the DEMO. He did a terrible job because first, he didn’t use the concrete we agreed upon (we called the company and he got the cheapest mixture and they sent us the receipt and order - he spent a little over 400 bucks). Secondly, once he got stated he did an awful job, our walk way is uneven, he removed a step that leads up from the public sidewalk (I slipped and fell when I was pregnant because of this almost a year later). Third, the steps going from the walkway to our porch are incomplete, patchy, and uneven. The side of the steps has a hole on the side. He never even did our driveway (which we asked him to do first and he did what he wanted first while we were at work). He left the trash and demolished large pieces of concrete in our yard and never came back. Its been over two years my daughter is about to turn one! We still call him and he randomly answers and says oh I will come get it. No apology for taking half of the payment doing not even a quarter of quality work and disappearing. He will lie and tell you he’s sick and hospitalized or out of work or doesn’t have the money AFTER you paid him to do the job (yes at one point he told me he didn’t have the money to do our job). He will ignore you for weeks and steal your hard earned money. We have filed a case and suing him. We have so much proof and receipts.

TONY PATE IS A CON MAN, BEWARE! I wish I would've read reviews prior to hiring this contractor, because this was a horrible experience that cost thousands of dollars, lots of wasted time & energy, stress and I was still left without a driveway. If you work with this man, he will steal your money and if he does follow through with completing your project, he will not do it properly. Read this review and the others! I was asked to pay half up front and once I did, the contractor disappeared. He resurfaced eventually. He tore the driveway out and didn't properly prep the driveway for the pour. I told him that I didn't want concrete poured until it was prepped properly and he showed up with a concrete truck while I was at work. Luckily, I had someone stop him minutes before pouring and the concrete truck driver said it was the right call. He attempted to pour the concrete with only 2-3 inches in some spots and without fiber mesh/any other reinforcement. The concrete mixed in the truck was for patios. I fired him after this because I couldn't trust that he'd complete the rest of the job properly. I had 3 other contractors look at the project and each one said that it was ALL wrong. I had to get the driveway dug out again because there wasn't enough room to pour concrete. I was originally quoted $3600 for a new driveway. I lost the $1750 I paid Tony and had to pay another contractor $3600.

Tony was very friendly, however, he was not at all punctual. He completed the repair to our satisfaction, but never returned to remove the slats. He stopped responding to our phone calls at this point. Several weeks after the job was complete we found that excess concrete from the job was poured behind our garage.

They never showed up.

They were unreliable, never on time, left tools in our yard, and didn't even have the funds available for the concrete.