Hal's Construction

Hal's Construction did an excellent job. We are very pleased with how professional the crew was and the final result. Our driveway is so smooth and looks great.

The weather did not help with getting this job done in a timely matter. But, once the job was scheduled, it went very quickly. Crew was fantastic, friendly, professional, and informative. Any unforeseen issues were addressed quickly. We were concerned about water drainage from the street coming toward the house, but they fixed that better than it had been before. Due to needing a city inspection, the job did take two days. Office staff was also very good and answered any issues we had professionally and quickly. Would most defiantly recommend Hal's Construction!!!

If you want to annoy and disrupt your neighbors, Hal's Construction is the way to go.

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The bid was professionally done on schedule and the cost based on 2 driveways being done on the same day. The crew arrived as scheduled to be confronted by a very light drizzle. They postponed the start , waiting in their rucks until the drizzle lifted and the pavement was suitably dry, about 2 hours. They then proceeded to wire brush and thoroughly clean both driveways and apply the required crack filler and sealing material. The work was done professionally and is holding very well given exposure to a large motor home and 3 heavy vehicles. As mentioned above, the 1st project completed at my neighbors has held up very well going into the 3rd year now and all appearances are that these 2 drives should bear up equally well. Although Hal's was willing to invoice for the work the account was settled by check on completion at our request based on travel plans. Confirmation for the payment was provided in a timely manner. Their work was far superior to sealing work done in the area by another contractor which peeled within the first year.

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Very good service, efficient, always here when he said he would be.

Show up on time and the scheduled date they said they would. After work was completed I emailed my contact back explaining that I felt the road needed just a bit more gravel. After 9 days without a response to my email, I followed up with another email, got a email back saying that they needed to talk to the guy that did the work. One full week later, no response from my contact so I emailed him back again and they stated there was no more work to be done. I told them to just forget about it, if this is the best I can get after 17 days....I will take my business elsewhere. After using this company for 7+ years I was floored by their lack of response and courtesy to just make it right. I called their main number to complain but i just continues to go to voice-mail. I do not recommend this company.

Tony was great on the scheduling, and on follow-up. When the season ran out on us in the first attempt, they got the repairs done, and then we put off the sealcoat until the following summer, which they followed up on per

I felt we were dealt with very professionally. There could have been more frustration on Hal's part because they were contracted through our former property management company, and we had taken over major renovation projects, so they had to deal with "many masters" which I think they handled rather well. We had them go ahead with the project. They were by far the most expensive bid, buthey had offered a lot more, especially their installation of drywells to take out the surface water. I did think it was questionable that they insisted their method was proprietary (according to the property management company) because to my thinking there is nothing proprietary about drywells, nor their use in parking lots. The import of that is no bids were obtained that were "apples to apples." We decided to go ahead because they did have some good recommendations, and overall, I'm glad we did, though I think the expense was somewhat high. The best news is, they appear to have done an excellent job and the problem seems to be solved so far.

Patching of pot holes was done over two days as they apparently use leftover asphalt at the end of the day. The first days' patches were done well. The second day's patches used asphalt that was too cool or dry (can't recall exact wording of the paver), resulting in rough brittle patches that immediately began to disintegrate. We spoke with them several times about this, with their promising to redo the poor work, but after a few months they have still not done so. Our withholding payment until the job was completed properly resulted in Hal's threatening a lien against our property and demanding a cashier's check for immediate payment.

We called to get more information about this company's services and our call was returned right away by the business office. We were later contacted by an estimator to discuss our project but before we could get an estimate we changed our plans.

Quote was competitive. Very responsive. High quality work. They paved part of the adjacent vahur ehs drive with left over asphalt. The same guys worked on several jobs - low turnover is a good job sign. May be not the cheapest but well worth the quality.

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Reid King estimated job and initially seemed very proffessional over the phone. Reid contacted me and scheduled work to be done on Monday, August 31 and Tuesday September 1st. I had requested schedule confirmation in advance so I could take off work to be present while the work was being performed. By 4pm on Monday, August 31st, no one had shown up as scheduled. I contacted Reid and was told that he wasn't sure what happened, but that I was really scheduled for September 3rd and 4th. I wasn't pleased with this excuse, but took it in stride and made other arrangements to have an associate be present when the work was to be performed.On September 3rd, the crew that Reid had scheduled to clean the driveway called me and said that they had another job and could not clean my driveway in the morning, but would get to it later in the day. The driveway was cleaned so late in the day that it did not have sufficient time to dry before the asphalt crew showed up at 8am in the morning the following day. When the asphalt crew arrived, they informed my associate that they could not perform the work because of the wet driveway and that there was not going to be enough sun to dry the driveway sufficiently. It did shower briefly overnight, but the forecast for Portland today is sunny with temperatures reaching up to 80 degrees in the afternoon. When I asked Reid why they could not do the work later in the day, he replied that he was not going to argue with me about the weather. And that it would be rescheduled for Tuesday, September 8th. When I questioned him about the timing of the cleaning being done so late in the day, he again said that he was not going to argue with me about the weather. I could tell that he was distracted during our call, that other phones were ringing and he was talking to someone else in the background. He only wanted me to confirm Tuesday and to end the call so he could attend to his distractions. At this point It was clear to me that this contractor did not meet my requirements and I canceled the remainder of the job.

A dispute arose concerning discoloration of the existing concrete driveway. After working with Reid King and then Brian King to try and get resolution, we requested that they contribute 1/2 of the repair cost based on the assessment of the Consultant they hired. They refused to acknowledge any responsibility and, in our last conversation, Brian King(vp of the company) told my wife to shut up. We have not talked with them since and a call to the owner of Hal's went unreturned.

The crew that worked on the job was a great bunch of young men who performed very professionally. I even told the foreman how well they all worked together. He was young too. But, wow, could he ever work the big backhoe like an artist. The job was done quickly and professionally. The crew cleaned up the area when they were done. The salesman drove by the next morning to make sure the job was done correctly. Then we received a bill in the mail for their services. We would highly recommend them.

Personnel from the company came out and gave me a bid, and then we setup a time to come out and do the work. They came on the day determined to repair some areas, and return the next to apply the sealer. I was very pleased with the timely fashion and the work that was done.

THEY KEPT IN CLOSE CONTACT BECAUSE OF WEATHER. THE FIRST DATE HAD TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE OF RAIN (THEY CAN'T DO IT IN RAIN). THEIR WHOLE CREW WAS VERY EXPERIENCED. MANY OF THE COMPANIES WE CALLED DIDN'T EVEN RETURN PHONE CALLS. THEY WILL ALSO FOLLOW-UP BY CHECKING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HAPPY AND THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS.