Austin Concrete Construction

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Robert Russo responded promptly to my request for a bid and gave me the bid on the same day. He stated they could do the work within a short timeframe and would call us the day before; he did. Robert and his crew work like a well oiled machine. They are extremely pleasant and friendly. They showed up on time, worked efficiently and had the entire patio completed within a 5-6 hour period. They did an excellent job and we would not hesitate to hire them again

Very responsive and punctual. Did exactly what he said he'd do for the price he said he'd do it for.

The work was perfect, including exactly matching the surface of the existing patio. The work site was left in a clean condition. And the price was excellent. Robert Russo is the proprietor, and he looks like an Austin original: barefoot and looking like anything but the typical contractor. I spent many years in commercial facilities operations, and it was immediately obvious when I spoke to him that he has an encyclopedic knowledge of concrete work. I was impressed by several other things, as well. He's old school in that he does a handshake deal, and the contract consisted of the price and his initials scrawled on the side of my house. He called in advance to arrange a specific time, and on that date he arrived early and was gone, job completed, before I got home. He called a few hours later to see if I was satisfied, and he expected no payment until I was indeed satisfied. This is the way things used to get done a couple of decades ago, and it's refreshing to discover that there are still people who take genuine pride in what they do.

Robert came out and gave a bid while he was here. When we were ready to proceed, he had a crew here within a few days. They did an excellent job of matching the curve of the previous sidewalk. They anchored the new section to the older sections, which had not been done before. They were very clever in using techniques to keep the job site clean. It was a first rate job.

Everything worked out perfect. I had a lot bids and he came out and had the fastest and lowest bid. He had all the technical details in our first meeting. He satisfied my husband's perfectionist side. He was able to attach the patio to the foundation of the house. He is very knowledgeable, prompt, and worked hard. They completed the job in one day and worked around existing pipes already in the yard. They could not have done anything better.

The name of the contact person was Robert Russo. Everybody was so fast. They were on time. They gave me a price. They did an excellent job. They did exactly what I asked for. It was not a complicated slab. It was just a couple of retaining walls and stairwells. It was not a plain slab. There were sunken areas like drainage and things like that. They knew what they were doing. They were very professional. The finish on the slab was plain. I was going to floor this and it was covered. The slab turned out very nice.

If you want work boots, hard hats and up-tight, this is not your crew. If you want excellent work and great value from personable, down-to-earth real people, don't pass up the opportunity to work with Robert and his crew. We would hire them again in a heartbeat!

Robert and his crew were very efficient and experienced. Handled the job with no problems and for a great price.

Robert and his crew showed up on time and started working right away. There was a small concrete patio that needed to be broken up and removed. It turned out to be a a lot of work but I wasn't charged extra for it. When they started pouring there were always at least 5 people there to work it and it looks like they are all needed. They used rebar everywhere and the finish was very nice. 3800 sqft of circular driveway (large lot!) done in 1 week.

I left a message with Robert's answering machine on Thursday. He promptly called me back and came over Thursday afternoon to look at the site and give me a bid. The next Tuesday Robert and David and the crew arrived promptly at 8 and began the work. They worked fast and diligently and poured the cement by noon! They even resodded the grass they dug up from the path of the sidewalk into the backyard! By 3:30 that day they were done. They were fast and no-nonsense and delivered high quality work! We were extremely impressed with all aspects of their work.

Austin Concrete came to the house and looked over the site, prepared a bid while there, which I accepted. This was on a Friday and when asked for a schedule, they said they would be there on the following Monday and complete the work on Wednesday of that same week, which they did. The work was excellent and the garage contractor agreed that the foundation was perfect.

Robert was great! We had trouble with another contractor starting and not finishing. Robert worked with what was there and improved it and gave us a great price! He showed up right when he said he would and the work was all done in 1 day! Too good for words after our bad experience.

Robert is a great guy, very responsive and professional. He really knows what he is doing! He came and looked at the driveway when we were not here and was able to schedule the work over the phone with us. What I like the most is that he was on time, accommodating and did a fantastic job! Everything was cleaned up and perfect when we came home. Also, he poured the left over concrete in an area of the backyard where we benefit from it, kind of a retaining wall if you like. Very nice work! We can back out of our carport without any problems now so Thankyou!!! Plus he was super sweet to my doggie :-)

Wonderful! After Robert arrived, we explained that the angles on our driveway made it so that we could not get our car into the garage. He examined the garage, driveway and candidly explained that the driveway could not be repaved to make a significant difference. Instead, he provided us with another (much cheaper) very good suggestion for fixing the problem in a different way.

Very punctual. Great crew. Would definitely use him again.

It went ok. It was as specified and just what we asked for. There was a bit of trouble with our leaves falling and leaving prints on it but other than that it is excellent.

Robert quoted the price over the phone after a couple of detailed calls. He came exactly when he said he would, doweled in rebar into the existing concrete slab, laid rebar for the new slab and poured 7 yards of concrete inside the house via wheelbarrow. The crew was very careful to not do any damage to the existing walls. The slab was leveled and smoothed and drying by the end of the day. We walked on it the next day. It went extremely well.

I needed my patio extended by 12 x 10'. I called and had different people come over and the estimates were more expensive by about 2-5 times as much. I looked it up here and saw Robert. Called him and he quoted me over the phone the price of $950.00. I asked him to come over and we went through several questions I had and I hired him. He told me he would come on Thursday with his crew. At around 9:00 on Thursday he was here. After about 2.5 hrs the patio setup was done. Then they had to wait for the concrete and once it came another 2 hours later they were done. Cleaned up everything and were done the same day. It turned out great.

The job was as smooth as silk. Robert and his team showed up on time, set to work and finished the job in one day. The entire crew is easy to work with and very nice.

He and his team of 4 guys installed our patio in about half a day. Robert wrote us a bid on Thurs, I hired him on the spot and he was here Mon just before 9am. I had about 6 other estimates that ranged from $2200 - $2800. Clean up was not the best as I am picking up bits on concrete throughout the yard. I don't know if this is common with other concrete guys or not but the savings were enough that I do not mind. The men were all very nice and extremely good with my 4 1/2 year old son who watched every step. They all played with him, chatted with him and encouraged him to help out. I never felt as though they were annoyed by our presence or pestering questions. Robert's not your typical sales guy who comes dressed up, writes the bid and then sends out strangers to do the work. He is a hands on worker. He is always on site and often squeezes in bids while moving from job site to job site. He gives his bids on the spot and writes them on the back of a company bank deposit slip. However, I think he does good work and I feel confident in recommending him for basic concrete work. I do not know if he does flagstone or more intricate patio stuff. He poured a patio for our neighbors January 2008 and they have not had any concerns. They received his name from a friend of theirs that is a local contractor.