Greg's Concrete Construction

$7,000 plus tax. First off, Greg is a character and, as he will tell you, he talks too much, but it's kind of funny - don't get him started on Trump. That being said, Greg did a great job and a good price. We recently had our house lifted and needed new (8) front steps and short sidewalk to tie into existing steps from street. Steps were 5 feet in height, 5 feet in width, no small item. He additionally put in 22' of sidewalk and an entry pad for the side basement door. He is a VERY hard worker and earned every penny. Done Right Plumbing did a horrible cement job on a 5' X 6' section of our public sidewalk they had replaced a few months ago as part of a new sewer line ($20k) so Greg also hammered that out and replaced it as part of the job. Also, he stuck to his estimate. Notable idiosyncrasy - he is inclined to show up at 2pm daily and work until 9 pm unless you kick him out earlier but for us it was a small price to pay for a very satisfactory job. You can do a drive by if you want to check it out, 726 14th Ave. by Seattle University.

This job turned out great! Greg communicated very well throughout the entire process and made this job happen even when I was under the gun and in a time crunch. The finished product looked fabulous and really showed his 27 years of experience. This was a tough job and I got tired just watching how hard Greg worked. I will absolutely use Greg again when needing cement work.

We hired Greg to tear out and replace some cracked and broken sidewalks in front of our condo building. He was reasonably priced and did a great job. If you are looking for some giant construction company who will provide you with a power point presentation for a bid, and will knock the job out in a day you should probably look somewhere else. Greg's Concrete is one guy. He is honest and works incredibly hard. He was flexible and even came back on a Saturday to remove the forms. We were pleased with the process and the final product. If we need any other concrete work done we will not hesitate to hire Greg again.

This is a warning to everyone about this creep. I don’t have one good thing to say about Greg Goyen. First off he didn’t stick to his original bid of $9,500 to pour two retaining walls. Just before he shows up for work he complains that the job is bigger than he anticipated and that now he suddenly want’s $2,500 extra (total of $12,000). I didn’t hesitate and agreed to the price increase and gave him a 50% deposit up front ($6,000) because I believed him when he said it was a lot of work, and he comes off as an honest guy (which he is not). He has his buddy do the excavating, which was not done correctly and blames me. He didn’t even show up to monitor things when the excavation was being done, so no one was checking if the elevations were correct. I’ve never done any excavating in my life, so I have no clue what needs to be done. I left this in his hands. Anyway, he shows up for work and tells me he has never poured anything taller than a four foot retaining wall (my walls are over 7 feet in a couple of places!!). I was shocked. Then he tells me he never gets a permit or an inspection for any work that he does! I told him that everything MUST be done in accordance with a permit/inspection, and that I would not accept anything less. Turns out this guy had no idea who to call, or what to do to get an inspection!!! Are you kidding me?? He is in the business of construction and has never been through the permit/inspection process?? Anyway, he ends up getting the inspection done and pours the footings and realizes that it’s more work than he can handle, so packs up his tools and abandons the project with my $6,000 deposit check!! I had to hire another outfit to finish the work, and it turns out that Greg Goyen installed all the rebar in the wrong locations, so the new contractor had to retrofit rebar in the footings to correct the problems. I’ve hired an attorney and I’m in the process of gathering data/evidence for suing this creep. I just want everyone to know that they should stay away from this guy.

I called from my home phone and left a short message with my address and phone number. He was several days returning my call, and he left a message saying he could and quot;probably get up my way sometime next week.and quot; He struck me right off the bat as someone who wasn't really looking for business. I returned his call and gave him my cell phone number again and my address again. He returned my call after almost a week and we spoke in person. He asked for my address again, made an appointment to come by the next week. He called me at the end of that day and said he didn't have time to make his appointment, but that he would be by the next day to give me an estimate. He made me a little uncomfortable because he mentioned that he'd prefer to go around city permitting, but I figured that I could just insist on making sure everything was straight with permitting. At this point, I was still willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, so I said it would be ok if he came the following day, to get an estimate and talk about the job. Today, the following monday, four days late, he called me after 7pm and said he was on his way. I told him that was ok with me, but tried to let him know that punctuality and dependability were important to me going forward. This had been a rough start and I wanted to make sure that we were on the same page, but at this point I still would have given him the benefit of the doubt. However he was super defensive and rude and sarcastic. Now I just feel stupid for giving him a break so many times. He's terribly unprofessional. Why work with him? In general, I'd rather have a fair price, someone who is working within city regulations, is dependable and does quality work, than have some kind of bargain that I'm going to pay for in quality or hassles. I'm loyal and generous with businesses who deliver those things. It's pretty clear that that is not this company. If you're looking for a bargain at any cost, he just might be your guy. Otherwise, I would stay far away from Greg. ------------------------ In reply to the response below. I did not ask Greg to come by on Easter weekend. That's ludicrous. He offered to come by the thursday before, and didn't make it. He rescheduled for the Friday before and didn't show up. Then I heard from him with a surprise call, after business hours on Monday night. I would have been happy to give him any schedule information he needed from me, but he never asked. I was hoping to install the sidewalk in a way that would save the trees in the parking strip if possible, he suggested that city permits were necessary but that he'd rather not use them because he preferred to not deal with the and quot;bureaucracy.and quot; I posted the review above to share my experience. As soon as I posted it, he contacted me with an intimidating email to my personal email account. A review site is not about giving A reviews for every experience. i pay to use Angie's list, and I hope that the reviews are accurate and reflect a diversity of experiences so that I can make informed decisions when I hire someone for work.

I gotta say, I really like this guy a whole bunch. He's just so nice and fair and honest, works very hard and knows what he's doing with concrete -- at least in the case of my job. I have a 70-year old house with a basement that has been victim to home-owner abuses for about that long. The basement slab had so many layers of various self-leveling compounds and mastics and.... So my son and I removed the old mastics and then degreased the mastic remover and then broke up the self-leveling compounds which resulted in a big mess of uneven gouges. Then my son took a diamond grinder to put a surface on the whole thing. After we got it all cleaned up, Greg came in and ran a lovely skim coat over the floor, filling in the gouges and giving a more even surface. We did not request leveling the floor; we just wanted a nice smooth surface which he gave us. Old slab is not like a newly poured concrete one and you have to expect imperfections. It's like the way old glass windows run; there's an amorphous naturalistic quality to the look and feel of it and we are good with that. We were very pleased with the results. My son then coated the floor with EpoxyShield Basement Floor coating in armor gray, ordered our own custom decorative chips mix and are very happy with the outcome. The EpoxyShield is breathable. The mistake we may have made was to then put an impermeable clear sealer on top which kinda cancels out the value of a breathable epoxy coating. A tip for anyone reading this: the Raeco skim coat is not as absorbent as slab and we used half the EpoxyShield recommended. Another note is that the sealer highlighted imperfections in the floor. Before we added the shine, you could hardly see the imperfections. Now they are apparent.

We needed to replace sidewalk and driveway within the city right-of-way before we could close our building permit. I contacted three local concrete companies and received quotes from two. Greg's Concrete was most competitive and he has good reviews. Once I got the proper permit from the city (I took care of all permits myself) Greg was able to come out within a week to remove the old concrete and put up forms. The next week, post form inspection, Greg came out and finished the pour. The finished job looks nice and passed inspection. Greg can seem pretty laid back, but I can say he is a hard worker and completed the job as required.

After several calls to other recommendations on Angie's list that either outpriced themselves or were not interesed in a small project, even had one of the people on Angies list tell me that he was just to busy. I finally got Greg. Got the estimate in a timely manner, the construction began on time, the cleanup left the yard looking as if the cement slab had always been there and it was all finished and done in time for the delivery of my spa

Greg was very responsive to our call and did an excellent job of forming and pouring a new stamped pathway to our front entry. He was competively priced and even though the project was done inbetween rain storms he got it done and it looks great!

Update: His estimate must of got lost in the cyber world. He called and apologized thinking that we did receive his estimate. After looking at his detailed estimate, his prices seemed reasonable. Hopefully we'll be hiring him this spring.

Greg arrived on time to give an estimate. We agreed on the price and the statement of work. He returned at the designated time and completed the work. He followed up after the job was complete to make sure I was satisfied.

Greg did the job and improved the look of the patio. He uses very high quality materials and the result is a durable surface. He has alot of experience and it shows!

Greg was prompt and responsive at every level, from the initial phone call to completing the work. He kept to his bid and provided high quality work even though I have the impression that the bid ended up being a bit low based on the level of work that was required to complete the project.

Initial contact: Greg got back to me same day and was able to get me a bid next day, he was also patient enough as I went through the process of getting the original company in touch with him to work out details of replacement. Work days: Greg was prompt and concise, explained what was wrong and how he would fix it, was very up front about color matching and worked with me to get the end result I was looking for and was able to keep a portion of the exisity patio in tact that was tied to the building. I couldn't be happier with the quality and professionalism he provided.

From my initial call Greg responded the following day and scheduled a time to come over to give an estimate. The estimate was provided the same day and he started work the following week. The work included clearing 4/5 large rocks from the area, constructing the forms, pouring the concrete, finishing and cleaning up the site. The job was finished in 4 working days. Greg did a great job, the steps look great and he was very easy to work with. I would recommend Greg to anyone who needs this kind of work done. We chose Greg to do the work over two over bids because he came across as the most knowledgeable and professional. He was also very helpful in that he gave us some good pragmatic advice on a couple of our other projects.

I contacted Greg by email. He requested some photos. I took photos with my cell phone and sent to him via email. We discussed the project on the phone. After getting one other bid which came in more expensive, I decided to go with Greg because he was able to get to the project within a couple of days. He called me one morning and said he could come later that day. He did. The job took him around 2 hours.

Greg was a lot of fun to work with. He is definately a hard worker. He was overloaded with work, but he went out of his way to fit my little job in (which I apreciate). He's punctual and thoughful about getting back to you. He also doesn't play word games and tells it like it is. That might turn some people off, but it didn't bother me. In other words, you know where you stand with Greg. Anyway, Greg showed up when he said he would, got his gear out and bam! It was done. I'd recommend him to others.(Thanks Greg!)

Greg was very helpful and came out on a weekend to look at a concrete job another contractor was doing for me that I had issues with. He was very nice, knowledgeable, and seemed like someone I should have hired in the first place.

Greg was very responsive and patiently dealt with our project delays. He worked hard and installed a great floor. He started pouring concrete around noon and worked until 6 pm. There were numerous tricky details he had to work out in order to meld the new concrete with the adjacent floor levels. Greg was not the cheapest bid we got but I liked his matter-of-fact approach - and he wasn't that much higher than the lowest bid. We ran into some cost over runs with extra needed work and found that Greg was very reasonable with these costs. I highly recommend Greg and will pass his name onto any of my friends and neighbors.

It went okay overall, he did a great job with two exceptions - the concrete color was very uneven, and he acted like he was very put out when I pointed it out (very nicely, I thought). He did come out to see if he could fix it, but it just wound up looking worse, like white paint had been spilled. He did tell me it would take many weeks to cure, but it still looks splotchy after a month (think white paint spilled over a buff colored wall and a light gray driveway). I'm glad he came out to try, since he says he doesn't guarantee his work, but I am disappointed that he did not respond to my 2nd email asking him for advice on how to fix it. This was a completely new driveway with completely new retaining walls...we thought it looked like a patch job, and he replied that it WAS a patch job, which I don't really understand. I would have been much happier knowing that I could not expect the color to be somewhat uniform so I could budget for someone to stain it. Take a look at his non-A reviews and see what his demeanor can be like...well, it was a lot like that for us too, unfortunately. The form and texture were great. So, a "C" overall.

Greg responded same day to the email I sent asking him some questions. He came by 2 days later to survey the project and provided a quote that night. He promptly provided references when I asked. Once I decided to hire Greg, he set up an appointment to go over the details of the project with me, explaining the process, answering my questions, and listened to my input as he settled on the plan. Greg started work the next day. I was impressed with the way he attacked the project and how attentive to detail he is. He definitely takes pride in his work. The 2 sets of steps and the patio turned out great!

It went better than expected, there is not a whole lot to tell. They showed up on time, poured the floor, finished it and were gone.

Greg did a fantastic job on my steps, diveway and retaining walls. He made 3 -4 suggestions that have improved the function and look of the steps, all at no extra cost. Everything looks great now; the quality of the work is top-notch. Greg worked very hard, even putting in long days when he was sick with a bad cold! Can't say enough good things about this guy; professional, reliable and a true craftsman who really knows his stuff!

Greg was one of the best (there are only 2 others out of around 40) that I've worked with on a home improvement project over the years. He patiently waited, wasting his time, while my neighbor filed appeal after appeal to deny the driveway Greg had committed to pouring. He actually waited over a year and just as he had a start day, my permit from the City of Seattle, was put on hold again. Greg worked incredibly hard, finished the job in only a few days and couldn't have been nicer or more patient. In addition, when accidentally verbally told me an amount that was quite a bit less than what was only the original bid from over a year ago, he split the difference with me. He is patient, fair, and a hard worker.

Greg responded quickly by phone to set up appointment. After surveying the required excavation and the project details, he phoned back the same evening that he knew another contractor who could better serve my needs. I was grateful for his candor and for the recommendation.