These people are essentially thieves. The following occurred in 2015, but I didn't want to post while the court was trying to collect the judgment my in-laws won against them. At this point, it is clear they will not pay up. They will tell you anything to get your money in their hand. They will lie to you, do terrible work, and then avoid you. Short of going to court, you are out of luck if there is a problem after the work is done. Beware anything they add by hand to the contract as a promise. They will tell tales of a 25 year warranty and write it on the contract. They know it is not legally binding unless they initial it! My in-laws are retired and were affected by hurricane Sandy (4 feet of water in their house/lost both cars). The sidewalk to their door needed to be replaced, so they got three estimates be looking in the phone book and calling the 1st three companies. This is the only reason I can think of that people would use A1 Everlast, because nobody who reads the online reviews would ever contact them. A1's bid was the middle of the three, so my in-laws chose them. They replaced the sidewalk under the guise of a 25 year warranty. Within weeks, the sidewalk was cracking all over and pulling away from the foundation of the house. They did not even lay a bed of stone under the concrete. When my father-in-law mentioned this, they said it wasn't needed. After many calls, someone finally came out and slapped some patching material on the cracks, which washed away after the next rain. It is also highly questionable if they used the "5000 psi concrete" promised, since it cracked so quickly. After this, it was impossible to contact anyone at the company or get a call back if the receptionist actually took a call. Finally, my father-in-law had to go to court. During the arbitration process, the arbiter pointed out that anything A1 wrote on the contract was not binding because they didn't initial it. A1 sent some young kid to offer an insulting $400 for the terrible $2800 job that has to be totally redone. I assume the owner didn't want to go because he runs his business in such a cowardly way to being with. The pictures of the shoddy work were so damning that the arbiter ruled that A1 would have to rip out ALL of the concrete, install it properly on a bed of stone with the promised 5000 psi concrete, and offer a 5 year warranty. The work had to be complete by August 7, otherwise my in-laws would receive a judgment for the money back that he paid. At the beginning of July, A1 came and ripped out only the 1st portion of the concrete, near the steps and put down some stone. They told my father-in-law they weren't going to rip up the remainder and would instead saw away the concrete near the foundation and fill with silicone, despite the clear court order saying it all had to be ripped up. They told him they would return in a week to complete the work. One month later, they still had not come back. August 7th rolled around and, left with a partially ripped up sidewalk and no communication since the partial demo, my father-in-law went to court to start the process of getting his money back. It just so happens that the owner of A1 called my in-laws on August 7, likely realizing he had missed the long window of opportunity to make right on his shoddy work. Upon finding out that my father-in-law had gone to court, he started threatening to sue, claiming my in-laws had ignored his calls all month to set up a time for the work. He went so far as to file a police report and claim my in-laws told him 'not to worry' about coming back to fix the sidewalk. It doesn't even make sense that they'd tell him this AFTER he ripped up a portion of the sidewalk (note: the crew came out of the blue to do this with no prior call). Not that the police even believed the false report, but the phone records showed the owner did not call 1 time between the demo and August 7. I know my in-laws won't be getting the money back from A1, so I hope someone else can be spared the pain of working with them. The company that fixed A1s mess felt bad for my in-laws upon seeing the incompetent job A1 did and the fact that they were retired Sandy victims who were taken advantage of by A1. The new company did the work properly and there are no issues now. read more