Dishonest father & son team! Predator business- stay away!!! check with BBB 1st shameful for the paving industry, ACTION PAVING of Rowley,
On Monday 9/16/13, around 11:30am a young man name Staniey came into our office, located in Weymouth, MA ,identified himself as the son of ACTION PAVING. He told us his paving company just finished a job near by and that he had some leftover asphalt. He claimed he could give us a good deal if we hired him and quoted me $3.75 per sq ft. My understanding was that this is the going rate for a new drive way. I also believe that normally they will prep the ground, level it with a minimum of a few inches of asphalt then smooth it and seal it as the final step.
Since winter in coming and a few spots in our lot need to be repaired, I decided to take him up on the offer. I took Staniey to show him the three spots -each of them approximate 4' x 8' size + a small pot hole . I also showed him an area that was patched about two years ago and asked him if they can do a small patch job there. I stated I would need their help with removing all loose hard top and debris to repair this area - his answer was "SURE".
Based on my calculations, my repairs totaled around 100-150 sq ft of 3 - 4" thick fresh asphalt to complete the patch job. Two years ago a local paving company, under the same circumstance [left over], did repair a few spots in a much smaller area costing us about $500.00.
The story goes on, big trucks show up an hour later with a team of 7-8 guys. I did show them the spots needing repair. I went out and moved a couple cars out of the way (to the front of building) then they started to unload their equipment and start the job. Around 2pm, an hour and half later, Staniey from ACTION PAVING came inside our office asking for payment. When we went out back together, he showed me what they did-what are surprise! They were re-paving the middle of our parking lot in a LARGE T shape area! Staniey from ACTION PAVING demanded a $7,000.00 payment for what they did to my lot. What a poor repair job they did****. From what the cctv footage shows, not even one inch of old cracked asphalt was taken out from the lot. It looks like they just dumped the entire left over onto my lot, spread it as wide as they could, not caring what will happen in the winter weather and . They created ledges from 1" to 3" all around the new asphalt edges- which will be a nightmare for my plow guy.
As it turns out, Staniey from ACTION PAVING threatened that if he did not get a check for $2000.00 payable to him, he will have his help stop and leave our lot unfinished leaving us to deal with the pile of asphalt in the middle of our parking lot ourselves.
Note that asphalt hardens when it cools down and will not stick.
Conclusion:
I just filed with the BBB. I am also in the process of filing a small claim. I will report to all search engines what a dishonest, greedy predator he is. This is a shameful practice for the paving industry. read more