Mike has always drawn a smile each and every time he approached me. That being said, leading up to them doing an incredible, complete, efficient, and dare I say cost effective repair to my property, my life had been pretty darn crappy. After moving into a house that had prior undisclosed damage and issues with flooding, I had dealt with a hurricane and several flooding seasons. Each time I about gave up and left the house to sit since it was literally flooded so bad and damaged so many possessions in the basement, all while trying to limit damage with sumps, shop vacs, tons of towels and hours not sleeping.
Mike Passman and his crew had visited my house a few times before, during and after the work was done. Being that money was tight and we were very stressed out from flooding, a sit down with Mike made me feel quite a bit more comfortable. He was straightforward about everything. He not only included all material that would be used but provided information about what they would do, what was presently ailing me at the foundation level, and afterwards, providing assurance that although he anticipates all he could, he told us he stood behind all they do. To reiterate, if something popped up that wasn't expected he would communicate and work with us to make sure we didn't have to pay more than the quote was.
After communicating with Mike a few times, the ball got rolling and although the scheduling was all up in the air due to the seasons and rain not wanting to work with us, Mike and his crew were very pleasant to work with and I enjoyed interacting with them and watching in amazement as they, *HAH* tore up my clay laden yard and put it all back together. But not before replacing and upgrading what was terracotta drainage and cheap useless gutter pipes. I enjoyed all the time they spent getting to the root of the issue, as there was even a huge hole that was below surface through the cinder block going into my basement. The equipment showed up one day and excavating took place with haste. Although I have a ton of oaks in the back, they somehow maneuvered around those and got down to the foundation and got to work making it right. Of note: the weather, as always, didn't want to cooperate with them so of course, they had to pause a little while the dirt got dry enough for the machinery to tread without making it a sloppy mess. I was very thankful for their consideration.
Upon excavation, it was uncovered and discovered the previous owner had a drain "pipe" installed after immediately exiting the house, it transitioned into a length of "Orangeburg Pipe". I didn't make that up. Mike immediately knew what it was and Doug saw it and posited that it shouldn't have been there, it's stuff that was used during WW2!!! Par for course at my house. Well, the reason they saw this was it was in a weird place and it was leaking. After accidentally moving it a bit, they asked if I wanted to fix it, I agreed and told them if they could please do, since they had it all dug up anyways. There was a minimal fee and I had some of the necessary fittings, they had the pvc and had it fixed quite quickly, and dare I say Properly. This is of course above and beyond the previous inheritors of the house.
They did an impeccable job and repair. Going out of the ways to make sure it was done right and quickly. Even when they met issue along the way they tackled each quickly and with enough experience between them it was another day on the job. I had an issue they were communicated with due to some of the weather again but not foundation related and they returned and promptly had that rectified. So be sure when you sign and pay, the sale doesn't end there: They take care of you WELL beyond the completion and if and when you DO work with them, you are friends for life!!! read more