This company, Raffa Group, was beyond wonderful to work with. The worker's were punctual, courteous, efficient, always cleaned up my property when completed the days work. The office staff was very professional and easy to work with .... And, they always returned my call in a timely manner. The owner, Raphael Saliba, was a joy to work with. He was very fair in his pricing. His input was most valusable. He kept his word!!!! read more

Start by googling his real name and that will explain it all!! His business card says Raphael Saliba but his name is Roufael Saliba. The slight change in spelling is so you don't find the lawsuits, mug shots, and the dozen detailed complaints with the better business bureau!! The mug shot actually helped because we know we found the correct person. To make an extremely long story of mistakes, damage, police being called, and destroying property short, our neighbors found him to do concrete work in the backyard and driveway. We decided to let him also work on our driveway. The job was supposed to be completed before Christmas and we were getting no response when we were calling to get him to fix the improper work done, and the damage he did to the street (city property). He finally reached out in January letting us know he was in jail and demanding final payment. When our neighbors asked for his insurance information because they damaged their yard, pipes, and gutters on their house he began stomping in the wet concrete. Ultimately, the police had to be called. There are so many more things I could say, but googling his real name will say it all. read more

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When searching for a company to replace our sidewalk, R&A Modify came up on Angi (former company is Raffa Group, which has numerous lawsuits pending). Raphael Saliba (his real name is Roufael) came to give us a quote for concrete work and said that while he was here, he could do a couple other projects we wanted done as well. He quoted us $8,000 for everything if we paid cash. We told Raphael during the initial assessment not to dig with heavy equipment near our pool because of plumbing that runs underground. Since Raphael was not present and this was not communicated with the laborers, they dropped a Bobcat into the ground and immediately snapped three pool pipes. When one snapped it went through our pool screen making a hole. When we addressed this with Raphael he said, "that's underground so it's your responsibility to fix it". A French drain is rock wrapped like a burrito by black mesh cloth underground. They showed up with barely any cloth and simply laid a piece down in the trench they dug, poured the rock on top, then covered it back up with the dirt - not properly wrapping the rock to create an actual drainage system as hired to do. When we communicated this with Raphael, he said we were wrong. They proceeded to finish the job incorrectly despite our requests to do it right. During the drain digging and yard leveling, they destroyed our entire yard. Raphael then told us we would need to fix our fence, or it would fall over. A mistake on their part that left us with an added expense. Their Bobcat cracked our basketball court, ripped a gutter off the side of our house, and cracked the sidewalk (city property) in front of our house. When it came time for them to fix the driveway approach, they didn't use a saw to cut between the driveway and the street, chipping up several big sections of the city street. Then, they didn't line the driveway approach with the original driveway lines, essentially shortening the width of the approach to where it was all uneven and not aligned. When it came to what was supposed to be a travertine-style, beige, concrete-stamped walkway, the concrete pourers and finishers were unable to communicate due to a language barrier and Raphael was not present to assist. As a result, the concrete was drying out of order, which meant the finishers couldn't get the color and stamps to line up or match. On top of this, while they poured the concrete walkway, they did not cover our home with plastic, so we have concrete splatter on the stucco of our home, and then paint from where Raphael spray painted the wrong color on the final day. They've damaged our home. Raphael was barely present to ensure quality and when we addressed him multiple times, all he did was get irate, irrational, and extremely unprofessional. While trying to communicate when he would come out to fix and finish the work, he told us he wasn't responding because he was arrested for violating a restraining order, then showed up at our home with an ankle monitor on. On the final day, January 14, 2023, he attempted to fix the driveway approach. When we got home, he had spray painted the driveway approach grey, which we never asked for. He lied to us and said it was a clear sealer and would dry clear. The new walkway was supposed to be beige to match our pool deck. Since they never mixed the color into the concrete, he spray-painted it light grey and told us in 4-5 months it would be a "travertine color" beige, which is also a lie. Our new walkway looks nothing like the images he showed us and what we asked them to do. We paid 50% up front per the invoice we received, 30% the day they poured concrete (they refused to pour without it), and the deal was 20% upon completion. On January 14, 2023, Raphael came and claimed he was finished and demanded the final 20%. When we asked for a copy of his liability insurance so we could get everything they damaged during the process fixed, he refused to supply it. Raphael became irate and began threatening to ruin the job further. He got a jack hammer out of his van in attempts to destroy our new walkway if we didn't pay him the rest. Raphael then went and stomped in the wet concrete approach that he had just poured to destroy the work he did that day. At this point we demanded that he leave our property. He refused to leave without final payment and since we were blocking him at this point, he called the police claiming to have been assaulted, while he was ruining our property. While doing extensive research, we have found multiple LLCs under various names, and COUNTLESS other reviews of these individuals doing this to other consumers in South Florida. We are currently in the process of reporting this company to EVERY outlet we can. read more

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Yes, everyone. be careful with this company. I initially contacted Raffa after reading about his work on NextDoor and looking at pictures of his work on Instagram. After getting several estimates from other companies, he offered the most reasonable price for the aluminum and dura fence/gate I wanted. So in October of 2021, I signed a contract and gave 50% deposit. Raffa pulled the permit. Communication regarding the status of the permit was extremely poor. I eventually ended up picking the permit up myself after verifying it was ready the begin of January 2022. Working through Patty, to finally reach Raffa directly on his cell, it took until April 2022 for the work to begin. On the first day, two men, who did not speak English, put posts up and then left without even knocking on my door to let me know they were leaving. They left blue face masks and other debris in my front yard. The double gates were also left, just laying on my front lawn. I contacted Raffa to ask were his men went (I thought they just breaker for lunch) and was told they would return the following week because the posts had to set. My backyard was left completely open/exposed and I was not happy about that because I live on a main street that is busy. I told Raffa and sent him pictures of the trash left behind. I also noticed that the gate handles were not the type I told Raffa I wanted and assumed was included in the price. Especially since we exchanged photos of the exact type of hardware I wanted and I specifically asked him to get that exact kind. Nevertheless, I was told to go to Lowes or Home Depot to buy what I wanted since he didn't get that kind for me. I went and purchased the two sets I wanted. Finally, the following week, his guys returned and finished the job. i was shocked to see that the hardware I purchased was installed at the top of the gate doors instead of the middle. But Raffa explained he had to do it like that for safety reasons so kids could not easily enter my backyard and drown in a pool (should I ever get one). There were other small defects and Raffa deducted $500 from my balance after I complained about the flaws. Gate passed Inspection and I was happy to have the job completed. Got a lot of compliments from my neighbor Ms and they even asked for his number. I provided it to them with a warning. Fast forward about 3-4 weeks, and my husband notices the double gates sinking downward (uneven) which prevents us from locking the gate. Contacted Raffa and he sent his men out within 1-2 weeks to repair by lifting the gate back up. Soon after, the gate started doing the same thing. Instead of calling Raffa back and being aggravated, my husband and I now have to lift and play with the gate just lock it. Bottom line, I would not recommend him and after reading all of the horro stories, I'm thankful to God that my gate is done. It added value to my home and looks nice from a distance. However, if you look close, you will see flaws in the installation and aesthetics. Besides not being even, there are also small gaps in the fence tgat enables people to peek into my backyard. read more

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Raffa Group Llc took over $4000. to put up a fence for my disabled son and did nothing. His "liaison" Patti makes up excuses for him and promises that he will return the money but it never happens. I have sued him in small claims court and won and I have also won Fair Claims where Angi referred me but he does not care. He does not follow the laws of the USA. He is working under Dany Sebaaly's lic. # CGC1528168 but Dany also ignores us. I hope people look up his reviews before they give him a penny. He thinks its ok to take deposits and ghost people. I urge all to read up reviews on people before you hire them. Karma will certainly catch up with Raffa and stealing from disabled persons is the lowest of low. The Dept of Busi & Prof Regulations look up Dany Sebaaly's license and do nothing about the person working under his license. Roufael Saliba is his real name and from the reviews I read, he continues collecting deposits and ghosting. Patti and his other employees should be ashamed of themselves as they are working for a scammer. Beware of Karma people. No one gets away with hurting other people forever. read more

DON'T HIRE THIS COMPANY! First off, I will say, I'm a very kind person and usually only leave positive reviews. However, I want to help to warn others about this company. There were many issues at the beginning of our relationship, regarding getting supplies and actually installing our fence on the original timeline, but that isn't even my complaint, because I understand things happen that might be out of their control. My serious issue is that, only months after installation, one of our gates came apart (the vertical slats began to fall out of the frame pieces) due to wind. I began texting Rafael (the owner) in April (it is now October!), with pictures and asking if they can come to repair the gate. We were told when we purchased the fence that there was a lifetime warranty, but were never provided any further information on this warranty. Rafael continued to make excuses why they couldn't come repair our gate yet (waiting for supplies, etc.). Mind you, we have three dogs and now our backyard was technically not fenced in anymore (thanks to the broken gate). I continued to call, text, and email this company asking about repairing my gate. They started ignoring my correspondence. My most recent email was responded to by Google saying my message has been BLOCKED. What kind of company blocks it's customers? I believe the lifetime warranty is provided through the fence manufacturer, but they didn't even provide me that information so I can't go through them either. Hurricane Ian didn't hit us straight on thankfully, but the winds were strong enough to bring down our second gate on the other side of the house. So now, we have two holes in our backyard fence. This tells me that the installation must have been subpar. Biggest waste of $6500. I chose this company over another one I was considering because I wanted to support a small business. Huge mistake. I would've happily paid more just to have decent customer service. They don't deserve your business with how they treat their customers. read more

I had originally posted a 1 star review stating my dissatisfaction due to the length of time it took for installation and limited communication. However we were made aware that product was not available due to delays. The fence has finally been installed and we are happy especially with the customer service I received from the president Rafael Saliba. He went out of his way to personally give me updates (in the end) which was very important to me as a paying customer. I recommend people contact Rafael to get the job done. read more

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Raffa group gave me an estimate for a fence, gates with motors and remote entry system - he took a deposit ($7000) and after a couple of months installed a fence and gates. He collected the second payment ($10,000.00) and has not been seen since. I have gates that can't work due to not having the motors. He cannot be trusted and this organization needs to be put out of business. I have since found out after posting on Next Door that several people have been swindled by this company and it's owner. Stay away from Raffa Group (fencing and gates). They cannot be trusted. read more

When searching for a company to replace my sidewalk R&A Modified came up on Angie's List. Raphael Saliba came to give me a quote for concrete work & said while he was here he could fix a drainage issue. $8,000 and everything would take 3 days (it took him 3 weeks). Day one it became apparent that he didn't have his own employees. His day laborers showed up unable to communicate. They didn't speak english and were unwilling to use translator app. We told Raphael not to dig with heavy equipment near our pool because of plumbing. They did anyways, cracked concrete pool deck and broke 3 pool pipes. 1 pipe snapped & went through our screen. Raphael said "thats under ground. Thats your problem". They didn't lay drainage rock where estimate said it would go. Instead they dug a trench in my yard & filled it with gravel. They were supposed to wrap the rock with cloth but didn't (making it useless). The estimate said they would remove 3 dump trucks of dirt. They only took 2 (& dumped in wrong location). They spread dirt on top of our grass where we didn't want it. They put too much dirt on one side of yard burying fence and transformer box & took too much dirt from other areas leaving the concrete foundations of the fence post exposed. Bobcat operator was taking too big of loads of gravel from front yard to back & every time he hit a bump it dumped gravel all over my yard. They didn't use a saw to cut between driveway & street street. Consequently was they chipped up several big sections of the street by accident. He tried to patch but it looks like a bunch of patches. Didn't line my driveway approach with driveway. He tried to fix later (but made it look worse). He lied to me and told me he would mix color into the concrete. His Concrete finishers spoke english. The guys pumping concrete from the truck spoke Spanish. Finishers were complaining the whole time that they needed to finish one area at a time. Guys pumping concrete poured by side walk, then driveway back in fourth several times. Subsequently stuff was drying our of order. Colors and stamps don't line up or match. The finishers complained about not having proper tools. No one put up caution tape to keep people off wet concrete. 10 minutes later amazon delivery guy was walking across it. Bobcat cracked our basketball court, ripped gutter off the side of my house, cracked sidewalk in front of our house. Raphael complained to me that he was unable to return my text because he had gotten arrested for violating a restraining order. He asked me for video of him at my house to prove to a judge that he was at my house. He left my yard a mess for 3 weeks leaving concrete chunks and trash all over. On final day he attempted to pour more concrete at driveway approach right up against existing (didn't match & looked worse). Then he painted our sidewalk white, and our approach gray lying to us saying it would dry clear. Finally Raphael told me the job was completed and asked for final 20%. I asked him to fix the before mentioned issues and then I would happily pay him. I showed him where his stamped lines don't line up. I showed him where the color wasn't uniform. I asked him to remove the concrete and paint off my house where he didn't protect it with plastic. Also to have my pool checked for leaks. Raphael became irate. He got a jack hammer out of his van in an attempt to jackhammer up the sidewalk. I unplugged it and wouldn't allow him to use our electricity. Then he went and jumped up and down in the wet concrete approach he had just poured. He walked out of our yard into the street and tried to come back but I stood at my property line moving back in fourth like a barrier not allowing him to come back. He called the police, lied and said that I pushed him and that he was injured. He didn't realize that my wife had been recording the whole thing with her cell phone. We showed the video to the police. They took a report, recommended that we sue him civilly and they made him leave. read more

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DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH RALPH!!!! I hired Ralph and his company a year ago. Ralph likes to pretend that he's going to be your best friend and take care of you no matter what. That is a lie. I have a five year warranty under contract and in less than a year both sides of my fencing is falling apart. I have called and text Ralph for the last eight months and it's one excuse after another. He is a liar and does not make good on his promises or legal contracts. I now have to hire a new fencing company to come out and do the repairs on his awful, shotty work. All he needed to do was send one of his men over for a few hours to fix the problems but he lies and says he's out of the country, he has Covid there was a death in the family blah blah blah. However, I see he's taking new customers. So Ralph, don't try to pretend you don't know me because I'll be more than happy to add photos of the text messages between us. I will be sending you the bill for the new fencing company and you will be hearing from my lawyer. You were the biggest mistake and disappointment I could've made in hiring anyone. I repeat do not trust him, his lies. He's a flimflam, cheesy car dealer salesman with no integrity. Oh and I noticed that he got rid of his old Google listing and started this new one. He used to have wonderful reviews and dozens of them. Now I see he has a very low rating and almost no reviews with a different phone number. Nice try!!! Check out the photos below of his lovely work. read more

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We hired Raffa Group for the installation of two double gates with horizontal wood. We needed this project done asap. Raffa Group did an outstanding job. They answered every phone call and every text message. I was impressed overall by this company's commitment to excellent quality of work and completing the job in a timely manner. We are very pleased with the outcome. The gates are both beautiful and well built. We can tell this company takes pride in going above and beyond for their customers. It is hard to find that kind of service and so I will be recommending this company to family and friends. read more

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Raffa and Martha have not returned a duplicate payment from my credit card, it has been 5 months since I made $6,336.59 payment while my other outstanding balance was in dispute. The reason for the dispute of the outstanding balance was because of no shows and if they showed, executed very poor quality work of my $16K project. To this date, there are 3 gates still not working properly. When they deiced to come back in February, to just move forward, I had no choice but to agree to end the project, so we can open our business. I reluctantly paid them the outstanding balance, which is a duplicate payment. In May 2022, the disputed payment was released to them by BofA, and NOW THEY HAVE 2 PAYMENTS. After 3 months of emails, phone calls, begging to credit me back my dupe payment, NO HEAR, NO TALK, NO EMAILS from RAFFA and his Admin/Office Manager MARTHA. THEY OPERATE FRAUDULENTLY AND HAS NO INTEGRITY TO SHOW TO THEIR CLIENTS. PLEASE GIVE ME BACK MY DUPLICATE PAYMENT OF $6,336.59 MAKE IT RIGHT FOR YOUR CLIENT FOR A CHANGE. read more

After 2 missed appointments and no communication , I would never recommend this fence contractor. The lady whom set up our appointments was very pleasant over the phone and assured us he would be at the property but he was a no show. read more

I am so disappointed and angry with the dishonesty and deceit that Mr. Raffia or Raphael don't know what is the real name presented to me. My contact with Raffia Group began 4/5/2021 for a Aluminum & Dura Fence with gates, 2 car driveways, motorized gate and mailbox. Took deposits, payments for all permits, he ignored calls directly to him, had to talked to other staff from his company, I was given various excuse for months. After getting fed up listening to the untruths/excuses. March 2022 I made contact with Dept of Regulation and was told that I would need to request an extension on my permit and it was not abandoned and is being pursed in good faith even though the Raffa Group did not follow-up an the permit was pending expiration. I had to request and pay for the extension of the permit. April 2022 Mr. Raffia contacted me and stated my fence and driveway project would began. The workers were unprofessional, messy, careless and gave little concern of the appearance of the property as they worked and destroyed property that they failed to inform me of until I brought it to Mr. Raffia attention. He a course defended his workers as they denied any damage but he later agreed to replace/repair. The motor for the gate was installed, the fence was installed the final completion of the driveway could not be done until the re-grassing near the driveway was replaced for the county to approve it. I was told once it was done to contact him and they would come back and complete the driveway. My finally balanced of 12,250 was paid in full on 5/18/22 and the check was cashed on 5/19/22. I have tried since 5/31/2022 to reach Mr. Raffia and he responded on 6/10/22 that he was out of town and would return on 6/14/22. Thus far after numerous attempts I have yet to receive any response. On July 5,2022 the motor that was installed for the gate stopped working. Still, no response from Mr. Raffia or anyone from his company... 1) I have no finished driveways, 2) a non-functioning motorized gate 3) a driveway gate that opens partially. So I can honestly say I'm angry, disappointed, and Upset. It sad to think that you trust in good faith what people say is truthful but in reality it is not. read more

Moved to Surfside...LESS THAN 1-Star. DON'T GIVE THIS GUY one penny. Stay away...he will promise you everything but give you nothing. After 6 months, NO permits. I wanted my money back and he told me that he already spent it on Materials. I asked for the Materials so we could settle up and he has not responded. I had to hire a lawyer. STAY AWAY! STAY AWAY! read more

I had no issues with Raffa whatsoever, the team did great work and I was thoroughly pleased with how my project turned out. Had a fence repair/install done and a pergola constructed and I couldn't be happier with the results. Would definitely do business with Raffa again. read more

Raffa Group did an excellent job putting up my fence. Ihighly recommend this company to anyone looking to have quality work done on their property. Michael J Smith read more

Excellent the only delay was the delivery of the materials, once the materials were at my house they completed the job within 3 days, I highly recommend them read more

If half of half of a star was available I would pick that. This man, is rude, a liar, full of excuses and has a license under SOMEONE ELSES NAME. The name is Sebally Dany. His name is Rafa Saliba. Who is this man. He made excuse after excuse. He had a death in his family, he was in the hospital, then someone backed out of the bob cat auger rental, then the auger broke. He made us pay an extra $700 to remove hedges as he claimed he couldn't to the job with them there. He tried to "threaten" us by saying something about a ticket and "you will see what I mean in 2 weeks". So not only is he a crook, he's untrustworthy, and don't let this man set foot on your property. Angie's list shows nothing but terrible reviews. He will have his license revoked eventually as other people are reporting him. read more

Raffa installed fences and gates on my property but the quality was really bad and the installation was badly executed. One of the fences fell apart in few months because wasn't well installed, Raffa never came to fix or replace it and stopped responding to my messages. Was an expensive service and now I'll have to hire another company to replace the fence. read more

Don't ever use this company! We hired Raffa to do a fence, cement back the backyard & remove tree stumps. After a 3 month wait the fence and cement were finally complete. However, one month after the cement was put down it started bubbling and peeling. For the tree stumps he injected them with a liquid and said they would die within 2 or 3 months. It's been 10 months and they are exactly the same. As for the cement, he promised time and time again that he would re-do it. Then he said to wait a couple of months for it to settle and he would return and fix it. After 4 months I contacted him yesterday and he said he was out of business, which is a blatant lie, and that he wasn't going to fix anything! Now I have to pay to re-do the entire cement and remove the tree stumps. The worst company I have ever used!!! read more

I did my fence and driveway with this company. I will recommend raffa group to anybody that needs a new fence or driveway

I got several estimates and received the best one from the Raffa Group. He took care of the permit and verified the estimate. Due to Covid it took some time from the City to get the permit but ones everything was approved it went very quick. Raffa called again to verify the color and availability. They removed the chain link fence and took it with them for disposal. Dura Fence looks awesome. A tip to other people read your contract before you sign it to avoid mishaps. When you change the type of fence speak with Raffa he will adjust just don't change you mind in the midst of the project. read more

My neighbor had the work done by this guy and it was quick and look pretty official so I called him for a estimate came out in any estimate we renegotiated the deal he gave me a better price but said no permit, so wife and I decided we would pull the permit on her own. Call him when I thought the permit was approved . Told him come by and get the check , Realized I didn't have the notice of commencement file called her back within an hour so don't come get the check waiting on the permit, man got angry and told me to take my business elsewhere that the city was going to give him a hard time don't know how I pulled a permit sent me nasty text messages about not wanting my business to go with some other company because he gave me money off would not hire this man has anger management problems read more

I gave Raphael Saliba a check for $3604 on Dec 18, 2018. Today is Feb 18, 2018 and No fence. my permit was denied 2x because of Raffa engineering issues. My other neighbors received their permits in 1 week from other fence companies. Raffa group lied repeatedly about going to the County to resolve the permit issue. I spoke to the permitting office and nobody from Raffa had ever gone to the office. I want my money back immediately. NOT RECOMMENDED. Buyer beware. read more

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