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    2.3 (25 reviews)
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    Fence and gate installation

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    Trash left behind the first day working on the job
    Babygirlinmiami S.

    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.

    PVC fence installed around our property

    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.

    Color not uniform. Stamp lines inconsistent don't line up.

    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.

    Marco M.

    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.

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

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    Brandon came out to service our 15 year old garage door that was making terrible noises. He was on…read moretime, explained what needed to be done, and got right to work. Replaced the worn rollers and lubricated everything. Door is so quiet now I can barely hear it. Service took about an hour. Price was reasonable for the work done.

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