Who out there knows a good, reliable and trustworthy concrete guy? No one I knew before did, and neither did I until I called Efrain at Rosoca construction.
I have had concrete work done by several different outfits in the past, and every time, the work was sub-par, over priced, and the guy was flakey as can be. On my current home, the concrete guy I used scammed a bunch of my neighbors out of thousands of dollars and turned out to be the most unreliable and shifty guy I ever met. So, I asked around, and out of all my friends only one recommendation came up for me and he warned me that the guy was flakey (big surprise) but did good work. The guy came out and bid my job but it seemed really high. I needed to have all my drains redone, and a bunch of decomposed granite and dead grass hauled away to be replaced with concrete and artificial turf.
I ended up going on yelp and finding Rosoca Construction. He had a lot of positive reviews and was local to me so I messaged them on yelp on a Saturday afternoon and received a response in minutes which I did not expect. I met Efrain, who said he could come by in a half hour and give me a free estimate. Efrain came over and we walked into the backyard i the pouring rain. I explained the job to him and he got his laser measuring device out and took measurements. He got all the measurements and said he could put the numbers together in a day or two. I thought, ok this seems more legit than the last guy who just came over here, whipped out a tape measure, wrote down everything on his hand and pulled a ridiculous number out of the air in 10 minutes. Anyway, we parted ways and to my surprise, a few hours later he gave me a quote for the job with different option pricing for things we discussed. It was substantially lower than the other guy that bid the job, so I was already interested.
Efrain came by another day to discuss the job and I let him know that I am very skeptical of any concrete company because all I know is horror stories and have experienced a nightmare myself with this same property. We discussed it further and came to an agreement regarding the payment that made me feel 100% confident he would finish the job and I wouldn't get taken advantage of. He pulled up an actual contract and I signed it that day.
His crew started immediately working on Tuesday morning removing the old material (by hand because a bobcat won't fit through my gate) that in itself was a huge job and they knocked it out ridiculously fast. I was on vacation at the time so I was able to watch the entire job as it went on. His guys worked nonstop from 7am to 5 or 6 pm Tuesday through Friday prepping for the new concrete, turf and drainage. Before they left each day they swept my driveway and backyard existing concrete and picked up all the trash material which I really appreciated. I saw Efrain out there and talked to him almost every day. He was so meticulous with the grade for the drainage and answered all my question in person and through text without hesitation and with confidence as I will admit I was a pain in the rear end I'm sure! He's a good guy and as I got to know him and a few times I remember saying, I'm sorry to be that pain in the rear customer with all my questions. He was very polite and said he understood my concerns and I could feel free to ask him anything as this was my house and he wanted me to be happy. That really put me at ease.
Saturday morning the concrete truck arrived and his guys got right on it. It was awesome because I was able to watch the job unfold. Let me tell you, his crew is skilled!!! They were smooth and knew exactly what they were doing as if they were all synchronized. And my turf turned out excellent and was installed with great precision.
We have lived here 5 years now and we have spent more time with my kids in the backyard in the last couple months than we have in the entire 5years we've lived here!! My kids are back there all the time now riding their bikes around the little sidewalk he built, my dogs are out running through the artificial turf every day and it is holding up great. The concrete work is a work of art. Literally, an absolute work of art. He uses better grade concrete and looking at my existing concrete compared to the work I just received I can tell it is a high quality mixture. It has rained quite a bit after the job was done and my yard never floods anymore, it is always clean and I get nothing but compliments from any guest that comes over to the house.
I am very grateful to have found Efrain at Rosoca Construction, and I will be and have been recommending him to anyone in need of concrete or artificial turf. He will be the ONLY one I trust to do anything at my property from now on. Thank you Efrain, it is absolutely amazing!!! I'll post some pictures up later on if I can get them downloaded. read more