I was referred to Schrupps by a family member who praises Ray (the owner) and said they were the most reasonably priced.
Service: I requested a lot to be cleared of bramble (1 year growth poplar and shrub), lot gently leveled (nothing major), and some gravel for a driveway and pad for parking.
I had a deadline and they implied it would be met. I did not receive a quote, but assumed it would be fair and reasonable because of my families referral and experience with them.
Quality: The lot was done the day before the deadline in the late afternoon. It was not done quite as we spoke about, but I accepted it as done and finished. I ended up having to have a second company come in and move a couple things that didn't turn out well with Schrupps.
Value/Price: They billed me double what I was expecting (two thousand instead of the one thousand mark that another fellow estimated). The biggest area of price was bobcat work, they showed up late afternoon and billed for almost 6 hours- I'm not sure that was accurate- but I wasn't there the whole time monitoring either.
My advice is to get quotes. Make sure they KNOW what you want, exactly, because the people doing the actual work may need clarification. But there are a lot of excavators in the area now - and I feel like the praise my family members had about the owner may be because it was so long ago. Perhaps the owner (Raymond) is retiring and this is the new face and direction of the company. If that is so, who know if I'll hire them again. But from now on, it's more than one call I make and more then one estimate I will consider, and I don't know if I'd chance this company again. read more