Well, this is a convoluted story. We were looking for a mason to do a patio. We saw this company working on a job, saw him again at another job. The work was great. and we hooked up with him. We do not have his name written down. All we know is that he had a truck that had "Masonry Plus Construction" on the side of the truck. He was a great guy and we liked him from the start. However, when they arrived to do the job, a different guy came, named Marcus. He told us that he bought the company from the first guy and he went back to Brazil. We didn't get a comfortable feeling with Marcus from the get go. Nothing specific really, looking back. Unfortunately, we never got a written estimate from the first dude. That was a mistake I won't ever make again. This guy came with his crew and put in our patio. The patio looked great but there was a couple things we did not like. The guys cut some brick on top of the patio which caused cuts in the bricks below them. Looks like hell. It is covered by our furniture but not great. Also, at the outside edge, it wasn't secured by concrete and the rain washed the sand away. The entire edge needed to be reinforced before we could finish the area. We had added a couple of other things to our original estimate so there was a small increase in price EXCEPT, we had asked to have a cobblestone border around an area that we wanted to use as a lobster/steamer eating and cooking area which is 20ft x 10ft on 2 sides only. This was already added into our estimate with the first guy. Marcus also told us he'd do it. Although, when the patio was finished, he never came back. This spring, we called Marcus. Told him we needed the border done and would like to put a block walkway in. Well, now a third guy shows up and says he's doing the estimates. Never saw him before. He gives us a price of $5000 to add the walk. We said no-way. However, they have never come back to finish the first job. I'm not sure how this business is run, but I'm not real happy with them. I think a 2 star review is adequate for this company. You are welcome to visit and check the patio out, just PM me or email me at:
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