A JOB WELL DONE We…read morehave a long concrete driveway that curves up a hill to our home. The driveway is 47 years old and was in need of repairs to the driveway and to replace a low curved concrete wall on one side of the driveway, which was badly damaged by time and a large truck. From the Yelp website, I selected 3 five-star contractors for bids to repair the driveway. I'm in my late eighties and handicapped, but in my younger days I worked in construction starting back in 1952 as an apprentice carpenter. I have worked on many projects where I built forms to pour concrete for homes, high rise buildings, and underground tunnels. I have also worked on cementing casing in oil wells as deep as two miles and I have personally poured and finished concrete at my own home. So needless to say, I know a lot about concrete and construction in general. Now that I'm too old and crippled up to work, I'm always apprehensive when I have to hire men to work for me. All too often you get people who lack the skill and experience to do a proper job and often, they don't care how the job turns out. Then they leave behind a mess for the homeowner to clean up. When Oswaldo Minez came to look the job over prior to submitting a bid, I was very impressed with his knowledge and attitude. He told me he was the son of a father and son business and that was my background as well until my father's early death at a young age. The bid from Minez Concrete was the lowest bid and I gave them the contract. A few days later they called to say they had an unscheduled delay in their next job and they could begin work at our home. Oswaldo said they would show up at 7 AM and to my surprise the crew arrived right on time and every day thereafter. Oswaldo's father, Ramon is in charge of the actual work and I could tell right from the start that Ramon is an old school craftsman. He has trained his crew to be competent workers. Too often companies in southern California show up with a boss, who doesn't know what he is doing, and untrained men hired to work by the day. Not the Minez Company, their men are professional workers, who know their craft. On several occasions I have hired people and had to stand there all day making sure the job was done right and sometimes pitching in myself to do the job. After watching the Minez crew for a short time, I knew we were in good hands and I went back into the house. Every time I came out to observe progress there was Ramon supervising his men while working beside them to give us a first-rate job. The repairs all turned out beautifully and several people have commented upon how nice the driveway looks. To be honest, I wasn't expecting the work to go so smoothly and quickly. It was such a surprise and relief to be treated so well with a beautiful result. Oswaldo kept us informed regarding progress and his suggestions and those of Ramon contributed greatly to the final outcome. If you want a first-class experience at a fair price then hire Minez Concrete. They know what they are doing and they do the job right for a fair price. In today's world, that is rare.

Minez Concrete did exactly what we needed done. Ozzie and his employees were there early every…read moremorning. Built a retaining wall, leveled the yards, added drains from back yard to the Front yard. Replaced sidewalks, driveway and patio..They were efficient, dependable and finished In such a reasonable amount of time. I would recommend them to family they were so impressive. Thank you Ozzie Connie K

Shafiaq Khouli and his SK Concrete team built on our back yard a 14' x 14' SPA niche including a…read more12' x 12' x 5" reinforced concrete pad, foundation, drainage, three sides surrounding half high retaining walls and embedded SPA electrical wiring conduit. They also installed footing drain (French drain) on the back retaining wall, backfilled with the usual gravel, crushed stone and covered the outside of the walls with installed paneled stone veneer. They also did the initial former structure demolition, debris hauling and the requested earth moving and other necessary small retaining walls reassembly. It sounds like an easy simple job but, believe me, it got complicated quite soon. Along the construction way, I was able to interact with the crew and bounce ideas and corrections which were followed to my customer satisfaction, resulting in more than a very acceptable final product. When the inevitable, beyond his control, the one odd crew helper misbehavior occurred on the job, this contractor immediately corrected it, got on top of the problem and smoothly and quickly we had no more of an issue here. He also facilitated for me the customer to bring my own tile / stone wall-caps products and installer guys, which ended doing a beautiful job we're very proud of. Pricing fair, not inexpensive. Job done acceptable, with your own (the customer) continuous supervision and being able to stop working crew's irreparable mistakes before they happened, however, the final product came out well built and functional as we imagined and expected, we are grateful for that. Thanks again to Shafiaq and SK Concrete for accepting working on our small home project and for including us in their busy commercial and industrial schedule.

Great experience from beginning to end. The crew showed up on the day and time we agreed to do a…read morewalkthrough of the project. There were two spots where he said his crew could do the work, but said it would be really easy for me to do in a couple hours to save some money. Which I really appreciated him not up selling me. Then I received the bid the next day. After we went into contract his team showed up and started the work. It was started on Monday and pouring concrete on Saturday. They were great to work with and respected our house. What I especially appreciated was the care they took to ensure nothing around the house was damaged. This was a pleasant experience and I would recommend SK Concrete to anyone for their big or small project.

This is a delayed review for Tarantino Masonry. The owner is professional and provides excellent…read morework at a reasonable price. He does the work himself . He cares about detail and finished our job on time. He gave good recommendations. We had brickwork added to our column and as a decoration around our garage to match. I would absolutely hire him again .

Tarantino Masonry did a fantastic job creating a new driveway for us and his quote was lower than…read moreany of the other "big name" companies that we called. The space required some creativity to figure out the best way to make it work and Art did a great job explaining his ideas to us and how much everything would cost. He did such a good job that we asked if he could quote on doing another section of our yard before he finished the driveway. We were able to do both areas for less that what either of the other landscaping/masonry companies quoted us for just the driveway. Art also did a good job managing our expectations on timing and continued to answer questions after the job was done. I would definitely recommend Tarantino Masonry to any homeowner in the San Diego area.

Jake exceeded my expectations! He was on-time and delivered. I highly recommend him and look…read moreforward to next year when I redo my back patio.

We needed our driveway extended and are not disappointed with the finished result! Jake and his…read moreteam did a great job and not only finished much quicker than expected but also at a significantly lower price than other companies in our area. We look forward to calling Jake when we need our back patio redone!

Just dropped in to RCP to ask a quick question about a landscaping project. The first guy I…read moreapproached at the counter was on his computer and said, "Someone will be right with you." After a few moments, he pointed down the counter and said maybe someone down there could help me, so I walked down to ask the girl he pointed at. She was also on her computer and likewise said, "Someone will be right with you." After standing there for several minutes without being helped, I walked out. I'll go with a place that actually wants my business instead of being too busy typing to help a customer in front of them.

Great service , timely deliveries good products highly recommend this business. Sales associates…read moreare very friendly and helpful

FMJ Concrete repaired our brick wall at the property that I manage and did an excellent job. They…read morewere professional, provided a great proposal, responded quickly, and completed the work on schedule. Communication was easy in both English and Spanish. Highly recommend!

Superior Customer service and workmanship. Junior provided exacting details for retaining wall…read morerepairs in our HOA community. FMJ's crew of Carlos, Fernando, Gloria & Israel labored in the intense heat to complete the job ahead of schedule. Afterwards they meticulously cleaned up the entire work area. Great quality as well as value when compared to competitor bids. Would highly recommend FMJ and would certainly use them again for any of our community concrete requirements.

Dave and his crew are hard working contractors who did a great job with our very large patio. The…read morecrew discovered some broken pipe which they also replaced at no extra charge. Dave's prices are very fair. I will use Dave again for any job large or small. They service all of San Diego County The job site was spotless when they left.noqhYp-9qamky-gaxma

Absolutely thrilled with Dave Lozoya and his work…read more Dave is extremely professional, punctual, honest and thorough. He really understood our "vision" and explained all of our options to us to help us make the most educated decisions on our driveway renovation. He did not pressure us to make a decision to move forward with the quoted job right away, gave us ample time to think about our options, and got us on schedule to start work with no delay as soon as we were ready. Our driveway was extremely old uneven asphalt and our side yard was dirt and overgrown weeds. He demo'd and poured a beautiful driveway and side yard pathway for us. Pictures provided. We experienced a hiccup during the job which was out of both party's control (unexpected city street paving) and Dave and his team handled it very seamlessly. Dave was very understanding, cooperative and accommodating and rearranged the job schedule to finish the job on a Saturday without hesitation. We will definitely be calling Dave in the future for all of our concrete needs. Highly recommend!

Superior hooked me up with some parking lot paint striping for my commercial property in Oceanside…read more A+ quality and value!

driver was backing out of my neighbors house an bottomed out twice digging up my asphalt. then…read moretried to leave before giving me a phone number. shady company filing civil suit and letting there insurance company know. real pieces of crap here.