!Contractor Scam! Key points: (1.) He didn't finish the job he was paid to do (2.) He collected a deposit for a second job and didn't do the work and didn't refund the money. The sad part is all he had to do was finish the work I paid him for and return the money for the landscaping job that he never started and I probably would've given him a five star review. A neighbor and friend who used Josh Beltran for their concrete referred me. They were happy with his concrete work but disappointed in the subcontractor that he used for the lawn and landscaping. My neighbors complaints were the ground wasn't properly leveled for the lawn, poor drainage, and poor sprinkler coverage which led to large areas of grass pooling with water and large areas that died. His name is Daniel. You will see his name in a previous yelp review on Josh's yelp page. Him and Josh give each other referrals for work. The concrete patio work I hired Josh for was going well and the workers he sent over we're very nice and professional. Other then some difficulties getting a hold of Josh by phone when I had questions, the work was going well. In fact so well that Josh proposed he do the lawn portion of my backyard project. I told him how my neighbor felt about the work done at his house and Josh said, "well that's because they went with another guy". I was a little confused because my neighbor said that Daniel was a direct referral from josh but I thought whatever, maybe he has a couple different landscapers that he subs out to or refers to . He went on to say that if I hired him for the job it would be done right and turn out above my expectations, going into great detail about how he would do the work. Not having any reason to doubt him at this point I agreed with the condition that he doesn't use the same subcontractor (Daniel). At this point Josh had collected a $2500 deposit on the lawn portion of my project and the only thing left to do on my concrete work was clean up and finish trenching the backyard drainage system to my front yard curb so that when it rained I wouldn't get any areas of my yard that pooled or flooded. No work for the lawn had begun... no leveling of the ground, no trenching for the irrigation systems, no product ordered or delivered. A week goes by with nothing being done at my house before the lawn subcontractor shows up and lo and behold it's Daniel, literally the only person I asked him not to subcontract the job out to. After not returning my phone calls for a week I get an email response from Josh stating he has no one else he can sub the work out to. He apologize for the inconvenience and said he would refund me my deposit and be out soon to finish the drainage system that was part of the original concrete contract. Like I said at this point I still would've given Josh five stars on his review having only been inconvenienced a little bit by having to find a new lawn subcontractor. But unfortunately this is where the story turns for the worse. Days and weeks go by... I never received a phone call (and he has stopped answering my phone calls ),I never receive a check... and no one comes out to finish the drainage system. I get an occasional email that states"The check is in the mail", or "my office is processing the refund". He strung me along for weeks and months before I realized he was never going to refund me my money. I held back writing this review for months in hopes that he would do the right thing and refund me my deposit. But his morals and ethics are very apparent at this point. I eventually hired another lawn guy who did amazing work, Carlos from Turf solutions "Turf guy".I had to pay him a little extra to finish the drainage system that Josh never completed but he was worth every penny and did my lawn and landscaping for $1500 (30% less) under what Josh was going to charge me, and that was with completing the drainage system. In one email I received from Josh he argued that he wasn't obligated to finish the backyard drainage system because he was going to complete it with the Lawn portion which I canceled. This made no sense to me seeing how the drainage system was part of the original contract way before I even decided to hire him to do my lawn. In closing Josh Beltran is a dishonest contractor who doesn't finish work and scams people out of deposits. I can only hope this review serves as a warning to those who do their research before hiring him. If Josh ever decides to do the right thing and refund me my money and apologize I would be happy to remove my review. read more

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Found this company at a Home Show event at the OC Fairgrounds and set an appt for them to come out and give us a quote for our brand new home. We set the appt, but had to change it to the following week which was this past Sat. So far so good. Well, day of the appt, nobody shows. We called and left a message for the company and still have not received a call back. Now that I'm reading the other reviews of this company being unreliable, I should probably be glad that everything fell through.... I was really looking forward to working with them, seeing that they are a family based business, but customer service is number one, especially when dealing with numbers this high. read more

I've never done a negative review on anyone in my life, I'm generally petty forgiving, but after being dicked around by these guys for a week and a half I feel they deserve it. I really wanted to like them because their pictures of their work look great, but after trying to get an adjusted quote from them I will never do business with them. First quote: absurd price 40% more then any other quote we got. I figured hey maybe their quality is that good, so my wife asks if they can give us a lighter color (as the darker is more expensive) and maybe take 1-2 feet off the depth of the patio to save some money and get us within our budget. Nope! Won't do it, your price is your price none of this will change how much we're charging you. So they wouldn't give us an adjusted quote after taking about a week to get me the first quote. At this point I'm so mad they wasted my time I'm hoping they don't waste yours either. read more

Josh helped me out when a "contractor" abandoned an unfinished concrete project at my home. He was patient, understanding and stepped up when other contractors wouldn't touch someone else's issues. He is very knowlegible about the concrete industry and will help you design a layout specific to your needs. Seeing some of the past reviews, i can tell you sometimes its better to decide on someone who costs a little bit more, because most likey he is using better materials than some of the others on craigslist. I would use Beltran Concrete again on my next project. read more

I'm very disappointed with this company, the first day he came, gave me a quote that was a bit higher than other contractors (24% to be precise) but Josh seemed very professional and said that they were going to finish the project in 10 days aprox. Well it took almost 3 months for them to finish and did not do the job as i specified it, i even gave him drawing with dimensions on what to do in my front yard and they did a totally different thing without consulting me before doing it. When i asked to fix what they did he wanted to charge an additional $1500. and to top it off, after cashing my check (largest payment) aprox 2 weeks after starting the project, i called Josh several times and he never returned a single call, i must to have called him about 10 times in a period of 3 weeks which by the way nobody showed up to continue the work during that time. My advice for everyone that need a contractor, make your own contract, pay only for materials delivered and for labor completed, because in many cases such as mine (unfortunately) with this contractor, after taking a large payment, they may disappear on you for a while. And when they do things wrong they wont fix it. No, i would not recommend this contractor to a friend. read more

Josh and his crew were very professional and on time with their project, they did a great job and at a reasonable price.i would definitely recommend them to my family and friends.. read more