I hired Peter Giancola and Sons to replace my driveway and sidewalks and repair my front steps, the concrete around the stone was cracked and crumbling. After saying it would be done the last week of April, the work wasn't done until the last week of June and finished on July first. During that time, I had to call Greg Costa, the owner of the company, several times to find out when the work would be done. He never called me to let me know that they were behind schedule or when they would show up to do the work.
This company caused several thousand dollars' worth of damage to my landscaping, garage and lawn. My and my neighbor's lawn need topsoil and reseeding. There are pieces of concrete all over the edge of the lawn as well as a coffee cup lid in the soil where there should be grass. Giancola just threw some seed down when they were done with the job.
Two mature plants were destroyed. One of the plantings was part of a hedge so now the whole hedge needs to be replaced. Edging is missing as well as landscape fabric, topsoil and decorative stone. There are areas where there are piles of river rock under the landscape fabric. Stakes and pieces of edging were left in the landscaping. There are concrete footprints on the stones.
The trim on the outside of my garage and the trim around the doors need to be replaced. It is bent and torn. There is concrete on my garage siding.
The part of the driveway between the sidewalk and the street was not replaced. Greg Costa never said that it wouldn't be replaced. It's part of the driveway! They damaged that as well and "patched" it. I told him it was unacceptable, that the patch job would crack and it has.
They had to come back to fix the front steps and the concrete they used was dirty, for lack of a better word. That was never done right or finished. The concrete that was removed was tossed in my landscaping.
After numerous phone calls to Greg Costa and promises to make everything right nothing has been done. It has been three months! It is very upsetting to walk out of my home and see the damage they have done to my property. Now I am paying to have everything repaired and replaced. I am also filing a complaint with the NJ State licensing board and the BBB. read more