We decided to get our old asphalt driveway and sidewalk (concrete) walkway removed and replaced. After talking and getting a quote from one other company, we decided to go with JD Construction as they were doing another job right down the street. We walked down to ask them to come by and they did right away. The brother that own the company are extremely nice, knowledgable and professional. We told them what we were looking for, then made recommendations and drew up a contract. They would begin within 3 weeks. A week later they were back and within a day our entire driveway and walk were removed and everything was tamped down and prepped. After sitting for awhile we decided on pavers for the walk (they bring you samples to choose from) and a design. The walkway went in on two days and it was VERY nicely done. It looks perfect. They also concrete the sides to that everything is right and not as likely to shift. A few days later they came back and the driveway went in in a couple hours. The guys were great. The workers were courteous and cleaned up really well at the end of each day. We were happy with the speed at which the project was completed, the fact that we're were involved from beginning to end (they keep you totally in the loop and let you know why thy are doing certain things or using certain materials), and the price seemed pretty fair, especially for the area. I would highly recommend them for any similar projects. read more

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if you are still going to hire them despite the reviews then: get an estimate in writing. consult ai about how to draw up a real estimate. do not, do not give them any money ahead of time. use progress payments. do not fall for the story that they need your money to buy materials. reimburse them when the materials are delivered and you see the invoice. have a third party inspect the final construction as it proceeds. do not make a final payment until a third party verifies the quality of the work. you will probably not see or hear from them again if there is a problem. read more

I was hired by Weir Construction to clean a salon, and the experience was extremely frustrating. They rescheduled on me twice after I had already arranged childcare for my two kids, only to tell me they weren't ready when I arrived. On the third attempt, I completed the job in a building with no heat or AC--temperatures were extremely high, making the work conditions very difficult. I spent two full days cleaning and made sure to go over the floors multiple times. We had agreed on around $500 for the work, including cancellations, but I was never paid. After completing the job, communication stopped completely. I also drove about 45 minutes each way multiple times, covering gas expenses out of pocket. Overall, I would rate 0 stars, definitely recommend not working with this company due to lack of communication, poor planning, and failure to pay for completed services. read more

This company did work for my parents and it was unsatisfactory, just like a lot of the other reviews here claim. My father reached out multiple times and has been ignored. Sad that these guys are West Hartford natives like my parents, you would think they would care to make it right. Hope this helps - although, the overall 2 star rating speaks for itself. read more

Had these guys come out to replace some existing walkways and stone steps. The work they did Lasted about 1-2 years. I emailed them asking about repairs and got no response. read more

Although JD Construction is run by two charming gentleman, my interaction with them was not up to the level of service I would expect from a company. Very quick to come out and give a quote, and a timeframe as to when the service will be done. However once the job started, I feel like had I not called and constantly ask them when they were coming to start or complete the job, I would've waited much longer than the eight weeks to get my driveway paved. They had all the excuses as to why they were not here at the hour they specified, The excuses continued as to why they weren't here at their new time. When they did show, six hours later than the original time, they spoke to me in a very condescending and disrespectful way. Being a disabled woman, in a wheelchair, I cannot help but think they thought they could treat my driveway paving job as a small job that would get bumped when a bigger job was landed. When I spoke to them at the time they gave me the quote, I specifically asked if they did their own work or if they contracted it out. I was told they did the own work. However, after bringing the machines to my residence, three gentlemen came in a separate car and proceeded to do my driveway as James left the job. My main concern was not being able to communicate if it was contracted out, and it became exactly the issue. Also disappointing, was the manner in which they left my property. Water bottles strewn on my porch and yard, and a big chunk of asphalt in one if my window wells. No receipt or care instructions were left as agreed upon. Overall, very disappointing! read more

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Hired them for a new retaining wall and front pavers with a new walkway and front step. This company had great communication and worked diligently everyday until the project was complete. They were very affordable and great to work with. The finished product looks better than I had imagined! I would both recommend them to anyone and use them again. read more

Driveway has a huge crack after only 3 years. Driveway that was done at a previous home by Maglieri started getting small cracks after 20 years!! read more

A few summers ago, JDC was scheduled to come over at 5pm and estimate paving my driveway. No phone call, no text message. They simply never showed. I called them and asked if they were running late. No apologies, they said they can't make it and asked me if I was planning on attending Celebrate West Hartford. I asked why. They told me that they have a booth there and we can talk then. I told them, even if I'm at Celebrate WH, my driveway won't be. I was reminded to write this review after noticing most of the driveways they worked on in my new neighborhood crumbling apart in such a short time. I'm happy they never showed to the scheduled estimate. Very thankful I did not hire them. read more

I am surprised to see so many one star reviews on JD Construction. We chose this company out of 4 other estimates to repaving our driveway, not because they were the lowest price but because of the quality of work they assured us. They did not disappoint. The brothers impressed us with their professional knowledge and detail in explaining the job. The project went as expected, taking 3-4 weeks from removal of old asphalt to installing new pavement. The workers were diligent and an owner was always on site. They cleaned up and left our yard in better condition than they found it! The new driveway is definitely an improvement to the outside view of our home. We recommend J D Construction for asphalt paving read more

Jd construction did my driveway for the previous owner less than 5 years ago. Apparently they came through the neighborhood stating that they would give a deal because they had multiple driveways in the area. Well, here I am looking for a new driveway as mine is spider webbing, sinking, with chunks coming up. I have less that 1/2 inch of asphalt over 2 inches of process. (Not even close to what should be used) They total skimped on the material in order to cut deals and fool customers....Shame on them! read more

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James and Thomas were professional, knowledgeable, and very easy to work with. The patio they installed is beautiful and the work was completed exactly when they promised. Highly recommend them! read more

Hired this company to do a metal roof, porches, and a handicap ramp, paid him $9,000 up front for materials and to get started. He showed up with mixed matching steel and when I complained, he said he couldn't afford to get the materials I wanted, and never came back. This company is not licensed with contractors board and he is a crook. When I still try to call him, he either hangs up on me or just won't answer. read more

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Had them replace my driveway. Careless - Broke sever tree branches, took out a lot more grass area than needed. Spilled asphalt not cleaned up. Spilled oil/gas on new driveway. Dumped dirt behind garage. Incompetent - Did not properly grade driveway leading to large deep puddles in finished product. When I withheld payment they came back and put in a drain across the driveway to deal with drainage. Very sloppy, unprofessional work. Essentially leaving untrained laborers to do the work and then calling it good. Could not pave a straight line except when trying to pave a curved line. A very expensive mistake on my part. Stay far, far away from them! read more

I have had several experiences with JD Construction, although the I've never had work done with them personally. First, I called them to get a quote on replacing some front steps. One of the main contractors came to check out the job. He was very charming and seemed honest. He quoted me $7K and several days to get my brick front steps replaced and a paver pathway laid. This was extremely high ... I got another licensed contractor to complete the project about two weeks later for $3K and one day using the same materials JD had quoted me $7K for. It turned out amazing and a year later still looks fabulous, so I'm happy with my decision not to go with JD. However ... While JD was at my house for a quote, it turns out, my neighbor saw his truck in my driveway and came over immediately after he left to warn me. My next door neighbor showed me his driveway which had been poured by JD Construction the previous season. There were footprints in the pavement where a worker had stepped against the house and the pavement was messily poured around his fence pole, damaging the pole itself. After telling my other neighbor a few streets over what had happened, she showed me her driveway which had also been poured by JD Construction. The driveway is sloped towards the house and water leaks into their basement only three months after being poured. They had to get it resurfaced by another company. Overall, this may be a series of coincidences, but it doesn't seem likely that my two separate neighbors are the only displeased JD Construction customers. Additionally, their quote to me for my steps was very high. This all happened about a year ago, but when I found a flier for spring repairs they had put into my mailbox today, I had to help other potential customers! Make sure to do your research. I'm sure some people have had good work done by JD - I assume it's the luck of the draw! read more

I made a huge mistake in hiring JD Construction to repave my mother's driveway and add an expansion. I hope others learn from my experiences, and go look elsewhere for honest people and quality work. Initially they seemed to be fair and reasonable in our dealings. They quoted my $3800 for the project which was on the middle-lower end of the quotes that I had gotten. Problems did not start until the very end of the work when it was time to clean up and repave the street curb that they had removed as part of the excavation. On the last day of work they came to collect the check. I was not home, so they picked the check up from my mother. She informed me the owner took the check and left right away, leaving his crew to clean up the work site. However when I came home I found a giant hole still next to my gas meter, and the cut up pieces placed next to my shed. I have since then spent the last 8 weeks trying to get them to come back to clean up the mess, and complete their work. It has been one excuse after another, everything from we are "too busy", or," we are not doing paving jobs work right now" or, " don't worry we have you on the books for next time we do paving in 3-4 weeks". I eventually had to rearrange the cut up pieces of the street curb as best as I could to prevent more ground from washing out into the street. I dug up another portion of my yard for dirt so I could fill up the hole near the gas meter, to avoid water pooling. They original told me it would be 3-4 weeks to complete the whole project. Then it was 3 to 4 weeks before they could come back to complete the curb, that was now 8 weeks ago. To make matters worse the driveway expansion has started to show signs of being laid down poorly less than two months after being put down. The owner has tried to blame me for leaving a car parked too long in that spot during hot weather (during months of April and May), and has refused to accept the simple fact they left the work site without cleaning up. Despite providing pictures of the hole, and the missing curb, the owner insists it was just a minor inconvenience to me, and he doesn't understand why I am upset. I was told I should have ,"called him", apparently instead of taking care of it myself, I guess he forgot I had been trying to reach out to him for 8 weeks at this point. I was also scolded for not hiring another company to fill the hole, and fix up the curb, and just sending the bill to JD Construction. Again I was impressed at how little they cared about the simple fact they did finish cleaning up, and wanted to blame me for it. After several emails with pictures, and numerous phone calls, they finally reached back out to me, only after I had informed them I would be getting the authorities involved. I took me informing them I would be filing a formal complaint against their company for them to actually talk about their shoddy work. I spent about 30 minutes today trying to work something out with him over the phone. It eventually devolved into nothing more than him and his brother trying to blame me for their faulty work, accusing me of trying to extort/ black mail them for a partial refund, and then making jokes about how little they pay their employees as a rational to why they would not refund me a portion of the project despite me having to have cleaned up after them. The owner did offer to refund me $39 dollars, his rational being," Oh, it took you only 3 hours to clean up, no problem buddy. Listen here I pay my day laborers $13/ hour, so if you spent 3 hours cleaning up after my guys I will gladly refund you $39." I was frankly astounded they would be mocking me so openly, and gloss over the fact a customer had to clean up after them. I think that just speaks volumes about their business practices. I am thoroughly disappointed in the entire situation, and with their conduct. I will accept the fact I made a grave mistake in hiring them for this project, so I hope by sharing my experiences others will not make the same mistake. Since I have spent more time, and energy then I think is warranted for this issue, I have agreed to a refund of $150 for my time spent having to clean up after their crew, and their company actually completing all the work; patching the indentations in the driveway, and fixing the curb. At this time they have told me they would come out to finish the work at some point between July 15th and July 25th. That would make it approximately 11 to 12 weeks after they had first paved the drive way, and 15 to 16 weeks after starting the project. If the work is not done within the above time outline, I will be filling a formal complaint with the state, BBB and any other agency necessary to bring this matter to an end. Best of luck with your home renovation and please don't consider JD Construction under any circumstance. All the best, Adel read more

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We had a patio installed and drainage added to our backyard. They did beautiful work which they completed on schedule and at the quoted price. They were wonderful to work with and we love our new patio. read more

JD Construction - Masonry/Concrete Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

Couldn't be more happier than I am with the paving that was done on my driveway. Very professional. Had my driveway expanded and the walkway had to be cut. Makes our home look so much better. Awesome job!!! read more

Do not hire this contractor unless you want all your neighbors upset with you. Delaney has his workers run power saws on concrete and other loud power equipment operating at 6:30am continuing past 7:00pm weekdays and past 5:00pm on Sundays. He has complete disregard for the town noise ordinances. read more

My wife and I have an "old" house in West Hartford, CT with an equally "old" asphalt driveway. We had to do some sort of repair to it. We called some asphalt sealing companies and an asphalt paving company to come by and look at our driveway. They all had suggestions as to how we could repair our driveway to get some more years out of it. Then we got a flyer in the local paper for JD Construction and we thought we would get another opinion as to how to deal with our asphalt driveway. We called the number on the flyer and the next day we met with James the owner of the company and he was knowledgeable and friendly. He talked to us about how his company could resurface our asphalt driveway or he could make our house look a ton better with brick pavers. I was curious and the more we talked, I was convinced that brick pavers would be the way to go! Signed the contract on Monday. Tuesday his crew showed up with lots of the proper equipment to rip out my old driveway and lay the correct base material for the paving bricks. He brought by samples of brick colors for us to choose and we could decide on the pattern that we wanted. Wednesday morning he came by to ask us what we would like... and by Wednesday at 5:00pm we had our new driveway! I must say that the professionalism, quickness and attention to detail was amazing. I would highly recommend this company to anybody that asks. read more

JD Construction - Old driveway - Masonry/Concrete Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

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I will just briefly say this. The owner Jayk was unreliable and inconsiderate of my time. I initiated contact with the company via homeadvisors ( or Angi since they are the same company now) and he responded. Made appointment to come give estimate- I rushed home after work, waited.....waited...and waited to no avail- no call, text, smoke signal to indicate he was running late or needed to reschedule. Instead he texted the NEXT MORNING at 8am to excuse away his absence, ok things happen sometimes is what I thought so he offers to come same day after work AGAIN. This time I asked if he could just communicate with me in any method most convenient if he will be late or a no-show again so this time I wouldn't wait around (it was a Friday after all). And what do you know....ONCE AGAIN HE BAILS WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF COMMUNICATION WITH ME. And did not reach out to resched again- moral to the story- if you have to chase someone from the start chances are you will chase them to get the job done, forget if you pay and need something corrected you will NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN! read more

JD Construction was paid to make our stairs level and replace the rotten wood along the railing. They painted over the rotten wood and the stairs are still leaning several degrees to the left. I have left multiple messages with the company without response. They ghost their customers. I would definitely not recommend this company unless you are fine with sub-standard work. read more

When we built our house, our contractor did a horrible job paving the driveway. We contacted JD after seeing our driveway was literally collapsing! They can put, gave us a great quote, solid advisement, and guided us toward the best option for our situation. The project moved amply quick (with consideration for proper settlement) and our new driveway was done to exceeding expectations. This thing is so solid you can land an aircraft on it. I highly recommend this group of individuals for their quality of work and professional manner! read more

JD Construction - The first photo was the settlement from the original driveway by another company. Not even two years old. About 10" of drop. - Masonry/Concrete Near Me - West Hartford, Connecticut

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The two stars was earned because my driveway was torn up and repaved by them and two winters later it still looks great not a single crack or puddling issue ever. So for paving alone, I would recommend. They were very friendly and timely, thats not where my problem lies. My issue is with the stacked stone retaining wall that goes on either side of my driveway that we asked to replace after the fact. Key word was "replace". Well, lesson learned for going forward with any contracted home repair, get it in detailed writing! We basically had a verbal agreement on the wall portion of work. What I got was the same existing loose stones all restacked (same postion as before) and slapped a sloppy layer of light grey cement on top to hold together. My expectation which aligned with the price I paid (based on estimates I've received), was for new stone or block type pavers to be used/replace. I simply assumed, and when I came home and saw the work being finished and same stone still there...I realized my mistake and was too embarrassed to say anything but knew I was ripped off. The price I paid for this "restacking" of my sidewalls is an absolute ripoff and offsets any deal I thought I got on the paving price. And yes the cement layer on top is crumbled and the rocks are already loose again. Hence my review as I am going to have to pay another business to replace this job. Their worker also cracked one of the bluestone stairs leading up the walkway immediately off driveway, when he tore down the stones to restack on that side of driveway and I had to have that replaced by the contractor who re-did my stairs (because I would never rehire JD). And yes, ditto to what the other reviewers say about only accepting cash or checks not made out to their business. So yes, you will miss out on those credit card points with them. read more

I used JD Construction for some concrete repair work on my front walk, additionally they did some repair to the exterior basement walls. I was very SATISFIED with the work at my home in West Hartford! read more

JD Construction did some major repair work on my front concrete stoop and stairs, which were not going to last the winter, along with some repair/reinforcement of a set of bluestone stairs, which were going to cause me a lawsuit sooner than later. They gave me a fair quote, stuck to the quote even when we discovered the stoop repair was more extensive than originally thought, and were out here FAST. The repairs took two days total, and the work looks great. And my parents no longer fear coming up the steps! They've given me a lot of peace of mind. They were also great to work with - very polite and place a huge emphasis on customer service. The only reason I'm not giving five stars is because the workman left a lot of detritus in the yard. Not a huge deal, but still could have been a bit more conscientous with the cleanup. read more

JD Construction redid my driveway -- expanded it, too, to fit an extra car -- and walkway in August, and I was very happy with the results. My driveway had huge cracks in it (literally, grass growing through), and the walkway to the front door was also asphalt and not very attractive. JD Construction's quote was in the midrange of all of the quotes I got, and they worked with me on the price and payment schedule to make it work. It took a while to get everything going, because of their schedule with other houses, but I'm incredibly happy with the final product. The driveway is smooth and clean, they changed its shape after I requested it during the process, and the pavers are beautiful. Would absolutely recommend folks to call JD if they're looking for similar products. read more

Did good work till the end, then wouldnt finish or correct bad workmanship, bascially abandened our job after being paid.

These guys are the worst contractors i have ever hired.. driveway is 19 months old.. rotten substandard work over charged. Also came over the house to "collect" there money.. wanted to follow me to the atm! these guys are a bunch of unprofessional drunks.. used my lawn furniture to relax while their laborers did the work..left cans and cigarette butts in the yard.. caused problems with neighbors by starting job Sunday morning 7am against west hartford zoning.. please double check thee guys and at least get another quote.. they didn't use enough asphalt or gravel below.. bums. NO STARS from me.. read more

I can't review their work because they never showed up to give me an estimate. We made an appointment and I rushed home to meet them. No call. No show. Not a good sign for their reliability! read more

I was satisfied with the quality of the work they did, but I was disgusted and disturbed by the racism I saw on display. Black and brown men did all the manual labor with pick axes and shovels while the three Irish brothers sat on top of the heavy equipment on their phones and waited to drive over and flatten the pavement once it was all spread out by their employees. The owners were responsive to me, but I didn't like how they spoke to and intersected with their employees who did all the work for their company. read more

Poor quality work and terrible costumer service. They paved our driveway. Edges are very wobbly, nothing close to straight. Placed five calls requesting review and options to make it right. no response other than gruff brush off. HIRE AT YOUR OWN RISK! We recommend finding a more reputable, responsive and ethical company. read more

Do not give JD Construction any money until the job is TOTALLY completed. I gave them a down payment, they cashed the check in May of 2014 but the work was never performed for the second part of the job, which is what the down payment was for. I had paid them also in May of 2014, $2,400.00 for the first part of the job and they ran out of adphalt and said they would be back in a week, if no rain and would put more asphalt down to complete the first part of the job, there was no rain and they never finished the first part of the job! (In hindsight, I should Not have paid them until they brought more asphalt.) The second part of job was sealing driveway and that's what the down payment was for, this was in 2014 and the work is still not done 2016 and they won't return my down payment! They are saying that I cancelled last minute twice! Even if I did, which I didn't, why do they seem to think they are entitled to $500.00! Lesson learned, do not pay until job is totally completed. read more

Called for a quote for driveway repair. Guy was short abrupt and kind of rude. Happy I didn't give them my business.

ive never yelped before but this business sucks. theyre very professional in selling, but the work and schedule and contact is simply awful. also, they insist on cash- they don't like to pay taxes. they don't even accept checks with the business name on them. the supervisors take only checks made to themselves. stay away read more

I called in JD for an estimate on a driveway repair/replacement. James told me that putting a layer on top (topcoat) of asphalt would save me money as opposed to a whole driveway replacement. Even though he was only my first contractor, he had me shaking his hand on a deal by the end of the conversation. There were some areas of the driveway that were cracked and he said they would cut them out and fill them with stone then repave over the entire surface. The contract i signed stated that he would begin work in 1 to 3 weeks from that date, and finish in 2 to 6 weeks. I didn't see him or hear from him for over six weeks! His guys just show up and start cutting the driveway 43 days after I signed the contract. I tell them the contract is breached and no longer valid and James offers to take a couple hundred dollars off the cost. I tell him just a phone call would have been nice to let me know what's going on. He then amends the contract to read that the job will be completed within 3 weeks. Twenty four days later, i come home to find my driveway repaved. Someone did try to call me the night before and the day of, but didn't leave a message. He didn't hold to his contract terms, the price for the job was more than it should have been (other paving contractors told me so, as well as neighbors), it turns out this was the third topcoat on this driveway (not usually done, two is considered maximum and likely cracks will reappear as a result), he really made no effort to keep me informed of delays, just telling me how difficult the town was to deal with and how busy he was. The job is done and looks fine, but time will tell if he stands by his work with his 12 month warranty. I cant recommend his company as any business owner knows, you have to keep your commitments and honor your contract with your customers. My advice would be to keep looking for a more reliable, trustworthy contractor for your paving needs. read more