Smart Remodeling and Design Inc

Don't take the chance on this company Our ordeal began on 7/11/17 and ended on 9/27/17. We wanted a stamped concrete walkway. After signing a contract tor $5500. work was scheduled to begin between 7/13 and 7/22. After a few delays we got a call saying they could not do the job for $5500. They wanted us to pay $1400. more. We told them we had a signed contract and we would not pay more. They cancelled the contract. About two weeks later we received a call from one of the owners, Shay Zilber, saying he had been out of the country and the contract shouldn't have been cancelled. He agreed to do the job for $5000. if we would remove our negative Yelp review. We agreed and signed another contract. After numerous delays and miscommunications our concrete was poured on about 9/4/17. It was a disaster! Smart Remodeling subcontracts all of their work and apparently got the cheapest concrete contractors they could find. They were completely substandard. They arrived without a hammer and level to do the forms, they were supposed to remove all existing concrete and to save money poured directly over the porch, which raised it almost to the doorway. The stamps were uneven, some too deep and some not deep enough with some on top of each other. The border lines were uneven with some wide and some really narrow. The color was thrown on top instead of putting it in correctly. There were numerous chips out of the concrete everywhere. They spilled excess concrete on our existing driveway and on the wall of our house a well as chipping off pieces of the stucco. We had another contractor come out and he said the job was terrible. Smart Remodeling's representative said it was the worst job he had ever seen and remarked most people don't know as much about concrete, so they can get away with substandard work. We fought for a month to get our money refunded, which they did after we threatened to take our case to the State Contracting Licensing Board. The financial compensation we received from the company did not really cover the costs to repair the damage yet alone do our project. I do not recommend the company as I really feel they are scammers and may be working illegally.