FOOTHILLS PAVING & MAINTENANCE CO

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Showed up, visually looked at my driveway and gave me a price. Didn't explain how he came up with the price then wrote it on the back of his card and left. No written quote or call back. He appeared to be in a hurry. I felt my requirement was way too small ( just a 2 space parking area for now) for him to bother with it so he just threw out a number . I will not consider them for a larger job I will have next Spring.

I'm not sure what happened to Red, but I hope he is okay.
I made initial contact through their website's email system on 7/30. Red was quick to make contact on 7/30 or 7/31 and said he would drive by our new home to provide an estimate for paving the following week (so, sometime between 8/5 and 8/9) .
After that first phone call, I never heard from Red again. I made a couple of additional attempts through email, which is how I originally contacted them, so I assumed this was a valid communication method. Perhaps he prefers phone calls, I don't know.
On 8/1, I sent an email asking about an additional estimate for concrete work, if he works in concrete. No response.
On 8/13, I sent an email to find out if he ever was able to stop by to perform an on site estimate. No response.
On 8/27, we went ahead and selected another vendor to perform this work.
He seemed very pleasant, but I am really disappointed in the poor communication after the first contact.

My home in Parker had an approximately 2000 foot gravel / re-cycled asphalt driveway that was in bad need of replacement.  Many rain storms and run-off from many snow storms over a ten-year period had greatly eroded most of my driveway.  I contacted six asphalt paving companies to determine the most cost effective way to restore or replace my washed-out badly rutted driveway. Each paving company sent an estimator to make an on-site evaluation and give a written proposal.  Their estimates for the area in sq ft to be paved and the number of tons of asphalt they would apply for a given thickness of compressed asphalt were all within 5% of each other.  Having enough reliable data from independent sources I was confident of the size of my project.  The major differences in proposals were the recommended final thickness of asphalt and how the paver would deal with water control.  A couple estimators recommended 2-inch compressed asphalt, a couple said 3-inches would be fine and one estimator said I should have a good 4-inches of asphalt after compression with a roller.  Red Anderson who estimated my project for Foothills Paving visited my property several times when I asked him for more details.  I had never been involved with asphalt paving and so Red had to first educate me about what needed to be done if the asphalt paving were intended to last beyond the normal one-year warranty period.  He convinced me my biggest problem was to establish control of storm water runoff .  Red proposed a culvert under the most eroded length of my driveway and drains as the best way to preserve the new driveway.  He recommended 3 inches compressed asphalt for all of my driveway.  I decided to go with Foothills Paving, Red's company, because of his thoroughness in his explanations and his method to deal with water issues.  He didn't quote me the lowest price or tell me what he thought I wanted to hear.  He convinced me his company would give me a quality driveway.   On the day before the work began he brought the paving supervisor, "Eddy", to meet me and prepare for the work.  Eddy and his team arrived early on the scheduled day and stayed until early evening to complete the work in one day so that I ended with a seamless driveway surface and no "cold joints".  I would have had at least one cold joint if  Eddy hadn't organized his team as effectively as he did.  I'm very pleased with the work Foothills performed and especially for the culvert they installed to control water runoff.  Erosion should not be an issue to solve again in the near future.  I got what I paid for. I highly recommend this company.

The driveway looked worn-out and past due for repair. This company did an excellent job of crackfilling and sealcoating to make the driveway look great.

All aspects from the initial contact to the estimate, scheduling and completion of the work were handled very professionally.

Very good, on time, good job.