Regal Stone LLC

Stopped work. Gave them an A for responsiveness and punctuality because they responded quickly and showed up on time to ruin my yard. RS, LLC did not obtain permitting or engineering and built a defective retaining wall. This wall has been verified defective by a structural engineer. I contracted with RS, LLC 8/19/2017 for the construction of a 5' retaining wall around my house and 2 other major jobs. Prior to the construction start, I was informed by Danny Wang d/b/a RS, LLC that they were not intending to obtain a permit because he was unsure if he needed one, but would check and get one if required. He also stated that even if he did not obtain one, they would just have to pay a fine and move on. He also said that we did not need to get an engineering diagram because he had an engineer "on staff" and that this was an "engineered wall anyway". Both of these statements were found to be a direct violation of the law and ordinance of Cobb County. During the construction of the retaining wall, it was found that the company was not following installation guide regulations and specifications by the manufacturer of the retaining wall, Versa-LOK, contrary to the contracted agreement. When I questioned Danny Wang about these actions, he told me to go the manufacturer's website and I will see that they are following installation guidelines exactly. After doing this, I again approached him the next day and told him that I still had concerns and that I would like them to stop until I could verify that they are doing it correctly. Danny stated that "If I make them stop, you will not be able to afford us to come back and finish the job". I contacted the engineers of versa-LOK and local distributors of their products and they unanimously stated that the wall was improperly installed and that RS's "Lifetime warranty" would not be backed by them. I asked RS to stop work and that I was not going to pay them any more money above the $10,477 that I had already paid them for the down payment and they should not work another day until we figure this out. Danny stated that he would "see me in court if I wanted to play hardball". I hired a structural engineer for $795 who verified that the wall needed to be dismantled and also asked local county building inspectors of Cobb County to inspect the wall, which failed to pass any inspection. There are multiple defective qualities including, "no drainage behind the wall as required, no backfill behind the wall as required, the wall footing was not constructed properly, and the wall was placed too close to a steep embankment, in addition to the permitting issue. After the results of the inspection were communicated to me, I contacted RS, LLC and tried to find a resolution that would work for both of us. To date, no resolution exists. Before the 60 days elapsed where I could file a dispute with American Express, I filed and received a refund for the $10,477. RS is demanding that I pay the full contract amount of over $26,000 for an unfinished, defective wall and no other work. We have court this week.

Danny showed up on time and took the time to understand te job, then went and did it quickly and professionally.

These guys did an awesome job on my retaining wall and lawn grading project. Danny came out the day after I requested an estimate and had the crew scheduled to start work 3 weeks later. The wall came out better than I could have hoped for and the lawn is looking great after they graded and laid the sod. Julio and Jose, the 2 man work crew, were great to work with as well; making sure all of the small details were covered.

Regal Stone (e.g., Danny Wang) was very responsive to my work requirements, their bid was quite reasonable, their professionalism was outstanding, and the work performed was timely and excellent.

He's honest, but needs to have explicit instructions from the beginning. Happy with the end result.

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Danny and his crew were great to work with.  It started with the bid.  Danny called and said he would be at our house at 1:00 p.m. on a Saturday, and he was there right on time.  He provided us a very fair bid to build one retaining wall in our back yard.  When that was completed (on time) we asked him to build another wall for us.  His crew showed up on time and were extremely nice and professional.  They cleaned up at the end of each day their work was amazing.  We then asked for a third wall in our driveway because his work was so good.  He even went beyond what was required by fixing our driveway surface and some drainage issues we had in the back yard.



I would hire Danny back again in a heart beat. 

Danny is a great guy, but I think I overpaid for what he provided.  I wish he had pressure washed my driveway after having driven all over it and making it dirty. I am considering a larger job, and I had hoped we would be an automatic re-hire, but that is not the case as I stand right now.  I will update this review after he bids on the driveway job.

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We got 3 different quotes to have a big concrete slab removed from our backyard. Regal Stone had the lowest quote so we went with them. I was very pleased with his prompt response to my call, willingness to drive down to Decatur to look at the yard and give me a quote (he ended up having to come down twice- which was completely my fault, but he seemed like he was more than happy to do it so that he completed understood what I wanted). He did an excellent job on our yard, and completed the work for what we were quoted. I would definitely use Danny Wang again in the future!

I guess he did what we expected him to do. The time we had scheduled to do the work, one of his equipment broke down and he only came with one of the equipment that he needed to do. He did pretty good job for the money he charged us and he did some extra stuff too. Overall, I am satisfied with the job he did and I think we got what we paid for. Their price was good compared to other companies.

I had the brush cleared out in my woods in the back yard and had it hauled away as well as having areas of my yard leveled with dirt.  The work was done on time and very well.  I'd recommend them anytime.

Excellent work and nice dedicated workers. What was promised was done. It is very difficult to rate a driveway and time will tell as to the workmanship. We are happy with the results. We rated price as FAIR since we do not know the market for prices for this type or work. For removal we paid $3000, for concrete we paid $3,662 (612 sf) and for the interlock pavers $3,560 (173 sf). For labor and hard scape materials we paid $2900.

Overall I was very happy with the work done. Mr. Danny Wang and his crew were very responsive and professional. I would definitely recommend this company to anyone who needs this type of work.

The sidewalk from my driveway to the front door of my rental property was collapsing into a sinkhole. I had this area repaired 15 years ago but the ground had continued to sink. Spoke with Danny on the phone about the problem. He went by the property the next day and called with description of his approach and an estimate. He was the first person to propose cutting the collapsing sidewalk into 4 equal sections and reusing the concrete (which was a good idea because the 20' section was intact with the exception of a crack in the middle.) I told him to send me a written proposal via email and said I was collecting other bids and would get back to him within a week. Danny followed up the next week and, by that time, his price was significantly lower than anyone else's - mostly because everyone else said they had to pour a new sidewalk - they couldn't reuse the existing one. I told him to go ahead. He emailed me a contract and I signed it electronically via email. He called the next day and said he was finished. I met him at the house the following day. The sidewalk looked great but a lot more of the yard was torn up than I had hoped would be. Of course, this was due to heavy equipment required to transport and pack the dirt. However, he had seeded and strawed the disturbed areas. In addition, he straightened a railroad tie retaining wall next to the driveway, which was adjacent to the sinkhole area. The only think I wasn't happy about was some damage to some metal edging around one of my beds but I was able to straighten it out myself. Overall, quick and complete work and I will consider using him on some future work. He was very friendly and professional.

The work was completed on time ar the price we agreed to and all done very professionally. Danny Wang and his crew were pleasant to deal with and finished the job without causing me any stress. I am a real estate agent listing bank foreclosures so I work with contractors daily and am aware of the pitfalls. I had no need of concern with Regal Stone. I would recommend Danny to anyone needing to fill in an in-ground pool. You had the company listed as Wang Contracting but the name should be Regal Stone, LLC.

We were very pleased with Danny's work. He was recommended by a co-worker and promptly came to give us an estimate which was competitive. The began on the day he promised and outcome was great--not a single problem. He had an assistant that did much of the work but that guy really knew what he was doing too.