Russo's Construction Co

John Russo addressed a crack in my foundation wall. He provided an estimate quickly and the work was done within my tight schedule. He and his staff were on time and completed the job as described. I would use his services again.

John Russo is wonderful to work with. From the first estimate, he was punctual, kind, and courteous. He walked me through exactly what to expect and told me where hiccups could happen from previous experiences. Especially since I was starting the permitting process in the middle of Covid. He was a big help with setting up appointments with the inspector and I have to applaud the inspector as well for being so helpful. And even the permitting process while a bit challenging at first for a newby, wasn't all that bad. Just watch the videos online and it walks you through the process. The job itself, John worked with me and the inspector to get me exactly what I wanted. He was wonderful with answering questions and very responsive. He has great ideas that helped to customize my driveway to fit my house and yard. He and his crew were always polite, professional and on time. They went above and beyond. They even made new friends with my neighbors little boys who were infatuated with the bobcat and cement truck. I would use John again in a second for any other job that I may have in the future. He's a true professional.

My front steps had to be replaced as they were pulling away from the foundation and were beginning to crack. John Russo explained everything he was going to do and encouraged any questions. His estimate was reasonable. He came when he said he would and his men were very efficient and cleaned up everything when they were finished. I highly recommend Russo’s Construction for your project.

John was very responsive to my calls, his crew arrived at the agreed time and did an excellent job and cleaned up after themselves. Couldn't be better.

It is refreshing when the person selling the job is not only the foreman but also does a lot of work. John was constantly involved from building the timber retaining wall to being boot deep in concrete. Once the groundwork was laid out for the walkway and stairs, the original stair design was not going to work because the yard slope caused a greater than anticipated height difference between the walkway and the front porch. John proposed steps in the walkway or a timber framed raised walkway (which was chosen). John addressed all reasonable issues. After the timbers flanking the stairs were built, my wife and I noticed the top layer would block the view of a portion of the face of the porch to be covered with flagstone, so it was removed. My wife had an asthetic issue of balance for the right side retaining wall, so timber was added. Another asthetic detail my wife wanted was a curved cut timber piece to seamlessly extend the timber framing the walkway to the concrete curved portion. I knew this was an unreasonable request not in the job description. John did leave me a scrap piece so I can attempt to cut a curve in a 6 by 6 timber. Yikes! My eye for perfection did notice slightly uneven lengths between two timbers flanking a step, but John echoed my thoughts that cutting a small piece from the slightly longer timber could damage the timber beneath it and might not result in the clean cut that is currently there if hand sawn. The most impressive thing for me was the time spent after the concrete pour: troweling, edging, shifting/moving concrete to create proper evenness and grade, troweling, edging, troweling, control joint scoring, troweling and finally the broom finish. The flagstone turned out gorgeous. Overall, John was easy to work with and his crew was very professional. See pictures of completed project.

Price was very fair for amount of work provided. Work was completed on schedule. No change orders. Workers were polite, tidy, and considerate. Work was done properly and skilfully. Work site was left clean daily. Any requests were taken care of efficiently. No detail was forgotten. I highly recommend Russo's Construction for your concrete work. Margaret Gaughan Upton, AIA Upton Architecture Kensington, MD

I cannot thank John enough for the great job he and his crew did on our house. Our new driveway has made our life so much better. The crew was punctual, organized, and super efficient. More importantly John was always checking on the work and I could easily reach him on the phone anytime I had a question. I cannot imagine hiring another contractor company after working with John!

The whole team showed up (including John Russo) and they executed all the work in just one day - which was great. Every other company I called said it would be a 2 day minimum job. I was really impressed to see John Russo (the owner) show up for such a small job. (I had assumed that after he came by to generate the estimate he'd just send a few of his guys out to actually do the work.) The work came out looking top notch -I'm very satisfied.

Mr. John Russo and his crew did a superb job on repairing the crumbling concrete wall around the exterior steps to my basement, and in replacing my old driveway and front sidewalk. Their prices were reasonable: $5,985 for removal of old driveway and sidewalk, and replacement with new, and removal of 2 very large bushes; $2,375 for repair of concrete wall. The work was done so professionally, and Mr. Russo communicated with me throughout the project. Also, they did a great clean up job of the site before they left. I've seen the excellent results of Russo's Construction jobs throughout my Laurel neighborhood over the years - I'm very glad I hired them for my job.

Excellent work, reasonable price, and all the workers involved were professional and courteous.

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Good people. The work turned out great and they were the lowest estimate of several area contractors. Would recommend

For the Garage his crew did a fabulous job.  The area where the garage is now located had to have stumps removed, footers poured and the entire area had to be graded level.  The crew was on time every day, left the job site clean and did a truly wonderful job.  We had no issues with the project from beginning to completion.  In addition to the pad that John and his crew installed he made a recommendation on the parking area that saved us time and money, while at the same time providing a solution that has worked out great.  (roughly 9K total for the project)

For the hillside steps and the landscaping we had a 1/4 acre portion of our yard that had never been graded, was full of rocks and just a mess.  We never even called for bids from other contractors, we just called John again and asked him to come and take a look at both projects and give us a bid.  His bid for both and recommendations on how to address both problems were spot on.  We had worked with his team before and knew what kind of work they would do so there was no need to call anyone else.  The job started on time, his crew was professional and took care of our yard and cleaned up after themselves every day.  The work was phenomenal.  I can't say enough good things about the steps they installed.  We had no transition to the patio level from the side yard - basically we had a rather steep hill that was not easy to walk up.  John and crew mapped out the steps to include the curve at the top.  The dug out and used 6x6's for the front base a large flagstone for the top.  Grey dust was used in between the seems to bring the entire thing together and river rock was used on both side to tie it with the overall yard design. It looks like it has always been there.  The workmanship and pride is apparent.  (7300 for both)

We will absolutely use Russo Construction again on our next project.  

John and his team did a great job on the sidewalk. John explained the job very thoroughly and went into detail about how he would install pier footers and rebar near the front door. He answered all of our questions before the job began. We weren't really sure what we wanted the new sidewalk to look like and John made great suggestions on what he thought would look best. 
The new sidewalk is fantastic. John extended the front stoop so that it would be easier to get in and out of the front door, he gradually sloped the new sidewalk down so that we could eliminate the step we used to have by the door and made it nice and wide (42"). He flared the ends out so that the sidewalk was the full stoop width at the front door and wide where is met the driveway. 
The crew worked efficiently and left the job site clean. I am very happy with the work and I would hire Russo's Construction again.

The project went extremely well. There were two teams of workers. First, there was the cement team, headed by John. John was very easy to work with and is a perfectionist. The work was done in a timely manner so that we could hand out candy to trick or trickers. Next, came the team headed by Vern. This team built the porch. Vern is terrific! He works very well with the homeowner and takes all your ideas into account and wants you to be pleased with the work being done. His team is very nice and professional. They are also highly skilled! We have had so many compliments on our new porch. I most certainly will use this provider again. They are not only good at what they do, but are also very honest and trustworthy. We can't wait to enjoy our beautiful porch more in the Spring. Thanks John and Vern!!

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