D & R Paving LLC

Paving was done in a day, excelent job, had no problems for last three years, Belgium blocks were installed in two days another excelent job. They were the only contractor to get back to me in one day, pricing was very reasonable. Very happy with the results. They have a excelent work crew, I would recomend them for any paving/curbing job.

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This is not the paving contractor you want to work with!
The job was completed on September 2013.  The area where the driveway meets the garage floor is raised above the level of the garage floor to the point where water collects in the garage, unable to drain away.  Due to raised edge of the new pavement and improper grading, I now have a water issue in my garage when it rains or when snow melts.  When the job was complete, Dan said he would come back and take care of it if I had a problem.  
Cracks were filled and the driveway was sealcoated at the same time.  When they finished, all looked o.k. but within a few months (3 to be exact), the sealcoating began to wear off.  I paid extra because I was told the "airport grade" was better and would last longer, so that's what I went with.  As I write this 7 months later, much of the sealcoating is completely worn off; didn't even last a year. 
Cracks that were filled are again cracked, like the repairs never happened.  On top of that, areas where the pavement was cut out and replaced, developed cracks from the edges of the patches to the edge of the driveway.  
I began calling D&R in February (5 months after the job was completed) to ask them to come back and take a look at the situation with the water in the garage.  After a month, and 3 messages left by me, Dan from D&R left me a message saying they were "on vacation" and would be back in 10 days and that he would be happy to take care of the situation (this was now early march).  10 days came and went; 3 weeks came and went and I called again and left a message in early April.  Dan returned the call and left me a message saying he would be up running in 2 weeks and would call to set up an appointment.  Still nothing.  Finally, early in May, I called again, was able to speak with Dan and he said he would come out sometime that week.  He did.
Dan's fix for the water issue was a drain, running along the top of the driveway where it meets the garage, and tie into a downspout.  Problem is, the downspouts are above ground and water doesn't run uphill.  Then he said would dig a trench and let it drain out onto the front lawn.  This seemed a little invasive because of underground sprinkler lines.  I mentioned that, and he said (and I quote) "you (meaning me) would have to deal with that" When I tried to explore other options with him, he headed for his truck and left.  While he was walking I tried to tell him there were other issues (those mentioned above) that I wanted him to look at.  No answer....just got in his truck and left.  Real professional.  
Since my last encounter with D&R, I?ve had 3 driveway contractors look at the work and give me estimates for repairs.  All of them couldn?t believe the lack of attention D&R had with regard to proper grading and the rest of the work that was done.    
BUYER BEWARE....D&R does shoddy work and doesn't back it up.  To make matters worse, they couldn't care less about their customer's satisfaction and obviously their reputation.  If you as a consumer are fortunate enough to read this before hiring D&R, I hope you'll have enough sense to steer clear.  As for me, it was a $3,000 dollar lesson in aggravation and frustration.
I waited this long to write my review because I wanted to give Dan the benefit of the doubt.  It was my hope that he would take care of the issues.  Instead, when he realized this was not going to be an easy fix, he became very defensive and agitated.  This review is 100% on the mark.  I?m sure his post review comments will dispute this but the bottom line is this?. the work was substandard and so is the attitude.  I invite anyone to look at the issues in person to back up my review.   

They don't do what they say they were gonna do. They dug up my driveway and they didn't put the right depth of stone underneath there, it's terrible. It didn't even last the whole year then it started cracking, cause it so thin. It's just ridiculous. They put a cobblestone edging on and they didn't do it the way a mason would do it, they just threw the stone on the ground and put cement in between them. I had them put a drain in front of my garage and they didn't put a basin to that, now it's all settled in. The price is excellent, it's the cheapest thing around I wouldn't recommend them to anybody. He hired a bunch of Mexican guys, they didn't speak English at all. They're out in my driveway with propane torches trying to cook their lunch.

The Belgian block work was ok with the exception of a few spots that appear not to be as straight as they should be. For the application of the new layer of asphalt, the driveway has a top, level turn around area that was paved fairly well. However the driveway also has a steep inclined area and that is where the paving was problematic.  As the paving machine worked down the incline of the driveway, they ran out of asphalt.  They opted to ask to return to complete the job. Unfortunately, I did not know enough to make a wise decision on stopping the paving process.  What we learned was when you stop the paving machine and remove it from the driveway upon restarting the process you get a huge seam in the asphalt. LET THIS BE A WARNING TO ANYONE FOR ANY PAVING JOB!!! DON?T STOP THE PAVING MACHINE! If they had just continued with the job till the end of the driveway there would be no seam.  D&R did come back and try to smooth the seams but basically I now have a brand new asphalt driveway with a seam that looks as if it has been patched. They also had to come back and rework the end of driveway as upon the first completion the end was uneven and left unfinished.  I unfortunately would not recommend. 

I have been happy with the driveway. I called them after the project with a question and they came right back out to help us out. We got a lot of different quotes and they had a fair price for the work. They really worked well with us. They showed up when they said that they would. I would consider using them again in the future.