Straight Line Painting LLC

It was the biggest contracting nightmare of my life.

John Caruso and his team showed up on the morning of 12/7/09 with a small excavator. When we came home from work that evening, our backyard was dug up in one area and 2 huge dirt piles had been formed. In the front, our lawn had been completely scraped away all along the existing driveway (at the same steep incline!) and crushed stone was thrown on top of it. This was suppose to be a functioning driveway. We immediately called to voice our concern the next day and never received a call back. So, we went through the winter without the driveway we had anticipated. I started calling again in early March once the snow had melted to get a date when the work would be resumed and the driveway rectified to our specifications. I called repeatedly until the end of May 2010 with no answer as to when the work would be completed. Finally, the last week in May, I received a call that someone would be coming that week to resume the work. No one showed up. When I called to inquire, I was told it was due to the fact that our back yard was too wet (our back yard was always wet which is what we were trying to remedy with the excavation and grading!) At that point, I said I was terminating the contract and any further work. I promptly received a bill for $2,200 for one days work (creating 2 dirt piles in my backyard and a useless "driveway" in the front which ruined half my front lawn)!

THEY ALSO DO LANDSCAPING.