Ralph Burdick Blacktopping Inc

The work went very smoothly and was even better than I hoped. Excellent workmanship and definitely would use Burdick again.

Burdick's work was terrific at a fair price. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.

Three people and all very polite and very professional. Mrs Burdick set up the apt and was extremely nice to work with.

overall they did a fantastic job.  Good prep work, good finish work. Fast and cleaned up after themselves   price was good.   They did not call to tell us when they were going to start.  Just showed up and luckily someone was home.  Other than the lack of notification, I could not have been happier.  

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well hard to review a service provider when they do not show up - I should have read the other reviews of other people that had the same problem with this company

All went well, they showed up when they were supposed to and their price was the lowest estimate I received.

Everything went very smoothly, I've asked them to come back three times and each time they did without complaint and no extra charge. The reason they came back is that i wanted it a bit more graded on one side and then they had to come back and vibrate it again so it was compacted..so YES..they are great ...Frank is very nice down to earth gentleman. The ladies in the office couldnt be nicer..or more accomodating. Yes...I recommend wholeheartedly..

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Fred Burdick and his crew did a good job and struck me as very knowledgeable. Fred is a no-nonsense kind of guy and I felt he gave me good advice and didn't try to over-sell his service.
I have gotten a number of estimates over the years and have always felt they were over the top in terms of what they wanted to do and, of course, in terms of cost. For example, we have a relatively large parking (turn around) area in front of the house. This area is in fairly good condition; whereas the long and relatively steep driveway has been undermined by water and was getting to be very difficult to snow-blow. Other estimates that I have received included replacing the parking area and even a small return area at the bottom of the driveway where I park the boat--and there isn't a single crack in that area.
Fred Burdick told me right away that there was no need to replace these areas and gave me a reasonable estimate based on just replacing the driveway. He showed up within a couple of weeks from the date he initially estimated and finished the job in a couple of days. They cleaned up well and the driveway looks great.

I started the task of calling 4-5 area companies to get a price on sealing my driveway. The first three submitted pricing. Burdick gave a 10% discount if you were an "Angie's" customer. After accepting their offer, a week passed....no word from them. I called a week later to ask when they would be working on our job. The next day, Eileen left a message saying that her husband would be at my house at 7 am that Saturday. We got up, cleared the driveway and waited...and waited.... We missed our child's sport event. No word from Burdick.. I called at noon and started to leave a message. Someone picked up and said that the couple "left for the weekend" and she was covering the phones. Because of the rain in the forecast, they evidently cancelled everyone without notifying us. I was told they were rescheduling that next Tuesday. That was 12 days ago and I haven't heard from them since.
I saw mixed reviews for this company, so I should have known better.

Update-
I received a call a few days after posting asking if the job could be scheduled that weekend. We declined because of the start of leaves falling from tree close to driveway. The company stated they would honor the price in the spring.

Work went very well from start to finish.
This is was difficult job due to the level of damage to the driveway - we were not quite ready to rip out and in a new driveway so the team from Ralph Burdick worked with us to extensively patch, pave and seal the existing driveway.
The team used almost a trucks worth of hot asphalt and patches extensive areas of the drive and even fixed problems that were not part of the original scope of work.
It is clear that the team takes great pride in their work.
They come prepared with a large work crew and work efficiently until the project is done.
We are very pleased with the end result and hope to get another 4-5 years of life from the driveway before we need to undertake the larger project to remove and replace the entire drive.

I contacted Eileen on Monday. She was very nice, responsive, and professional. Told me that they were very familiar with my neighborhood and do work in my area all the time. She said she would forward my contact information to Fred who would come and look at the work and give us an estimate. Fred called and said he would be calling me later in the week to set up a time for Saturday to come to my home. Saturday came and still no call from Fred. At noon I called him, at which point he asked me if I had a sealing job or a paving job- I needed a repair plus paving. First he said he didn't think the job was big enough, then he said he would be over in 20 minutes. Called me back 5 minutes later and told me he wasn't licensed to work in my area. I'm very disappointed that I wasted a whole week waiting for him and not contacting another company. Beware.

Met with the estimator Fred who did a thorough review and inspection of the property. Overall assessment was as expected - ie.we would be best served by a replacement rather than repair. Spoke with Ralph directly who came back out to the house and did another thorough review and measurement. Ralph was amenable to making a thorough repair with the understanding that it would not eliminate the need for a full replacement down the road.
Based on our initial discussions I am confident I contracted with the right company and look forward to their starting work in the next week. I will amend my review once the project is completed to include an overall assessment of the completed workmanship.

I contracted with Ralph Burdick Blacktopping based on the recommendations from Angie's list. Everything from the initial contact to the final work went extremely well. I received excellent responses from the office (thank you Eileen) and the work was superior in every way. The job was done on the day and time agreed to, and the work was fantastic. Fred and his crew were there at 6:30 AM and finished 45 minutes later. My wife, who is a stickler for neatness, was amazed at the careful job done. All efforts were made to protect my grass and plants. The driveway looks like new, and I know the surface is going to last for years. Thank you, Ralph Burdick Blacktopping. You are not only the King, but also the EMPEROR of asphalt!

Went very well

I had an appointment set up with Fred for Sunday, April 28th at 10:30 am. I was looking forward to getting an estimate, based on the reviews from Angie's List. Unfortunately, Fred called at 10:15 am that morning to say he needed to reschedule. He said he would be in the area on Monday the 29th and could he come by around 5pm. Not a problem. I waited and waited and he never showed up and didn't even have the professionalism to call. Haven't heard from him yet. At this point I would give him another chance to give me an estimate and then decide from there. Who knows, maybe I will be able to change this rating.

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At first they were a little difficult to commit to an exact date that they would come out to do the work. Once the date was set though, they were there ready to work 10 minutes early. That's what I like to see. Everything was completed as discussed before hand in the timeframe agreed upon. It a good thing to find someone to do something when they say they will do it and for the exact price quoted. When it comes time to reseal the driveway I will be calling them back.

Put my house up for sale and got repeated advice that a paved driveway might help. Scoured Angie's List for reviews, called locals I knew for references, and time and time again the name that came up was Frank from Ralph Burdick. After having him come over to give an estimate, I understand why. What a doll! Very responsive and responsible, explained to me exactly how he came up with the quote ($4000.00) and told me what other people would charge--- and I got a few other quotes and wouldn't you know, he was right! He beat the competition's prices by 20% and from everything I've seen and heard, his work is just as good as those who charge more. If I pave my driveway I will go with Ralph Burdick - my only question is will I get out of it from the home sale what I put in. Still thinking it over.

excellent

This is a delayed review form a few years ago, never got around to it before. Came to give estimate- was significantly less than competitors. came prompty finished the job as promised and ~ 3 years later aftter very rough winters still looks perfect

He did a very good job on the driveway and half way through we decided to exspand. He was very reasonable with the cost. I was very happy with his work and I would definentaly recommend him. After all the contractors that we had for this house I have to give him an A. He was here and did what he said he was going to do.

Our driveway was literally becoming impassable. The oil-delivery truck broke through the old blacktop at least 6" deep, and almost got stuck. My friends would only drive on it < 2 miles an hour, and shovelling snow off the broken asphalt was a huge pain. It was basically a 50 year old driveway, that was patched poorly a few times. 　

I was a bit shocked how much a new driveway costs these days, so I ended getting 4 different estimates. They were not that different in price. If you google, you can find an on-line driveway calculator that will give you a pretty good idea what the contractor estimates will be for a simple job (such as  http://www.buildingjournal.com/asphalt-driveway-estimating.html ). Each contracting company sent a pretty knowledgeable and convincing person to do the estimate. I checked the BBB website, as well as Angie's list, and just google searches, but didn't learn much. However I did learn a lot by asking questions of the contractors, and discussing options. They all do about the same cost calculations, but each one suggested different details. One guy said we didn't have to rip up all the old asphalt, for example, but the rest of the contractors including Ralph suggested completely removing the old asphalt in my case. 　
I didn't bother to call the "high-volume" contractor that does a lot of work around here, because of a problem I read online where there was alleged shouting and a threatened lawsuit just because of a scheduling problem where a customer switched to another more prompt contractor. I really hate arguing with contractors, and I had no such problems with Ralph. 　

I called a contractor further South in Westchester, and as expected they were more expensive, and had lots of suggestions that could have added thousands to the cost. 　

In the end, I chose Ralph Burdick, because even though he was the cheapest he also seemed the most experienced.  He seemed very down to earth and common-sensical. Ralph does not have the fanciest website, far from it, nor the newest trucks (I peeked and I think one of his trucks had 240,000 miles on it), nor is he the smoothest talker, or particularly charming. He does have a lot of experience, and he has a stable team that works with him year after year. He did more than his share of the work himself. He smokes, but he won't be coming in your house, and a little smoke is pretty irrelevant compared to the smell of hot blacktop. His team didn't seem to want to talk much at first, but by the end of the job I did get to chat with them, and they seemed to be a reasonably happy crew.

My biggest complication was a very wet area where the driveway would almost turn to quicksand in the spring. A curtain-drain would have cost a couple thousand more, but Ralph agreed that just digging it out and putting in a load of gravel would work and was a lot cheaper.  So far it seems to be working just fine. 　

If you want a fancy driveway designer and a artistically perfect "estate driveway", I'm not sure Ralph is your man.  Personally, I told Ralph I was a lot more interested in function than esthetics, but in the end it looked better than I hoped. He had a guy who used to do stone-work on his crew, and he used some available stones to build a bit around the ends of the new drainpipe, when I wasn't around, which wasn't something we every discussed, and it looks pretty good. Today after a bunch of rain I was rearranging the rip-rap (large 3" gravel) stones alongside the driveway, and I realized that he recycled a bit of the old blacktop to fill in the deep eroded ditch. That is actually fine with me, but I imagine there are people who might be annoyed, even though it really isn't part of the driveway. 　

The end of driveway where it connects to the road was nicely flared and clean looking. 

It took most of one day to rip out the old driveway and rebuild the base. He left the new item 4 base for a day or two before the new blacktop, probably for scheduling reasons, but in fact it may be good to let it "settle" if you have the time. You can drive on the item 4 just fine. The base was still a little bit spongy in a couple places due to lots of recent rain, but he said it would be fine, and he was right.  I'm a little worried about frost-heave through the winter, since it looks so perfect now, but we'll see. 

Ralph (and others) suggested not parking a car on the new blacktop for a week or so, and not letting a heavy oil-truck on it for a month after the new blacktop was down, to make sure it was fully cured. So remember to get an oil delivery before you get a new driveway. One of my neighbors also ended up using Ralph for his smaller driveway a few weeks after me, and I think that worked out fine also. 

After he knew he was going to get my business, and we were negotiating "add-ons" like the new drain pipe, he did not gouge me at all.  In fact I think he added loads of gravel at basically cost, not charging me for the extra digging etc., and charged very little for the drain-pipe beyond the cost of the pipe. 

When he was done and I gave him the final check, he said to call him if there were any problems. 

So, I can recommend giving Ralph a call, if you want a good solid job done by the same guy who gives you the estimate and owns the business, if you live anywhere near Brewster NY.

Our driveway was in terrible shape, but we did not want it completely redone - just covered. Burdick's was very accommodating to what we wanted. We were also in a hurry, and they did the estimate as soon as possible (on a Sunday) and the actually job soon after. We did not need to give a deposit; the price was lower than one other estimate and seemed very fair. The job was done exactly when scheduled and at the cost estimated. Everything was left clean and neat. And driveway looks really, really great. We are very happy and recommend Burdick's without reservation.