3 Brothers Concrete

The work was of excellent quality and was completed quickly. I would absolutely recommend them to others and use them in the future.

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WANTED!!! Any information as to the whereabouts or address of Joe Westgate so that I may press charges against him and have him put in jail where he belongs for being a corrupt and crooked business owner/partner and constantly stealing peoples money and not performing the work he was contracted to perform. Please feel free to contact me with any further questions or information to his whereabouts or address. My email is [email protected]

I was very please,all the work was done in 2 days,plus replaces the things that were destroyed while doing the work,clean up the area.

Worked closely with us to choose a style of retaining wall to match our foundation, purchased a specialty design compass rose stamp to use on the patio and helped us choose the appropriate colors. Hand dug and built fire pit. Friendly, reliable and well worth every penny. Did a great job.

We heard about 3 Brothers from a Groupon deal back in late summer, and decided to work with them directly since our needs didn't quite match the offer. We were worried about the poor condition of our original hardwood floors, but Joe assured us they were salvageable, especially since we preferred a dark stain. We agreed to the job at a rate of $1200.
Fast forward to our service date. Unfortunately, there was a section of the floor that was badly damaged and needed to be replaced, which we did at a cost of $600. They staggered the boards just as they were originally, so it's not apparent it was replaced at all. Joe and his wife talked us through our top stain color choices and made the recommendation to go with Jacobean, which is beautiful and exactly the color we hoped for - nice and dark, while still allowing the character of the wood to show through. The few areas of damage that didn't come up with sanding are covered nicely.
At this point, my husband decided to surprise me by having them also replace or repaint all of the trim in the house. (Smart choice, as I've wanted that to happen for a while!) Though this was out of scope of the original job, they fit it in to their schedule, including painting the new trip at their own home in the evening. Yes, adding this step did keep us out of our house longer than we originally anticipated, but we're very happy with the results.
There were a few things we wanted a second look at (adding quarter round where doors met, touching up trim paint), and Joe was responsive and returned to take care of them until we were 100% satisfied with the job.

There was a delay before they could start our job, but when they came the work was performed efficiently and professionally. They were easy to communicate with and wished to make us and quot;happyand quot;. We were.

They were very professional and polite.

3 Brothers Concrete proposed a different process for the driveway. I believe they use fiberglass mesh versus the seal. I wasn't here, they talked with my husband. He said they were very nice and very professional. He liked the fact they talked about using the fiberglass versus the standard wire mesh. He liked that they were giving him another choice and why they thought it was the better choice to go. All the little nuances I wanted and the widening of the driveway was extra. Their price was a little higher and they offered the fiberglass mesh versus the standard mesh. They were prompt, came when they said they would, and very friendly. They were in the top 3 bids that we were considering.

I was recently ripped of by Joe Westgate of 3 Brothers Concrete LLC and I am currently trying to recover approximately $21,500 of the $43,150 that I paid him for work that he did not complete. I hired Joe Westgate owner of 3 Brothers Concrete LLC in Painesville, Ohio to help build my dream house by installing my basement and garage footers, all the block for my basement and garage, brick work on the house, build my fireplace, pour my concrete basement, garage, front porch and sidewalk, stamped patio, driveway, and pole barn for a total price of $63,000 and I have a contract to prove it. Joe asked for three draws of $21,000 and said the draws would come after the work started, in the middle of the job, and when the job was completed. I met him at the property on Wednesday september 19th and officially contracted him to do the job. Then he asked me for his first draw of $21,000 to buy the materials which wasn't part of the agreement and I hesitated but I was so excited to build my dream home that I paid him. We discussed the time frame and he was to start on Thursday September 27th and be done with the basement footers, the block work, and basement concrete floor was to be poured by Friday October 12th so my framers could start the following Monday. Joe did start the job on Thursday if you want to call it that. When I showed up Joe and his wife were there standing around complaing about working on a muddy jobsite and said he couldn't work like that so he was going to have stone poured the next day and his guys would be there to finish forming footers. I came back the next afternoon and the footers still weren't formed. I came back a few days later to find two of his workers there sort of working while they had there 2 and 3 year old kids playing in the wet and muddy basement that had stone, steel rebar, and lumber laying everywhere while it was sprinkling rain and 45 degrees outside. I called Joe to complain about this and he assured that it wouldn't happen again and that he personally would be on the job everyday until it was finished to make sure it was done right and on schedule. It only got worse from here.

Joe's so called crew which consisted of himself, his wife who has no construction experience, and a laborer with some experience poured the footers wrong and had to repair them twice. Once because they didn't have continous footers for the patio and garage. The second time because my footers that are 20and quot; wide were so far off that my 12and quot; block wouldn't fit on it. Which ended up pushing the schedule back and they didn't start laying the basement block until Fiday October 12th which was when the work was supposed to be completed. Also they dug a huge ramp into my basement with a bobcat to carry the block in which I now have to fix because Joe didn't want to pay to have it boom lifted into the basement. Then when I was talking to Joe he told me that he needed another draw of $21,000 to cover materials plus an extra $1,150 because the basement needed more stone then expected. I asked Joe about our agreement that the second draw was to come after a majority of the work was completed and at that time only one wall was up. Joe told me that either I paid him or he was pulling his guys off the job. At this point I was scared and needed the job done as soon as possible because Joe was so far behind that I just paid him. I showed up on Sunday October 14th to do some work and found the block layers there tearing down the back wall. I asked them why and they said because it was off by 8'' so they had to fix it which pushed the deadline back. I stopped out to my property on Wednesday October 17th and found that the back block wall window openings were not in the right locations. I called Joe to ask him about it and he said that he hadn't been on the jobsite the last 2 days but left specific instructions and his block layers messed up. Then I realized that not only were the windows in the wrong locations, but they were the wrong sizes and the custom windows that I ordered wouldn't fit into them. Joe said that he would have the problem corrected but it would set us behind on schedule again. So I had to reschedule my pulmbers, framers, excavators, and inspections. The block layers finally finished on Friday October 19th but I had some concerns with there workmanship and the way they did some of the block piers to support the patio and garage. Joe assured me that he would have it fixed.

On Monday October 22nd I had a reputable basement waterproofing company show up to waterproof the basement, but upon inspection he said that he couldn't waterproof it without first repairing the poor workmanship that was performed by Joe Westgate of 3 Brothers Concrete LLC. The waterproofing company spent approximately 4 hours patching all of the bad mortar joints and holes in the mortar which Joe assured me was ok and ready for waterproofing. This ended up costing me an extra $300. Joe showed up a few hours later to start prepping the basement to pour the concrete and I explained about the waterproofing in which he said that the block was fine and he wasn't paying for it. He then said he was going to prep the floors and pour the basement concrete on Tuesday October 23rd. On Tuesday he sent me a text message at 6:15 am stating that he was moving the pour to Wednesday October 24th because it was supposed to rain on Tuesday. So on Wednesday he called me around 1:30 pm and said he didn't pour the concrete because my lumber company dropped my house package off in the driveway and he couldn't get cement trucks in. I immediately drove out there to see what the problem was and Joe was already gone. I discovered the lumber package was not in the driveway but actually in the front yard and there are two driveways on my property so he could use either one. I then looked into the basement and realized that the real problem was that the basment was only half prepped with plastic vapor barrier and wire mesh so he wasn't ready to pour. I called Joe very angry and discussed my concern with all of his excuses and the fact that I needed the basement poured immediately because there was a big rain storm coming in on Friday October 26th that was supposed to last 10 days. Joe Westgate once again assure me that he would have the prep work finished and the basement poured on Thursday October 25th 2012 no matter what. On Thursday around 1 pm I drove to my property and found Joe Westgate and his crew were no where in sight and there was no concrete in the basement, but he did finish prepping it for concrete. I immediately tried calling him but oddly got no answer. I caled him approximately 11 times, left several voicemails, and sent several text messages to him. Al I got was a text message that said and quot;will call soonand quot;. I tried calling him all night and texting him to find out was going on with no response from him.

On Friday October 26th I went to the property at 7:30 am and noticed that sometime after I left the previoous night Joe came back and picked up all of his tools and left the jobsite vacant so I immediately panicked because at this point Joe Westgate had $43,150 of my money and only a third of the job was complete. I started calling Joe and texting him for almost an hour with no response. So I called the local sheriff and sent Joe a text that they were on there way. Joe then immediately called me back and said that he quit and wasn't doing anymore work for me. He then said something that struck me as odd. He said that the sheriff couldn't do anything and that I would have to take him to civil court to get my money back. I asked him why he didn't pour the concrete and didn't respond to any of my calls and his answer was and quot;I don't have to explain myself to youand quot;. I told him that I was going to call my attorneys so he then stated that he would work up an invoice and have it to me by the end of the day for labor and materials and send me a partial refund. I told him that I was going to post a review on Angie's List and on the Better Business Bureau about this and he said that he would sue me for slander even though

Work was performed on schedule.
Excellent quality on both drive and walk.
Respectful of surrounding property and shrubs.
Went the extra mile to do the jobto our total satisfaction.

3 Brothers was FANTASTIC! Our walk is absolutely beautiful. From the beginning, 3 Brothers was helpful. We were given a beautiful brochure which we used to choose our style and color of stamped concrete. There were a lot of choices! Once we decided, 3 Brothers was able to tell us how our choice would look. As soon as the pool was ready, they were quick in getting here, setting up, and pouring the path. The whole experience was fantastic and we are now the envy of our neighbors because of our beautiful back yard. We will definitely use 3 Brothers again and would highly recommend them to anyone else!

In the original estimate work was supposed to start April 9th and take 5 days. Because of problems with the weather it didn't start until April 17. The original cost on the estimate was $9300. Joe brought in a demolition crew and Hauled away tons of gravel and dirt and the front and back sidewalks and landing. The crew was very professional and did an excellent job in working in limited space between our house and the house next door. He brought in stone for the turnaround and railroad ties to suround it, laid wire mesh and set the forms for the driveway and sidewalks. He added a drain which wasn't in the original estimate in front of the garage to keep water out of the garage which had been a problem. The concrete was all poured in one day, and sealed. The next day he pulled the forms and saw cut the concrete and thoroughly hosed it off. We were very happy with the result. It looks beautiful and is graded to drain correctly. The front landing is larger more of a porch. He did a good job of cleaning up after himself. Joe takes a lot of pride in his work and does everything he can to satisfy the customer. His expenses ran over his estimate and we willingly paid him the extra. We were very happy with his work.

Outstanding service and results. We have gone from a unsightly floor to a spectacular floor.

Joe Westgate is a stand-up guy. We talked about 3 weeks before he could come out to estimate. On that initial call he set a date and time for the visit and, lo and behold, he actually showed up as planned 3 weeks later! That was a good start that carried through at each step through the job.

He is very passionate about doing good work and it shows in the results. With our job we needed to refinish the entire downstairs of my house, which meant it was unlivable for the duration of the project for my wife and daughter. Joe agreed to do the work over a 4 day period starting on a Saturday morning, so my wife could be out of town. This was a very tight timeframe and meant long hours over the weekend and he did it without complaint.

I have a handful of contractors I trust and have now added Joe to that short list.

Mr Westgate was very quick to respond to my inquiry at Angie's list and came the next day to take measurements and provided me with a quote. I checked out other offers but decided to go with his company.
A week later as weather permitted they started the work. One day the removed the old concrete and prepared the area for what's needed.
On the next day they poured the concrete. What a great look. One day later the concrete was sealed and on the next day it was cut.
10 days after pouring I was able to use the driveway again.
It now looks really great - job well done.
I casn recommend 3Brothers.