Noel Ramirez Construction

The overall experience was excellent!

Mr. Ramirez was at our house by 1:00pm with his crew to begin work on our sidewalks and porch.  They started work immediately and worked until about 5:00pm.  They were at our house by 9:30 the next day, and have been every day since.  They work for 3 hours, take a break and go to lunch.  They take about 1-1/2 hours for lunch but work constantly when they are here.  They had the old sidewalk totally busted into manageable pieces by the end of the first full day.  The second day it had been hauled off before their lunch break.

Mr. Ramirez noticed 4 places that were potential drainage problems, discussed it with us both, and came up with a solution to fix the drainage WITHOUT saying those dreadful words "it will cost more".  Within 1 week, they had the basic layout of the sidewalks and porch done.  They were working on ground prep and drainage.  It took him and his crew an extra two days to remove a tree stump and roots that weren't as rotten as we had hoped.  He did not charge me extra for this, despite the extra time involved.


By March 9, they were ready to pour the concrete. Due to impending inclimate weather, the concrete will not be poured until March 12th or 13th, weather dependent.


The work was inspected by Code Compliance and passed without any issues.  I have been provided a copy of the permit and the inspection report by Mr. Ramirez. I did check with Code Compliance to be sure it had been done.


Mr. Ramirez and his crew work from Monday - Saturday.& are off on Sunday. I like that they take Sunday off for family.


He came by today (3/11/12) to check on what needs to be re-done due to the rains.  He knocked on my door and told me what he was doing, rather than wander around the yard without notification.  I like that.   He will have to do some extra dirt removal, but states it is minimal.  He also told me that he was going to put in some more drainage in front of our porch, "just in case' so we won't have water pool on the sidewalks.  He also is pouring a perimeter beam around our porch area in order to increase the load bearing capabilities of our porch (when we get it built). 


Mr. Ramirez is using the rebar he stated he would use, is wiring it together, has used those plastic thingies to keep the rebar from laying on the ground. 


So far, I paid him 1/3 down before he started, and owe another check tomorrow to purchase the concrete.  I gave Mr. Ramirez and his crew an extra $100.00 by MY CHOICE for the difficulty they had in removing the tree stump that wasn't as rotted as we had first thought.

 

My husband states that the work is being done correctly. 


The concrete was poured yesterday afternoon.  The guys had to wait for about 4 hours for the concrete to be delivered so they had nothing to do.  However, they walked around the site, cleaning up tools and such.  They also made sure repeatedly that the forms were right and that everything was good to go.   Once the truck finally got here, they worked like crazy to get it all done, smoothed and finished with a broom finish.  They worked until at least 6:30 or 7:00 to finish up the work.  Today they showed up to pull the forms, clean up the edges, touch up a couple of places that were roughed up and make it look great.  They picked up all their trash and clutter as well.


I'm very pleased with the end result.  We will hire Noel later to stain the sidewalks and porch.  I've already referred him to 4 friends, and the neighbor down the street has asked him for an estimate as well. 

He hem-hawed around and I finally said to forget about it because it had gotten worse and they couldn't match the color. He was prompt. He did it in a professional manner but he didn’t follow through at the end to correct the consistency. I wouldn’t use them again.

The one issue we had was when the top overlay covering was applied some of it leaked into the area underneath the pattern . They have had a hard time matching the stain in the areas that need to be corrected. They came out to try to fix it but left and have not been back. I will update again later.

Both projects went well. Noel was first contracted to do a repair of a concrete and slate tile surround of my pool. His estimate of $2,000 to $2500 was right on.  I talked with two of his references about his work, and they both gave him excellent reviews.  He said that he could not give me a final price until he removed the old tile and assessed the condition and the damage of the surface.  Once he opened it up, we both could see that extensive repair would have to be made to fill gaping holes between the fiberglass pool and the concrete surround.  He expertly repaired the damage, then proceeded to apply the decorative, stained stamped surface. It is a work of art, and turned out better than I had imagined. He also added a flexible caulking to the seams, so that future ground shifts would minimally effect the surround. I feel that I made the right choice.  His work is painstaking, and he was not quick...but he got it right! The cost for this was $2500. He did so well with the pool surround, that I also had Noel do a 10 x 12 foot concrete pad, reinforced with rebar, for my gazebo.  This also was well done. Everything he promised me that he would do, he did.   You are welcomed to contact him if you need pool surround repair done, and he will give you my number so that I can give him a reference.  The concrete pad cost $1400. Noel works with his son, and they do all of the work themselves...no sub-contractors.  He was reachable by phone, and kept me appraised of all phases. Noel Ramirez is an artist, and takes great pride in his work.

Excellent. Noel and his son quoted 3 days and they were done in 2 days and 1 hour. They started on the exact day they quoted and the cost was as quoted. The quality of the job was excellent! I have attached a photo. Highly recommended. We will use them again when we expand our yard area.