A1 Exclusive LLC

Just a friendly heads up NOT to hire this "stone specialist"... Mariano Lopez of A1 Exclusive LLC in Falls Church. A friend referred him with the warning, "he does great work but is horrible with deadlines." Well, that was an understatement. We laid out our expectations and he assured us he was on top of it. But he only came by about once a week for a few hours the first month. Then on nice days, he'd be missing even though he said he'd be here. No communication. And then he'd show up on crappy days but only for a short time "because of the weather." Duh. It went on and on, and he would change parts of the job he said he'd do, offer to do things and then lie, constantly want to talk for "2 mins" but would ramble on and then argue for 30, and would not deal with any questions about discrepancies or concerns. He actually told me to stop talking, that "it's in the past, we're not talking about that now." And kept telling us we needed to be more flexible, when he had already busted 2 deadlines and nearly didn't make today's 3rd one. Unbelievable. We just got into a yelling match because he denied saying he'd bring pins for the landscape fabric. So dumb. Now I have about 3000 rocks I have to move when I go to Home Depot and buy the pins myself. His stone work does look nice, and his price was very good, but nothing is worth the amount of stress and time wasted in dealing with this guy.