Tony La Licata Cement Contractor Inc.

Outstanding work. Tony did my last house 20 yrs ago (drive, patio, front walk), and when we left it STILL looked great ..naturally we called him again for our new house. Quote was competetive, work was completed relatively on time (yes, there were some delays...its called Wisconsin), and the finished product was excellent as expected. We paid more at the end because we made the patio much bigger and enlarged the driveway as well, but it was still well worth the money! For all the other reviews out there...contractors are hindered by weather, supply chain issues, worker/employee issues, equipment availability/issues, etc. Contractors mitigate that the best they can and still try to do good work and meet people's often unrealistic expectations. When you hire a contractor, there will be delays, there will be problems, and a quote is just that....a quote, not gospel. You can't double the size of your project and not expect it to cost more. You also can't get pi**ed when it rains for 3 days and they are now behind a week. Oh, and when your concrete cracks 8 yrs down the road because the concrete vendor sold your concrete finishing contractor a crap product, thats not their fault either.

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I left a message and within 2 days I was contacted and scheduled for the
estimate.  Tony himself came out to do the estimate.  He was very
professional and honest with all of his assessments of the project. 
The one negative....After accepting the proposal, I attempted to get an
estimated date when the driveway would be done.  The best answer I
could get was early September.  In the mean time, I wanted to add a slab
for a shed to the project.  It was difficult at this point to get any
return call.  Not sure if it was a communication issue or just ignoring
me after i left messages every day for a week.  I did finally get a hold
of them about 8:15 PM one night.  We ended up getting the slab and just a little behind
on the e estimated date.
Tony's crews are top notch.  They got on site and started right away.  By noon the 1st day,
the old driveway was gone and forms were set.  Tony again came on site to
check the accuracy of the forms.  He wasn't happy with the depth and
had the crew correct it the following morning.  Tony ended up canceling
the concrete for the second day because of rain....and glad he did.  It
was a very rainy day and sure it would have messed up the concrete.
Friday morning at about 6:15 am, the pour crew showed up.  they prepped
everything and insured the ground wasn't too wet from the monsoon the
day before.  It wasn't.  The crew got along well.  You could tell the
teamwork would show in their workmanship.  I hung around for most of the
pour.  Very impressive since they were hauling all the concrete with a
dump buggy to prevent damage to the base with the wheels of the cement
mixer.  Tony again showed up on site and worked with the crew.  Got to love a
hands on owner...that was just part of the team.

Installed the driveway well. No cracks at all. But he used cheap cement for the first pour which he told me poured "hot" so he used another cement company for the second pour. Both pours were done on the same day. Tony said if the hot poured section gives me any trouble he would take care of it. I did pay Tony 2k more than the other contrractors! So I hoped that it was money well spent. Well, 10 years later the hot poured section is scaling really bad that this section of te driveway needs replacing. The second poured section is still looking great 18years later.yes, it has taken me 8 years to et ahold of them. Tony does not return calls even if you leave messages. I final got Tony to cone out to look at the driveway after I threaten to tell the truth on Anglies List. He qouted me 7.2k to fix, so now I am 9.2k in the hole compared to the lower cost contractors originally. Tony does a lot of driveways so he settled in a class action law suit with Central Cement that used pot ash in their cement. The money is to help fix driveways that got this bad cement. Tony only reply is cement drive ways do not last more than 8 years. Even though the secod pour of our driveway is just as old as the first pour and is still good. His logic does not make sense.

They came out right away and gave us a quote.  Office was good about answering any questions.  They did a great job, were very organized and the cement looks great.  

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We just built a new house and our builder used this company to pour our driveway and front walk. They actually did a very nice job so we figured it was a no brainer to use them in the spring to do our patio. I have now called twice - I get the voice mail each time. It has been almost 8 weeks since my first call and still no call back. I get it - this is their busy season and yes we don't want the work done until the spring, but how hard is it to give someone call back - especially someone whose driveway you just did and was a satisfied customer! I doubt they will ever call me back and I am not about to make a 3rd call which no one will answer. However, even if they did, I would not use them now because I would seriously question how reliable they are when they can't even return a simple phone call to get an estimate. I know this company does a lot of advertising and perhaps they should spend more time running their business than taping tv commercials. Good luck if you plan to use them!

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Good job - fast efficient and high quality.
They excavated all the old concrete and removed it in about a day and a half.
About two days later the cement showed up - was poured and finished. They sealed the cement after a day or two and Tony did a great job of finishing the work. It has been two years and the cement still looks like new.

They came on side. They completed on time but soon after the driveway caved in and it was under warranty but they never came back to finish and repair the driveway.

Great overall.

Tony stuck to the quote that was given , but we neglected to ask if the landscaping was included after completion. Our fault ( check if you hare having that done), but we came to a resolution. All in all, it was done quickly and very professionally. I would definetly recommend them to anyone. We love it.

Aside from some unreturned phone calls and scheduling issures - the job was completed professionally and with quality. They were fast and the work was done at or above my expectations of quality.