The Asphalt Jungle

They showed up when no one else would, came in on budget and in time.
We were very happy, though there is always room for improvement.

Dan, the owner came early for his appointment, a time I had scheduled for another asphalt contractor. He handed me his card and began discussing the job with me. No problem. Then the other contractor came and saw Dan. They knew each other. He decided to not take the job because of Dan’s presence. When he left, Dan decided he didn’t want the job either. Very unprofessional. I was clear with his company, as I always am with contractors, about the character of my street — narrow and on a hill. According to his secretary he gave her this reason for walking away in the middle of our interview. But that was never an issue. I have never experienced this kind of unprofessional immaturity with any contractor. He ruined my chances with another contractor by not calling to ask if he could come early. And then he didn’t care. Watch out for him.

The Asphalt Jungle did two jobs for me. Both were terrible. They wouldn’t stand behind there work and have a terrible attitude.
Stay away.

I was not impressed with the owner Dan. He was very disorganized and it took a few times contacting him before we were able to finish the proposal. I was referred by someone so I thought they would be reasonable. When I told him that I wanted white, he sent a crew member and ended up painting it yellow without contacting me for the change, especially because I wasn’t on site. His worker had no knowledge of our communication and when someone else greeted him, the worker told him yellow would be best. It seems that he is too busy to even keep track of things especially since it may not be a «big job». He charged over $ 600 for striping the speed bumps, the stop sign, and 6 parking stripes. It took less than an hour as well. When I asked him to change it to white like we had originally plan, he told me it would cost $ 275 and he would call me back; then he called his worker and called me back and said it would cost $ 350…so I reminded him what he quoted earlier. He is not professional nor does he want customer satisfaction. Otherwise he wouldn’t argue about the request, but rather build business relations. It’s a big headache when someone is trying to rip you off!
Bottom line — get everything in writing with this company.
Also, if you are on a budget or time is an issue, I would call another company. If something goes wrong, he won’t fix it without more money.