Lafayette Ironworks

This is my first negative Unilocal review. Dave Ritchie made an appointment with us when I phoned to inquire about an iron fence. The appointment was made for a week after the call. The day of the appointment I left work to meet him and after 20+ minutes later I called to inquire about what time he would be arriving I got what sounded like a shop worker answering. He took my number and said he would call and either get back to me or have Dave call me. 20+ minutes later (so 40 minutes after the appointment time) NOTHING. I phoned again and shop worker said he had passed all of my info on to Dave in a conversation after my first call. I asked again for him to call me. 20 minutes later Dave did call me to matter of factly say he was sorry to be late (IF he had been at my front door this may have sufficed, but in a heavily pursued return call, NOT so much) He called me the wrong name many times even after being corrected and was basically rude. He did say that had I not called he would have NEVER remembered our appointment.
BOTTOM LINE: (1) If you are running a business and aren’t at all interested in coming out to bid a job, JUST say so. I can then move on to the next company who may appreciate the business.
(2) if you are running late just make a call to let me know. The number he had was my cell phone, had he called I would not have come home from work to meet him.
(3) if you forget an appointment apologize profusely and don’t make me feel like I am a bother to you after you made the appointment personally just a week prior.
Just a phone call to cancel or reschedule is all I ask.

We hired them to put in a fence and gate on two sides of our property. We ended up with a work of art! The quality and creativeness exceeded our expectations. Dave is very talented, professional and more of an artist. Plan ahead and buy from this company — the wait is worth the final product

We just completed an extensive landscaping project and the iron work (two fences and two gates) is like jewelry with a nice dress — it makes the whole yard more beautiful. Dave was great to work with, very professional and talented — for quality, value, customer service and beautiful workmanship, I highly recommend Lafayette Iron Works.

Lafayette Iron Works is highly professional. They do everything they say they will and more! David is very good and patient when it comes to helping me with a design. If my ideas can’t work (in the welding world) he will come up with a design that works for everybody! This company is amazing! We have used them over the last 2 years for all of our iron work. He has made trellis’s, a entrance gate, and lots of hand rails and even flower boxes! I hope you get the opportunity to use this company, they are 1 in a million :)
Debbie :)

These guys did the gates on shop. guys showed up on time, professional looking. Nice workmanship. I will recommend them to anyone looking for gates or iron fences.

This is a fantastic company to work with. The quality of their work is excellent and their prices are very reasonable compared to their competition. They are clearly passionate about what they do and how they do it! In addition to an excellent product, they do a great job with follow up as well as timely installations.