Well April Danny came around and told me he was doing the area and would i be interested, Being that our driveway was falling apart and expecting twins in October is said i would be interested in a quote so he went out measured up my driveway gave me the price $1200 and the options i said i would consider it. A couple of days later this character from another company showed up i had seen his sign on one of our neigbours lawns and said who he was the owner of the company ect.. Gave me a number off the top of his head of about $200 cheaper than Danny however this was just from looking at my driveway. I told him to write out a quote and i would consider it.. Well he replied with a "My hand shake is all i have to offer.. my word is my life" well sorry we are not in the 1800's anymore!
So i kind of brushed him off.. and had a couple of other quote's all with in the same range of what Danny said. Over the next couple of weeks i seen his signs popping up all over the place when he came back to my door. "Hey mike, had not heard from you.. Hope all is well and wondering if you considered us for your driveway". The only guy of the 5-6 companies to have come back so i was on board..
He did up the contract and decided to try and see what i could do with haggling :D And when i seen the $1200 price i said... "Oh i thought it just over a thousand last time you qouted me" No harm in trying.. lol
He said he might have made a mistake but he would double check it.. went back measured everything up, punched away on his calculator and said he was sorry but $1200 was the price for a driveway my size. He said he could not offer the great service he does and the 2 year warranty for any less. So i gave in.. Gave him my deposit.
Yesterday i got home to my freshly paved driveway and it looks awesome.. Wish i had done it last year now :D Later that evening one of his crews came by to collect the rest of payment however before collecting they asked me a bunch of questions to make sure i was happy with everything, and educated me on what needed to be done with keeping it looking good for years to come.
All in all i would say dealing with Danny was a 10+ experience!
- Approximate cost of services:
- $1,200.00