Continued and expanded work after being told not to do any more. Quoted one price, then doubled and tripled it after ward, and insisted on at least half paymant. even though I kept telling him to stop as I did not have the money to pay for the work at that time. Assured me the paving would be three inches thick; it is one inch thick in most places.Threatened litigation when he thought he was only going to receive the half payment for the unauthorized job. Threatened me with the presence of sheriff's deputy on my property, but was foiled because I had called the sheriff also. Still insists that I pay for the unauthorized job, when it should come out of his employee's pay, since that man started the work, havig lied about it being authorized when it never was.
Shortly after an overpass was built near my house, an employee of E & H Asphalt came onto my property and introduced himself as the business owner's brother-in-law.
He offered to pave my driveway with materials left over from another job. I told him any such work on my property would have to wait two or theree months, probably more, and a great amount of preparation work wol have to be done first.
He kept returning, wanting to know when I wanted the work done. I told him I did not want it done right now, it would have to wait. He offered to pave another drive area to the horse corral for my friend who keeps his horses on my property. Again. I told hit we would have to wait, I would not have any money until Wednesday, and even then i wanted to wait as it would not be enough.
He came back on Wednesday morning wanting to start the job. I told him, again it would have to wait. And I told him I did not want anything done when I was not there, and that has always been my policy. Besides I wanted a written cintract stating prices and exact work to be done before any work was started.
I came home from town that afternoon to find the rail road tie bridge to my driveway torn out, my driveway doug out, and this employee digging up more ties with a skidder.
My friend was there, feeding the horses, so I started toward him to ask if he knew what was going on. Before I could get there, the skidder driver jumped foo his machine and ran to me claiming that my friend had given him the go-ahead and promised to pay for everything, leting me reimburse him. What he had told my friend was that I had told him to go ahead and start, even without my being there.
He had already scraped up too wide an ares of driveway, and I told him not to widen it, or scrape up any more, pointing to the area I wanted him to leave alone. I had to complete some computer work and could not watch him at that time. There was a loud boom and the house shook as he hit the house with the skidder.
I went outside to find he had scraped another eight feet, the exact area I had told him to leave alone. I kept telling him he needed to stop as I could not afford this. He grinned and said my friend had it covered.
After having stated a price of less than five hundred for my driveway, he pretended to measure the area and decided he wanted eleven hundred twenty-five dollars, just for the one smaller area. He told my friend he wanted nine hundred for that area, after an original quote of three hundred.
I reminded him of the firm quote he had made and also that I did not have that kind of money, that was why I always said we needed to wait before doing any work. He insisted on at least five hundred dollars, and I wrote a check, using money set aside for doctor, dentist, and orthopedic appointments.
That evening the owner had words with mu friend over the phone and threatened litigation for non payment, although payment had been made on the job that never was authorized.
Two days later, my friend called and told me the owner had called him and wanted us to meet him at my property, thqt he had called the sheriff to be there waiting for us. I thought it was the employee, who I suspected wanted to cause trouble, so I called the sheriff's office myself and requested a deputy meet me at my house.
The deputies did not do much, but wanted us to resolve the matter. I kept telling the owner that the work was never authorized, and his employee kept changing the prices. I also reminded him that I had wanted a signed , hard-copy contract before any work was to be done. He expected me to believe an invoice after the fact was as good as a contract and kept insisting I pay for it anyway.
I have since heard from many former costomers of E & H Asphalt. They all say the same thing. It is a rip-off. Don't have any thing to do with them.
I didn't want anything to do with them. They dug up my property without authorization when I was not there to prevent it.
E & H Asphalt, LLC Reviews
Continued and expanded work after being told not to do any more. Quoted one price, then doubled and tripled it after ward, and insisted on at least half paymant. even though I kept telling him to stop as I did not have the money to pay for the work at that time. Assured me the paving would be three inches thick; it is one inch thick in most places.Threatened litigation when he thought he was only going to receive the half payment for the unauthorized job. Threatened me with the presence of sheriff's deputy on my property, but was foiled because I had called the sheriff also. Still insists that I pay for the unauthorized job, when it should come out of his employee's pay, since that man started the work, havig lied about it being authorized when it never was.
Shortly after an overpass was built near my house, an employee of E & H Asphalt came onto my property and introduced himself as the business owner's brother-in-law.
He offered to pave my driveway with materials left over from another job. I told him any such work on my property would have to wait two or theree months, probably more, and a great amount of preparation work wol have to be done first.
He kept returning, wanting to know when I wanted the work done. I told him I did not want it done right now, it would have to wait. He offered to pave another drive area to the horse corral for my friend who keeps his horses on my property. Again. I told hit we would have to wait, I would not have any money until Wednesday, and even then i wanted to wait as it would not be enough.
He came back on Wednesday morning wanting to start the job. I told him, again it would have to wait. And I told him I did not want anything done when I was not there, and that has always been my policy. Besides I wanted a written cintract stating prices and exact work to be done before any work was started.
I came home from town that afternoon to find the rail road tie bridge to my driveway torn out, my driveway doug out, and this employee digging up more ties with a skidder.
My friend was there, feeding the horses, so I started toward him to ask if he knew what was going on. Before I could get there, the skidder driver jumped foo his machine and ran to me claiming that my friend had given him the go-ahead and promised to pay for everything, leting me reimburse him. What he had told my friend was that I had told him to go ahead and start, even without my being there.
He had already scraped up too wide an ares of driveway, and I told him not to widen it, or scrape up any more, pointing to the area I wanted him to leave alone. I had to complete some computer work and could not watch him at that time. There was a loud boom and the house shook as he hit the house with the skidder.
I went outside to find he had scraped another eight feet, the exact area I had told him to leave alone. I kept telling him he needed to stop as I could not afford this. He grinned and said my friend had it covered.
After having stated a price of less than five hundred for my driveway, he pretended to measure the area and decided he wanted eleven hundred twenty-five dollars, just for the one smaller area. He told my friend he wanted nine hundred for that area, after an original quote of three hundred.
I reminded him of the firm quote he had made and also that I did not have that kind of money, that was why I always said we needed to wait before doing any work. He insisted on at least five hundred dollars, and I wrote a check, using money set aside for doctor, dentist, and orthopedic appointments.
That evening the owner had words with mu friend over the phone and threatened litigation for non payment, although payment had been made on the job that never was authorized.
Two days later, my friend called and told me the owner had called him and wanted us to meet him at my property, thqt he had called the sheriff to be there waiting for us. I thought it was the employee, who I suspected wanted to cause trouble, so I called the sheriff's office myself and requested a deputy meet me at my house.
The deputies did not do much, but wanted us to resolve the matter. I kept telling the owner that the work was never authorized, and his employee kept changing the prices. I also reminded him that I had wanted a signed , hard-copy contract before any work was to be done. He expected me to believe an invoice after the fact was as good as a contract and kept insisting I pay for it anyway.
I have since heard from many former costomers of E & H Asphalt. They all say the same thing. It is a rip-off. Don't have any thing to do with them.
I didn't want anything to do with them. They dug up my property without authorization when I was not there to prevent it.