Jim

I hired Ashlar to do two things: 1) a new walkway at the side of my house and around an existing concrete slab in my backyard, replacing old patio stones and 2) new front steps. When he came to give the estimate Daimon talked me out of replacing a retaining wall made of railway ties adjacent to the steps, saying that he could replace the top layer of wood which was rotted, and that otherwise it looked to be in good shape. Once they started the job though, the railway ties lower down were rotted too, so we had to add the retaining wall to the job. Daimon was so apologetic and was worried that I would think he was upselling me - of course I knew he wasn't because he had talked me out of doing the retaining wall when he gave the estimate. Anyway, he priced the extra work very fairly and Jamie and crew did an outstanding job. He started the job on the expected date, but with the additional work it took a little longer than planned. Our experience with Ashlar was excellent, we will get them back to do the retaining wall on the other side of the driveway soon.