Country Dad's Construction LLC

Great guy, good worker, but make sure you measure after the work is done. We Contracted with this company, for a concrete shed pad, to measure 8'6" by 10'6". What we Got was a pad that measured 8'6" x 9'8" - leaving our 8'x10' shed hanging over a couple inches at one end (we had the shed company set the shed at the edge of the front end, rather than have it hang over both ends,so that we would have an option to put a ramp more easily at some futire date). When I contacted the company, he told me he built it to our specifications - which wasn't true and I found offensive and unprofessional, to immediately accuse Us of being wrong. James offered to come lay more 2" thick paver blocks at the rear of the shed where the overhang was but we declined since the shed was sitting securely on the pad and also since we had Wanted the small allowance at the front as well. Since the shed was secure on the pad, we couldn't see making James do additional work, Instead, I requested (but never got) a Small refund of $15.72, the portion of the material cost we figured we were owed for the shorted size of the pad. I did provide James with the calculations we had used to estimate the requested refund. I didn't ask for any refund of labor cost but I felt it would have been a small thing, to give us a Small refund for the materials. We had written a check initially, for the full cost of the job, at James' request. Their bank was unable to cash the check, which was blamed on us - we knew our checks were good and our account had adequate money, so we paid via credit card instead, requesting they return the check. This has still not been done. Since we have not heard any response from this company, I am reluctantly leaving this negative review. I really liked James and he has a good work ethic, but the measure of a company (in my opinion) is how they handle errors and/or complaints and I feel this situation was handled badly. Regarding the pad itself - The shed pad itself cracked as soon as the shed was set on it (and the company was Very careful with how they placed the shed - I have a video of the process and pictures of the shortage). We were afraid a 2" thick pad wouldn't be solid enough but trusted the judgement of a professional. We appreciate that he was perhaps trying to save us money but we never asked for it to be done as cheap as possible. I had called James for a 2nd opinion after getting an estimate from another company. Had he told us that the cost would be similar, we still would have gotten the work done. But he told us his method would be strong because the pavers he was using had some material in them that made them very strong. I guess the lesson here is - beware of a price that sounds that good....