Diamond’s Concrete

Eric and his crew built a beautiful concrete driveway in what had been a rocky surface with patches of asphalt. In addition, they rebuilt retainer walls along the side of the driveway. Eric and his crew were professional, timely, and did a fantastic job. Attention was paid to details. Needless to say, we are very happy with our new driveway. I would, and have, recommend (ed) Diamond’s Concrete highly to others.

This review is long overdue but I had to wait until the rains to see how well the driveway worked. We hired Eric and his crew to remove about 2000 square feet of a deteriorating asphalt driveway and replace with a concrete driveway and parking area. His crew was quick, came in on time, removed all asphalt, tamped the ground, and poured concrete with rebar all on the exact days he scheduled. Contract agreement was clean, simple, and payments were due as work was completed. Rebar was installed floating rather than laid on the ground which indicates he knows his stuff. All work was done in a complete and professional manner. Job site was cleaned up after all work was completed and everything was put back to normal. What impressed me most was that Eric is hands on when installing the concrete. He didn’t leave the final installation to his crew to complete. He was shin deep in the concrete during the pour, sweating bullets as he worked. This is an owner that takes pride in his finished work.
I was on a budget so Eric advised me about drainage options to slope the driveway so that rain water would flow down the driveway instead of the more costly alternative of installing underground drainage for my gutters. I was skeptical about the idea at first but he proved me wrong. He was able to slightly slope the concrete in such a way as to drain all water to the street without going to the neighbors. Very impressive. He even replaced my deteriorating brick planter boxes with a new concrete box. Driveway looks clean, neat, professional, and no more weeds growing from the asphalt. Do yourself a favor and at least meet and get a bid from Eric. He comes on time, is very efficient, and finishes everything before he leaves.

Eric just finished our driveway and walkway. He did an amazing job. We can not be happier with the result. It looks exactly like the way we wanted to be done. We love it! So does our neighbor. It took exactly one week from start to finish and that’s the way I like it. I like to get things done now :-) Eric is professional and gets things done on the day he said he would. They came total of 4 times and each time I was wondering if they would show up and they did. I am glad we hired him to get this job done because he is the guy if you need a concrete work done. Thank you Eric now we can enjoy our beautiful new driveway!

Great first meeting! Came to give an estimate the same day I called and was very good at explaining his approach. He was upfront about advising me to wait on my driveway redo until other construction was complete, so it wouldn’t be damaged by trucks. That delays his work, so I appreciate his honesty.

Eric did a fantastic job on my driveway. He was here on-​time to start the demolition of my existing concrete driveway. He and his crew then had the area cleaned up, prepped and resurfaced exactly on schedule. He was polite, courteous and clearly an expert in what he does.
Eric will give you options on how you want the finished surface to look, but I recommend you listen to his advice first. He knows his stuff and I appreciated that when his opinion differed from mine he wasn’t afraid to respectfully say so and explain why. In the end I followed all of his advice and the layout and finish of the concrete is much better than I had hoped. 5 stars!

I am still in construction but because it’s so magnificent, I need to review Eric and his crew now. I shared just last night (10/​30/​2014) that Eric is the «Michaelangelo of Concrete». My story is that I contacted Eric after a process that was horrendous involving another contractor’s recommendation for a concrete company. The company came in with a completely catastrophic quote; so much so that even the company that referred them vowed to never use them again. When that company tried to make up for their error in the process by bidding his portion of the job, I decided to go back to Eric since his quote was fair, his reputation was stellar (and this is outside of his Unilocal reviews as well as inclusive of them). I asked Eric if he was available and he was just wrapping up a job. He came with his crew and went to work. Not only did they complete what was estimated to be a two-​week job in one-​week, the work product is exceptional (even the City inspector was impressed).
The work is clean, precise, to spec and coordinated so well with the contractor that did adjoining work, the neighbors walk their dogs past my home in amazement with how gorgeous it is. So, while I wait for the rain to pass so that he can do the asphalt portion of the job, I smile at knowing that while anyone who may have been unhappy with his work (and we are all entitled to our opinion), the work he did for me was EXCEPTIONALLY BEAUTIFUL. I can’t say enough about his work and I encourage anyone reading this review who wants more information to message me privately but I did encourage him to use me as a reference. The pride in his workmanship is clear and the product in the end, noticeable, admired and admirable. Eric is as I said, a genius with concrete and in general.

Eric and his crew just finished a large patio project for us last week. They were extremely professional, well organized and meticulous about the details. The project called for two separate patio areas, an extension of the existing colored stamped patio (originally done in 2005) and a matching one to be installed with a brick border. The one with the brick border had very detailed rebar and finishing work. Both look beautiful and I am happy at how well the colors matched. Eric’s contracted price was the best out of several quotes and the job was completed quickly and thoroughly. The clean-​up was great as well. I would totally use this company again!

Diamond Concrete poured a new driveway for me.
I asked for a certain color and a certain finish. I showed Diamond Concrete what I wanted by showing them my patio. That color and that finish I specified. Fine they said. It was spelled out in the written contract. We both signed it.
Before the concrete was poured I reiterated my desires and was assured I would have the color and the finish I asked for.
They got both the color and the finish wrong. But worse still was the response when I pointed out the breach of contract.
I would not recommend them and I would not use the company again.

We needed to expand and re-​slope our old, dipping driveway and Eric and his team got it done fast! The quality of the workmanship was excellent. Eric was willing to work with me on a fair price, and quickly handled the proper permitting and inspections needed. We love our new driveway!

Back in July 2013 I obtained bids from several contractors on replacing my cracked concrete and asphalt driveway. The work would not commence until the late fall and I had questions for some of the contractors based on their bids. Eric’s answers seemed honest, as opposed to some of the others, and spoke to me, about his experience doing concrete work. He also followed up with me over the summer to let me know that he was interested in doing the work. In January 2014, some 6 months from the original quotes, I chose Diamonds Concrete (Eric) to do the work. He honored the original quote even though the scope of work was based on a verbal commitment made during his original visit to include replacing the asphalt portion with concrete as well. Eric started when he said he would and finished the job on time. I couldn’t be happier with the results and will recommend him to anyone looking for a concrete contractor.
Bob K

We had a problem area with a slope where water had to be kept away from the house, steps of varying height and depth, narrow space and brick border. We interviewed several contractors wit a proposed design. Eric was the only one to suggest changes that improved our design — a LOT! Then he did a nice job putting it in. We are very pleased with the result. Way to go, Eric!

Eric finished the concrete slab for a new room under my house. His work is of excellent quality, he is thorough and pays attention to detail. He is also personable and easy to work with.