Ks Bay Concrete

Kipiloti and his crew did two projects for us in the Los Altos area, both involving concrete work to address persistent drainage problems. Contractors and engineers had reviewed the problem and provided suggested solutions, but Kippy came up with simplifying ideas that made the project less risky and more effective. He took the time to research alternatives to lower cost. The work was done quickly, professionally, and with a minimum of disruption. The crew cleaned up thoroughly after completion. Would definitely recommend him.

I called Kippy on a Saturday and he picked up his phone, which is one of the criteria I use to select vendors. He gave me a competitive rough estimate over the phone and scheduled to come out on Monday at 10:30. Other companies I called had a $ 2500 minimum and their message said to leave a message and that they would try to get back to me, but were very busy and may take a week.
The project was about 100 sf of cement pads where the front lawn used to be. He and his crew arrived on time and finished my small front yard grey pad project by 4:30. My wife and I are very happy with the results.
I highly recommend Skippy and Ks Bay Concrete.

Great company, it’s so hard to find a good concrete co., these guys where friendly and did a great job. Will be using them again soon.

I had a very small project (100 sq ft) and working with ks bay concrete was a smooth experience throughout. They were professional and did the job quickly and well.

Kippy and his team installed 2 large areas in my backyard with stamped and colored concrete. This included an extensive demo and the results look great. Kippy listened to my input regarding drainage and offered guidance on the best way to do it with my permission. His prices and timeline were reasonable however there were some unexpected costs due to the need for more concrete than expected. Since he was already accommodating some extra demolition, I thought it made sense to oblige on these costs. I think its par for the course to expect unforeseen costs, how they’re handled whether formally or informally should be understood before the work begins. Kippy was on the informal side, however he was honest and reasonable, so I was comfortable with this. In the end our family was pleased with the workmanship and I would use him again.

Our old concrete Patio was uneven and needed a facelift badly, After shopping around for a while we settled with KS Bay Concrete. Kippy and his men had our patio concreted and poured concrete around the perimeter of our house. We are well pleased with the outcome and our new stamped concrete patio looks stunning and has received many compliments. He and his men had our old patio demolished, hauled away all the debris, poured concrete (colored) and graded it around the perimeter of the house. We are quite happy with the end result. Kippy was professional, trustworthy and flexible in our dealings. Overall we had a positive experience working with him.

This is a belated reviewed for a couple of projects that I had Kippy help me with for my house in Sunnyvale.
On both projects, he and his team performed the work on time and met most of my expectations and exceeded it when they also added color and texture on the first project without extra cost.
The only thing that wasn’t up to expectation was the slope on the concrete surface adjacent to the garage which should be drawing rain water away from the garage instead of towards it.
Overall, I wouldn’t hesitate to use Kippy again for the value and quality of their service.

It’s one thing when you flake on your friends for a Happy hour on a Friday, and it’s a totally different thing when you flake on a possible client. When I have to adjust my work schedule to meet someone at 7:30 in the morning, I expect some consideration and punctuality. When I suggested 6 pm, and they insisted 7:30 am, I would assume that the time they had offered would be more feasible for them. So what can a girl do but give in, and so I did. I agreed to meet Kippy on an early week morning at my house when I should already be in my office tapping away on my keyboard and drinking my cup of coffee. About 10 mins past 7:30 and nobody’s knocking at my door, so I decided to give them a call. Kippy’s wife picks up, an audible yawn at the other line greeted me. Oh, im sorry, did I wake you? Apparently, I did. And apparently, she forgot to call me to let me know that her husband couldn’t make it to our 7:30 appointment. Would later in the day work? Um, no. What time would work?, she asked. 10 minutes ago would’ve worked actually. Long story short, I had to go to work, and left my dad the task of meeting with Kippy (when he could show up that day) and showing him the extent of work that needed to be done. After a lovely talk between my dad and Kippy, he told my dad he’d give me a call. He even had a few suggestions as far as what can be done. It’s been over 3 weeks and Kippy hasn’t picked up his phone and dialed my number. It’s like when a guy says he’ll call you and he doesnt, so after a while you give up and move on. Find another guy who can meet your needs, show up on time and do the work. And that’s exactly what I did.

I had some concrete removed from the front of my house in order to plant two trees.
Positives: work was done well and efficiently, and Kippy was very friendly and helpful. I am pleased with how my front yard looks.
Negatives: I made a 5:30 pm appointment on a Wednesday for an estimate. At 6:25 pm no one had shown up. I left a message but no one answered. I left to go out to dinner. When I returned home at 7:30 pm, Kippy was waiting at my house. It was dark outside so we had to do the estimate with a flashlight.
After the work was completed that following Saturday, I gave Kippy’s assistant a check made out to «Ks Bay Concrete». When I spoke to his wife on the phone on Monday, she asked if she could come by my house for a check made out to her. I told her I would just mail her another check, but she was insistent that she stop by my house. I told her that I was very busy that week and could I just mail her a check? We agreed that if she could not deposit the check made out to «Ks…» then she would just call me back. I didn’t hear anything so I thought it was fine. Then Kippy himself shows up at my house on the next Saturday morning holding the old check and asking for a new one. No appointment, just shows up at my house. It made me very uncomfortable. I live alone, and I don’t like answering the door by myself.
I won’t be contacting them again.

Just had Kippy complete a front patio job for my condo. A small job, but important to me. He showed up on time for the estimate and the work he and his team did was done quickly and professionally. Will be sure to use them again for my next project.

I really expected this company to come through for me since they have so many terrific Unilocal reviews. I scheduled a meeting to get an estimate. They were a NO SHOW. After an hour, I finally called to let them know that they had screwed up since no one showed up. They said they would call me back and they hung up. Ten minutes later they called and wanted to meet with me. I told them that since they stood me up and are now calling an hour and 15 minutes later (only because I called them) I would never hire them. I asked them «why would I hire a company that cannot even show up for the estimate?» They said, «oh my g-​d»

I recently had Skippy come out and do my side yard and patio concrete work. He gave me a great price and got the job done fast and efficiently. We are still waiting to have the stamped concrete sealed (and a few minor things fixed) but so far things have been great!

I needed my backyard patio and side walkways poured and I hired skippy to do the job. I was on a tight budget and skippy was very flexible and willing to work with me. When looking around for a concrete contractor, don’t be afraid to give skip a call. He saved me about 1500 bucks and did much more than other contractors were willing to do. When it was all said and done, skippy went above and beyond to get the job done right. He does great work for fair and reasonable rates. Don’t hesitate to pick up the phone.

I recently had Kippy and his team install 3 concrete walkways and a patio. The work he and his crew did turned out beautifully. It is stamped and colored concrete with a curvy design that makes the patio feel organic and natural amongst the landscape. It is very refreshing to work with a professional like Kippy because he would explain my options and why I may want to consider doing certain things like a drainage system. He’d also listen to my ideas and tell me what the cost was or how complicated a job would be and then I could make an informed decision on whether to proceed.
His team did the work quickly — from demolish to poured concrete taking about a week. Whenever I asked them to do something extra, like reposition a sprinkler head or smooth out the rough edges around the new concrete they did it, no fuss no muss.
Something to be aware of, expect some collateral damage to the surrounding grass or landscape. This really isn’t something that is avoidable since they need to demolish the old concrete and then put up framing for the new concrete and of course they can’t walk on the new concrete when it is being poured so some of your surrounding bushes will get trampled. You may also want to put some protection on your fence or house walls since mine got splattered and it is a fair bit of elbow grease to wipe off. I waited until the concrete project was done to paint my fence.
In short, Kippy is a kind, competent professional who will listen to your wishes and work with you on the price and project design.

As other reviewers stated, Skippy is a very nice guy. KS Bay Concrete does excellent concrete works. KS did such a great job last year that we asked them to help us again this year.
We recommended KS Bay Concrete to our friends and neighbors but our most recent experience left us very disappointed. KS Bay Concrete did very disappointing works with installing the lawn. Some of our fruit plants were inadvertently chopped off. The sprinkler system did not work at first. It was fixed after several tries. Plants are growing from under the lawn because the plant bulbs were not removed prior to installing the sods. We are thankful of the efforts to fix those problems. The lawn has multiple patches of dead grass. Skippy sent a guy, who replaced partially dead grass with «deader» grass. We could not stand the sight, bought the sod from Home Depot and fixed the patches ourselves. Additonally the lawn is rather bumpy.
We made the mistakes of asking KS Bay Concrete to install our lawn. When Skippy, who did excellent concrete works and whom we trusted, told us that he could install lawn, we believed that he could.
We would rate 5-​star for the concrete works and 1-​star for the lawn works.
We would still recommend KS Concrete Bay for concrete works because they do excellent concrete works and because Skippy does make the efforts to fix problems when problems arise.

I had a couple of other concrete contractors I found that were rated high on Unilocal that I was in the talks with for this project, but one was kind of snippy and over priced and the other was wonderfully prompt, but really high bid too. Then I found this company and Skippy was super prompt, called me right away and was willing to come out when I needed him to. I left him hanging for a few days while we were trying to decide some details on the project and then called him and asked if there was any way he could come out immediately basically because we were hosting an important party in a couple of days and he did. His quote was excellent and his customer service was awesome. He showed up with his crew of huge strong dudes and they cracked out the project right away. I thought he was just going to come see if they had time for the project on such short notice, but they had already made the circle forms and everything by the time they showed up the day after I’d called. They were all so friendly and really fast. Skippy came by later and took the forms off no extra charge, but I gave them a good tip because they not only saved me, but they were so great all around and really gave more than they charged for. If you use these guys, which you should :), you should give them a good tip since their bids are low and work is excellent.
Thanks Skippy and crew! I’ll see if I can figure out how to post pics now. We are the ones with the circles in our front yard.

Skippy at KS Bay Concrete was solid and reliable. I’m a DIY’er, that needed someone for the final pour and finish work (impossible for one person to handle and finish 7 yards of concrete alone). I checked around, and Skippy at KS Bay was great. Not only did he quickly respond, he gave an excellent quote and worked with me to help me out (he loaned me some equipment, and one of his guys gave me a hand to help me finish off the rebar).
When it came time to do the pour, his guys were professional and fast and didn’t cut any corners, and it looks great!

We recently hired KS Bay Concrete to renovate the patio of our townhouse, and it was an A+ experience from start to finish.
We had been researching contractors for at least a month and had collected several bids — they all seemed outrageously high for a relatively small space (~450 square feet), and we were just about ready to give up, to compromise our original plans and do only the bare minimum of cleanup — just enough to keep the cranky HOA off our back and make the place tolerable without breaking the bank. I was initially hesitant to search on Craigslist, as you are never sure of what you’ll get on there, but I am SO glad I found an ad for KS Bay and called Kippy!
I contacted him one evening and he was at our house the very next morning to assess the patio. We discussed our plans and he gave us a bid on the spot, one that we felt was very fair and reasonable. We hired him and he was able to begin work the next business day.
Our place has been totally transformed — the patio has gone from being the eyesore of the neighborhood to the showpiece. He cleared away weeds and ugly landscaping rocks, demolished the nasty old concrete, installed a small retaining wall/​planter box around the perimeter, and poured stamped concrete over the entire space. He gave helpful suggestions on design and colors, and his team was extremely prompt, polite, and efficient throughout the process. The work was completed quickly and we are very pleased with the outcome — we’ve received many compliments from the neighbors and would happily recommend his work to others.
If you need any concrete/​hard-​scaping work done, do yourself a favor and give KS Bay a call — you’ll be glad you did!

I decided to put concrete in my backyard and checked out Unilocal.I called several contractors but I felt very comfortable talking to Skippy. He was upfront and gave me a competitive price.
Completed the job in 2 days! Very professional and trustworthy. What more can you ask for.
He went over and above and also did minor landscaping around the concrete even though it was not in the bid and pressure washed my deck as a Thank You.
Thank you Skippy!

Great contractor. Anyone who is considering installing or replacing driveway, concrete, stucco, landscaping, anything on the exterior of the house should talk to KS Bay. Look for Skippy.
I needed a driveway, sideyard pad, and backyard patio and I didn’t have a big budget. Talked to a few contractors but their prices were high. Skippy to the rescue. His pricing is aimed at middle of the road but if you spend the time discussing and negotiating with him, you’ll see he gives the best deal for high quality work. Very affordable and he’ll work with you what you have.
Skippy and his crew showed up on time and got right to work. He estimated 4 days for the whole job and completed it in 2. Talk about under promise and over deliver! You’d think he may cut corners but not so. He owns all the tools and machinery, including the bobcat, which he used to level and grade my lot and took all the old concrete away. Pleasant surprise.
The concrete work was top notch, at 4000 psi (heavy duty), rebar, level, and best of all, the stamp (I opted for London Cobblestone) was VERY beautiful. Just the stamping would eat up my budget with the other contractors. And his crew were clean, pleasant, and go out of their way to help you on the job site.
You will not regret. Btw, I am a real customer and you can see for yourself the work Skippy did on my house in Cupertino on Wunderlich and Pendergast.