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So it took me a while to narrow down which paver guy to use when I finally decided to get rid of this ugly, muddy colored wooden deck left from the previous owner in my 30x50 ft back yard, and have a complete make-over for my back yard since it was neglected for almost a year.  I did my research on Yelp and Craigslist, trying to "get a feel" of which paver guys are at least decent to call for a quote... so Yelp has a couple of paver/landscaping companies (the usual suspects such as system something, and something pro, and etc), with reviews ranging from excellent to mediocre to down-right nasty.  And Craigslist was not that helpful either since there were no reviews to begin with, but I was manage to pick one company from Craigslist to call, yeah, Federal Paving (i think it is the only one company on Craigslist that provides a detailed description of how the company prepare and lay pavers, a good resource for landscape dummy like myself).  Anyway, so I called system something, something pro, Federal, and one other company that my friend referred me to. And the quotes, oh boy, is ridiculously different!  The something pro sales quote me almost 3x the amount that Jose from Federal Paving quoted me.  I guess the something pro sales took me for some dumb f.  Then the system something guy didn't even want to give me a quote, since he knew i was getting bids.. I supposed I needed to show him my hole cards before he showed me his... long story short, Jose' quote was competitive with the one my friend referred me to, but I decided to go with Federal Paving because Jose had been incredibly patient, polite and responsive with me. He showed up on time for an on-site estimate and worked with me on my limited budget. When the job begun, David (the owner!) showed up with his crew of 4 at 9 am SHARP on Monday.  It took them almost a full day to demolish this muddy-colored, overdone, wooden deck left from the previous owner of the house, got rid of all the crap that was growing and also excavate all the dirt to prepare the base (and there was A LOT of dirt).  The crew was very efficient, and polite.  David even got rid of a bunch of gravel underneath deck for free! Now, that was a big plus since contractors almost always charge you on things that was a "surprise" to them.  It took David and his crew roughly 2 and half day to complete my paver patio.  When I got home from work on Wednesday, I was pleasantly surprised that my drive way and my back yard was clean and neat, with minimum amount of debris, if any.    I am quite satisfied with the patio since I wanted a simple one to begin with.  I will post some pictures when sod and wood chips and sprinkler system are installed (dont want to do Federal any injustic).  All in all, my experience with Federal Paving was pleasant, up-front and professional, and it was one of the better ones that I have had dealing with contractors.  Great Job!!!  If I ever want to expand my patio or make change to my back yard, I will definitely use them again.

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