Ludwig Paving Co

In the late summer/fall of 2009, I had a number of contractors out to look at digging out my rear parking area to create a proper driveway area. Around the time that I began contacting various contractors my neighbour showed interest in getting his rear parking pad area done as well as he was cleaning up the place and preparing to rent out his property.

Previously, the driveway consisted of a bunch of loose gravel that was compacted down which was fine for the summer time to drive on, but I had found in the winter previous that it was very prone to ice buildup which was hard to remove and it made it very hard to get my car out of the back area and I feared loosing control possibly trying to rock the car back/forth. :-o

I had contacted a number of contractors that came out and some of them seemed like fly by nighters and not in business for a long time which gives the negative impression of paving companies overall. I had one guy come out and pace the driveway by foot to give an estimate and then these high end places wanting to charge exceptionally large amounts of money for the job but I suspect that it was high as they didn't want to the job or they had lots of overhead.

As I have had subsequent contracting jobs for other tasks around the house, I have encountered similar companies for other things such as doors/windows, patio work, etc so I guess this isn't a new phenomenon and I have learned to weed out the bad apples.

Ludwig was the total opposite to these other companies and Joe Bozic was very professional, courteous and understanding of my situation with the neighbour/shared driveway.

I must say that the way that Ludwig does business is the way that all companies should. I have been burnt badly with other companies who do not follow the same business ethics and hold the integrity that Ludwig does to heart where word of mouth is everything.

The experience with Ludwig/Joe was pleasant from beginning to end from the quotation to dig out/gravel and final paving work to the invoice request. It should be this painless for everything that we deal with.

This comes as a great surprise to an industry that has a bad reputation and Ludwig is one of the companies that stands out.

I am in the middle of the 2nd winter with the new driveway and it so nice to be able to get out of my driveway with ease instead of spinning my wheels on gravel and ice over the winter. I was a little hesitant to post my review sooner but wanted to get through the previous winter before putting up a review but the driveway is performing as expected so far.

The only disappointing thing about the job was the fact that the neighbour didn't agree to do the entire driveway but that was out of Ludwig or my control and I wasn't about (nor could I afford) to pay for his part for the rest of the driveway. Perhaps the rest can be done some day and Ludwig will be at the top of the list for consideration.