I hired DiMaggio & Son's to re-point 3 long decorative stone walls as well as to fix a large crack on my home's rear stucco wall that went from the outside of the home through to the inside of the garage.
It was a pretty big job, and because of that I of course got a few quotes. Anthony's quote was close to 50% less than the most expensive quote, a very significant difference. Now I don't always go for the least expensive, but after speaking with him, not only was he cheaper, but the way he described how they would tackle the job (specifically the rear crack) seemed far better. Cheaper with terrible quality is useless to me, but DiMaggio & Son's sounded like they would be cheaper with higher quality, and I don't come across that too often these days.
The more expensive company said they would inject some kind of adhesive/epoxy to fix the crack; Anthony questioned why they would do it this way saying it wouldn't solve the problem all the way through. He and his team cut the crack out, re-pointed the internal cinderblocks, and sealed up the outside (both sides of the wall, inside and outside the house) and repainted it so its barely noticeable. No "injecting epoxy" into it and then covering it up and hoping for the best. I could see how much better his method was, despite he was actually cheaper than the other company.
They showed up every day exactly at 8AM without fail, and did a great job doing the pointing, but unfortunately on the last day it rained as they were cleaning up. This caused some of the still wet mortar to make a bit of a mess (it dripped and ran down). Anthony assured me it would be corrected. I let him know it's not urgent, as I knew he was busy, and we agreed to wait a bit until the timing was easier to fit in. NOTE... I already paid him the full amount, but I could tell he was an honest and trustworthy person, so I wasn't worried and was confident he would come back and take care of the finishing touches.
We stayed in contact, and when the weather and scheduling permitted he came out and acid washed the wall where the mortar ran down and filled in a few spots to finish the job on a high note.
I have a few more concrete needs coming down the road and will absolutely use DiMaggio & Son's again in the future. A very solid experience with a company that "Gets it" - nothing beats a good service at a fair price. Thank you Anthony & Crew!