Flavio Larocca & Sons

Do not trust this contractor!



I hired La Rocca at the beginning of June to redo my driveway and explained all the details and that I wanted it done by the end of the summer. We signed a contract and he took an initial deposit (for 1/3 of the job) and then asked for additional money for permits which I paid immediately. And then NOTHING HAPPENED.



After 3 months of no work on my driveway the summer ended and I asked for my money back. He refused and told me I'd have to pay a ton of extra costs. I ended up working with the town to get the permit done (he was supposed to handle this) and then asked him to start work. Again, NOTHING HAPPENED.



Finally, after repeated requests to return my money and almost 5 months after I first contracted with him, the temperature dropped from 70 degrees to 45 degrees. That's bad for driveways - warm weather is much better if you want to do a good job. But that's when he wanted to do the job - immediately before it got even colder.



I had two problems - first that the weather seemed too cold (he then responded that he did jobs up until Christmas no problem - notice the contradiction) and second that he had taken money I had paid him and used it to pay deposits - in HIS name. The village told me that this was very bad practice. Deposits are supposed to be paid by the contractor as this protects the village against bad work. La Rocca used my money and put it in his name - and he would get it back at the end of the job.



After he sent me an insulting and threatening email I'd had enough. This time when I asked for my money back he told me I'd hear from his lawyer.



So that's where things stand. I am in the process of suing him after he took my money, lied to me repeatedly and did ABSOLUTELY NO WORK for 5 months.



So if that's the guy you want to work with, then I strongly recommend - do not pay him a cent until he actually does work.

Don't trust these people! Their contract isn't worth the paper it is written on.

They canceled my contract for snow removal on the morning of the first big storm of the year. Do not trust this company!