Haines Paving is a wonderful paving company because they are honest, hard working, and do an excellent job. How do I know?? Well, I was a home inspector of three years and got to know the vicissitudes of getting things done for ones home. Many paving companies simply do not care!! and many builders don't either - putting in driveways that are a touch above spraying painting a wide black strip on your yard and announcing they have just paved the driveway. Many new homes end up with driveways that really don't last a year. Mr. Gary Haines builds them correctly!! He put a long driveway (300 ft.) for me in 1989 or so - it was the first paving that had been done on the property. Today it looks as good as it did the day he put it in - no cracks, no spider web cracking, no puddles, and not broken paving. He repaired the parking lot of a small church I help at on as a facility manager - again, there when he said he would be, pointed out to me why the parking lot needed repairs (because the orignal contractor did not build it to the standards of a commercial lot - about 50% less gravel that needed and about 60% less asphalt. Recently, he put in a new driveway for me where he encouraged me to remove the entire old driveway because it had been paved twice before and was falling completely apart (it was initially put in in 1982) because he felt another layer of asphalt would simply not last laid on top of such an unstable base. Again, he was there on time - was extraordinarily helpful in helping right some wrongs with the previous driveway that he accomplished without charging additional money. As far as I can tell he used way more asphalt (thicker), tamped the edges as I requested ,and did the entire job in nearly 100 degree weather in two days and left everything cleaned up and looking very, very good. It was not cheap for more that 600 feet of driveway - and I suspect he will not be the cheapest contractor for you. I would say you are doing yourself no favor to put too much credence in a cheapest bidder unless you are there to measure the gravel and asphalt to ensure you are getting the proper thickness and proper bed for the drive. I strongly recommend Haines Paving (703) 471-7600 in Herndon Virginia. I have NO connection with Mr. Haines or his company - but am delighted with his work and his attitude.
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