Driveway Specialists

Driveway Specialists is a Natick-based asphalt paving outfit that MetroWest homeowners hire to tear out a tired driveway and lay a new one. Customers describe a small family crew rather than a call centre: reviewers name Wayne Small and his sons Eugene and Roger, and several say a family member was on site for the whole job. The history behind that is real. Reviews run from 2021 to 2026, and Google publishes a 4.9-star average across 114 ratings. The praise is mechanical rather than vague — people describe the old pavement being ripped up and hauled away, the subsoil levelled, one to two inches of new gravel spread and rolled flat, then the asphalt laid and the edges tamped to a clean 45-degree angle. A homeowner worried about a corner that pooled water wrote in May 2026 that the rain now drains off better than they could have designed themselves. Speed and price come up as often as the workmanship. Recent customers describe whole driveways removed and repaved inside two or three days, one of them within three days of first making contact. A September 2025 reviewer said the quote was the lowest of several they collected, and a 2024 reviewer called the quote competitive against the others they had. Several say the estimate was itemised up front and that there were no additions at the end. The work is not only asphalt. Reviewers describe decorative pavers laid alongside the blacktop, cobblestone borders and aprons, walkways and front steps, drains installed and pitched on a steep driveway, and in one 2024 review a repair to the wall beside the driveway and to a catch basin. Jobs are not strictly residential either: a 2025 reviewer described a replacement driveway for a non-profit in Framingham, and a 2023 reviewer a paved parking area and a ramp to a shed. Two customers had a very different experience, and both are worth raising before signing. A reviewer writing in November 2024 said a repair sank and became unusable after its first winter, roughly four months in, and that calls to the owner's mobile and messages on the main line went unanswered over the following six months. A September 2023 reviewer said the bottom half of their driveway was done well but the top was left a mess, that the demolition shifted their fence posts so the gate would not open, and that they paid close to $500 to a fence contractor to put it right after being offered a discount instead of a fix. They are a straightforward call for a standard asphalt driveway replacement, especially where grading and drainage are the hard part. Ask what the warranty covers if the surface moves over the first winter, get the remedy in writing, and confirm who to reach if the crew has moved on.