R. J. Nardone Construction Inc.

A Cape homeowner wrote in July 2023 that the driveway this company put in back in 1986 had held up for 36 years without a thing needing doing — they finally had it cleaned and sealed rather than replaced. That is the long view of the South Dennis paver. The short view is a burst of roughly 40 written accounts through 2023 and 2024, a 4.9 average across 53 Google ratings, and an A+ grade at the BBB, almost all of it about driveways and seal coating on the Cape. Two things get praised repeatedly. One is communication around weather, which governs everything in asphalt: customers through 2023 describe a job coordinator calling ahead about schedule changes, and crews explaining what to do in the days after a fresh coat — when to move the cars, how long to stay off the finish. The other is the seal-coat work itself. A September 2023 customer described cracks filled and the coating laid on by hand with a squeegee, neat, with no spills or overage. Another that month had roots cut out in three patches, new tar laid, then the seal coat applied a few weeks later. Estimates arrive fast. One August 2023 homeowner had contacted several companies — one never returned calls, another did a site visit and never sent a number — and this one responded right away. Another the same month said Mike's quote came immediately after his site survey, and called it fair. Now the part that should shape your questions. In September 2023 a customer left one star describing a sales approach they found fast-talking and cocky, a price they considered huge, a finished driveway that poured water into their garage, and a trip to small claims court. It is specific, and it is about drainage — the thing a driveway either gets right or does not. Separately, a comment posted on a business-listing site in 2015 claimed a driveway was cracking badly and had been laid without any base material. Price surfaces in a milder register too. A May 2023 customer said everything went well but the quote came in far above what they expected, and they looked elsewhere; a September 2023 reviewer put it as not inexpensive, but professionally done. The company carries two Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office certifications, as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and a Women Business Enterprise, both active on the registry, with the WBE running to 29 September 2026. For a driveway, private road or parking lot on the Cape, the depth of positive accounts through 2023 is real, though the written history thins after November 2024. Before signing, walk the grading and drainage with them on site — where the water goes in a downpour — and get that in the written scope alongside the price.