Babes Plumbing Inc

Beware if someone else schedules an appointment on your behalf without your consent they will charge you regardless of whether or not they perform any work and harass you into submission. No work performed no fee approved was still charged and they claim I approved work when I didn’t.

Outside water county connector had slow dripping. Called for service as we had used them B4. Came out promptly. Said a new connector would cost $475..... but have option to rebuild for $118.50. Chose option 2. Within a few hours the rebuild was leaking. Came back next day, and since rebuild not guaranteed, had to pay the big money, plus no refund on work done earlier. Why offer rebuild when you are pretty sure it's not going to work. I believe I was scammed.

I looked in lowes and the prices of the cartridges are no more than $20.00 and I was charged $ 277.00 to change it and labor. I think is an abuse. I asked him to fix the toilet because it was not flushing complete and he said no, he wants me to buy a new one from them for $300.00. I looked a video in the internet follow the instructions and I fixed. It seems this company does not care about the client they only want you to buy everything new from them. I will not recommend this company to any of my friends o neighbors. I am very unhappy for the service provided.

Fantastic installation. On time and well done. Neat and clean with care taken for landscaping and appearance (gas lines are not beautiful so some allowance for what there is to work with). Wayne was pleasant and easy to work with. Yes, Babe's was not the low estimate - but you get what you pay for. Would absolutely use Babe's again.

It was fantastic! Michelle in the office set up everything, understood our time crunch, provided all documentation to the city on our behalf, and was knowledgeable about the whole situation. She even reached out to the city to make sure we didn't get our water shut off even when it was on us for not getting the service done sooner. The price was also great for the several tests performed, the time spent on site, and the distance. I will never use another plumber. I recommend Babe's to everyone!

Absolutely horrible, I complained to Babe's for breakdown of labor and materials which they refused to give me. I also filed a complaint with BBB to no success. Bad news company

Repair was made to the faucet however plumber needed to order a new gasket to fix the repaired faucet from leaking. He said he would be back in a few days to finish the repair. We paid the invoice of approximately $158 for the service call and parts. No one called us back. Two weeks later we called to see where we were at with finishing the job. They said they would be out the next day to finish. The new gasket was installed. We were charged another $171 dollars for a gasket installation. In all were charged $330 dollars to repair a kitchen faucet. We feel the price was excessive. We should not have been charged a second $150 labor charge to come back and finish the job.

Completed without a problem. Babes has a reputation for being expensive and was

Babe's Plumbing sent Derek over to help with our emergency whole house drain clog. He immediately figured out where the clog was and was able to very quickly clear the clog and get all our faucets and toilets flowing again. He explained every step and was very courteous. We will call Babe's Plumbing whenever we need any plumbing work.

Very responsive to morning phone call. Fixed by 1:15 PM

Very professional, clean, did what needed to be done. He was in my home for 45 minutes...can not believe I was charged $300!!! Yes, the toilet now works but to be charged this ridiculous amount will cause me to not refer this company to anyone. "Good work is not cheap" should not mean we will over charge...I should have been given an estimated PRIOR to work being done, not in the driveway after is was too late....

Don't know - the emergency was 4 days ago and is fixed by someone else who actually called me back the day I needed service. Angie's List is the worst.

Absolutely great! The Tech sent, Kyle, was courteous, professional and informative. I have used Babe's in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Vince T.

Tom from Babes arrived and promptly assessed the job and gave a clear quote. He was very quick, neat, and helpful. He is also a very nice man. I highly recommend Tom and Babe's.

Excellent service from beginning to end. Picked fixtures with Josh at their showroom. Babes coordinate work with tile people to complete our shower remodeling project in a timely fashion. And it came out GREAT. Jan, 2019

From the ladies who man the phones to the fellow who repaired our valve, everything was friendly, professional, and competent. Would use again in a heartbeat !!

Absolutely fine, but I didn't go through Angie's list - I called them through Ace Hardware here in Venice. Two others called me from Angie's list and were much too expensive - one was rude and the other two expensive.

work was done but 300 dollars is way out of line..fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me...will never call again

Did good work but very expensive for the short amount of time spent and relative ease of the work. Scheduler did not give a quote and said it would be dependent on the plumber's time spent. Plumber pulled out a schedule with fixed prices for the work after completion. Had I know about the prices, I would have looked elsewhere.

Repairman told my elderly father that removing filtered water dispenser would cause pullout on faucet to no longer work. He needed an additional $150 to route plumbing so pullout would work. Dad declined to spend extra $. I was up north and told dad that made no sense. When I got to FL, found that repairman had squeezed flexible copper water lines to faucet together so as to restrict pull-out from functioning. One minute under the sink and I had the pull-out back in working order. What a rip-off of the elderly.

Precise, immaculate work. Always prompt, on time, and respectful of our home. Great job by a quality local firm and an excellent plumber. Excellent value.

Arrived promptly, professional and friendly service completed with no complications.

I had an excellent experience with them. One, they were really prompt about coming quickly when I need them. Two, I asked them about a couple of services and they actually gave me some good advice. Instead of doing work for me right then, they suggested another option that would be a better option. They didn't take advantage of me just because they could have.

When I scheduled the appointment, I was told that the plumber would provide an estimate prior to performing the work. Rather then providing an estimate, he said the job would cost $149 per hour plus materials. He failed to mention that any portion of the first hour would be $149. He also failed to mention that I would be billed in half hour increments after the first hour. So a 61 minute job would cost $223.50. BTW, the best software engineers, with engineering degrees, charge between $150-$200 per hour if they live in Silicon Valley. Venice Florida is not Silicon Valley/ Tom completed the job in 55 minutes, and then took 15 minutes to generate an invoice, which was incorrect. So I paid him $74.50 to generate an invoice which included a charge of $75 for materials which actually cost $15.00 according to the service manager. So Tom charged me $74.50 to over charge me by $60.00. After receiving the bill, and after paying for it, I called Babe's office to schedule a complaint appointment. I was told that I did not need to schedule an appointment, so I just made the 20 minute trek to their office. After waiting for about 10 minutes, the service manager, Josh, met with me and apologized, saying that the plumber had made an error in inputting the materials into his tablet, and the charges should have been $15 not $75. When I made the comment that it seems that common sense might strike a plumber with 38 years of experience that $15 of materials was not $75, he said that you know how it is when folks get intimidated by computers. So Josh corrected the materials charge but refused any concessions on the labor charge. Labor I paid for to bill me incorrectly. He also did not offer any accommodation for the hour I spent seeking fair treatment I noticed while I was there that hey had expansive , modern office facilities, which appeared to be 80% empty, and was told that they had been in this facility for almost 2 years. One might surmise that their plumbers have an incentive to bill in a way that helps to cover their overhead. I did not ask if their plumbers have a commission component to their compensation, but wish that I had. Bottom line, if you live on Casey Key or Manasota Key, and don't care what you pay for plumbing services, Babe's might be the right company for you. Otherwise, I would recommend that you shop around as I will never use their services again.

What I thought was a simple install turned out to be much more than that. Access to our roman tub entailed removing the entire front panel. Josh and Jeff worked their magic to expedite the whole process. Even going as far as coordinating with anther company to help us out. Can't thank Babes enough and will use again and highly recommend.