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WE HAD TO HIRE A NEW COMPANY TO COME OUT & CORRECT THE "WORK" THAT HOUSE DOCTORS DID. THIS NEW COMPANY MATCHED THE SHINGLE PERFECTLY & REPLACED IT, THEY SEALED & NAILED THE SHINGLE & THEREFORE THE LEAK HAS BEEN FIXED. WE ACTUALLY OBTAINED AN ADDITIONAL QUOTE FROM THEM TO PAINT THE HOUSE & IT WAS CLOSE TO $3,000 WHICH IS EXTREME. WE GOT THE PAINTING DONE FROM ANOTHER ANGIE'S LIST COMPANY FOR LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE HOUSE DOCTOR'S QUOTE. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO ORDER & INSTALL A CHIMNEY GUARD TO KEEP THE BIRD'S OUT & THEY QUOTED AN ADDITIONAL COST $300 WHICH WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL QUOTE. WE HAVE CALLED MANY TIMES TO GET THEM TO COME OUT. NEXT WEEK BECAME THREE WEEKS LATER & STILL NO RESPONSE. WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE WE SHOULD HAVE & THE SHINGLE PROBLEM HAD CREATED ANOTHER PROBLEM; A LEAK & COST US ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE OF THEIR "WORK." AS AN ELDERLY COUPLE WE CANNOT CLIMB A LADDER AND CHECK THEIR WORK. WE HAD TO TRUST THEM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE WE PAID FOR.

ORIGINAL ESTIMATE COMPLETED QUICKLY, AND THE WORK WAS DONE ON SCHEDULE. USED $50 OFF COUPON FROM ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $335. SIDING ON TIGHT AND HAS STAYED IN PLACE THROUGH OTHER WIND/THUNDERSTORMS.

SHOWED UP PROMPTLY AND DID A GOOD JOB. THERE WAS SOME MIS-COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ESTIMATOR AND WORKER BUT NOT A PROBLEM. CLEAN UP COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

EXCELLENT WORK! DAN WAS PROFESSIONAL AND VERY PLEASANT TO WORK WITH; THE SERVICEMAN WAS EQUALLY GOOD. I WOULD WORK WITH THEM AGAIN WHEN HOUSE JOBS COME UP.

WHEN THEY FINISHED REPLACING THE SUBFLOOR I HAD THE PLUMBER BACK TO RESET THE TOILET. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NEW PIPE WAS TOO HIGH AND THE STRESS FROM THE TOILET WOULD MAKE IT CRACK AGAIN, AND HE SHOWED ME THE ONE INCH GAP IN THE NEW FLOOR AROUND THE PIPE THAT WOULD HAVE HAD YOU STARING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOILET FROM THE BASEMENT. HOUSE DR'S CAME BACK OUT, FILLED IN THE GAP AND LOWERED THE PIPE AS WELL AS RESETTING THE TOILET FOR ME AT NO CHARGE. AFTER THEY LEFT I FOUND THAT WHEN THEY PUT THE BASEBOARD BACK ON THEY JUST USED A STAPLE GUN THAT LEFT HOLES IN MY BASEBOARD. THERE ARE ALSO GAPS SO THAT THE BOARDS AREN'T FLUSH AGAINST THE WALL. THEY ALSO LEFT SOME DIRT AND SCRATCHES ON THE BOARDS, MY WALLPAPER, AND THE CABINET NEXT TO THE TOILET. THEY WERE FRIENDLY TO WORK WITH AND FAIRLY PRICED, BUT IF YOU HAVE A NICE HOUSE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GO WITH SOMEONE MORE PROFESSIONAL.

WE HAD WORK DONE IN JULY ON OUR HOME AND SINCE THE REPORT WAS POSTED ON ANGIE'S LIST THE COMPANY CAME BACK OUT. THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATE TO OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPORT. THE HANDYMAN AND EXPLAINED THE LOCATION OF THE SWITCH WAS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR HOME. BOTH FANS WERE REPLACED WITH LARGER FANS FOR THE SIZE OF THE ROOM. THE ONE FAN WAS VENTED INTO THE DRYER VENT AND SEPARATE VENT WAS RAN. THE SHOWER THAT WAS DAMAGED DURING INSTALLATION WAS REPAIRED AND IS BETTER THAN BEFORE THEY ARRIVED. I WOULD GIVE THEM AN OVERALL "A" BECAUSE THEIR PROFESSIONALISM AND COURTESY WAS ABOVE AND BEYOND. DUE TO OUR ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE REWORKED, I FEEL A "B" IS A VERY GOOD GRADE, BUT THIS GRADE REFLECTS THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE. CONSTANCE IS IN THE OFFICE AND WAS VERY NICE AND CONCERNED THAT THE JOB WAS WELL DONE.

WORKERS WERE ON TIME & POLITE. I THOUGHT THEY WERE EXPENSIVE FOR WHAT THEY DID. BUT THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

I FELT LIKE THE PRICE WAS HIGH. I WOULD RECOMMEND TO OTHERS TO SHOP AROUND FOR OTHER PRICING. I CONTACTED HIM BECAUSE I FELT THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, THE OWNER DID RESPOND AND HE DID LOOK AT WHAT WAS DONE AND CAME DOWN IN THE PRICE. I DO THINK THE WORK WAS GOOD

DAVE ARRIVED AT 10AM AS PROMISED. HE SPENT A FEW MINUTES MEASURING AND EVALUATING. HE THEN OFFERED ANOTHER SOLUTION, WHICH WOULD WORK BETTER THAN PROPOSED SOLUTION. DAVE WAS WONDERFUL, SKILLED AND NEAT. HE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AND VENTED THE PIPE INTO THE GARAGE. MY DRYER WORKS LIKE NEW.

THE FIRST DAY THE WORK WAS SCHEDULED, AN EMERGENCY KEPT THE CREW FROM SHOWING UP. DURING THE DAY FROM EARLY MORNING TO LATE THAT AFTERNOON, I WAS KEPT INFORMED OF THEIR PLIGHT. THE PREP WORK WAS FINISHED AT THEIR SHOP AND THEY PROMISED TO BE OUT THE NEXT DAY. THE NEXT DAY THE CREW SHOWED UP VERY EARLY AND WE CONFERED ABOUT THE JOB. THE JOB WAS FINISHED BY THAT EVENING. EVERY THING WAS PAINTED (SEVERAL COATS) AND THE WORK AREA CLEANED, VERY PROFRESSIONAL AND VERY NEAT. VERY PLEASED WITH THE JOB AND THE COMPETENT WAY IT WAS DONE.

DAN LANDON CAME TO MY HOUSE AND GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE USING A SMALL PRINTER HE CARRIED WITH HIM. THE NICE OFFICE MANAGER (CONSTANCE) KEPT IN CONTACT WHILE I WAS MAKING MY DECISION TO HIRE THEM. THE WORKERS ARRIVED ON TIME AND WE TALKED THROUGH THE WORK. AFTER THE WALK THROUGH, I DISCOVERED ITEMS NEEDING FURTHER ATTENTION- THE DRIP EDGE WAS REPLACED WITH A TOO-SMALL PIECE, THE PAINT JOB ON THE WOOD SHAKES DID NOT MATCH THE HOUSE (DUE TO WOOD GRAIN ON SHAKES), THEY BROKE A SECOND PIECE OF BEADBOARD WHEN REMOVING THE OLD BEADBOARD AND THEY DID NOT PAINT THE ENTIRE SOFFIT. I RECEIVED A LOT OF RESISTANCE FROM RON- THE FOREMAN ON THE JOB- WHEN I ASKED FOR THE REWORK. HE CAME BACK TO MY HOUSE AND CONTINUED TO RESIST AND TRIED TO IMPLY THAT I ''DIDN'T UNDERSTAND''. I TOLD HIM I AM AN EX-STRUCTURAL ENGINEER SO HE FINALLY STOPPED RESISTING. HE MADE DOING THE REWORK SUCH AN ISSUE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HIRE THEM AGAIN. I DID NOT SEE THE ''CUSTOMER FIRST'' ATTITUDE THEY CLAIM. THEY DID FIX PRO

THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T LIKE AND WHEN I CALLED THEY STOPPED AND CHANGED DIRECTIONS IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD USE THEM AGAIN.

POLITE, ON TIME, HIGH PRICED FOR WORK PERFORMED SINCE I HAD QUOTED A NEW VENT INSTALLATION AND ALL THEY DID WAS RUN A PIPE FROM EXISTING EXHAUST FAN STRAIGHT UP TO NEAR AN EXISTING VENT IN ROOF. I DID AGREE TO THIS FIX.

BOTH THE ESTIMATOR AND THE SERVICE PROVIDER WERE PROMPT, COURTEOUS, AND THOROUGH.

AS BEFORE, EXCELLENT WORK, EXCELLENT SERVICE. RON DID THE WORK AND HE IS A GEM. TALENTED, TRUSTWORTHY, AND RELIABLE.

THEY REFUSED TO GIVE A PRICE QUOTE OVER THE PHONE FOR WHAT IS A VERY SIMPLE JOB (CEILING FAN INSTALL.) EVERYONE ELSE THAT I TALKED TO WAS VERY WILLING TO GIVE ME THIS INFO.

MY MAIN COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS COMPANY IS THAT THEY ARE EXORBITANT. BOTH JOBS TOOK NO MORE THAN AN HOUR (LET'S SAY 90 MINUTES TO BE GENEROUS), AND THE MATERIALS COULDN'T HAVE COST MORE THAN $20. THE TOTAL COST TO ME WAS $325. TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY ARE EXTREMELY COURTEOUS FROM THE SECRETARY DOWN TO THE HANDYMAN, AND ALSO EXTREMELY PROMPT, BUT EXPECT TO PAY A HEFTY CHARGE IF YOU USE THEM. CONSIDERING HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO COME OUT, OR EVEN RESPOND TO YOUR CALL DURING THE BUSY SUMMER MONTHS (ESPECIALLY FOR SMALL JOBS), I MAY USE THEM AGAIN IF THEY GIVE ME A BETTER ESTIMATE.

OVERALL VERY POSITIVE. MY CALLS WERE COURTEOUSLY HANDLED. WORKMAN WAS VERY PROFESSIONAL. THE COMPANY OWNER IS VERY ANXIOUS TO DO A GOOD JOB FOR HIS CUSTOMERS.

COMPLETED AS PER ESTIMATE, BOTH IN TERMS OF WORK DONE AND ESTIMATED COST. PROVIDED PROMPT ESTIMATE AND SCHEDULING OF WORK. OVERALL, GREAT SERVICE. WILL DEFINITELY HIRE AGAIN FOR ANY ODD JOBS BEYOND OUR CAPABILITIES.

ON TIME, WORK WAS DONE WITH DETAIL. THE WORK IN THE ENTRYWAY WAS VERY DETAILED AND I WAS GLAD TO HAVE SOMEONE DO IT. NO ONE IN MY FAMILY WAS WILLING TO DO IT. MORE EXPENSIVE THAN I WOULD HAVE LIKED, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT. MY HOUSE IS READY FOR THE MARKET

THEIR ESTIMATE WAS OFF BECAUSE THEY ONLY QUOTED 2 PANES TO EACH WINDOW, BUT EACH OF MY WINDOWS HAVE 16 PANES! I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS THE CASE AND ADJUSTED THE PAY IN THE END. WE ALSO REPLACED SEVERAL OF THE PANES THAT HAD BROKEN. THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB AND THEY'VE HELD UP WELL THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.

I'M PUTTING MY HOUSE ON THE MARKET AND THEY DID A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS AROUND THE HOUSE TO SPRUCE IT UP. EVERYTHING FROM DOOR KNOBS TO WEATHER STRIPPING, THEY DID IT ALL. I'VE USED THEM FOR YEARS AND THEY'VE BEEN RELIABLE AND ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO REDO WORK THAT ISN'T SATISFACTORY.

EXCELLENT WORK, FAST RESPONSE, EASY ESTIMATE PROCESS, HE USES EFFICIENT WORKERS WHO CLEAN UP WELL. I WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEM.

WAS VERY OPEN TO WORKING WITHIN MY TIME FRAME AND MANAGED TO FIT ME IN DESPITE SOME WEATHER SET BACKS.

THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS SATISFACTORY. THE ACTUAL CARPENTRY WORK WAS EXCELLENT. MR JACK KEES WAS A COMPETENT, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT WORKER.