Not good is right. Scheduled 1 week out. Called 22 minutes before supposed to arrive to tell me their truck was broken, gonna come in their car. They confirmed address to me. Called 1 hour later to say they were "42 minutes away". Called 1 hour later to ask the address (they were at my neighbor's house). I had mouse poop in a shed to be cleaned & an attic to vacuum dirt/dust (had to move bins of clothes). Simple, shed looked OK, on to the attic. 1st complaining they didn't bring the extension for their vacuum so they can stand up straight (wanted to come back with attachment at a later date). They agree to do the work when they realize I'm gonna say to skip the attic, do the work (decent job, NOT QUICK), then they drop a Halloween decoration down my attic stairs, denting a door jamb & leaving black marks on the clean wall (rental).
Now comes the arguing. He wants to fix it himself, wants me to look at pictures that show that his fix it guys are great (claims they built a winery), and says he doesn't want a mark on his insurance. So I say I want a professional to do it & they are a cleaning crew (just as I had hired them, as professionals, to do a job I probably could have done (hire professionals, mouse poop is dangerous). I say, let's estimate it and knock it off the price. Now the price is $150/hr for 3.5 hours. It was $125/hr on the phone, & the extra 1/2 hour was mostly them looking at the damage they did to my wall/door. I had $400 in my pocket ($375+a little extra, they are the company owners from original estimate). I say $400, he says $425 (estimated fix would be $100). I say $400, as the estimate I saw was $175. I just paid them to GTFO of my place, really.
A week ago I needed a professional to do a job I'm not expert at. Now, $400 later, I need a professional to do a job I'm not expert at, so there's a feeling that I'd have been better off avoiding them altogether & just staying out of the shed. read more