If I could rate zero stars I would. I had water damage and was going through my insurance for it's repair. A technician came out for the evaluation and estimate and was very nice and seemed very thorough. He completed the estimate and the company reached out to see if I wanted to schedule anything. I explained I had to finish confirmation with my insurance and then definitely yes I was ready to have it fixed. They told me no problem they'd schedule as soon as the insurance came through. My insurance sent me the full value of the estimate $6700, which I was asked to pay half of up front to start work which I did without issue after signing their contract stating, "Authorization: I the Client for the job site listed, authorize Advanced Restoration Solutions, LLC (ARS) to enter my property, furnish materials, supply all equipment and perform all labor necessary to preserve and protect my property from further damage, and to perform all restoration procedures necessary to repair and restore the carpet, furniture, structure and other furnishings."
They came in and moved around everything in both of my bedrooms (65% of my living space), covered it all in heavy plastic, and had industrial dehumidifiers running for 2 days. On the second day they cut giant holes through the dry wall in between rooms and then left the dehumidifiers running. They did not come the 3rd day. On the fourth day they came and packed up their dehumidifiers saying they would schedule with the dry wall crew and left the place a complete mess, dry wall dust everywhere, everything still displaced and covered in plastic. That evening I received an invoice requesting the second half of my estimate for $3400. I didn't respond as my home was still in shambles. The next day I received another invoice and a text message urging me to pay my invoice. I replied to the text saying that I didn't feel comfortable paying with so much work left, but that I would be happy to pay when it was completed. No text response.
The next day I receive an email from the manager saying that, "Actually we didn't do a lot of what was on the estimate so your initial deposit will cover the cost of what we did, also the estimate didn't cover repairing your home. We're happy to get you an estimate for that and schedule that for you."
So in short they destroyed my home, did NOT do anything to the vast majority of the damaged area (i.e. floors), took $3400 and tried to quickly pressure me into paying an additional $3400 only to quickly back pedal and say never mind, but we aren't going to fix your condo. And now I have giant holes in my walls, I'm out $3400, plastic everywhere, drywall dust everywhere, and, despite being told by technicians they would replace all my items to where they previously were and that a dry wall team would be scheduled, I have no scheduled follow up from this company.
Stay away from this company, they are intentionally misleading, and will quickly pressure you into paying more than they have done work for, and despite promises of RESTORATION, REPAIR, and REMEDIATION they will leave your home worse than when they started. read more