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After purchasing a condo where owner had two cats, we began checking carpeting cleaning companies for removal of cat odor on/in the carpeting, cleaning, and sanitizing the carpeting. Because of reviews, called Aladdin Chem Dry, 10774 Trenton Avenue.
Talked to a Kathy about removing cat odors and cleaning the carpeting, or whether it would be better to just tear out all the carpeting. She offered to have technicians come for free. Said they would check with an ultra violet light and would honestly tell us whether cat odor could be removed and carpeting cleaned of if we should tear it out. I insisted we pay for testing the carpeting.
Rick and his associate came at the appointed time, checked the carpeting said that he had done much worse jobs than ours and it would not be a problem to remove the cat odor, clean, deodorize, sanitize the carpeting. There was only one black spot on the carpeting in the family room he wouldn't be able to remove.
Because of getting delivery of new cabinets, we wanted the cat odor gone before delivery. We asked if Rick could clean the carpeting while he was there. They immediately went about getting their equipment in and said it wouldn't take that long. There were consistent equipment failures, but they finished the job. Rick said all cat odor would be gone in 1 1/2 to 2 days and the only spot they couldn't remove was the one he had mentioned in the family room.
After a week plus, the cat odor was there as strong as ever and
the dirt on edges in almost every room was very visible. Called
Kathy back immediately and explained the situation. She suggested they come back but we told her the cabinets had already been delivered and they would need to wait until the kitchen was finished. She said that would not be problem.
Several weeks went by as some cabinets needed to be back ordered. We wrote Kathy and explained that we were requesting a refund of the $685.95 that we had paid since the odor was as strong as ever and the black dirt was still there.
Received an email back from a Christ Makos (who we did not know and had never dealt with before). He said he was being very generous since it was over a month since the job was finished but they would come back at no charge and re-treat the carpeting. Told him that we had called within a week and told Kathy about it. After much back and forth about refunding our $685.95, he then went into a long explanation stating that there are no guarantees that the odor could be removed, that the carpeting and pad probably would need to be removed and the floor sealed to get rid of the odor. He also went into another long explanation about why the dark dirt was there and that it was virtually impossible to remove.
OUR WHOLE POINT IN HAVING THEM COME TO CHECK THE CARPETING FIRST WAS TO ASCERTAIN IF IT COULD BE CLEANED, DEODORIZED, SANITIZED AND THE CAT ODOR WOULD BE GONE OR IF WE NEEDED TO TEAR IT ALL OUT. RICK, HIS TECHNICIAN SAID IT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM, THE CAT ODOR WOULD BE GONE, THE CARPET CLEAN AND WOULD BE LIKE NEW.
Now, after all Mr. Makos's explanations (whoever he is) about why we will probably need to tear the carpeting out, he wants to come back and re-treat it rather than give us our money back. JUST GIVE US OUR MONEY BACK AND HONOR WHAT YOUR TECHNICIAN AND KATHY SAID. THE VERY FIRST TIME WE TALKED TO KATHY AND RICK, IF WE HAD BEEN TOLD EVERYTHING MR. MAKOS MENTIONED IN HIS JUNE 7 EMAIL TO US WE NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE FORWARD AND SPENT $685.95 FOR NOTHING.
JUST REFUND THE MONEY AND EITHER PROPERLY TRAIN YOUR TECHNICIANS, ETC., OR TEACH THEM NOT TO PREVARICATE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF.
We have since found out, according to a complaint filed with the BBB that as of September 27, 2017, the company now has a new owner. read more