So they are "nice", and answer their phones on a Saturday, and Michael the husband plumber seems knowledgeable, but not competitive in pricing nor fully transparent. Wife was sneaky in getting to come to property when job could have been quoted over phone and sly in trying to skeeze a service fee they never ever communicated anywhere along the way to basically write me an estimate on the way home from an emergency service call job. Would. Not. Use.
Husband and wife team in a transit van and I called them when trying to get a water heater replaced in Frisco over the weekend. I sent pictures, provided all details, knew exactly what I wanted done down to the exact brand of the water heater and parts. This could have and should have been a straight quote over the phone with the info I was given. The range given on the phone was 1800-2300 despite having all of the details in the pictures before arriving the property.
I was led to believe pricing could be toward lower end of range by saving sediment trap, pan and more... After coming out with nothing materially changing, they quoted me nearly $2400 in person. They also wouldn't come back out for the inspection with city either...Legacy Plumbing quoted $2150 over the phone and they were high...soup to nuts with a better warranty. After I mentioned that they said they would match it.. no thanks...
Best part of all.. after feeling like I had wasted my time, at the end of the estimate when They had offered to "come out" when they were on their way back from another job to see if they could make the price cheaper, they tried to charge me $69!!
made absolutely no mention of any fee to do so. Had I known about the fee, This would have been an immediate no, and move on to the next plumber. When I told wife you never mentioned on phone at any time she said you know what, forget it and walked off..
Numerous reputable plumbers quoted this, with parts and all based on pictures and details without coming out, cheaper than they did. Again, this is with brand of water heater, size, parts, and components all clearly and consistently aligned and communicated.
I felt like this is another one of these contractors gaining customers through the "recommended by" uninformed people on Nextdoor who recommend contractors who are "nice" to them and who act as if they are "affordable" and cheaper than larger outfits but are really higher priced and lower offerings than others. I wasted my time on an important Saturday and the entire process made me feel deceived. When I sniffed and snuffed out the nonsense it was game over.
Went an alternate route in the end with a better warranty for far less money, got a new water heater in by end of night but learned ...again... the "recommended bys " on Nextdoor are nearly worthless depending on who is writing the reviews ...
I am going with three stars only because Christmas is coming soon and I'm trying to be nicer even to those who deceive, I don't know the actual quality of the work, just the sales process and feel as though I wasted my time and was deceived through niceties. read more