Servpro was quick to respond when I had an emergency basement flood on 7/4/2026. Unfortunately…read morethey were unable to get to my property as fast as a plumber could so the immediate draining was taken care of prior to their arrival. Servpro techs came around 9am, evaluated the scene quickly and within 1.5 hours had set up two dehumidifiers in the basement. Just before 11 I asked for an update via text and a technician informed me they'd set up dehumidifiers. They asked to set up a time to come in and check the dehumidifiers in the morning. As I don't live in the building but rent it, I had to arrange time to meet with the technician to let him in. He initially tells me 8:30 and asks me to call in the morning. I called in the morning and received no response so I sent a text at 8:15 and received no reply. At 9:18 I received a call letting me know the tech would reach out later. I never heard back so I texted the tech and got no response. I happened to need to stop by the house to let in the HVAC tech to replace a water heater and decided to check on the basement. It's fortunate I did because the 50gallon bucket they'd used for the dehumidifier drains was nearly full and one of the hoses was on the plywood floor causing a puddle and clearly soaking through the floor and under a cabinet. Neither drain line was secured to the bucket, they were just draped into it. I called several times to reach servpro techs. Finally I reached one of them and he said he probably couldn't come by that day. I pushed back and he said he'd try to come by later to drain the bucket. I got confirmation from the HVAC tech, not Servpro that they came by to drain the system. The next day I get a call, we set up a time to meet, they tell me they're going to remove the dehumidifiers. So, to review, I hired servpro just to set up dehumidifiers, they did so with no instruction to me or the tenants on whether to watch them, didn't meet when they said they would on the second day, didn't secure drain lines and drained an unknown amount of water into an area I was paying them to dry and at no point did they provide me with an estimate, a review of the damage or additional remediation work.
Three weeks after they removed their equipment I don't get the estimate for repairs that I was promised, I get a bill for $1269 for the experience. Yes, Servpro came on a sunday, but they spent less than 1.5 hours to set up dehumidifiers almost didn't return the next day but did to drain a bucket, caused more water exposure to the floor and returned one final time to remove their equipment. I was informed after the fact that they have a $1k minimum charge. I was also informed I was lucky it was so inexpensive. The office manager Debra ensured me that they were busy and sometimes they can't return to equipment(even if that equipment isn't intended to run unmonitored) so it's ok. She also informed me my story keeps changing, possibly implying I'm lying? Clearly, her first instinct wasn't to get more information, it was to defend and deflect. Also what should be very clear, I wont be doing business with this company again.
Home Depot rents their largest industrial dehumidifier for $99/day. Servpro brought 2 for a total of 48-60 hours. I could see $600 for their time, not the $1200+ they're asking. Consider rentals before considering Servpro.