Last week, our area was flooded due to the rain and causing the first half of our home to be completely flooded. We called, and spoke with Sam Steen. I advise Sam of our situation but he sounded baffled by the fact that we are calling someone 3 days after the flood... Well it's a flood. No one could get in and out of our area in Portsmouth but aside the point. I truly believe that his side comments were rude. We scheduled a time but before we disconnected I asked to make sure, if we would be charged anything to simply have them come out to test for water damaged. Sam stated no but then asked me "If I am coming out then why would we not have it fixed." The thing was we were not sure if there was a problem. This was to take precautionary measures since we did what we can to stop further damage for example we rip out our carpets and started to run humidifiers all though the area to have the air circulating. There was no way we would know the extent of the damage, hence why we decided to call professionals. Again this was advised to Sam and he stated there will be no charge for him to come out to do a test and quote.
An hour and a half before he was supposed to come out, he texted me this message -
"We can still come this morning but is going to be a $75 trip charge. Since you are doing the work yourself and you just want us to assess the problem and advise you on what you need to do next. We can test the wall and tell you if they are dry or not. And tell you how much equipment you should have to dry it properly. Do you still want us to come out?"
I did not want him to come out. We explained to him once again, that we would not be doing the work ourselves. And to throw a last minute fee for just a quote and a test that last's 15 minutes was unprofessional and we shall take our business elsewhere.
He responded with this -
"I understand. Sorry about the misunderstanding. But if do plans to do the work yourself, the advice we provide will be well worth the $75. Sam Steen"
It wasn't. We had someone from Beach & Beyond to arrive instead later that day and did all the tests as well as advice on what to do if we were to do this ourselves, free of charge. Hired them instead. read more