My husband chose DanDale Fence based on the "stellar" reviews he had read online and after speaking with their salesperson, Ryan I believe was his name. The salesperson told us DanDale does not contract out for the work to be completed, that they had a team who installed fences that worked directly for DanDale. This was not true, the crew that came to install our fence was subcontracted...and I found out they worked for LongFence! I was given a window of time when the crew would show up on the day work was to start but was also told I would receive a call letting me know the crew was on their way. The crew showed up at 7am and no one called me. I did not reside at the property at the time so I didn't know until I received a text an hour and a half later that they had arrived. I was told that I would be given a walk through of the project before the crew started digging, I was not. I was then given attitude by the "boss" when I told the crew to stop digging because they had not confirmed with me where the all the posts were to be placed. Instead they were working off a VERY poorly hand drawn map of my yard done by the salesperson that looked like a 5 year old did it and it was completely wrong based on what had been discussed with the salesperson weeks prior. I had provided the salesperson a copy of the survey of the property, so why everything was so off is beyond me. I was also bullied by the "boss" of the crew to sign off on a checklist for work that hadn't even been started/completed, which I refused. They also rushed through the build. Granted it was done in a day but we were not able to be there all day to supervise the job as we had to work and ended up with uneven vertical posts throughout (not all the same height) and just by looking at them you could tell some of the horizontal support slats were not all level. I have never seen a fence where the vertical posts were not all the same height! I would have much preferred the job take days to complete to ensure it was done properly and to ensure a clean finished look. At a glance, yes it seems to look great, but I am a very detailed person so this has been bothering me ever since the work was completed. DanDale will reach out to me and say "But we have a 5 year warranty on our work that you can utilize"....which they do....the problem is you still have to pay for the materials to have them fix it. Why should I pay extra for shotty work when I paid way too much money for the fence in the first place? How is this a beneficial warranty for me or anyone for that matter based on what I spent to have the fence installed. There are also large gaps from the ground to the bottom of the fence all over. I know there needs to be clearance because the wood shouldn't touch the ground to ensure the it doesn't rot but I have dogs. Now I have to the close up the gaps a bit to make sure they stay in the yard. When the representative from DanDale came to do the "final walkthrough" and get the final check for the work, we showed her all the issues that we had and she said "just contact so and so at our office online, send pictures and utilize the warranty so we can fix it for you". Really?? No! I showed her the issues, a good customer service rep would have been on the phone with their boss trying to fix the problem then and there in the moment. She was more focused on getting the check and getting home....and she showed up almost an hour late with no heads up. I should have cancelled the check and held the final payment hostage until they came to fix it for free, that's on me I'll own that. But to anyone who made it through this whole review....moral of the story, don't have DanDale install your fence. There are plenty of other great fence companies out there that will such a better job!! read more