Should have went with another company! Every post is leaning a half foot to a foot in. read more

Davidson Fence & Deck - Fences & Gates Near Me - Columbia, Tennessee

Wow I read the other reviews and I am just bowled over. I received quick, professional, courteous service from the office assistant, estimator and especially the fellas that installed my fence. I just love my new fence and so do my huge dogs...well maybe not as much as I do since they cant dig in as many areas as before. Great Job guys...ignore the "haters" read more

Davidson Fence & Deck - Fences & Gates Near Me - Columbia, Tennessee

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We ordered a small run of fence in August. It's now Mid December. I have given them a large deposit. Now they have disappeared. Last I heard from them was in late October. The excuse was pushed on "The Supplier". Never heard that one before, right ? I have called, emailed and left voice mails several times. This family doesn't give a sh**. I want my money back NOW !! Stay far away from these people. read more

Was told the materials were in and they were waiting on my escrow to close. Once I was ready they said it would be 2 weeks which turned into 4+ weeks. They brought the wrong gate so here we are 3 weeks later and still waiting for it. read more

AWFUL experience. We needed a 4 foot black aluminum fence for our dog in a small backyard (156 feet in total length of fence). No problem, right? We thought about getting a collection of buddies to come over and pay them with pizza and beer, but the HOA is picky...so we decided to have a fence company put in the fence. I met with Mike Davidson, Jr. He seemed nice and knowledgeable, and it is a family business, which I like to support. He told me that they were backed up 6 weeks, which was fine because that is when we were planning to move in to the property with our dog. However, we had no fence at 6 weeks, and actually no fence until 12 weeks. The fence they put in was fine, but honestly, we could have had our buddies put in a cheaper fence and just bought the supplies at Home Depot if we had not been concerned about the HOA rules. Here is my complaint. Communication. It makes all the difference in the world. When we had no fence and no update on the plan for timing of the fence early in the process, I called...no call back. I emailed, and I got terse responses. I emailed that I was disappointed and frustrated, but I received no apologies and no explanations. They would say that the order still just said "Processing", and the effort to help was always something like "I'll check on it" and then I would not receive any updates. I would have to call again, and I would get the same "I'll check on it", and again... they never called back. Finally, my husband insisted on calling because he felt I was being too nice and too patient. I told him that we had already lost this war, so what was the point. We were never going to get our huge deposit back from them if we just told them to shove it. We would just have to wait. When my husband called and raised some hell, he said they acted as if they thought they had called me back. They gave him a story about how it was not their fault, but their supplier was backed up so there was nothing that they could do. Even after he very clearly made the point that we were angry and we wanted to be updated with the plan going forward, they would never call him back. He had to call again and again. When they finally put in the fence, the crew leader had been given the invoice for the rest of the payment. However, he also said that they would not be finishing the job that day and would have to return in the morning to finish. So I refused to pay the guy that day. Shockingly (sarcasm), the next day when they finally finished the fence, I received 2 phone calls from Mike Davidson, Jr, (gasp, he does know how to make a phone call!) about getting the rest of the payment. I told him that "after everything that we have been through", I would not be paying another cent until I was able to get home from work and verify that the work was fully completed to our satisfaction. He had no questions about what I meant by "after everything that we have been through"... because he knew.... he knew that he had f---'d us over. He asked where he could meet me to get payment. I told him to leave the invoice and I would mail him a check. (His second phone call of the day was to let me know that he scanned and emailed the invoice to me rather than leaving in the mailbox or under the mat). Where does this guy get off in avoiding us for weeks and weeks, and NOW he can EASILY make multiple phone calls to get his money? We will never use this company ever again. Contrast this experience with another anecdote. I stop to pick up dinner on my way home from a very long day at work. Panera sounds fine, and there is one very conveniently located on my route. It is well after the dinner rush hour, so there is only 1 other customer. I order, go to the pickup area and wait. I zone out and scroll through Facebook. Not once do I question why my order is taking quite a bit longer than usual. I assume it is because I am there so late, and they don't have the same number of workers right now. Suddenly, I am interrupted from my zoning out by the manager. He had realized that I have been standing there for quite some time, and he proactively came to me, apologized for the atypical wait, escorted me to the dessert counter, and told me to pick a free dessert. So I got a brownie. All very pleasant despite the long wait. I understand that giving me a free dessert cost him nothing. They were going to donate them or throw them out, so why not give one to the customer who might have become upset by the wait. I left that store feeling like "hey, someone just gave me a huge chocolate brownie" (smile, smile, smile), rather than "jeez, that took forever, and I am already so tired" (frown, sigh). My longwinded point...Mike Davidson, Jr, if you had just offered a metaphorical brownie and communicated your apologies, this experience would have been so much different. Shame on you for running your business in the way you do. read more

Davidson Fence installed my privacy fence 5 years ago and the gate support board broke in the center. I called and spoke with Mike Jr who sent an estimator out. The estimate told me the installer did not pre drill the hole in the board the bolt went through to prevent it from cracking which caused it to finally break in half. After receiving the estimate I attempted to call Mike Jr the owner for over 5 business days and he never returned my phone call. I can only assume that the cost of my gate repair and the fact that I was undoubtedly going to ask him about the possible installation issue causing the gate to fail, is why he would not return my call. I do NOT recommend this company because if you have issues post installation you more than likely will have issues trying reach them. read more

Like others have posted our experience with Davidson Fence was absolutely terrible. I wish I could give them 0 stars. If you want a company that will not return your phone calls and lies to you then this is the perfect company for you! Dealing with them at the beginning is fine. They showed up to give an estimate, etc. it's after that it all falls apart. First of all their "receptionist" is useless. Seriously, she can't do anything. Can't answer your questions or help you. All she says is "I gave the message to the owners". Seriously that is all she does. We were told we needed to order our fence 4 weeks before we needed it, so we did. 4 weeks rolls around, not in. 5 weeks rolls around-not in, 6 weeks rolls around they finally email is back after my husband trying to call them every day for the last 2 weeks. They tell us, oh we ordered the wrong fence. What?! So another 4 weeks?! Again, we call daily after 4 weeks and no response, no call back. Then finally after 2 weeks they return our call. We heard so many lies and excuses over the 8 weeks. They couldn't even keep their story straight themselves. I don't know how they are still in business. We did finally get our fence installed about 9 weeks after it was promised. I will be notifying the BBB. If you check their reviews on the BBB it isn't any better. Next time I will do my homework. read more

My experience with Davidson Fence has been very disappointing. The first part of the experience wasn't so bad. They were a little less expensive than the other quotes, so we decided to choose them. They got started a little while after the initial target date, but never bothered to let us know until after I called to inquire a couple of times. But, once they got started it was finished up very quickly. Now for the bad part. First, they didn't bother to put the dirt back over the post holes. They just left it scattered and the exposed concrete which was several inches down in some of the posts. Second, I really can't believe that this really happened... Several areas of the fence are so high above the ground that our dogs escaped. I measured just to be sure and there are several spots where there is approx 7 inch clearance from the bottom of the fence to the ground. Some of the areas are even just a random picket is several inches higher from the ground than the one next to it. Couple of entire sections of the fence have 4"-5" from the ground on the entire section. I called to complain about it and I was told that someone would come by to look at it ASAP. Well, I didn't hear back for about a week or more. I called them and left a message. got a call a couple of days later from Mike Davidson Jr. From our conversation, I couldn't really tell that anyone had even bothered to actually come by. He just kind of repeated what the note said from my complaint message. However, he said that they would come by as soon as it could be worked in to address the issue. I didn't hear anything for quite a while again. When I called again, I was told it would be the following Friday... about a week away. As of today, it has been a week and a half past that date and still no call or attempt to resolve the issue of the large gaps under my very expensive fence. I had to stack random crap all of the way down one side of my fence just to keep my dogs from escaping again. I guess I will have to alert my HOA of the issue so that they will hopefully remove them from the "approved" contractor list for our neighborhood. read more

Davidson Fence & Deck - pic of the clearance from our fence to the ground. It is like this in several areas - Fences & Gates Near Me - Columbia, Tennessee

Much like the previous review, I had an AWFUL experience with Davidson fence company also. After giving them slightly more than half their quoted estimate at the end of June, I was told it would be 4 weeks before they could start installation. When 6 weeks elapsed and no fence/ no phone call, I made contact with them. They sounded rather annoyed to be getting a phone call from a curious customer about delay in service. After placing me on hold , I was told my fence material would be in next week and they would call me to set up date and time for installation ( lie #2). Not only didn't they call the following week, they didn't call at all. So I marched into their office with invoice in hand at the end of September demanding a return of my deposit. They refused, stating my materials would be in in 4 days and they couldn't return it to their supplier. I told them I refused to have them install it at this point, and found someone else to put it up at 1/3 the price they were going to charge me. Through all this, there was never any appologies. I guess Davidson's operates on treating the small person poorly. I wasn't a big job. So if you want to wait weeks or months for a fence that never seems to materialize, and never have a phone call to explain why they haven't bothered to update you on progress , this is your company. read more