I couldn't have imagined when I called a week and a half ago for a simple dryer vent cleaning that it would turn into such a mess.
A very long story short, this company is at the very least misleading and incompetent and at the worst thieves. I am pretty certain that all of their good reviews are paid/robot reviews.
This came out to clean my dryer vent at the home we had just purchased. It was supposed to be a one time cleaning of $89 but they (Matao) quickly told me upon their (late) arrival that it would be $600 (which I now know is WAY to much for even the most extensive dryer vent cleaning) they made me pay via cash/Zelle because their card machine was apparently down) because I needed a deeper cleaning. They ended up having to come out three times because each time they left, my vent was still clogged and my clothes were still not drying. I now know that it took them three visits because my dryer vent spans 30 feet and they were using a subpar tool that did not reach the full length of the vent to fully clean/unclog it. After the third visit, they told us that the vent must be damaged or crushed because (after finally bringing a longer tool) they were hitting something hard when trying to reach the other side with their rod. It would be $979 for them to cut into the sheet rock and repair the issue.
The following day, a contractor came out to my house to get to work on some other projects we had planned for the home. I mentioned we were having dryer vent issues. Within 30 minutes, he had the dryer vent unclogged. It was not crushed or damaged after all but rather still had a MASSIVE clump of lint in (pictured)!!!
Please help me to understand how "qualified" HVAC technicians that stole $600 from me and then misdiagnosed the problem and tried to charge me an additional $1000 couldn't clean the vent while a general contractor looked it over, rigged together some household materials lying around, and got it unclogged in minutes for essentially nothing! I'm so confused.
All of this would have been fine and forgivable if the manager would've apologized but I had to go back and forth with them for a measly 100 refund when they essentially did nothing but argue back and forth about how they are justified in what they charge because they came three times and offer a lifetime warranty. But you didn't do the job! And not only that but you were going to charge me another ridiculous fee and cut into my sheet rock to repair something that didn't need fixing.
UNBELIEVABLE. Would not recommend. It feels extremely suspicious and criminal. I could go on and on about other issues I had during this process but this is my attempt at a condensed version. Also note, they go by multiple names and have several numbers so be very careful! I will try to find all of their DBAs to prevent this from happening to others. read more