My husband and I recently purchased a home in Virginia. During the home inspection, some cracks were noticed on the exterior portion of the chimney. Empire masonry was called out to do a second inspection. Upon their inspection, We were quoted the repairs would be a total of $2250.00 and three days of work. Because of this estimate, we negotiated the repair costs as a credit to purchase the home. Approximately one month later, we attempted to schedule the repairs. We were told that within the one month from the time of the first inspection to scheduling repairs, there were more cracks and far more repair work that needed to be done. We were told that "it was a mistake" on the first quote. Empire masonary was completely unwilling to honor the first quote or even negotiate a new quote. They claimed they did not need a yelp review, however, we feel that the way they handled their "mistake" was extremely unprofessional. We negotiated repairs based on their quote and went into the home purchase trusting their professional opinion. Empire masonary seriously dropped the ball, and left us scrambling to find another company. We now do not know what kind of repairs costs we are even looking at to repair the chimney because of such a poor inspection. read more