just like many people on here. I would give them 0 stars if I could. actually negative 10 stars.
i didn't actually use them. however, they are scammy people. it was say 3 years ago. I must have fillled out some card to win a free trip at one of SE michigan's local summer festivals somewhere.
it occurs to me now that maybe 3-4 years before that (and my house is 45 yers old now so say 40 years old when the person came to check out my house the first time) he found nothing at all to be worried about. i don't even remember who came out. i wish I did or i would give 4-5 stars for whatever company it was.
the company called me for months asking to give me a free inspection and i finally caved and thought. ok. i guess it doesn't hurt to see if there is anything.
when i first arrived, the guy was there on time, in fact he was early and did his inspection of the entire outside. wo I give him credit for showing up on time and early. that was cool. although i don't really have any way of knowing if he really did or not. just his word,but he was there . i was coming home from work
I initially really liked the guy. he seemed nice and fun. and actually i will give him 1/3 of as star for being on time and also showing me how to identify spider eggs and how to get rid of them. i didn't nkow they were there. but I had not has pest control at my house at this point for like 5-6 years since the last time.
i have a finished poured concrete interior basement btw.
he kept using this yellow device that was telling you how much moisture in the walls. said it was 95 percent meaning it was really high. My dad finished the basement back in the late 90s but about 2/3 of it. so one little corner of the basement of a room of say 8-5 feet or so you can see the walls. now there is a stain on the wall, but it hasn't changed in years. but light.
there is a couple small cracks but i understand all foundations do.
in the bigger room one side of the house maybe 30-35 feet along the side wall and about say 15 or so feet wide. you can see a few cracks they were vertical though and he did indicate vertical isn't as bad. but he kept takling about bugs and showed it as well in his materials. he made it sound as if the fact you have bugs in the basement, spiders and anything else is a bad sign. however, anyone follwing me along here, remember what I said above about not having pest control at this time for 5-6years? it is a basemnt for god sake, everyone gets them. i mean perhaps if your basement is 100% dry beyond ridiulous than maybe you won't but almost nobody does.
oh adn btw in 45 years now (present day) i NEVER EVER once had any flooding in my basemnt, never any standing water EVER not even once.
but yet he was scaring the heck out of me into thinking that if I don't do something in 3-5 years max I will have a minimum of $100,000 damage that needs fixing. he even told me stories of a few people he did / or the company did work for. those were used for scare tactics, and now that I think about the stories, i am under the impression that those home owners just got scared.
he bascially almost didn't want to leave until i signed something, kept offering me better and better deals, oh on asomething that cost nearly 20,000 dollars which I could not afford.
i was able to convince him i need to talk to someone first. so i got him out of the house. oh and i work with a 20 plus year experinced certified residential appraiser ,he told me based on my house of what he knows , there is no way i would need all this or anythign close to it. not even remotely. also, i just recently had a 5 star rated, and we are talking over all 5 star review average on yelp for the pest control company. the guy came the 2nd time after last year's initial spray. ironically before he left he mentioned how my basement was nice and dry and that as pest ispectors, also looking for rodent signs as well always check for moisture in the basements. he found none and I told him about this company lol. so that is a certified apprasier and a pest inspector both who did look formoisture both tell me i am fine. lol.
anyway, going back 3 years again to after the inspection. oh and i love how the sales guy made it sound like it was HIS idea to the owner to add such and such ways of doing things for customers. yeah sure, and I am alfred e newman.
but withn 2 days of him leaving. this cmopany would call me cell phone 4,5,6,7,8,9 sometims 10 times a day every day for 2-3 weeks, than would skip a day or 2 and do it a few times a week. for 3 -4 months they finally got the hint. and it seems they call me even now. despite me never answering.
that tells me this company is trash and i don't like working with people like this. read more