We first had Banjo from Hudson Heating out to do a primary maintenance on our oil furnace. He said that he needed to order a nozzle and would be back when the nozzle came in. After 3 appointments being rescheduled (on them) he finally made it out on Friday, December 23, the day the blizzard was to hit Ohio with -30 wind chill factors. As he was leaving, we thanked him for coming and said how nice it was to have someone who knew the oil heating system. He said that if he is not familiar with the system, all he does is find it on "You Tube" (very comforting). We then handed him a check for $680 for a nozzle, and a filter and less than 45 minutes of work. Soon after Banjo left, we started having problems with the furnace. He told my husband that he would be back before noon to fix the problem. I called Amie, the owner's wife to let her know that we were having issues and she said that she would have Banjo come back out that afternoon. Well, Banjo never showed up and nobody ever called us back.
Saturday, December 24, 2022, I woke around 3:30 a.m. to find that we did not have any heat and the temperature in the house was down to 50. My husband called the emergency line for Hudson Heating (around 4:00 a.m.) which goes directly to the owner, Joe Bettio. Joe did not answer, nor did Joe ever call my husband back. I then left a message for Amie, Joe's wife, letting her know that Banjo did not return on Friday afternoon like she said he would, and that we did not have any heat. It is now -3 degrees outside. After not getting any response from anyone at Hudson Heating, my husband and I started calling other companies that service oil furnaces. My husband hit the reset button on the furnace and got it working somewhat but never to its full potential.
Sunday, December 25th, we woke again to no heat......now we have a fire in the family room and 2 electric heaters trying to keep warm. Still, no response from Hudson Heating after spending $680 on someone who made a furnace that was working perfectly to not working at all. (Reminder, this was just a primary maintenance visit that turned horribly wrong!!)
Monday, December 26th, woke again to no heat, finally we reached another company and they had someone at the house by noon, someone who is specifically trained in the oil furnace industry. Within 45 minutes, he had our furnace up and running along with having hot water!!!! The technician said, 'whoever was here on Friday, put the wrong size nozzle on the furnace and had no idea what he was doing (Banjo) with the wiring'.....we were blowing through the oil, with very little heat. The cost to fix the $680 screw - up, $150.70 and that is putting the right size nozzle and parts in the furnace!!
So, from our experience this past weekend, I would not recommend Hudson Heating and Cooling, they are a complete rip off. They have absolutely no compassion for their customers who had no heat on one of the coldest weekends so far this winter! Not even a call back.
I feel terribly bad for Amie, Joe and there family, as they must live in a not-so-great suburb of Akron, to have to charge people so much more than most companies just to make ends meet. We do however have our new go to heating and air conditioning company, and it was the one that came out on Monday and corrected the screw up that Banjo created. We are also having then install a new system in our family room!! read more