This will be perhaps the most scathing service review I will ever write because Landmark has done an abysmal job as a warranty company. We have had this service for 3 years and I am canceling my relationship with the company today.
On June 17th my AC went out and I contacted Landmark to get a tech out to my house, and the earliest they could send a tech was 1 week away, which they used J & J Mechanical LLC out of Houston, Texas. The service with that company has been just as abysmal.
The evening before they were scheduled to come out (Thursday, June 24th), they called me and left a voicemail at 4:30pm to confirm my appointment. I did not receive the voicemail until 7:30pm, which is when I called to confirm the appointment the next morning. The woman who answered positively confirmed our scheduled appointment between 9am and 1pm. On Friday, June 25th, by 1pm, and when no one had shown up, I called J & J Mechanical and they informed me that they canceled my appointment because I did not call by 5pm the previous day to confirm my appointment, and they had to reschedule the following week. I told them this was unacceptable due to the fact that by their own standards they gave me 30 minutes to respond to their call and they had already made us wait a week. They eventually found a tech to come to my house Friday afternoon and diagnosed the problem. The following Monday, June 28th, I received an email in the late afternoon from Landmark to confirm the work and my out-of-pocket costs, which was replacing the compressor on my A/C unit.
From that moment on it was one abysmal failure and non-communication after another. I had to call daily to get some kind of update as to when the fix would happen. By Wednesday, June 30, I called J & J Mechanical to find out how soon would they send someone out. I was told that they are waiting on Landmark to send the new compressor from Dallas, Tx, and in their professional experience, it would only take 24-48 hours. On Friday, July 2nd, I called back (because they would never proactively contact me) to ask for an update on the compressor. I was then told that they are still waiting on it to arrive from Dallas.
So I waited for the weekend to pass. On Monday, July 5, I called J & J Mechanical again to get an update. They inform me they still haven't received the compressor and have no further information. I then called Landmark. I am finally told that they do not have a compressor and not sure where to get one at this point. I was livid. I have not been able to reside in my own house for 20 days due to the heat and after 20 days they tell me they don't have the means to currently get a compressor.
I am told that I should seek out my own A/C company to meet my needs and maybe, just MAYBE they can reimburse my costs if it's approved by a supervisor, which I would have to wait 24-48 hours for a response. That was 48 hours ago at this point, so once again they dropped the ball.
Landmark Home Warranty, and J & J Mechanical are the most inept companies I've ever had to deal with. Let me restate this, 21 days and they are nowhere near fixing my A/C, and nowhere near meeting the contractual obligations of my warranty contact. I would NEVER recommend either of these companies, who have independently, and in tandem, dropped the ball. There is absolutely no return on investment in having them as a warranty company.
When I sought out a A/C service on my own, they had an A/C tech at my house within 2 hours. The diagnosed the problem in 5 minutes, which was different than what J & J Mechanical diagnosed, meaning, I waited 21 days on a misdiagnosed issue! I have a new techs currently fixing my problem.
Save your money, save your time, and save your peace of mind. Do not use Landmark Home Warranty, or J & J Mechanical. read more