J&J was assigned to us through our home insurance that was added when we purchased our house…read more(American Home Shield). Owner was honestly very kind and talked us through what needed to be done when he came out to look at our AC & heat. Both were replaced. Office staff were super nice, and we felt really positive about the experience up front! We are first time homeowners so we were anxious.
The issues were when the work actually happened. They said it would likely take one day, but two was possible. Day one, they arrived closer to 11am after saying they'd be there in the morning. They showed up, stayed for MAYBE an hour an then took lunch. They did not return to our home until almost 3pm. It was at least 2 hours they were gone. They worked until about 5pm, and then left for the day. Neither unit was done, and we didn't have AC that night. I understand if they couldn't install it day one, but we were not warned and had two pets in the house. Still -- no big deal, I figured we are new to this, that's on us.
Day 2 was a mess. Both I and my mother called them several times. They had not given us a time the previous day, they just said they'd be by in the morning. We did not see them until almost noon, and that was after we called multiple times just asking when we could expect them. They finally showed up, and then IMMEDIATELY went to lunch. At this point we said something because they had just arrived and done next to nothing. Thankfully, they only took a half hour lunch this time. They came back, and stayed until around 6pm. The owner did not stay at all that second day. When the two gentlemen he had working for him were done, they packed up, the owner drove by and talked to them, then they all went home. The owner did not come in to check the work. They did not test our heater before leaving and just left us with the manuals.
Two days after, I called the office because my husband and father tested the heater, and water started POURING from the unit. The owner said he "might" be able to come by and take a look that night. He did not (it was 5pm, so again, no issues there, he was likely off the clock). After that however, they never called us or tried to come take a look. Thankfully a family friend who is an HVAC tech came by this week to check the work. He informed us that the pipes added had not been glued together (which he said was code) and the units were left in factory settings. He also informed us that the drain hose they attached was a leftover piece we already had in the basement and was not draining.
He stayed for almost 2 hours settings things up and fixing poor work.
I try to avoid negative reviews -- I really do. But we received very poor service and the gentleman/owner were incredibly unprofessional. I'm not sure what they did in our basement for almost two days...but it wasn't much. Oh, and they smoked in our basement -- we had to clean up the cigarette butts. If you are assigned J&J for your HVAC, unfortunately I have to suggest you push for another company. We were optimistic until that first afternoon, and then when I googled them I saw a few very poor reviews, and they were not unfounded.