This company sent a tech to do a faucet installation. After insisting on a $69 "service fee", he proceeded to tell us that the one hole faucet we bought can't be installed because we have a 3 hole sink and it's a one hole faucet. The thing is, there's a one hole faucet currently installed in that 3 hole sink! The other holes are covered by a deck plate, as is standard. The technician said that they would not recommend using a universal deck plate because it would leak, and that the faucet we bought didn't come with a deck plate. How is it going to leak at the deck plate when all of the hoses and lines are self-contained within a sheath that fits into the middle hole and extends 6-8" below the level of the sink? Maybe Natturno's world has different laws of physics, but in this world the very last place it would leak (the only place it literally could not leak) is at the deck plate!!! Hell, the current sink has a universal deck plate that was installed over 10 years ago and it has never leaked once - because it can't! The current sink's water lines are also contained within a sheath that extends 6" below the level of the sink! Then, just to make certain that I was correct, I looked through the box the faucet came in. Not only did it come with a deck plate, but the paperwork/instructions contain a sheet of included parts, on top, which includes the deck plate! It's #10 and there's a freakin picture of it!!! When I texted a photo to the owner of the parts list in its original plastic ziploc-type bag, he responded that he had never seen sink paperwork that came in a zip-top bag before. Are you kidding me? My television's paperwork came in exactly such a bag, as did my smoker, grill, refrigerator, dishwasher and the owners manual for my cell phone! We keep all such papers in the same drawer. The papers for my water-heater are in one too - which Natturno installed!!
He also said that because he couldn't tell the brand name of the faucet in our upstairs bathroom (which is lightly dripping), he would have to install a whole new faucet which would cost between $550 and $600! It's for a drip in a standard 3-hole bathroom faucet!!! The nut just needs to be tightened! Maybe the nut needs to come off and a washer or a little Teflon tape be added and then the nut put back on, but under no circumstances does the entire faucet need to be replaced for a light drip!
I spoke to the owner about all of this and caught him in 2 or 3 lies. And that's not counting his accusation that I was rude to his technician - which is interesting because I never spoke a single word to the man! I never even saw him! We were conversing through my wife!! How could I have possibly been rude to someone I never spoke to??
Bottom line - the technician saw a woman and a disabled man and decided to engage in predatory practices. He wasn't aware that the disabled man in the other room has done a ton of faucet installs. I was simply willing to pay someone to do a simple job that I could essily do, but would cause me pain to do!
When I informed the owner that I would be reporting the incident to any group where disabled veterans or elderly people might be, to warn them about their practices, Mr. Notturno told me how generous he is when disabled veteran organizations "come sniffing around with their hand out" so "good luck on that". Who do you think disabled vets are going to listen to? Some punk who makes donations to people he clearly looks down on and considers beggars, or one of their own?
Unless you want to be taken for a ride, steer clear of Notturno! And it's really a shame to have to say that, because they did an excellent job with our water heater 2 years ago. But, just like Straight Flush before them, they clearly do excellent work at reasonable prices until they think they've "got you", and then switch up to their real business tactics - screwing over women and disabled people! I wonder if this is common practice among all tradesmen in Bellingham because this is the second time this is happening in 3.5 years living here. read more