FORCED TO PUT 1 STAR! Only know of this scam of a company because my friend used to work there and I signed up for an annual HVAC contract to help him win a contest they were running for the holidays. Fast forward several years, friend doesn't work there any more and have had two service requests over the past 6 months. 1 for my rental property and 1 for my main residence. Was an AC service for my rental property and it took several visits to figure out what the issue was...maybe. I quickly realized that the technician didn't have a clue what/how to help me. His bright idea was to fix things and work through a process of elimination that would potentially be an endless costly unknown bottomless pit exercise that would have cost thousands best case. Had to call the office and request another technician and was told that he was "the best one we have" by their dispatcher/admin, but they still sent someone along with the tech the next time, interesting isn't it? After days and days of no response finally received quotes that were unbelievable and I just didn't respond and ate the diagnosis fee. Ended up having another service company fix it for literally fractions of pennies on the dollar compared to what Parrish proposed. Plus on the FIRST visit. (1st time shame on you right?) The 2nd piss poor experience was just this week at my main residence, had a minor gas leak under my stove with the appliance connector. Washington Gas tagged the area left the issue noted to fix, and said this is easy, should take 5-10 minutes and not be an issue. My dad who is a 40+ year retired HVAC/Plumbing contractor saw the issue and confirmed the ease of the fix. He would have fixed it but didn't have the tools with him as he was just visiting. I Reluctantly had to call Parrish again as I was heading out of town and needed to get my stove operating again for my family while I was gone. (2nd time shame on me) Concerned that price gouging may be attempted as the technician will see that it was my wife handling the visit. Technician arrives as I was waiting to board my flight and my wife informed me after simply reading the tag/memo left by the gas company, the technician immediately stated that it would cost over $400 and take several hours to fix. HAAAAA!!! While on the plane before takeoff I heard this sad attempt of price gouging and called the main offices and voiced my opinion of the obvious scam attempt, and was told again by I believe the same dispatcher/admin that this technician "is the best we have" and that what he says goes etc etc. my Flight took off, but informed my wife to call their office before my signal was shut off to try and figure out some resolution to this absurd attempt of taking advantage of my wife. I even bought the in flight wifi to text my wife to just pay the diagnosis fee and tell this idiot to get the hell out of our house because he may have 33+ years of experience (proclaimed several times by the technician in an obvious and embarrassing attempt to hold credibility), but it seems like he's been dedicating the last 33+ years of his life to performing his trade absolutely incorrectly, which is sad to say the least. Can you imagine doing that? I would be ashamed of myself doing anything for that long and not being any good at it. So sad, and sounds like any other decent plumbing tech has probably forgotten more than this guy knows about plumbing, even apprentices I bet. In an attempt to put this behind her and get the stove operating my wife asked the tech again to seek advice or help because this sounded absolutely ridiculous, the technician again claimed to have 33+ years of experience and that there was no one else to call and nothing else could be done and this was our only option. Well comes to find out, the technician didn't have the right tools and said that he had to remove the exhaust fan to be able to do the work and that this was final, BECAUSE he was ill prepared and saw the attempt to price gouge??? Wow! Home office wasn't budging and he was apparently keeping up his price gouging bluff. Made me sick even thinking I had left my wife and Children to deal with this BS. So after paying the $106 diagnosis fee, the 33+ year "plumbing veteran" leaves. My wife calls another service that comes immediately at no cost and fixes the issue for $75! So there's your answer about Parrish. if you want to expose yourself to this stupidity and reckless behavior go right ahead and give them a call... but just remember that their idea of the "best resources" is probably in comparison to a rock or an inanimate object like a paper weight or a pile of shit!
Just a sad sad approach, but understandable since they are based out of Manassas. So do yourself a favor and just don't consider Parrish for anything, you're probably better off trying to fix it yourself and breaking it even more and still end up paying less by calling another service. read more