My experience with Paul Davis Restoration was lack luster at best. My house was damaged by water and heat caused when the house next door burnt down. When I contacted my insurance about what to do next, they sent Paul Davis' mitigation team out to inspect the water damage and get that taken care of, and they did. I will have to say that the team that came out first were exceptional, and from the way they treated us and our property, there was no way we could have or would have expected any less out of the rest of the company. Based on the water mitigation team we decided to have Paul Davis do the remainder of our restoration, which included flooring, windows, siding and misc. clean up; luckily no roof work was required other than a few shingles. Paul Davis works with contractors for things like flooring, siding, etc. The contractor they sent out first was for the flooring. They broke our TV stand, nicked up our walls on the interior, disconnected a water line to our refrigerator and dishwasher that required repair, half of which we were left to pay for even though it was on the contractor. In the end, they only moved larger items back in place and we discovered that they had left our front window open for 3 days!! The window and siding crew was very nice, but they were a mess and one night left our front door open with the key in the lock.
The project manager that we worked with was a joke. He had no idea what any of his staff was doing and after many frustrating incidences, I just left any communication with him to my husband, who also became frustrated with him. He was not knowledgeable at all about any of the processes he was guiding. I ended up working with his boss, who actually made us a priority, for about a week. Then when they bigger parts of the job were done, we were just forgotten. I actually had to reach out myself to get an inspection and follow through on smaller items. Then it was weeks before a final call (text actually) was made to collect. It was a surprise to him that they weren't done. I mean, I have the adjustment, they have the adjustment.... Should they not know? Just more communication issues.
I thank goodness that our house didn't burn down, that we only had damage to fix, because we know that it could have been worse, but after going through what we did, Paul Davis was not at all caring with us or our home. If I could speak directly with the owner, I would suggest that he take a better look at most of his contractors and make sure the right people are in charge. I would also say that the number one thing I disliked the most about this experience is after my first negative experience with the project manager (the siding crew leaving my house open and unattended) I was treated like a problem customer. I don't think that when your contractors are consistently making just dumb mistakes and your customer is frustrated that it's fair to treat them like they are the problem. I work in this industry and I understand that sometimes things go wrong, but it's up to the people you are working with the make it right, not the customer. There are still things in my house that they messed up that I didn't address because I just got tired of that attitude and just wanted them done.
Sorry for the long review, but this is important information for potential customers to know. I wish I had seen something like this before I made the bad decision to go with this company. read more