No Heat in the winter, No AC in the summer.
I have a whole house service Contract with Cinch home services.
I put a call in for an AC heat pump unit. River St Heating and Cooling was engaged. After a few drive by visits and Band-Aid type fixes, it took a short period to figure out it was unfixable. It took over a year to get a replacement installed. They finally installed a new one at with an extra cost of $500 on top of my $100 deductible. OK. So its Covid. I will be Patient. Meanwhile, I had a second AC begin to leak water down the wall. That call was placed was a year ago last August. After Band-aides and drive by visits this one was ultimately also determined unfixable and after a little over a year it came in. Its been installed now since the fall and it still doesn't work - New out of the box.
I called Cinch AND Nadia at River Street several times, requesting help, and I keep getting the same response. Its not me - its them!~Someone comes out to look at it and doesn't fix it. I have to chase them down for an appointment: The AC unit is still not working.
I am a Patient person but the straw that broke the camels back was when I placed a NO HEAT call LAST WEEK, and I get River Street again. I Begged Cinch to send someone else, but to no avail. AFTER A WEEK of no heat, I had an appointment. They did not show up. I called and Nadia said they would try to "fit me in." the next day, River Street came out & looked at it. They left saying they didn't have the equipment with them to do the boiler service job. WHA?????I still had no heat and they then did not give me an appointment. They said The "Other Guy" messed up on the AC.
I went up on YouTube and found 2 videos. I bought a small sump pump and 2 gallons of vinegar, two washing machine hoses, and found a clean paintbrush, and some fine steel wool. It took me just over an hour to complete the maintenance. BAM! The heat is back on, and staying on.
I have a contract for a reason. I don't have time to do this stuff. I work! I I cancelled my contract with Cinch and cancelled all service calls. I will gladly pay the $279 early cancellation fee to get out of this contract. The HVAC company said it will be another $280 bucks for the Boiler, on top of the $100 deductible I paid for that and another $500 extra for the second AC Unit, on top of the $100 deductible.
~I will pay myself $380. The Boiler is fixed.
I will find someone to fix the Minisplit. Maybe it will be less than the $600. Its too bad they installed two different kinds of mini-splits. It would have saved them money; I only needed One outdoor unit. They installed 2.
I can accept some fees, its the Inconvenience, and lack of care that I object to MOST! No one deserves to be ignored and mistreated. No Heat in the winter, No AC in the summer. They shouldn't take work they can't do!~ One more thing, I did not get paperwork for MASSAVE. Sigh! read more