I had a bathroom that needed restoration after a water incident. I'm not sure why these guys hated me so much. Almost seemed personal since the other reviews are so positive.
The initial meeting was nice enough. The guys were actually really cool guys, had a great story, promised some timely work, so I was sold.
I should have known what I was getting into when it took them almost 2 weeks just to provide an initial estimate.
When I signed the contract, they estimated they can finish all the work in 2 weeks. Let's just say that didn't happen and I gave up on them 10 weeks after that initial commitment.
And it wasn't a pleasant 10 weeks - it was 10 weeks of missed commitments, unreturned phone calls, change in PM, and topped off with an additional shakedown for more cash.
Overall it was such an awful experience working with these guys. I'm the kind of person who feels bad calling twice in a row because I don't want to be annoying - so I often felt bad despite knowing a good PM would never put you in that situation. And these guys are the kind of guys that are going to make you feel bad for trying to follow-up on their return calls and commitments.
- Here's a log of my experience -
Day 0 - 06/17/19 - Servpro Initial Visit
Day 18 - 07/05/19 - Cost estimates resolved with Insurance company
Day 37 - 07/24/19 - PM committed to supplying paperwork by EOD (supplied 6 days later).
Day 43 - 07/30/19 - PM asked to receive keys. Arranged time with my mother. He never contacted her to show up.
Day 44 - 07/31/19 - Contract Provided by Servpro. Estimated time of project completion set to August 14, 2019
Day 44 - 07/31/19 - Demolition started. Forgot to remove vanity as discussed, needed to return to complete job.
Day 51 - 08/07/19 - $1000 Deposit Charged to Credit Card
Day 57 - 08/13/19 - Drywall work done
Day 58 - 08/14/19 - Initial ETA for project completion passes. Only demo and drywall work started. Project definitely not completed.
Day 73 - 08/29/19 - New project timelines received, project completion date estimated to be Sept 13th.
Day 85 - 09/10/19 - New PM takes over after several concerns raised.
Day 88 - 09/13/19 - Second ETA for project COMPLETION passes. Again, project definitely not completed.
Day 108 - 10/03/19 - Called office, asked for owner/manager to call me back within 24 hours to discuss lack of progress for last month. Person said I would get a call back that afternoon, definitely within 24 hours. Call never returned.
Day 116 - 10/11/19 - Called project manager to schedule meeting. Said she would call me back that afternoon right after an upcoming meeting. Call never returned.
Day 113 - 10/08/19 - Almost 2 months, no additional work on the property. Assume they abandoned the project. Went to Servpro office where they returned my keys. I requested they returned my deposit. They refused. In fact, they requested additional payment. I'm not sure who buys parts of anything, but these guys expected to sell incomplete work. read more