On 6/24/24 I had a simple plumbing job done by this company. The Moen valve cartridge in my shower broke and needed to be replaced. I have video doorbell, so I know exactly when the tech arrived and when he left. He showed up at 1:01 PM, looked at my shower and said that he needed to get the part. He said that the part cost $76. He left at 1:05 PM. He then returned at 1:38 PM and left at 14:16 PM. He spent total 38 minutes in my house working, getting paperwork ready and collecting the payment. He also told me that he "waved the service fee". To summarize: 30 minutes of actual work replacing $76 part. After he left, I come to find out that my credit card was charged $709.55 (invoice # 71795454). I was sure that this was a mistake. I called three times before the "office manager" called me back. She checked something and said that that the invoice was correct!!!! I could not believe it. I checked with other plumbing companies just to compare. The usual charge per hour of labor is about $170. So the fair price for this job would be about $160 ($85 for 30 min of labor plus $76 for the part). They unashamedly stole over $500! And I've been their customer for years. My AC was replaced in 2019 by Service Gurus, which was bought by Advanced Air; they replaced my water heater 2 years ago, and did multiple AC service appointments. I even bought their "comfort club" membership. So that's how they treat their loyal long-term customers! Beware. This company does price gouging. If you want to be gouged, please use them. Also, keep in mind that the old 5 star Google reviews do not belong to them. They belong to Service Gurus, which Advanced Air bought. Service Gurus were an awesome company. Please read Advanced Air reviews on YELP. You will find many customers who had exactly the same experience. Also, their invoice does not itemize price of parts or labor. It gives you entire amount. So you have no idea how much was the part or labor. Finally, if you check Better Business Bureau file for "Advanced Air Home services" you will see A rating with zero complaints. However, the actual name of this company is "Southern Home Services" (you can see this name at the bottom of their home page). Now if you search BBB for "Southern Home Services", you will see that they had 116 complaints over past 3 years! Bottom line: this company is profoundly dishonest. They do not advocate for their customers. They only want to get as much money out of you as possible. KEEP AWAY from them! There are plenty of great locally owned companies that will provide you with honest service.
UPDATE: a plumbing department supervisor called me to "address my concerns". He said that it is company's policy to discuss the cost of the job before the tech starts working, and there is my signature that this was done. LIE! The tech DID not discuss the price of the job before he started and I DID not sign anything before job began. Secondly, the tech logged almost an hour and a half of labor. ANOTHER LIE. He worked for 30 min only as I described above. This brief encounter only reinforced my impression of how dishonest this company is! read more
