Do not use Tarango Heating and Cooling! I hired Leonel Tarango to install a gas line on the side of my house from my gas meter to my backyard. He drew up a vague "contract" over text message. The contract stated that if he was to do ALL the work, including labor, trenching, and materials, he would charge me $2500. If I was to do the trenching, he would charge me $1050 - we settled on this option. He ended up charging me $2000 total, which I begrudgingly paid because the trench I dug was not perfect and he had to do a small amount of digging by hand. When asked, he did not give me a materials list nor did he provide their cost, intentionally leaving room to dramatically inflate the final price. However, what really threw salt in my wound was that he never even finished the job. My A/C condenser unit had to be disconnected and moved because it was in the way of the trench and he has refused to move it back. When asked to finish the job, he tried to screw me out of another $350. I reminded him over a heated phone call that part of the original deal was to reconnect my A/C but he is still refusing to get it done. Leonel Tarango is a snake in the grass who uses unclear language, unprofessional text-message contracts, and the "foot in the door" technique to screw unsuspecting customers
LESSONS LEARNED:
LESSON 1- Always make sure the contract is EXTREMELY detailed to prevent any wiggle room for shady contractors to weasel their way out of seemingly obvious tasks that common sense says should be considered included in the contract. (If you move the A/C condenser, you should obviously hook it back up.)
Lesson 2- Always ask for an itemized list of materials, their cost (if not purchased yourself), labor cost, permit cost etc.
LESSON 3- Always buy ALL materials yourself before the job is started. Leonel refused to provide a list of materials and intentionally obscured their actual cost when repeatedly asked. That's how he cons his customers. He gets his foot in the door with a reasonable price, then makes up whatever number he feels like for the materials. read more