This is a LONG review but, well worth the read!!!! Appointment was set for 8:00am (they arrived 30 minutes late at 8:30am), I told them when they arrived late that I HAD to leave by 1:00pm for an appointment and that was why we had scheduled the appointment for 8:00am so they would have plenty of time to finish and was told that THEY had to leave by 1:00pm for their next job.
Guy #1 started outside on the coach lights. Guy #2 started inside in the living room measuring and trying to find studs in the wall with a screw driver (making about 8-10 holes with a screw driver, that will have to be filled before we leave, when asked why he couldn't use a stud finder he stated he never had much luck with those and and quot;I have wall patch for thatand quot;...I'm not sure if he intended to return when we move out to repair the damage or what exactly here was saying). Guy #1 finished installing coach light quickly and then started assembling and mounting the 3 ceiling fans and then started mounting 1 of the TV's on the wall in the office (which when finished is crooked) Guy #2 STILL working on the L/R TV mounting. After 4 hours Guy #2 still had not finished the TV mount in the L/R (but, had made quite a mess for himself, I brought him a hand vac and asked him to please tidy up and he said and I quote and quot;Oh we have a vac on the truck, I'll take care of itand quot; but, NEVER bothered to clean up ANY of the copper wire snippets, tiny bits of coax cable, drywall pieces or dust that ended up everywhere (even when he FINALLY finished). At 1:15pm I told them that I had to leave and the other woman in the house was still here along with our 12 year old. I asked it they needed at check before I left and was told and I quote... and quot;No, they will bill you, we do not take any moneyand quot;! AND they didn't give us a total or an invoice at that time
- Guy #1= Mounted 2 TV's and moved 2 electrical plugs and 2 cable outlets in 5 hours (without allowing anyway of connecting any components)
Guy #2 = Installed 2 coach lights, assembled 3 ceiling fans and hung them, mounted 1 TV, moved 1 electrical outlet and 1 cable plug and redirected the cable line in the attic...in 5 hours! (without allowing anyway of connecting components)
We had discussed adding an extra outlet in the garage at a later date but, had later decided not to since this house was a rental house. They were finally finished between 1:30 - 1:40pm according to the person that was here when they finished. The mess that was made wasn't cleaned up. We have a child and a dog in the house, with copper wire pieces in the carpet and on the tile floor for everyone to step on along with all the other mess they left. I called an spoke to the owner, Steve Thibault about the less than stellar experience we had had and he immediately got defensive saying and quot; This DOES NOT sound like MY crewand quot; and was not going to believe one thing he was being told.
Then it was time for the bill...We were invoiced on June 28th. I called to inform the office that we had been overbilled for the labor by 1 hour and was told I needed to speak with the owner, Steve Thibault, about that and he was not in but, would be asked to return my call. Didn't hear from Steve or anyone else from Thibault's about this matter so, I called AGAIN and was told by the same guy (Anthony, very nice gentleman) that Steve was not there and he would tell him I had called again. Called AGAIN (this being the 3rd time) morning, (August 5 @ 2:30pm) and got to speak to Steve Thibault, the owner. He couldn't have been ANY ruder, accusing me of just not wanting to pay the bill. Regardless, that I was overbilled on labor AND I have to hire someone else to come in so they can actually correct the installation of the mounting of the TV's so we can hook up ANY components (like a DVD player), that would kind of be the reason to mount a TV on the wall, so you don't have wires hanging out everywhere. I told him that I didn't have any problem paying the invoice with a corrected labor amount (which should have been for 5 hours @$85.00 an hour instead of 6) to which he said in a very condescending way...and quot;How about just paying for 3 hours of labor since you never intending on paying the bill anyway ...Will
THAT make you happy?and quot; I also asked that he (the owner, Steve Thibault)come out and look at the job his crew had done, to which he said and quot;Why should I come out and do more work you won't pay for?and quot; I never asked him to do more work, I asked him to come see the crappy job his crew had done! So, that is what I will do. I will pay him $255.00 less the original invoice of $ 566.49 for a total of $311.49 and I will never use or recommend this business again!
Sure do wish I had that statement about only paying for 3 hours of labor in writing from Steve Thibault, the owner, I'm sure after he reads this, that too will be an issue. Found the whole experience to be
very unpleasantly BAD and then to have to deal with the owner of a business that is just rude and hateful...
NEVER AGAIN!!! I would love a place to attach a picture showing the crooked TV in my office and the way you CAN NOT conceal any cables to or from any of the TV's, to which I was told by Steve Thibault, the owner, that was not what I asked for...What other reason would I need TV's mounted on the wall for, I could have just saved a TON of money and bought TV stands and would NEVER have had to deal with this man or his company!! I was informed that I was the first in 1,000's of customers of this crew to complain,
I find that VERY hard to believe!