
Superior Exteriors
About us
We're here to serve you, whatever your needs may be. Our office is located in Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa, but our team serves the entire state of Iowa. Our services range from a complete exterior remodel of your home, including new windows, siding, roofing, stone and gutters, to residing just the one side of your house that needs it. When we say we're here to serve you, we mean it. Additional Service Areas: Iowa - Ask for details. James Hardie Fiber Cement Siding Installer.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Gutters, Roofing, Siding (James Hardie) & Decks., Window Replacement
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
| Number of Stars | Image of Distribution | Number of Ratings |
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| 72% | ||
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the problem was weather, but they also may have taken on too much work. All the work was completed by a 3rd party, which I wasn't told about until the work had begun. I had to keep calling owner Ryan to get the project completed. They didn't put on diverters like they promised. Also, 11 feet of gutters didn't get guards put on. Ryan says he didn't put it in the bid. Who knows why and who puts on guards on 52 feet of gutters and leaves 11 feet unguarded? Nuts! The association was hoping to use these guys for future projects, but now will use someone else.
"{members name removed}, We appreciate your feedback as we do with every customer. A few things I would like to clear up. Weather did play a roll multiple times when starting your project. Once the project was started, it was completed in a timely manner. When questioned about the linear feet of gutter toppers, we resent the original contract, which you agreed to 52 feet of gutter toppers on upper portions. We were called out, not once, but twice, questioning a diverter the first time, and a small piece of drip edge the second time, both were completed prior to me coming out by our crew. There was no trip charge assessed for these calls. We completed the scope of as agreed to. We apologize for any misunderstanding you may have had. We look forward to earning your business in the future. If you have any questions or concerns moving forward please call us anytime."
They were terrible at communicating when things would get done. I called frequently to find out dates, etc., usually to receive no call back. On the day our siding installation was supposed to start, no one showed up. I arranged my schedule to be home all that day, only to find out they wouldn't be able to start until 2 days later.
The roofing process was fine, as that's a pretty simple job, hard to mess up. But the siding was a disaster. Superior's website clearly states that "We also work hard to keep the job site clean and orderly throughout the working process," which was SO not the case. No one threw anything away until the end of the job. My doors were often blocked with garbage from the job. They were kind enough to sweep my steps at the end of each day, but that's about it. When the foam insulation board was going up, I stood shocked at my kitchen window watching the workers play nail darts on the side of my house. Such professionalism... On the last day of siding work, I left the house for a bit, only to come back to find one of the workers walking out of my house. He had no permission to be in the house, and you can imagine how scary that felt. I was unable to get a clear answer out of anyone as to why he was in there (the crews never spoke English well enough to communicate with me), and he left nails all over the floor inside for my 1 year old to discover.
When the crew left and my husband and I took a look around the outside of the house, we noticed a lot of poor quality workmanship, especially in the flashing/trim work. Many pieces were bent, or haphazardly installed. They had left trash on our roof, didn't bother to hook our internet back up, and did a very poor job of reattaching the electrical to the house.
Superior's policy is that you don't pay until they do a final walk-through. They tried to skirt around this with me, however. I was asked about 6 different times to send a check before the walk-through was done. When I called to voice my opinion and complaints on their shoddy workmanship, I was brushed aside as they tried to make me feel like an idiot for having such issues with them. They called one day to tell me a guy would be coming to pick up their left-over materials, saying nothing about a final walk-through, and I happened to be out of the house when he came - no one ever told me WHEN they were coming. So they called back to tell me that WAS the final walk-through and I missed it. Um, I don't think so. Reluctantly, they sent someone else. They admitted at least 6 issues with the job, and said someone would be out the next day to fix them. The workers came, fixed
So here we sit with some cruddy workmanship on our home, a TERRIBLE customer service experience from a company who claims, "When we say we're here to serve you, we mean it," and still out the same $17,000 we were quoted. No apologies, no compromises, just a lot of anger and disappointment with a company that had such good reviews before now.
"Our contracts had 6 to 8 weeks on them because that was when the work was to start. We had discussed the date with the homeowner before the homeowner signed the contract. If the customer was unhappy with the start date that was clearly written on the contract, they should not have signed it. We were never told that the customer was putting their house on the market, so it was a surprise to read it in the Angie’s List review. In regard to the start date, there was a rain delay and we were in communication with the customer. While construction is underway, there are debris and job materials on the job site. Our contract clearly reads “Clean up of job site” the clean up is at the end of the project. Weather, wind, and tearing off shingles, siding, and removing windows are a messy project. Our crews contain it as best as possible and then clean up the entire site. There was also a comment about our professionalism and that the crews were playing nail darts, we do not use darts, we use cap nails. In the review, the customer also commented that there were nails found in the home. The breaker was out, the homeowner was home at the time, allowed out worker to enter and showed him where the breaker was. One of the workers entered the home with the permission of the homeowner to flip the breakers. This worker took off his tool pouch and put it on the floor of the kitchen. It is possible a nail fell out. The homeowner agreed to this scenario, so we are not certain as to why this accusation has turned into “nails all over the floor.” No one on our crew would enter a home without permission of the homeowner. We never ask for payment until a customer is completely satisfied. We addressed and fixed each issue that the customer brought to our attention. I would disagree completely that we tried to skirt around a final walk through. That is always our policy. It is unfortunate that what we believe was a payment issue, has turned into false accusations about our company, our policies, our crew, and the quality of our work."
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