My father had a mold inspection and found that he had high levels of toxic mold throughout his home. The inspector, Bill Kimble, recommended that my father leave his home immediately until remediation could be completed. The inspector recommended Josh from Advanced Environmental. Josh came out the next day. Josh quoted $8,977 and verbalized that his company would offer a lifetime warranty, ensuring my father’s mold problem would be taken care of, OR if my father paid on the spot, a 15% discount would be applied for a total of $7,630.45. If payment was not issued then and there, the 15% discount would be void and Josh would only offer full price **sham** My father wrote a check to take advantage of this “discount”. - My father is 76, was just released from the ICU for COVID, and on an oxygen machine. The following day my dad received an email containing the contract. Upon review, the contract wasn’t quite what Josh and my dad discussed. This contract included running an air scrubber, removal of a 15x19 carpet, HEPA vacuuming, and wet wiping all surfaces. Not only does this remediation plan not adequately address my fathers mold issue ** I know, I know; They only complete work within the inspectors “scope” - that hustle warrants a completely separate ethics review btw- ** But this contract did not include mention of a lifetime warranty, aside from 3 sqft of encapsulation under the bathroom sink. We sought clarification, that my father had wrote a check in good faith that Advanced Environmental would REMEDIATE (definition: the action of remedying something; reversing or stopping environmental damage) with a lifetime warranty. Josh let us know that only the 3 sqft encapsulated behind the bathroom sink would be warrantied. The bathroom didn’t even have the highest levels of spores in the home. In fact, my fathers bedroom had high levels of stachybotrys. To summarize: Advanced Environmental wanted $8,977 for surface cleaning, which would not at all address the source of the toxic mold infestation throughout my dads entire home. The consequences of trusting Advanced Environmental could have been my dads life. Luckily, we know better and thoroughly read the contract, including fine print, before signing. Not so luckily, my dad had already handed over a check. Before we could cancel the job, my father’s check was already cashed. Once we were finally able to contact the “office manager”, Josh’s wife Tonya, we were told that there was a 3 day cancellation fee, otherwise there would be a 20% penalty in the amount of $1,526. THEN they still sent out their crew. 2 young gentlemen arrived. Per NYS standards, mold abatement contractors must ensure that workers on the project have mold abatement worker licenses, which these boys did not have, but I digress. For what it’s worth, the boys were patient and courteous while we spent over an hour on the phone, going back and forth with Josh, Tonya, and Bill; the initial mold inspector. Tonya insisted that we let the crew begin the job as they drove over an hour to our property. Unfortunately for them I work closely with HUD and DOH, so I’m versed in mold abatement and DOL standards. We denied the crew and stopped the job before they could begin. When they realized that they could not talk circles around me, they became defensive and hostile - ADMITTED that if they thought my father could afford the necessary abatement, they would have recommended the needed action. Instead they took us for whatever they thought they could get, knowing the remediation plan was useless, dismissing the risk to my fathers health. These people have no ethics. They took over a month to issue a refund (minus their 20% penalty: $1,526) and their check bounced. Let me again mention, we NEVER signed the contract and NO work was ever completed! My father is entitled to a full refund. I have great concerns that Advanced Environmental (in cahoots with Turn Key Home & Mold Inspection - Bill Kimble) has been getting away with scare tactics, pressuring home owners into their sham business venture. Buyer Beware.