Packerland Home Improvement is probably the worst company I have ever dealt with. They not only lie through their teeth, they do completely inferior work, cut corners, don't clean up after themselves, and are exorbitantly overpriced. I would never call them again for anything, and I have told countless friends and neighbors to avoid them like the plague.
Description of Work: Packerland Home Improvement was originally contracted by my mother back in the early 1990's. She had them build a 3 season room off our family room. We had a large concrete patio, which they ripped up, and left all the chunks of concrete behind for us to clean up. From the beginning, there was a leak where the 3 season room met the soffit of the house. I called them a number of times and they insisted the problem was with the roof on our house (it was old, it needed redoing, any excuse they could think of) If anything goes wrong with something they did, it is NEVER their fault. They will make any kind of excuse they can, no matter how ridiculous, to avoid blame, including out and out lying. I wound up going back and forth with them until 2005, when I got a bad leak during a storm. This time I called Brennan Fraser Roofing and Siding (who I would recommend to anybody for any kind of exterior work) and they inspected the roof, and informed me that when Packerland built the 3 season room, the didn't run the flashing far enough up under the shingles - less than a foot. Brennan Fraser gave me an estimate to fix the problem, did the work in a timely manner, and came in under estimate. Anyway, getting back to Packerland - One of the window developed a leak in the seal, and I needed to have it replaced. After on ton of excuses and delays, they came out, measured, and over a month later finally delivered and installed the new window. They also charged a major fortune to do it. The window measured approximately 18x36 and they charged well over $125 for the one pane. Their excuse was it had to be custom made. Later when I needed a screen replaced, I contacted Tri-City Glass, and at the time asked them about the other window. I was informed those were stock size windows and I got ripped off. Mother contracted them again, to install a bay window in the living room. Shortly after installation, we had a really sever thunderstorm and had water pouring in through the bay window. The veneer on the window sill was ruined and I contacted them about a repair, and was informed they didn't do that and I'd have to find somebody else - no suggestions, no other help of any kind. Things were okay with the window until about 2008, when it started leaking again every time it rained and the wind came from the west. I filed a claim with my insurance company. The restoration company that fixed it, discovered that Packerland had again screwed up in the installation and had done it all wrong.(This time I didn't even bother contacting Packerland) Third time Mother had them install aluminum soffits all around the house. This was again done wrong and very sloppy. The nails they used were so short they barely went into the wood above the soffits, so now they are sagging all around the house. I've made some repairs on my own using screws instead of nails, and have gotten an estimate from Brennan Fraser to redo it. Getting back to the 3 season room - in March of 2008, the whole ceiling stared leaking like a waterfall. The carpet was soaked, furniture was ruined and the walls were stained beyond repair. The insurance company sent out a restoration company to take care of the carpet and the walls and gave me a check for the ruined furniture. I had two different roofing companies look at the roof to see what needed to be done to fix it. They were suggesting things like a rubber roof. They all agreed the problem was that the caulking on the roof had deteriorated and that was why it was leaking. I reluctantly called Packerland to see how much it would cost to fix the caulk, and they tried to tell me that it wasn't the roof on the sunroom, but it was the roof on the house that was leaking. I finally wound up going to Sun Comfort, since their online ad showed a room very similar to mine. The guy said yes, the caulk needed replacing and it would cost $300. No rubber roof or anything like that.