Thank you so much M J for this kind review. We always try our best to provide prompt service and treat each customer like our own home. Thank you so much for this kind acknowledgement.
Radon Test - Terrible Experience
Dear Raj,
Thank you so much for leaving this feedback on our company. I feel terrible about your frustration but I am perplexed to understand why. As soon as we received the lab results, which demonstrated that as per the Canadian Measurement Guideline, mitigation work is not suggested at this time, we sent you a copy of the lab results, in HARD COPY with Canada Post. You never provided your email to us so we do not have it. I have uploaded a copy of your lab results onto this Homestar listing so you can see it as well as any of the readers. This lab report shows that the test was the most thorough long term test which is a minimum of 12 months. This allows the Electret (Radon Sensor)the opportunity to sense the radon in all seasons which is highly recommended for the most accurate results.
It is possible that the letter got lost or that it was discarded by mistake but I can guarantee you 100% that it was sent out to you.
Please see the lab report posted on my listing. If you go to my listing page and click on PHOTOS and then click on SEE MORE you will see Raj S Radon Lab Report. Additionally, feel free to reach out to me with a direct email and I will be happy to send you this report through email.
I wish you would have contacted us directly and we could have easily sent you the report again immediately.
I find it strange that this test ended in April of 2014 and you waited 2 years without reaching out to us directly and then left us this bad review.
Regardless, I wish you and your family all the best in your beautiful home and I am happy that your radon levels are low and that you and your family can enjoy many healthy and safe years in your home.
Thank you so much for this review. It was so nice to work with you on this project. As with all my customers, i will stop by your home each winter after the first snow to make sure it is melting properly. Enjoy it. Now when it snows, you can just look out the window and admire the beautiful snowflakes from the comfort of your home without worrying about the shoveling!
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Thank you so much for this kind review. I was so happy when you told me about your energy savings. Meeting you and working with you was a great inspiration.
I look forward to servicing you in the future.
Joe
Hi NP,
I always admire people who do their homework to make sure their purchase is going to be reliable and trouble free. I wish you the best of luck finding just the right home for your family!
Thank you for leaving me this kind review!
Joe Simon
WOW LS! Thank you for the glowing review. We all work very hard as a team to make our customer experience as good as can be. All of our team members are focused on doing their part yet they know that we must all work together for best results.
All the best to you and your family.
Shan Tova!
Firstly, I apologize for taking this long to respond to your kind review. I usually get an email when a new review is left but I did not get notified.
Cheryl, you are very kind to acknowledge Mitch who we are so very proud of. Mitch joined our company as an entry level employee and is an incredible overachiever. His calm, focused and positive attitude coupled with his smarts and charm makes for an incredible diagnostician. We trained him in troubleshooting and problem solving and he thinks out of the box to find the best solution to any problem he encounters. We are very proud of Mitch's achievements and what he has learned from our company.
All the best to you and your family!
Installation of new heating system
Hi GuyW,
Firstly, I apologize for taking this long to respond to your kind review. I usually get an email when a new review is left but I did not get notified. We work very hard to consistently deliver great service and it means the world to us when fine people like you are kind to acknowledge it. Of course, you can only have a good relationship with a good customer who is astute, sophisticated and reasonable and we are fortunate to have this relationship with you.
All the very best!
Joe Simon
Thank you so much, Rob, for this nice review. We like to provide service that offers value to our customers so we always explore what the customer might feel comfortable doing on their own so that they can save money. When necessary we are happy to send a technician.
Good Day Mr. R.,
I feel very bad that you are unhappy with our services but even worse that you took the liberty to write this bad review that does not accurately present the facts and the reason for your disappointment. This is troubling to me specifically because we have company policies that were followed meticulously to ensure customer satisfaction.
For the sake of all the fine people on Homestars, I will relate what actually happened.
We responded to a service call at your condominium unit on Thursday. You told us that your heat pump had not worked for more than a year and you did not want the building contractor to service you because they wanted to charge you $300 to return after their first visit. We charged you a flat rate of $139 + HST which we clearly explained includes a diagnostic service. This means we will send a technician who will identify the problem with your unit and the cost to repair it. Our guaranty is that if within 30 days any additional problem occurs with your unit that our technician may have overlooked, we will return to your home FREE OF CHARGE to diagnose your unit again. We have this warranty to protect our customers. Many times there are layers of problems where a problem is not apparent until the first layer problem is corrected.
In your case, we found the system not working at all. Not cooling and not heating. The compressor would not come on at all. Our technician diagnosed your problem that the compressor relay was not wired properly and not allowing the compressor to come on. We quoted you, in advance of any repair that we performed, $99 to repair the wiring in the unit. We did this repair and the compressor ran. You were delighted because the unit had not run in over a year and we had successfully "revived it". Then you asked us to install a new thermostat that you had purchased. We quoted you $75 for this work which you approved in advance of the thermostat installation. When we left Thursday, our technician confirmed that the compressor was running properly within the amperage and pressure ratings of the manufacturer. He watched it operate properly for 1/2 hour.
Later on Thursday, you called to tell us that the compressor stopped working. We told you that we would return on Friday and YOU WILL NOT BE CHARGED OUR DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE as per our company policy. When we arrived, we found that after the compressor runs for a while, it trips out on its internal overload protection. This is a sign that the compressor bearings are getting worn. We suggested the installation of a "HARD START KIT" which will allow the compressor to operate properly under these conditions. Although your compressor was worn, this would extend the life of your compressor and would allow you to defer the large expense of compressor or unit replacement. Before we did this work, you approved the cost of $139 for the purchase of this hard start kit. You were upset that this was costing so much. I also feel bad that your unit was worn and required these repairs, but I was happy that we were able to restore the heating and cooling that you had not had for over a year.
So far, you had incurred the expense of $139 Diagnostic, $99 for wiring repair and $139 for hard start kit. The total for this repair was $377 + HST. There was an additional charge of $75 for the replacement of your thermostat.
None of these costs were surprises and all were pre-approved. Additionally, your system now works in both heating and cooling.
Friday late afternoon, you called us back and reported that although your cooling is working, the fan never shuts off. Again, we told you we will return "FREE OF CHARGE" to diagnose the problem. I am quite sure that the fan is running constantly due to the programming of the new thermostat that you supplied and asked us to install. I am very familiar with your thermostat and the hidden functions that it has that you might be unaware of. Regardless, we offered to return this week, and adjust our schedule to come after hours to accommodate your schedule so you are not inconvenienced to stay home from work. I want you to know, that when my technician was on site on Friday, as per our policy for second visits, he called me to discuss his findings in detail and I personally was involved in the diagnostic and recommendation. I deeply care about all my customers and do everything in my power to solve their problems quickly and accurately. I am available to my technicians 24/7 to ensure our recommendations are correct. Your case was no different and the fact that your unit is cooling nicely proves it.
Clearly, you are upset because you were hoping for a cheap fix which is not realistic. Any of our customers would have left us a glowing review that we were able to revive their unit and saved them the expense of replacement. They would have complimented the fact that we stand behind our diagnoses and do not charge to return if anything else goes wrong. They would appreciate that we would come after hours with no charge to accommodate their schedule.
You mention that you wonder who writes our reviews, in fact, they are grateful customers who appreciate the hard work all our team members exert to satisfy each of our dear customers. The proof to this is your review and other few negative reviews that we have received. The proof of the validity of our reviews are the fact that I care deeply about pleasing my customers and take the time to respond to each of their comments whether good or bad.
Mr. R.,it is clear from your review that you don't consider us honest or competent. I guess there is no longer a reason for us to continue doing business. I do feel terrible about this but some things are out of my control. I respectfully request, that in the event that you reflect on what happened and how we have helped you when no one else was able, and when you realize that we are a sincere, honest and competent company, you call us back so that we can show you how to program the thermostat to allow for your preferred method of fan control.
Sincerely,
Joe Simon
Good Day Mr. R.,
Once again I'd like to thank you for your comments. I am very interested in your concerns and appreciate you expressing them. You suggest that I should have called you rather than respond to your comments on this forum. I always respond to my customers in the arena that they select. I find it strange that you wrote your original review without even reaching out to me with a phone call or email to express your dissatisfaction. Rarely does a customer leave a poor review without even expressing any dissatisfaction to us directly through an email or phone call. You never called to complain and we only learned of your extreme dissatisfaction on this forum. If your goal is to speak with us, and try to resolve your heat pump problem, why didn't you simply call me? I feel responsible to the fine people of Homestars and it is to them that I am speaking when I communicate the actual facts of our interactions. The following facts are quite clear from our conversation. The heat pump is cooling properly and all of the charges were pre-approved with you before any work was done. You say that "the heat pump did not even work for 5 minutes." This is clearly not true because you would never have let our technician leave site if the unit was not running when he left. Even if he left your apartment, he would not even have reached his vehicle within 5 minutes. Had you called our office, our technician would have come right back. In fact, the heat pump worked all afternoon until you called us back much later. It is unfortunate that you are misrepresenting the facts. Regarding your thermostat, the fact that the fan is running is not a malfunction nor is it a mistake in programming it is merely one of the features that allow the user to select different modes of fan operation. This thermostat was selected, bought and supplied by yourself so I assume that you understand how to use the product you bought. We do not warrant any equipment that we did not supply. Our technician installed and set up the thermostat properly. I personally reviewed this with him. The fan scheduling is a USER" preference and is designed to be setup by the user. As I said in my first response to your comments, "I respectfully request, that in the event that you reflect on what happened and how we have helped you when no one else was able, and when you realize that we are a sincere, honest and competent company, you call us back so that we can show you how to program the thermostat to allow for your preferred method of fan control."
