People Try To Take Advantage Of New Homeowners... and Sometimes They Don't

Now during the purchasing process of my new home, I needed mold remediation. I however was not quite the owner yet, but agreed to split the cost of this expensive process with the owner at the time.

I was originally quoted by All Island Cleaning for $2,000, which seemed like a damn good deal. Only 24 hours later I got a phone call that there was a type, and the price was instead $2,800. That is a pretty big typo if you ask me.

Oh, an $800 error... but not in my favor- Heavens no.

With a time crunch though, and no one left to turn to, I went for it and hoped they could get the job done in a timely manner. Besides, I was on a time crunch, I needed to get this done before my interest rate lock expired.

They got the job done quickly, and yes, I was very happy with how efficient they were, I would have recommended them to everyone in my business, but the thing is... when we were quoted that new number, the gentlemen did tell us that he would remove the heating baseboard, sand blast them and put them back over the copper pipes.

I was pretty stunned to find that this process was never done... in fact upon inspection I found that the baseboards were just gone all together.

Infuriated, I called the company.

The mans explanation is that his men must have thrown them out. He told me however he would call them to see where they ended up.

Pretty funny seeing that there was NO reason for them to be tossed. They had some rust spots on them, that I could have easily sanded off myself and sprayed down with Rustoleum... but nope... they were just gone... done... $500 worth of baseboard just MIA.

I never did get that phone call.

So there you have it... as far as I am concerned they were stolen... by the very company whom I paid nicely to simply rip out sheetrock, and run some HEPA filters in the room. Awesome! I would have done this work myself, had the piece of garbage Chase Bank actually allowed me to do so, but no... it had to be done by a professional.... crook.

This would not be the only company who took me through the coals since owning my home. Burner King is the next scumbag up on the chopping block.

The night our burner went out, they were over in 30 minutes. They pressured me into buying a service contract for one year for $309.00. They claimed that the emergency call that night would be $155.00, and to have it serviced for a yearly cleaning it'd be another $155.00 anyway, so in the end I'd be saving money!

Sucker punch me in the face. I told them I wanted to shop around first, but low and behold, believing their lines, I signed the dotted line, and $418.00 later, felt like an idiot for doing so.

They replaced an eye cell in the burner that night, and all was working fine, till 48 hours later when it was out once again.

Now that I had their contract, it took them a total of 6 hours and 3 phone calls to come back and fix the issue that should have been fixed the first time.

I also learned that the cell eye part they charged me an additional $75 for, could be found for sale for under $20.00.

Yup, so there we have it... burn me twice. Shame on me.

My doorbell has not stopped ringing, it is literally like once they know you have moved in- and honestly I want to know who is selling this info, LIPA or Cablevision... because they know... the empty house on the block now has occupants, let's go try and sell them some lies, cons, and scams for a high rip off price!

And that is what they do.

I have pretty much learned my lesson... everyone is out for themselves, and you just have to be one step ahead of the game, before you too are taken advantage of!