We do most of our own property maintenance, but some things that need repair or replacement require hiring a contractor. We’re not even halfway through the year yet, but we’ve already had three such jobs.
- fence repair
- pool opening
- awning fabric replacement
Got three estimates for the fence repair, hired one, and the job was done very efficiently and professionally, but it was like pulling teeth to get the company’s owner to give us advanced notice of scheduling so that at least one of us could be home at the time.
Scheduling the pool opening was crazy. Forget using their website’s contact form as they want customers to do, since they never reply. I have to call them, and make sure I get through to the only competent person there in the office. They still can;t even give me a basic “morning or afternoon” time frame for they day they scheduled.
As for the awning fabric replacement, I made inquiries of three companies for estimates. One of them has a website that advertises that they do awnings, and features something like 40 photos of awnings they’ve done. The owner replied to my inquiry to inform me that they don’t do awnings, but referred me to someone else. That “someone else” got back to me pronto. So far, a day later, only one other company has even responded.
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