From Yelp–
Dishonest company. They probably have various mechanics who work different territories. The guy we have dealt with multiple times is Ivan who works Queens / LIC Area.
Danger. The guy is super nice. Tells a nice story. He has gotten in with our buildings super so he always shows up magically whenever there is a problem with a story about what necessary maintenance we must do.
Freezing weather, a valve has some ice…he suggests replacing three parts or else you’ll be calling me back in a year. Can you give me a parts and labor estimate? No he doesn’t do that. Took my credit card before he even quoted me a total.
Summer last year. There was dust in the drain hose. Ivan quoted $300 to replace the whole assembly. The super used his finger to pull some dust out and voila.
Two years ago – this is when we learned to be skeptical. He took the whole assembly away for a week to rebuild it. Handed us an quote/invoice AFTER for $3k. He put it back in. Asked for the money. We said…uh turn it on please? It didn’t work! Wasn’t fixed at all! He said “don’t worry that job is free this time”. ??? Had another guy come in and…clean the filter. $100. Worked fine.
Ivan or Rachel HVAC = scamster. If only we could get him to stop entering our apartment with the super when we aren’t home….
