***PHOENIX HOME OWNERS AND SURROUNDING AREAS STAY AWAY FROM GRACE CONTRACTING *** Homeowners please read this entire message to avoid the mistake I have made so that you can protect yourself when dealing with fraudulent contractors. Lets SHARE to all your friends on FB. Lets stop these thieves!!! Recently the laundry room in my home received some water damage due to a leaking water hose in between the walls. First thing I did was call my home warranty insurance and they dispatched Grace contracting company and a plumber came out to my home. Plumber determined there was water damage and called a dry out company to demo damaged walls and to do dry out. Next GRACE CONTRACTING sent one of their adjusters. He assessed what the costs would be for restoration and emailed me an estimate of $818. I noticed that it did not include the dry out and tear down of damages walls so I emailed asking for the estimate or invoice for those services. They never responded. I went ahead and signed the estimate for restoration out of desperation of not having a laundry now for 3 weeks since ordeal started so that they can finally begin working on my laundry room. My home owners insurance was also contacted and they also sent their own adjuster to assess the damages. The restoration job that was done was horrible. Walls were uneven, trimming did not match and were also left unpainted, paint from trimming went up on the walls, paint drippings were left on my laundry room door, shelves were never re-installed. Needless to say I complained on the work that was done and same repair man came to fix the problem a couple days later What happened next was really interesting. I received a call from Grace contracting stating that my insurance informed THEM that they issued a check to ME and wanted to know what the amount of the check was for. I had not received check at the time, so I had no clue what they were talking about. DAYS Later I received a call from Grace contracting collector stating that I owe $ 1400 for the mitigation (tear down of drywall and dry out machines). This was the first I had heard of that amount. I explained I only signed an estimate for $818, he explained how theres 2 separate charges aside from mitigation($1400) there is the charges for restoration ($1600) and said my total balance was for $3k. I was shocked! Collector claimed to have no idea of what estimate I was talking about and said the correct amount is $1600 for restoration not $818 and that it is not his fault that their own adjuster did a horrible job in estimating. He proceeded to attempt to get out of me the amount of check I got from my insurance company. Then collector said if my calculations are correct, if we are charging you $1400(mitigation) + $1600( restoration) - minus my $1000 deductible then I should have got a check for $2k, And he was ready to send someone out to come pick up my check so that I can sign it over to them. I refused to do that and I disputed the outstanding charges that I had not heard of. He Then explains to me that my insurance sends out an adjuster so that my insurance can agree on what should be paid to the contractors and that the money belongs to them. And accused me of trying to get out of paying my deductible and said it was illegal not to pay your deductible. FALSE FALSE FALSE!!! I then called my insurance company and this is what was explained to me on how home owners Insurance companies work ***IMPORTANT*** When any kind of damage is done to your home. You call your home owners insurance first! They send out an adjuster to assess the damage. Lets say according to your adjuster your damage is worth $3k however because you have a $1k deductible they will only cut YOU a check for $2k. It is up to YOU if you want to find the cheapest contractor in town to do the repairs. Lets say u find contractor to do work for $1.5k, YOU keep the other $500. Or you can choose to NOT DO ANY repairs to the home at all and keep ALL the money. What you do its up to you. It is your money. What the thieves at Grace contracting are trying to do is cash in on the total amount of the check that my insurance gave to me by raising the prices without even having a signed estimate from me and are demanding payment. I am not disputing that there is money due. I am trying to pay for what I was informed and agreed to pay in the signed contract for. ** If you or anyone you know has had similar issues with GRACE CONTRACTING company please feel free to private message me in FB. Lets get a class action lawsuit going to put a stop to these crooks for good.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 05:20:07 +0000
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