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10/10

THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE WE'VE EVER HAD! We looked around and got quotes from 3 different companies to replace(reshingle) our roof. The quotes came in; some were ridiculous in price. Empire's quote was incredible, and Ladi offered us a discount on top of that, should we decide within a week. It took us a month or so to finally pull the trigger. We called Ladi and he honoured the discount. Amazing! They started the job the next week. His team(great group of guys) arrived at the promised time and put drop sheets around the perimeter of the house before starting! I've never seen this done before. I came home after work and the job was complete and we(and the neighbours) were amazed at how clean they left everything. I can't stress enough what a great job they did. Clean, fast and very reasonably priced. Best call we ever made. Our last house we replaced a roof, and

Approximate cost of services:
$4,500.00
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Company Response

Thank you for the amazing review!

It makes us happier when even the little details that we do (which they should be standard by the way) are appreciated by our clients .
It was a pleasure

Ladi from Empire Team

0/10

It's been 2 years since our nightmare with Priority, and it scares me to know that they are still in business. We approached 4 plumbing companies to do a full job on a home reno - plumbing and new rad lines. Priority quoted us 10k, was friendly and seemingly knowledgeable. They started soon afterwards using flexpipe (recommended as a cost effective solution) for the rad lines. That day I was a little troubled when I found the guy was reading what looked to me like a plumbing instruction booklet. When I went in the house, I was shocked to notice they had drilled a hole so big in a 2x10 ceiling joist that it had to be replaced. I called the office and they said that the employee that cut the hole was no longer with them. Also turns out that the guy reading the instructions didn't know what he was doing either! I was told that he too was no longer with the company. Finally a third guy, while soldering, melted our electrical to the stove. And said nothing about it! We noticed it and called the office.... once again, the employee is no longer working for Priority. The 1 month job turned into 3... In the end, they had to call in their dad [Company Name Removed - ed] - seriously! - and have him and his guys come to the house and fix the mess they made. At this point, they were very apologetic, helpful and willing to fix all the mistakes they made - we would only be charged material costs. (ps: I would recommend [company name removed--ed] if they were not related.) However they tried to charge us another 18k!!!! We refused, asked them to send us a detailed materials list - they did, and that's when we noticed that they were charging us a markup that would make you laugh. We went to Nobletrade(their suppliers) and were quoted 4k in materials. Priority told us they can charge whatever they want to charge for the price of a 10 cent washer. In the end, we resolved the matter by paying the 10k quote + the additional 4k in supplies + a meeting with our lawyer and seemlingly they were happy with that. Read the negative reviews to get a sense of what kind of company they are. Logically it's the only reviews you can trust.

Approximate cost of services:
$10,000.00
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Company Response

Hello George, I remember you only because this is the only time in the history of our company that something like this has ever come close to happening. Some of what you claim is true but for the most part it is not accurate. It is true that the technician who started the work made some mistakes. At that exact time that he started your job, unfortunately his wife left him with their three year old son and moved out of the province. After that, he was battling depression and was slowly spiraling downward. We had no idea of this until after the damage was done and he had a nervous breakdown. From a customer perspective, I don't expect you to care about any of this nor do I blame you for being upset. We certainly are not happy with what occurred. I am merely saying no company would have been able to account for this. I think it is important to focus on what we did to rectify the situation, after the situation occurred. Just as you state, we paid for any damage; we fulfilled our obligation to you and completed the work even though we lost thousands of dollars in the process. I think this says a lot about our company.
In defense of the other technician, it is the right thing to do for any technician to read the manual for a piece of heating equipment he or she is installing, especially if we do not supply it. This is taught in trade school and any licensed contractor will tell you this. You should be worried if they don’t. So if this is the case, why would you comment on it like it was a bad thing?
It is a false claim that we tried to charge you extra for anything included in the initial agreement but rather the contrary. After you found out that our technician is no longer employed here, you began claiming that our technician told you he promised to do things that were not in the agreement because you knew he was not around to defend it. At first it started out small and we did many freebees for you to make things right for you, even though we knew you were making it up. We never mentioned anything to try to make you happy in lieu of the situation. You perceived this as incompetence and an opportunity to exploit the situation. You were mistaken. Your requests gradually and consistently grew larger. It wasn’t until you completely tried to take advantage of the situation that we had to put our foot down and quote you for the additional work that you kept requesting. You said that you hired us out of 4 contractors that you interviewed, so you must have found value in the price for the initial agreed upon work. I hardly think that completely re-piping your house for $10,000 with $4000 worth of materials (Our cost) is unreasonable. I never spoke to your lawyer and that is obviously because you never had any claim against us. If you did, I’m sure I would have heard from him or her, and you would not have returned the radiators that you tried to swindle from us, back to our shop. After speaking to your lawyer, you would not have paid for anything you did not rightfully and lawfully owe us. Your testimonial is misleading and false for the most part. We did everything in our power to make you happy, we completed the job according to the agreement and then some. In the end, your job was completed competently at the fair price that was agreed upon and I’m sure your house is nice and warm this winter with no problems.

Priority Plumbing
https://priorityplumbing.ca
416-762-8662