MDB SAME DAY HVAC INC
Montara, Antioch, CA

MDB SAME DAY HVAC INC Reviews

2.3 stars based on 6 reviews

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  ramin hasanzada

  1.0

  Mario came to my house and gave me an estimate to do some work on my AC unit. We agreed for next day at 12p. I called him next day at 2p and kept saying he was busy and would get back to me within 30 minutes. I called him again at 3p and he said he was still tied up and would come next day at 9a so I agreed. Next day comes and it’s 11a, I called him and again he says he had an emergency and is stuck working on something and will call me when he is done. This guy is a joke! Don’t call him for service

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  Barbara Louderback

  5.0

  It was Friday night in the middle of a heat wave and my A/C stopped blowing cold air. First thing Saturday morning I got on the phone and started calling for a service call. After leaving messages with several other businesses I called Mario. He actually answered the phone and was here within the hour. He diagnosed the problem and fixed it in about 30 minutes. He was fair, knowledgeable and courteous. We will be using him again when the times come to replace the A/C.

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  Sachelle MacPhee

  1.0

  My husband needed a look at his wall gas furnace of the building he rented out to tenants. The tenants complained turning up the thermostat wouldn't turn the heat on. I saw Next Day HVAC's five star reviews on Yelp , many that weren't recommended, because apparently Yelp wasn't paid by the owner to post these "great" reviews. Only one review apparently was flagged by Yelp as being legit and it was 5 star. Cool, right? NOPE! I called Mario, the owner, explaining the dilemma and he claimed he would investigate the problem. My husband set up a date and time for him to come by the property. He let us know that he was running late past the two-hour timeframe he quoted us only AFTER we called him first to check on the status. Not great, but we let that pass, assuming the service he provided would probably make up for this blunder, based on the "rave" reviews posted on Yelp. Well, we were sorely disappointed. Once Mario met with my husband at the property, everything just spiraled downhill. First off, Mario tried to deliberately mislead my husband into thinking the parts needed for the job cost three times more than what it actually cost. Mario said outright the heater would need to be replaced entirely and claimed parts and labor to replace the heater would cost us $2500 for a new wall furnace and labor for installation. A new furnace runs about $600 and takes about 3 hours to install. This would bring the labor costs to about $1900 for 3 hours of work. Seeing the sour face we made, he quickly knocked the price down to $2400. That would make the labor costs about $600/hr. Lawyers get paid less than what he was charging. He did give me the other option of just replacing the faulty part for $750. Google the part number and it is $250 from the factory or $125 from other dealers. Oh and took the part off in 5 minutes, so labor costs would be $500 for 5 minutes of work. Mario charged my husband $75 for the initial visit as part of the diagnostic fee over the phone but then claimed once they met in person that an additional fee of $100 would apply in addition to the $75 to remove the broken valve, which took him 5 minutes to remove. My husband obviously thought this was an overcharge and he quickly brought the price to $120 total. Tourist traps are more honest than this guy is. After conferring with a relative whose occupational background was in contracting, my husband told Mario the job was off and asked for his broken part back. The relative got someone else to care of the problem at a fraction of the cost. We are sorry we ever contacted this company. Avoid this business and Mario at ALL costs!

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