Jay MacDonald Mechanical Company

Had a few estimates to install central AC in my home including from 2 very well reviewed companies on Unilocal,and Jay’s estimate came in at the lowest. I had gotten my boiler serviced and later replaced by him through my home warranty plan and he seemed to do a reasonably good job although it took longer than usual because he would come one day to do some of the work, come back a few days later to do a little more of the work, a few days later for yet more of the work, etc. Still, I was willing to take a slower completion to save a few thousand dollars, and it ended up taking about a month of working a couple of days a week to finally get everything installed. My main beef was that he had quoted me a price of $ 6000 at the start of the job, and then at the end of the job, insisted that the price was $ 7000. In addition, he hadn’t mentioned at the start of the job that I would have to hire an electrician separately, which was an extra $ 1000. Unfortunately, he never provided me with a contract and insisted that I had misunderstood (I am sure I hadn’t), so I ended up paying out more than the agreed upon price in the end. He’s a nice guy and all, but I came out feeling a bit cheated in the end. This probably should have gone without saying, but if you hire him, I would recommend having all aspects of the cost and timing of the project detailed in a contract before the start of the job.