Alternative Technologies, Inc

Funny thing is that he comments after a call to come out and remove more asbestos tiles that were left behind as well as leaving the mastic untouched instead of 3d scraping as stated in contract. I’m sorry that I am the point of contact now due to the fact that the original person who signed the contact because she had to be rushed in for emergency brain surgery to remove a tumor that was growing rapidly. So I’m sorry about that technicality. If you value your reputation then why wouldn’t you have done the job purposely the first time, or even the second time, much less the third time. As a business owner I would think you would treat you customers with some tact instead of the rudeness and cursing that you seem to spew when being told of a problem. You can try to take action against my post but I have done nothing other than state the facts, with proof. I’m sorry that you don’t like it, but maybe this review may help a different homeowner, that is what matters to me is the health and well-​being of my family and of others.

We unfortanely had a bad experience happen to our family, Goodfellas Construction (Danny Gold) removed 2100 square feet of acoustic ceiling for our home renovation project last Sept 2014. He said our 1970 home did not need to be tested for asbestos, which was not correct. His company did a horrible job removing the acoustic ceiling and got it all over our carpet, furniture, etc. Our home tested with high levels of asbestos and we had to have our whole home abated for almost a month. Mark Torkelson and his team (Jason and Alex) did an amazing job in removing the left over acoustic, sucking all the asbestos out of the house, removing all our carpet, rugs, furniture, mattresses, curtains, every porous item from our home had to be thrown away. They had to wipe down and clean all of the non-​porous items.
They met their deadlines and were available around the clock for any questions or concerns. The whole team was professional and knowledgeable. I would recommend them to others.
My advice to anyone doing home renovations, get it done right the first time and test your home, it is so much more expensive to clean up the mess. Goodfellas left us with large bill (over $ 70k for the abatement & replacement costs) and currently fighting us denying ANY responsibility to their unethical and illegal practice. Do not trust Angie’s list or BBB, always check CSLB!!! Lessons I learned!

I just had work done by them, they were very professional, completely Isolated the area, Cleaned up nicely removed everything.

Workers from this company left shoe prints on my wife’s vanity dresser and marks on my carpet. We did not receive any call letting us know that we can go back to our home until we called (multiple times). Alex (the lead tech) never showed up.
I called Rachel to complain only to be informed that she had enough of me…
Mark was not empathetic…
I would not use them again or recommend them to anybody.
If you decide to use this company, hire your own testing company. It did not make any sense that Alternative Technologies would collect the sample of the work that they did and send that sample to the lab for testing.

Do not use this company if you value your health. They will underbid a job to get your business, but the quality of work is horrible. A friend ended up finding out several months after they had done abatement work that they had left substantial asbestos behind and it cost them all over again to have another contractor come in and finish the job.
The owner is extremely vindictive and unresponsive to any complaint or criticism.
If you decide to use this company anyway — do yourself a favor and pay for an INDEPENDENT air quality company to come in to monitor the work as it’s being done.
Also check to make sure that the mandatory paperwork is filed with the Air Quality Management District… and don’t take ATI’s word for it… call AQMD directly. When the paperwork has not been filed IN ADVANCE, as in our case, AQMD doesn’t have the information to come and do a ‘drop in’ check on the job — hence there is no oversight.
Check out complaints on the Better Business Bureau website… you will see a very similar story.

We needed asbestos to be removed from the house. This company gave us the best bid money wise, was REALLY helpfull, did great job and was pleasure to work with.
5 stars for sure!

While no one likes to hear that they have asbestos that needs removiing, everyone at Alternative Tech went out of their way to help me remedy my asbestos problem and to deal with the «problematic» HVAC company I was forced to deal with through my home warranty.
Rachel, the office manager, Mark, the president, and Alex, the wonderful technician worked with a tough situation to help me get my a/​c back as soon as possible. And, living in the West Valley, I needed it immediately.
I would use this company again for any work they do. If you need asbestos work, re-​ducting, duct cleaning, etc., you should call Alternative Tech immediately.