The Harty House Doctor

Combination of both reviews. I DID hire them, I DID end up thinking I paid Way too much. And a year later someone very suspicious DID call me and harass me. Repeatedly. But when I tried to question him he cussed me out and hung up. Then called back with a fake accent pretending to be his boss and cussed me out again. I called Jason Harty and he acted like he had nothing to do with it. I ended up calling the police.
Needless to say this company is out of business. The website is still up but the phones are disconnected. And Jason is now slinging some energy drink as his new career. The only reason I’m even posting is in case he tries to come back.

I wouldn’t hire this company. I had them come out a couple of years ago and they quoted us just under $ 30k to repaint the house & get new windows. We were floored (we expected around 1k for painting, maybe, add 6−10k for windows)! They wouldn’t leave our house, trying to make us sign the contract right then. They were in our home for h-​o-​u-​r-​s, while we tried to be polite telling them we needed time to consider their offer. We stood our ground and didn’t sign the contract.
Today I received a phone call from the supposed company who bought The Harty House Doctor — the man on the phone was very rude and insulting — rudely asking me, «so, what was it?» When I was mystified what he was referring to (eventually I surmised he was asking me about the quote we’d had 2 YEARS prior), he spoke to me in an insulting tone, explaining what other people replied when he asked that question. Added to that he knew nothing more than I’d hired someone else to do our windows and insulted that person (and in turn me, because I’d hired him). He started asking to speak to my husband. I said, «no, thank you» and hung up, he called me back and asked to speak to «Mr. C.». I sighed & said «no, bye.»
He called back again — this time I answered & hung up right away. He called back AGAIN and after I told him he needed to stop calling me, my toddler *was* napping before all this disruption, and that he needed to take me off of his list, he told me he would keep calling me until I apologized (for WHAT?!)! Seriously! By this time he’d really riled me up — I let him have it and warned that I would call the cops, etc. I hung up, and he called AGAIN. (For anyone who’s counting that’s 5 times he called my home.) This time it rang twice, I didn’t pick up, and he hung up. Had my husband not been home at the time, he says he wouldn’t have believed me!
I’m not really sure what the selling tactic is here — I don’t know anyone who would want to do business with a company who would employ someone who belittles, insults & stalks possible clients. I will be writing a letter to the BBB about this company’s business practices.

All I can say is that I’m not impressed. I think I definitely paid way more than I should have. The quality of work was mediocre, and it took a tad bit longer than expected. They painted my gate white because it would look the best, although I didn’t think that to be the best decision as my neighbor’s white gate shows rust. They said that they contract with a company that uses powder blasting paint or something that should basically last for years. Well it’s only been 3 months and I see rust. Maybe if the gate was brand new, but my gate is 15 years old with obvious signs of wear. I wish I would have not listened to their advice and kept it black.
Long story short, we paid probably twice as much compared to other companies (just under 40K!). We should have done our research before signing a contract with the first company to do an estimate.
How did they get our phone number anyway? We’re registered on the do not call list…