Yoanna Jnc
map-marker Katonah, New York

These people are incompetent…9 visits to repair a poorly designed and installed system…from the owner to the techs stay away…they don’t know what they are doing!!! The

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Poor equipmenthorrible servicemultiple visits and they still cant fix the problemwont support warranty on equipment

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| map-marker Ossining, New York

No heat AGAIN

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Third time Carey &;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; Walsh a has been out to fix the same problem. It goes off again within 24 hours. Totally dissatisfied

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Anonymous

Cooling

I replaced the entire furnace. A year later, I had to replace the condensing unit.

After that, I still experienced cooling issues. They sent a technician twice to take a look. He was just walking around smoking all the time. 4 hours later, he told me he found the problem and eh would fix it.

Okay. the following summer, I still had the same issue. Since Carey and Walsh couldn't fix the problem once for all, I decided to call a different company in Yonkers, NY. They claimed they fixed it.

However, I still had the same issue. Finally, I hired Metro Aire in Peeksill, NY. This company was referred to me by local realtor. Within the first hour, They located holes in the refrigerant pipe which is in the crawl space.

The previous two HVAC companies did not even try hard to look at the entire system. All the money I spent on Carey and Walsh was a total waste.

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Poor customer service
Emerson Opg

Didn't do the job and charged me and the manager is useless for fixing the problem.

The job was to remove a furnace humidifier. The tech Ralph said he needs a valve for the job so will order it and schedule a second visit.

On the second visit a different tech put the valve on and didn't remove the humidifer because he said he wasn't told about it. I said why would I need a valve then? He said he didn't know. We called the manager Pete I think, and he said he didn't know anything about it, and that Ralph didn't say anything and he has left the company.

I explained what the job is and why the valve etc and he said he knows nothing about it and that I should pay for this visit and I should reschedule for the original job they were supposed to do. I said that's absurd and asked for the owners name which he would not provide. He said he'd look into things and call me but I never heard. Two weeks later I got a bill for the second visit, for double the amount Ralph said the second visit would cost.

Shocking they are in business!!!! No accountability.

Sloppy. How dare they bill me!!

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Cons:
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  • Management
Reason of review:
Poor customer service

Preferred solution: Full refund

Anonymous
map-marker Hastings On Hudson, New York

Carey And Walsh Air Conditioner Installation Review from Hastings On Hudson, New York

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I did my research and I thought I selected the right company to install my new AC. Unfortunately, I blamed myself for doing a lousy research.

Carey and Walsh is definitely not the company to use to install or service your AC. I spent over $12K to install a new AC and it's the worst investment I have ever made. I call them three times to fix the same issue and each time, they keep charging me for their mistake. The unit they installed is only three summers old, including the first summer when the unit was installed and they had to come back to fix the issue only one month after installation.

The owners of the company refused to return calls as well as the service manager. Their competitor repaired the issue. I am definitely not considering them to install my new boiler.

Do not let their cleaver sales pitch fool you. Be a better researcher than I...you will be much happier person.

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Guest

These people are incompetent..installed a heat pump /AC system 4 years ago and they are back for every season to get it back working!! AC system failed again tonight…they are complete ***

Anonymous
map-marker Long Grove, Illinois

New Hotwater Heater

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Commenting on this from 2014.

I just wanted to replace the heater as a precautionary measure.

The tech told me it would cost around $950.00. I told him to schedule it with his company. The next day a crew promptly showed up and removed old and installed new.

They invoiced me for $1420.00 and I told them it was suppose to be around $950.00. They told me they are only the installers. I called their office and they told me the technician should never have quoted the heater, that sales needs to do it.

I paid the bill but will never use them again. Plus, the workmanship was shotty at best. They left brownish water on my garage floor and never cleaned it up.

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$500
Reason of review:
Pricing issue
Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Terrible

They came a total of three times to my house. The first time they came and installed a drip pan switch and charged what seemed to be a lot but I was fine with it as long as it was quality work.

Later realized the technician must have used my multi-tool and never returned it. Also, later realized the air condition was not blowing cold air. I had to call for another technician to come out again to check the unit. It turned out the first technician never turned the breaker back on for the condenser unit.

They tried to charge be over $200 for this. The third call was because there was a leak coming from the attic into the bathroom. It turned out to be an unrelated issue and the technician performed zero repairs. He was there for less than a half hour and charged $289.

I was never informed of the higher rate for a Saturday call.

In short, I have lost a multi tool and over $600 and received terrible service. Do not use them!

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Guest

Mr. B....

First let me apologize if you had experienced less than satisfactory service.

On May 15th we installed a float switch (provided by you) and also leveled out your emergency drip pan, this took one service technician approximately 1 hour and the system was up and running when we left and this service charge was paid for in full.

On May 19th, 4 days after the installation of your float switch, you called us because your air conditioning was not running; we sent a service technician the same day you called. Our service technician found the breaker switch off powering the outdoor condensing unit. I find it difficult to believe that we left the breaker in the off position. For one, we would not need to shut the power off to the outdoor unit to install a float switch to your indoor air handler, and secondly, the system would not have worked for the 4 days after the first service call.

This service charge was for $120.00 + Tax, not over $200.00 as you described.

On June 13th, almost a month after our second visit you called and left a message on our emergency service line regarding a leak coming from your attic. According to our dispatcher he stated that there would be an overtime charge for a weekend call, he also mentioned that there might not be a charge if this pertained to our last service call on May 19th and might be covered under warranty. The service technician found no leak at the unit and the water was coming from a different source. I understand you feel this call did not have value since the technician “performed zero repairs” but we still incurred costs to send him to your home..

I can understand your surprise when you received the bill for much more then you were expecting, I would be happy to reduce your overtime charge of $289.91 down to our standard rate of $180.00 + Tax.

As for your Multi tool, our service technicians are very well equipped with tools and I do not see any reason why one of them would borrow a customer’s tools to perform any repairs. I personally spoke to the service technician and he assured me he did not take your multi-tool.

If you are convinced that someone from Carey and Walsh purposely or inadvertently took or threw out your multi tool, I would be happy to replace it. Please call me to discuss – 914-762-**** Thank You, Scott Carey

Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Unprofessional Service Review

Dishonest & service is awful

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Anonymous
map-marker Chappaqua, New York

New Gas Furnace stopped working after only one year

We bought the gas furnace from Carey and Walsh in November of 2011. Now it's January 2012.

We called the emergency phone number and left a voice mail to report that the HVAC system is not working and we have a baby and a kid in the room. We just had the system serviced a few weeks ago by the same company from which I bought the system, i.e. Carey and Walsh. 10 minutes after a woman called back, coldly quoted $275 for a service.

She doesn't care about that I bought the HVAC system from Carey and Walsh only as recently as in November 2011 and she doesn't care about that I just had it serviced. Her only point is: you have to pay $275 to have it serviced.

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Guest

Frankly I am extremely surprised this customer felt the need to write a negative review. First let me start by correcting the customer, we installed the furnace in 2011 and was called at 9:00pm Monday night January of 2013 (not 2012). Carey and Walsh inc gives a 1 year warranty on labor, if anything happens within 1 year we cover the labor fees under warranty. The customer was quoted $275.00 since the furnace is 2 months out of the 1 year warranty and it was on overtime. The customer declined this service charge and opted to wait until the morning during regular business hours since the house was NOT freezing and the indoor temperature was at 68 degrees and 70 degrees upstairs!. We arrived the next morning and unfortunately the motor and control board are having intermittent problems and will be covered under the manufactured 10year parts warranty.

I felt the need to respond to this post because I personal do not feel we (Carey and Walsh inc) did anything remotely wrong.

To the poster - If you would like to discuss further, please call me at 914-762-****.

Thank You,

Scott Carey

Guest
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I'm the guy who posted the complaint on which Mr. Carey wrote a comment. Moreover, Mr. Carey reached out to me by email. This shows that the senior leadership of the company cherishes the company reputation and it's a good sign. Other customers who have any issues with the company service should let the company know how to reach out to you, for example, by telling which town you are living and what kind of specific problem you're having.

I encouraged Mr. Carey commented to replay the phone conversation and discussed some other issues with him by email, which I don't want to post it here, as a friendly gesture to Mr. Carey.

In short, what I complained was an attitude that lacks sympathy or apology. What I expected was an attitude that care about the customers.

Mr. Carey mentioned the room temparatures when I made the call. But the temparatures started to drop even before I finished the call and I told the woman who answered the call. Maybe the woman is not aware that babies are supposed to be within 68 to 72 degrees, therefore she thought 66 or 67 was ok. But after the call, the temperature continued to drop quickly until I went to the basement to get 2 electric thermostats.

I acknowledge that theoretically and legally Carey and Walsh didn't do anything wrong. But I encouraged Mr. Carey to put himself in the customer's shoes before he can realize that a customer needs some warm response in a cold winter night.

It'll be very hard to put yourself in a customer's shoes if you hold the belief that nothing could be wrong from your side. Nobody expects a one-year-old new HVAC system which was just serviced will break down in a cold winter night and customer service has only one mission in her mind: to inform the customer that customer has to pay $275 for a service check.

Again, I appreciate that Mr. Carey looked into the issue. I look forward to improved services from Carey and Walsh. I want to support our local business.

Guest
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After further discussion with Mr. Carey, he addressed all the issues that I raised.

He charged the money that he should charge and credited back the part that he didn't believe he should charge. He exhibited an excellent attitude to customers and convinced me that Carey and Walsh wants to do the right thing and can do the right thing.

Moreoever, the woman I was complaining about her attitude actually was from a service to answer client calls on behalf of Carey and Walsh. Good communications between business and customers will help business grow better.

Guest
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To the Customer above, I do appreciate the kind words and I am happy we were able to speak outside of this thread. I do apologize about the women on the phones behavior.

I do think it should be known that we hire an outside answering service to take our after hour phone calls, she is not directly employees by Carey and Walsh inc. but I will speak to her management about her approach. I do understand that no one expects a furnace to breakdown after 1 year of use, I assure you the issue was not caused by something Carey and Walsh did during the installation in 2011, but a defect in the manufactures part and will be covered under their warranty.

I am happy we spoke and I hope to continue our business relationship in the future.

Guest
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You can blame yourself. You acknowledge the fact the lady who called was unaware of the need to keep the infant at 68-72 but you did.

You choose not to spend the 275 dollars over your childs safety. Shame on you for trying to take the high road. Seems like one was asking for what he is in business for, to make money.

You on the other hand wanted him to pay for your childs safety. Look in the mirror all you will she is greed and today's blame game.

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Anonymous
map-marker Scarsdale, New York

Carey & Walsh - Air Conditioning System fails within three years

We spent a fortune on a central air system with Carey and Walsh in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.. Three seasons later, it stopped working.

On the first service call, we were told it was going to break again but it wasn't fully broken yet. On the second service call, they put on another temporary fix. On the third service call, they finally were able to order the part but it took forever to arrive. Even though the part was covered by warrranty the labor and all the service calls weren't.

We were pretty hot that summer. We're never using them again.

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Anonymous
map-marker New York, New York

Carey & Walsh, INC Briarcliff Manor

Repair on furnace. Person arrived did not have parts and left because of personal resons.

Send second Tech, who replaced part but needed additional parts that did not have and would not get because needed to come home by end of day. When to local store to get parts with Tech, but they were closed (4:30pm) Tech left and I got the parts and install it myself that evening. Heating did not work, because there was hair in pipes.

Took me a while to get the purge the air myself since I did not want anything to do with this company again. There lost, need to replace two air conditions and I tooking for someone else to do it.

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Guest

To Start, this customer had canceled a previous appointment for their furnace cleaning and was rescheduled to the date of her choosing on 11/28 in the afternoon, not 12/28 as it was posted. This was the first time we had ever serviced this customer’s equipment or have been to her home.

Our early arrival was due to the technician running ahead of schedule; he was able to arrive at her home at the same time we called because he was working so close by, NOT from an error on our part. She also stated that she would have to wait at home again during the 4 hour window, this is completely untrue. We call before coming and we accommodate any customer’s special requests such as a 15min, 30min, 45min or even 60min notice in advance.

Additional, she states she “would have to wait the 4hr window again”. Why would she be waiting AGAIN if we showed up before her 4 hr window and she never had to wait in the first place?

Guest

To Start, this customer had canceled a previous appointment for their furnace cleaning and was rescheduled to the date of her choosing on 11/28 in the afternoon, not 12/28 as it was posted. This was the first time we had ever serviced this customer’s equipment or have been to her home.

Our early arrival was due to the technician running ahead of schedule; he was able to arrive at her home at the same time we called because he was working so close by, NOT from an error on our part. She also stated that she would have to wait at home again during the 4 hour window, this is completely untrue. We call before coming and we accommodate any customer’s special requests such as a 15min, 30min, 45min or even 60min notice in advance.

Additional, she states she “would have to wait the 4hr window again”. Why would she be waiting AGAIN if we showed up before her 4 hr window and she never had to wait in the first place?

Guest

After having to cancel my appt w/Carey and Walsh due to no electricity because of Hurricane Sandy I rescheduled for an appt. 3 weeks later (their only availability) to an afternoon appt.

on Wed. 12/28/12. The woman who sets up the appts. told me it would be between 12 and 4.

I explained to her I could not be home until 12:15 and she said that would be fine. On Wed. 12/28 at 10:30 the doorbell rings-- Carey and Walsh who said they had it in their schedule for the morning! As I was leaving for a scheduled appt.

I could not let them in. I called the office and explained they must have mixed it up because I could never take a Wed. morning appt. as I have a standing engagement every Wed.

morning and I reminded her of the conversation we had. She seemed perplexed, NOT apologetic at all and when I asked if I could schedule a fixed or smaller window for the boiler maintenance she said NO, I'd have to wait the 4 hr. window again on another day.

I said I would take me business else where. POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE

Guest

I left Carey & Walsh after having problem after problem with a new unit they installed. I had to replace it after only 10 years, and they offered me no break on the pricing. Crooks.

Guest

First let me apologize for the situation which occurred a few weeks ago. The first service technician did have to leave for personal reasons and if we had known that it would be during your service call we would have never set him.

Your boiler needed a relief valve which our 2nd service tech replaced, unfortunately after installing it the boiler became air bound and needed an auto vent since yours was not venting the air pockets properly, this is a common item and unfortunately our service tech installed his last ones he had on his truck earlier in the day. What you did not mention in your review is that the service technician drove around with you to 2 different hardware stores on his own time, he refused to charge you or have Carey and Walsh pay him for his overtime after 4:30pm because he did not feel it was right since the problem was not fixed. We have been servicing Westchester since 1944 and always try and do the right thing by our customers, I'm sorry you had a bad experience but this does not reflect the way we do business.

If you would like to discuss this further I would be happy to speak with you, please feel free to call us anytime. I'm extension #304.

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Always D
map-marker New York, New York

Carey And Walsh in Westchester does shoddy work

I used Carey and Walsh to install a central air system. They are terrible.

They under designed, put in shoddy, below code equipment, wouldn't repair under warranty, then after the warranty told me to replace stuff, but that it wasn't under warranty (this after I'd told them the equipment was defective). Then they did a fix, and used substandard equipment and fittings, improperly insulated ductwork, and wouldn't come to repair. They are unprofessional, expensive, and very dishonest. Their service is slow and they use substandard materials and don't install up to code.

They are terrible frauds. Stay away.

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Guest

Carey & Walsh's customer service leaves a lot to be desired. They show no effort to accommodate their customers who sign contracts—in terms of scheduling regular appointments.

If you're a working person and commute into the city, good luck having them work with you to find a convenient time to come to your house. I won't be renewing my contract.

Guest

@ The Morrison Family: Did that new boiler come with your employee discount?

Guest

To Jane Allen: The reason I kept using them was that it was their equipment and they kept doing make shift repairs or modifications. When the system finally failed completely, we brought in 3 different contractors who all said the same things: improper size and design, bad materials, cut corners, etc. All had virtually identical recommendations to fix.

Deanna Rcl

After reading the previous posting about Carey & Walsh I feel I have to share my experience. I have been a customer of Carey & Walsh for 18 years.

At 3pm in the afternoon on New Years Eve 2009 we noticed a large amount of water in our basement. Our 30 year old boiler was leaking and had shut down. Leaving us and our two small children without heat or hot water. So I called Carey & Walsh (praying that they would be open) Within 1 hour We had two technicians from their service department at our home.

They did not mind at all spending New Years Eve in our basement, and did not leave until we had heat and hot water. Our boiler needed to be replaced, but they were able to stop it from leaking and keep it running through the night until a replacement could be put in. The next day (over New Years weekend) they were able to provide us with a new boiler. Ever since their installation we have had perfect heat and hot water, and we use less oil than before.

I would recommend Carey & Walsh to anyone anytime. We will never use anyone else and are very thankful for their kindness.

Guest

@ john doe: john "everything they've done..in the past decade" failed?? Wonder why you went on using them - and why you're using an obviously false name to criticize them

Guest

I agree, same thing here. Everything they've done for me in past decade has failed and I've had to replace at great expense.

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