I have used Meijas plumbing several times in the past under the (Dad)Fernandos ownership with excellent results.
The business is now owned by the son Reuben and the results and service are unfortunate and not up to Fernandos standard in my previous experience.
Here are the facts-
I called Fernando and his son Rueben answered and said he is Fernando's son and he works for his dad. I told him about my plumbing issue- an outside overflow faucet leaking a lot of water and sent a him video. He said it looks like problematic connector or regulator and made an appointment to come 2 days later. He came to house and replaced a 3/4" overflow connector and said its fixed. The job took 25 min total. I asked the price and he said he'd send invoice.
Later that afternoon I walked on the side of house and noticed the same amount of water dripping (that was approx 5-6 buckets of water per day) so i called him immediately and he said he'd come back next morning at 7:30 AM to replace regulator and that should fix the problem. He returns next day installs regulator in exactly 25 min (same repair time of 25 min as prior repair) and fixes the leak that the first repair did not fix. I did not mind him changing the overflow faucet (day 1 repair) as it looked old and was painted over- but it was not the reason for excessive dripping- it worked perfectly in hindsight sight.
I asked him again for price of repair and he again tells me he will send invoice.
3 weeks later he texts me invoice for $525 - 2x $200 visits plus price of 2 parts.
I text him the facts stated here and he says that i refused regulator repair on day one - WhIch Is Not True!
I told him I called him to fix a leak and it took him 2x 25 min visits to fix what should have been fixed in one visit had he done job correctly the first time and checked the water pressure after repair.
I told him i should not pay extra $200 for him not doing job correctly the first time and asked to speak to his Dad Fernando- as this is bad business for a repeat customer (fernando installed our remodeled bathroom sink, tub and toilet 7 yrs ago.)
He did not reply to my request to speak to Fernando which makes me believe Fernando is retired and Rueben the son has inherited the business.
I told him i will pay him, never use him again and write factual yelp review of this horrible service so others can avoid this guy.
Its not worth my time to take someone to small claims over $200 but i have no prob taking 10 min to write a factual review of events that are a horrible business practice. I called his BS and gave him a chance to do the right thing and he lied saying i refused the regulator service on day 1 which is NOT TRUE. Avoid this dirt bag business read more