The staff are nice and pleasant to work with, and they were able to quickly get me on the schedule…read more So, that is a plus. Unfortunately, they missed some mold, and I had to call them back to cut out more drywall. This was a big disappointment. I don't understand how it was missed. The missed mold was right up to the edge of the drywall, meaning the drywall they cut out would also have mold right up to the edge, and they are supposed to remove one foot past where the mold ends. I found it when I was putting insulation back in, and I could have easily missed it myself which could have led to the mold continuing to grow and having another big problem later.  Also, I was given a work authorization to sign, but with no written breakdown of what the work would actually entail: which parts of the house, the process to remove the mold, etc. I had to request this. All other mold mitigation companies I contacted gave me a quote with a very detailed written breakdown of the work to be performed. If you go with them, make sure you ask for the details of the work to be performed in writing and don't settle for just a verbal explanation of what they will do.

My basement literally had water up to the top of my foot and they never even extracted any water…read moreout. Just threw fans/dehumidifiers down, ripped some drywall out and left. Then showed up 10 days later to grab their equipment and left. Charged my insurance company over $6,000 and once they got their money, I never heard from them again. For 3 months I left numerous voicemails which were never returned. I was initially told that they would be in touch with some proposals to replace the drywall, flooring, paint, etc. but never heard a single thing. So I was just left to scramble on my own and I am still attempting to find someone to finish putting my basement all back together and it has literally been over 4 months now. Live and learn I guess. I would have been better off renting a commercial shop vac and dehumidifiers and done it all myself and saved myself from being dropped by my insurance company. So very disappointing.

Took off work twice just for them to no show on both appointments, didn't even bother to return or…read morecall to say why the final time. Wish I could say they do good work but I guess we'll never know. 0 stars

Joe and Sean took care of mold in two of our bathrooms today and I can't say enough about how easy…read moreand nice it was to work with them. They are both efficient and kind and their remediation looks super good. I'd hired those two guys and A&J again for any work I needed done. Honestly!

I found Rapid Response Remediation through yelp projects after my basement sustained a little bit…read moreof flooding with the storm, and I had a hard time getting a hold of anyone (phones hung up on me, long wait lists, price gouger from Chicago). My basement was not nearly as bad as other people's, and I wanted help cleaning and with mold. They got back to me within a couple of days while I was on other companies' waitlists. They could have come out the same evening, but I had them wait until the next day which was more convenient. They came out, provided an estimate. I had questions, and I was able to say what I wanted done (eg. I didn't want the air purification for $1000 since my HVAC system has an air purification system in it that takes care of mold spores or the wall paint to protect from mold for $200 since I am already on a list to have my basement waterproofed in a month, and the walls are going to be dealt with). They were amenable to the changes. They were able to schedule me for the next day and do the work. They provided me with updates of the project. They took out more drywall than anticipated, but that's fine. I'll refinish the basement later. Garrett and Justin were both helpful. I recommend them. They listened, they were prompt, and I feel after talking with others in similar situations, the price was fair. They also did not demand insurance. I paid upfront.

Great communication, quick response both for the assessment/estimate and being able to get to my…read morehouse to complete the work. I had water seepage in the August flooding which led to mold. Garrett identified additional areas of mold that I hadn't noticed. His crew was quick, professional, and thorough. Price was very reasonable especially compared to some of the quotes I heard floated from some of the bigger names and out of state firms. A solid Wisconsin company.

I have to laugh a bit at their slogan "like it never happened" because in my situation they came to…read moreclean up after water seeped into a finished basement but had absolutely nothing to offer with regard to actually restoring the room to it's pre-incident condition. It was basically "nope, you're on your own there, pal" which was not at all the case when I used Paul Davis Restoration for a prior water incident and some other company I can't remember for one before that. Both saw the thing through to fully restored. It's SO much easier if you can just find 1 vendor for the whole thing, even if they're just subbing out parts. So I think ServPro is more of a mitigation-only company, not a restoration company. At least for my incident. But of the work they actually did do I was impressed. The foreman was very friendly and addressed my questions, etc. He took great pictures of what they did, which helped me feel comfortable they actually did all they billed me for and will answer questions that may come up later. They had to cut out wall and floor and did it really neatly so at least it doesn't look terrible and the room is semi-functional while I'm in the process of finding a contractor to finish the job. Their containment system worked well and they cleaned up thoroughly when they were done. The communication with the Project Manager was pretty lousy before and after the work. And he didn't deliver what he promised re: helping me conclusively identify the source of the water (which in this was was not necessarily clear.)

Very impressed with the service we received from this company! The cleaning crew was prompt and…read moreprofessional after we had an oven fire and needed some cleanup done from extinguisher dust and smoke residue. Highly recommend!

On July 2nd, our cat flooded a portion of our house. She turned on the laundry-room sink while no…read moreone was home and it overflowed for about eight hours. Our master bedroom and closet, laundry room, mud room, living room, basement stairs, and about 1/3 of our basement was covered in water. ServiceMaster Restore came out the next morning to start the clean-up process. They removed the carpet, the damaged rugs for cleaning, baseboards, and a portion of the vinyl flooring in the mudroom. They set up their drying machines and would come back and check them every few days. Well - after only removing half the flooring, it took TEN days for the subfloor to dry. After we took off work and were no-showed twice (and a hotel stay since it was unbearably hot with the machines running nonstop and half the house sectioned off) they finally removed more flooring on the ninth day and removed the machines on the tenth day. When they finally showed up to remove the machines, I had to run fans to get the smell of weed out of my house... it was SO strong from the workers who were in and out. A month went by and we heard nothing. Apparently the project manager had left and our project was handed over. We met the new manager and did a walk-through... half the items needed to be done were "forgotten" so we had to start from the beginning in getting him up to speed. He encouraged us to utilize a moving pod to hold our furniture in our driveway so the restoration to be completed. We agreed, and appreciated that suggestion. Well, now we are at the two month mark... half my house is still missing flooring. We are still walking on splintering sub-floor and stepping over multiple spike strips, with a crawling toddler and little kids. Last week they finally called back and asked if the painters could come "tomorrow" at 7am. YES! - but no pod was delivered. What we thought would be a one-day paint job was actually scheduled for four days (news to us - we found this out when the painters said they were coming back at 7am tomorrow)... More time off work for Brandon and I... We were waking up at 5am each morning to move around furniture so the walls would be accessible. Our bedroom furniture was too heavy for us to move by ourselves, which we were told we would not have to do... so the wall behind our bed? Not painted. Our closet? Not painted. But alas, we were making progress, and a few walls not painted is not a huge deal. Until I went to grab groceries from the garage freezer days after the painting was completed... the workers unplugged the fridge/freezer and never notified us or plugged it back in. Everything is bad and needs to be thrown out. More money gone. My rugs they took before the Fourth of July? Five different phone calls to try and FIND them (apparently it was a different branch that took them) and ASK for them back. I was told they have been done for weeks and can be brought back tomorrow, they "don't know" why we were never notified. Well, it is now "tomorrow" and we have been no-showed again after taking the morning off work to be home. I called and I was told they sent the guy to another job, instead, and they would not be delivered today.... We are FINALLY on the calendar to get our flooring installed on Friday the 13th (fitting, right?) but they will not move our furniture back into our house until some time the following week, since this is a Friday and they will not do it on the weekend. Back to planning accommodations for three kids, three dogs, and two cats... I have never experienced such carelessness from a company designed for disaster relief. One sink overflowing has cost us our entire summer, weeks of work, cancelled vacations. Worst of all, it has been over two months of making-do with unsafe living conditions with small children and animals. This has been so exhausting and defeating - and ServiceMaster Restore has refused to do anything to make these matters right.

Avoid these people at all costs. They won't call you back, they'll give you false information,…read morethey'll delay your project based on that false information, they'll say they'll do something and then never do it (all the time), they won't return phone calls, and are generally a nightmare to work with. I'm an insurance adjuster and I work with the Servicemaster and Servpro franchises all the time, and all over the country and they're always competent and professional, 9 times out of 10. I've never dealt with such a ridiculous level of incompetency or disrespect as with these guys. Absolutely avoid them.

Buyer beware - EFW is extremely disorganized and has a major lack communication! Our project…read moremanager acted like he had done this a million times over, told us to trust him and that he would take care of everything - So, that's what we did and boy did we learn our lesson. There were days when the workers wouldn't show up, alot of the work is super shotty and it took months to complete, despite a 6 week contract. They didn't patch before painting, so when I asked that they drop off the extra paint from the project so I could fix it, they told me they threw it out, but then someone else's half empty cans of paint ended up in my house. In one room, they even got paint all over the furniture. As far as the bathrooms, the tile work is beyond sloppy! There were times throughout the project that we'd get random calls that we were behind on payment and we NEVER ONCE were invoiced - How can I pay a bill that I never received? The PM would call and when we would respond stating the lack of invoice, he would simply state, "oh yeah I know, billing is behind"....um what? We immediately paid said invoices and life went on. Finally, once it was all complete and after not hearing from him/EFW for months we got slapped with a final bill even though we approved insurance to pay them directly. Turns out that the PM had NEVER submitted anything he was claiming to over to our insurance company so nothing got handled, no claims approvals, no final payouts were made to either party - we trusted them to handle the insurance part as their 'expertise'. The worst part was that we didn't even know this wasn't taken care of until some random lady reached out to us to collect - we never heard from the guy we were working with again... apparently he was just fired without ANY communication from EFW to us. This entire experience was an ABSOLUTE nightmare. It's our fault for "trusting" someone's word, so I take that blame, but the lack of service, customer care is sickening and I hope that someone else can learn from our mistake. This is YOUR home that these people will be in and I don't want anyone else to go through this. Run people. Run.

We hired Emergency Fire & Water for the mold issue we had in our home from our utility closet that…read morewe had to fix in order for us to sell our home. We had no clue that our compact washer and dryer were not properly installed and created moisture in that small room that resulted in mold on the ceiling. We got 2 quotes the first one from another company was high and had no details of what they were going to do. The 2nd quote from Emergency was thorough and they walked us through in detail what they needed to do and assured us the job would get done properly. Our contact Brian was awesome and he communicated to us and my realtor every step and made this experience as seamless as possible. They had two different teams manage the removal of the mold so that they would not expose it to the other rooms. These guys are awesome and do such a wonderful and professional job! I would highly recommend them to anyone with any damage to your home.

Steve, and crew, were honest, professional, talented, and even worked above and beyond what had to…read morebe done. He found the symptoms, the root cause, and completed all needed work. He found a hole in the roof that was leaking into the ceiling. Only happens when raining, so we added water to the roof to positively solve the issue. My roofer fixed the issue, then Steve completed the repair. Everything was put back as far as I requested. Left the trim off so I could paint the rooms. Steve has the experience to triage the problem, worked the symptoms, back to the root cause. Had to tear back more than we first thought, with no additional charge from initial estimate. Would I use Steve again? Definitely! You should also. Work is great, price is reasonable, and he took the time to explain and answer all my questions, with no disrespect, and I have a lot of questions.

The Restoration 1 Team can be 100% trusted to be professional, thorough, courteous, and…read moreintegrity-filled. Five out of five stars!

Very happy repeat customer! I recently moved and of course wanted to have another catio installed…read morefor my cats. There was only one person to call, David! Once again, I am beyond pleased. The solid wood frame is cut to perfection and looks beautiful! The quality is amazing! A very professional job! Everything is so sturdy and well crafted. I had two doors installed so I could access my backyard and David put a double locking system on each for security. He put ledges around my bay window and all the way up to the top of the catio so my cats would have plenty of places to climb. He also installed scratch pads on parts of the frame so my cats can scratch their claws. Then, as if that wasn't enough, he installed a giant branch, stretching across the top of the enclosure. My cats absolutely love it! They watch the birds and love chasing the bugs. I am so happy that they get to enjoy the outdoors, safely. The only problem is, trying to get them all back inside when it is time to go to bed! Ha!! If you are wanting to install a catio for your cats, you will be very happy with this company!

From the owner: Clear Choice Construction LLC is a licensed and insured General Contractor. We are excited to help…read moreyou with your next home build, or current home remodel, or addition!

Blake has been so helpful throughout the ordeal of a tree removal service dropping part of the tree…read moreon my roof and damaging it so much that it was necessary to replace the roof and a 75' run of gutter. The price was reasonable and the work was done in a timely manner, and the clean up was impressive.

Provided very valuable technical information needed to evaluate the project. He also had very…read morehelpful recommendations

really professional from start to finish you can tell they've been doing this a long time…read more they came agree.

From the owner: We partner with Petersheim Family Tree, providing tree trimming, removal, and stump grinding…read moreservices in the Columbia and Dodge County area. Fully insured, no obligation free quotes. We have the experience and man power to do your job big or small, safely and economically.