househunters, South Croydon
Rating: 1 out of 5
damp under 2 bay windows
The main positive is that as far as I can tell for areas treated by Joseph and the team from Trident Damp, no damp returns. However the customer service is terrible, they quote for a larger area than they actually treat. Then when we had damp reappearing in an area that should have been treated they don't want to know, despite clear plans showing that the damp area was in the area I had paid for. Even denied I have a guarantee.
Also the plastering done by their team became lumpy within a couple of weeks, and there is a clear hairline crack running round the circumference of the treated area.
I've asked to have a conversation by phone but have been called a liar in an email and Joseph will not return my call. My communications have been polite and professional at all times.
If you want to get a quote I'd recommend you get them to assess the area (dont fall into the trap of defining the area yourself), check their treatment has covered the area quoted for, lock away your silver when they visit, and you might as well use the written 20 year guarantee as bog roll, its meaningless until enforced by a court.
Answer from tradesperson:
I'm not sure why you would expect us to guarantee an area of damp which was not carried out by us or covered by us, as Cleary was shown on photographs and your own plans you said the plan of works came from us but it is plain to see it was not on our headed paper but yours, you decreased the amount of works you first instructed with a reduction in cost and now you want these areas guaranteed this is not possible, we do go back and check any anomalies as can be seen in our reviews but you sent plans and description which we did not cover under guarantee. I have leant a lesson here and will not carry out remedial works unless I carry out the survey, recommendations and plans.
Reply created 4 Jul 2020