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Heartland Roofing Siding & Solar LLC

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    Customer Complaints Summary

    • 2 total complaints in the last 3 years.
    • 1 complaint closed in the last 12 months.

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:08/10/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Heartland did a siding and roofing job for me which due to a siding manufacturer defect had to "re-do" the siding on my house. They handled that do over very well but the quality of worker on site and the cutting of corners caused me several issues and an enormous time drain (some of the job I did myself correctly) which I documented in a 7 page letter as requested by the owner. He handled the do-over extremely apologetically and with great communication. Upon re-siding the home there were a couple more issues that were documented to the owner including a mis-match in the corner pieces of the siding to the horizontal pieces that was not pre-disclosed prior to installing all the siding. I brought this to his attention and asked for a discounted final bill, no need to completely re-do it a 3rd time. I emailed him January 13th proposing a solution and asking for a response. I've successively emailed multiple times and left several voice mails (approximately every month or so) asking to discuss payment resolution with an agreed upon discount. I am getting ZERO response....they've completely ghosted me. I have not paid the final bill, and do not want an unpaid invoice hanging out there, plus they still owe me a 10 year guarantee on the work so we need to settle up. I can't get them to reply, and I don't expect them to write the entire balance off, however we need to come to an agreed upon amount and close out the project and finances. They broke 4 window frames and 16 window screens...one of which has still not been fixed by them, this also needs a final remedy. The lack of response over 8 months is completely unprofessional. If they don't reach out, I will file in court for a judgement against them, but am trying on last ditch effort to get them to come back to the table.

      Business Response

      Date: 10/27/2023

      In 2021, the customer hired us to replace his **********************.  Nearing the end of the project, he had spoken to the assigned salesman and requested to meet with the owner to go over the project. He asked that I meet at his house to review the project, and also to take him out to lunch to talk about the next steps.  I sat down with him, and my goal for the day was really to listen to what he had to say about the project, what his concerns were, and what he wanted to be done as a fix going into the future. I listened to what he had to say, and he brought up many valid points including damage to his windows and window screens during tear off, as well as concerns with the installation of the siding. We looked over everything and again, I mainly just listened to what he had to say and wanted to make sure he was able to express what his thoughts were on everything. One of the concerns of the siding was that it seemed to be a bit wavy in a few areas on the rear elevation of the house. That day, the way we left it was that I would touch base with the siding manufacturer about the wave and get their thoughts before deciding on anything.

       

      I spoke to our siding manufacturer because there were some siding ripples within the siding, and they agreed to cover a small portion of the siding. From there, I spoke with the customer and determined that the only way that we would end up with a happy customer would be is if replaced the entire siding on the house. I let him know that I thought wed be able to sufficiently do repairs on the effected items and area, but we were willing to replace all of the siding on the house because we wanted to make sure we did everything on our end to keep a happy customer. My thought process was that by this point was I had been in contact many times with ***, and wed had good and productive conversations. Even though I didnt necessarily think the entire house needed replaced, I was convinced he was just trying to make sure this was getting installed correctly and didnt think he was trying to take advantage of us in anyway.

       

      Over the next several months we had taken time to determine what product he wanted on his house because he wasnt sure he wanted the same siding that had rippled a bit during the first install.  We ended up giving him an upgraded premium (thicker) siding on his house to ensure that he was getting both the color profile he wanted and a thicker siding that would not end up showing ripples. Heartland was not charging the customer for this upgrade.

       

      Prior to the job starting, I thought it would be a good idea to have our production manager, myself, and the homeowner do a walk through on the house to make sure the project goes smoothly.  We met out there, went over the details of the project, and had a good conversation with the three of us.  When we got into our vehicle, our production manager said to me, I wasnt going to ask you this in front of the customer, but why arent we just doing those few repairs?  They would be fairly simple instead of replacing the entire house.  I understand there are some things that need addressed, but none of it is to the point that its not fixable.  I responded to our production manager that this would be the only way to potentially come out of this with a happy customer, so were going to get him taken care of.

       

      Throughout the process of the second reside, he seemed happy and appreciated the communication throughout the process. We had a site supervisor there on site for the project making sure that we were getting everything done properly and that the customer was happy with how things were going. Near the end of the project, the customer seemed happy with all the work, and we were both excited because we are nearing the end of this long project. I had spoken to him as well near the end of the job, and we were both excited about wrapping up this long project and hed even made a comment about being able to get us paid soon. 

       

      The site supervisor did a walk through at the end of the project and the customer was happy with one item that he had a concern on. He brought up that the outside corner pieces wood grain didnt match the siding wood grain.  I explained that most siding manufacturers will have the same color of siding for their low, middle, and premium grades of vinyl siding and each of these grades have different wood grains, however; they all use the same outside corner post. With that being said, it would make sense that they are a different wood grain. I also mentioned that Id never been asked that before, so I would check with the siding manufacturer to confirm that.

       

      I spoke with the siding manufacturer representative, and he did confirm that there is only one outside corner post for that color and is made to be used with that siding line.  I also went out to multiple other siding manufacturers to see if this was the case, and I found out that every vinyl siding manufacturer does the exact same thing and uses the same post for all siding lines with the exception of oversized/decorative corner posts.

       

      I explained this to the homeowner and told him the other option would be to install a white corner as an accent because that can accent the windows nicely.  I also mentioned that the additional vinyl accessories on the house such as the **channel, Light Blocks, Split Masters all had a different wood grain and this is standard across all siding manufacturing lines as well.  At that point he decided he didnt want to change the color or corners and said, Well, if thats our only option, then thats all we can do. I appreciate you putting in the time to get that information.

       

      Shortly after that, I received an email from him stating that hes not happy with the difference in texture of the siding and corner piece and would like us to pay him $22,750 because of this difference and the experience with Heartland.

       

      As a resolution, we are happy to install a different type of vinyl outside corner piece, however; an outside corner piece is not made that matches the wood grain and color.  We would also be willing to replace the corners with an accent color, in this case white to match the soffit/fascia.  We are also open to other resolutions on this as well.

       

      To summarize, I agree Heartland fell short on multiple things throughout this job, but I also believe we went far above and beyond to get them taken care of.  I dont know of another contractor who would have replaced that entire siding job because of the repairs that needed to be done (meaning we could have sufficiently repaired the siding without a full replacement).  Were taking on the cost to fix the windows/screens from the damage during tear off.  We also upgraded the customer to a premium grade ********************** without charging him for it.  Lastly, the homeowner confirmed he was happy with the work except for the texture difference between the corner and the lap siding. From there we confirmed with the siding manufacturer that this was standard for that siding.  We also found out that this is not only standard with this siding manufacturer, but it is standard with all siding manufacturers (they have one outside corner piece used for multiple siding lines even in situations with different woodgrains).  At this point, we are open to other options/suggestions and look forward to getting this matter resolved. 

       

      Thank you,

       

      *******************

      Heartland Roofing, Siding and Solar

      Customer Answer

      Date: 11/03/2023

       
      Complaint: 20446633

      I am rejecting this response because:
      Much of what Heartland claims in their response is not the truth.  It started with lies right from the start when I specifically, and repeatedly indicated the reason I researched and sought out Heartland was that I wanted an IOWA BASED CREW WHO HAD BEEN WITH HEARTLAND FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND DONE MANY JOBS to do the work and that I would wait many months to have that happen so Heartland could schedule could get one of their IOWA BASED crews (not out of state because there is no accountability in those fly-by-night crews).  Almost a year later, they finally got my job scheduled and sent a crew from ***** that didnt speak English making communication difficult but they did tell manage to tell me they had only recently been doing work for Heartlandmaybe a couple jobs.  At this point after waiting so long, I decided to risk it because didnt want to wait another year.  Plan for Heartland to begin lies even before the job begins. 
      Thats Lie #1:  We will send an *********.

      Lie #2:  We pay attention to quality. 
      They broke 7 windows, and 19 window screens as well as did not put the siding on correctly around windows and also did not do the house wrap according to manufacture specs when I specifically told them I wanted that done correctly in the work kick off meeting.  As soon as the job began with tear off I could see them cutting corners and even throwing siding and trim pieces on two of our expensive shrubs. I immediately took the next 3 days off work to supervise/watch the progress and it resulted in over 4 pages (FOUR PAGES!!!) with 35+ separate is***s of quality and work approach is***s that I documented and gave to Heartland.  This isnt minor stuff, and any job might have a couple things, but this quickly piled up to an unacceptable level beginning in the first couple hours of the job starting.  I called to have the manager come intervene DURING the job to try to get things to improve in-process but they were too busy.  The site supervisor assigned to my project had multiple other projects and was hardly around, and when he showed up brought his wife and kids to sit in the car so clearly he had other things that were priorities than his work or supervising my job/project.  Plan for Heartland to break your shrubs and cut corners.

      Lie # 3:  A few areas that were a bit wavey.  The siding began almost immediately to bubble in multiple places on three of the four sides of the house.  This is not a few places, and not a bit wavey, thats a lie.  Heartland agreed they were seeing this in other houses with this siding, and it was a manufacturers defect.  They could not, nor could the manufacturer guarantee that the rest of the siding would not continue to bubble hence replacing the bubble siding was not an option.  We agreed they would file a manufactures warranty claim and reside the entire house sending their ********* this time to ensure better quality. 
      There is no customer that would have settled to leave defective siding on the house, so if thats what the manufacturer was really telling them, then we could have gladly taken that to court with them to get it cleared and heartland still should *** for full recovery of the siding cost.  Any customer would not accept a partial replacement, and any reputable siding company would never suggest thats even a possibility as a solution because replacing bits a pieces over the coming years would cause color fading and mismatch is***s hence the whole home would need replacement anyhow (not to mention no homeowner has the time for a never-ending siding project and multiple call backs, especially from a contractor that takes months to communicate back and even longer to get you on the schedule).

      Lie # 4:  We will do the work.
      Pretty basic understanding of any contractor but with Heartland its a lie.  The truth is the crew did not tear off the siding on the back of the screen deck. So I had to do it for them in order to finish on day three.  They also did not tear off the siding inside the screen deck or fix the soffit as agreed. I did both of those jobs.  They also did not attach the front railing, in fact they didnt even know how to do it, so I helped them figure it out, and then when they left without finishing,I completed the railing re-construction. They also spilled sticky soda all over my front porch and new siding which I cleaned up along with a bunch of nails in my vinyl pool.  All of this is work that the contractor crew should have completed that I was not compensated for as of this point.  Plan to do some of your own siding work if you hire Heartland. 

      Lie # 5:  All manufactures have mis-matched corner textures.
      My old siding did not, so how would I know this.  Heartland provided a sample of the siding,with the texture we wanted and selected. If corner and trim pieces were going to be different, this should have been disclosed with separate samples.  As a customer, Ive only done ********************** on my house once, so I have no way to know the corners would be different.  They are close, and Im color blind so I didnt notice as it was going up or would have said something and this crew was doing much better quality so I didnt stay and supervise all day (nor should I ever have had to do that the first time).  Bottom line, I looked at other houses in my neighborhood and their corner pieces match their vertices. My old siding did as well.  This was not disclosed, and it took a neighbor walking by when it was all done to say hey your house looks good, but why are your corners a darker color?before I examined it closer.  Not ALL siding has different grain in trim/cornerbottom line, the sample provided is what should show up on the house.  Explaining after the fact is a breach of contract, and a flat out misrepresentation of the product to the customer.  Plan for ********************** to show you one thing, but install another.

      Lie #6:  I would like to have him pay us $22,750 because of the corner pieces. 
      I calculated that as the amount of time and labor it cost me to take multiple days off work, supervise their work, do some of the labor of the job, and send dozens of unnecessary emails and documentation to them to get them to do what they simply should do to begin withside the house right the first time.  I asked **** to discuss this with me to come to a remedy, but that was my starting point. Plan for heartland to misrepresent your intentions and extensive communication attempts and instead overstated your concerns and understate their mistakes and lack of following basic expectations of the job they were contracted to accomplish.

      Lie #7:  We communicate.
      Through the entire process I had months (not days or weeks) go bye where Heartland would not communicate.  It happened DURING both jobs, and then in between jobs, and then after each job.  Communication turnaround was horrible.  Ive sent over 15 emails, voice mails, and texts to company and theyve completely ghosted me for over 9 months offering to work this out, zero reply.  Thus I had to file a BBB complaint to even get them to communicate.  This is HORRIBLE customer communication.  Plan for ********************** to completely ghost you if you ask them to do the job according to the samples provided and the specifications of the product being installed but even before that, plan for them to take very VERY long times to get back to you on just about any communicationexcept the bill, that came very quickly.

      Lie #8:  We guarantee/warranty our work.
      There is no warranty or guarantee available from a contractor who will not reply to multiple, patient, and repeated communication outreach attempts.  How would I ever get them to do any warranty work in their 10 year guarantee when they wont call me back and just ignore me?  How could I trust them to do any work ever again?  How can any customer trust a company with that level of horrible communication?  Even the better business bureau said they had to call multiple times and email multiple times and threaten suspending their BBB Accreditation before finally on the last day (causing the maximum delays in getting any remedy and requiring multiple follow *** by me) of their month and half deadline they responded with mostly lies.  

      Lie #9:  We believe we went far above and beyond to get them taken care of.
      Really?  All a customer, including me wants, is their home sided without 19 broken windows, without doing labor themselves, without quality specifications being violated, without nails in their pool, without scraps thrown on their shrubs, and without changing the product from what was provided in the sample and agreed to up front.  They didnt deliver any of thatthe fact is they were fixing problems they created, and in the end still didnt deliver the agreed upon outcome.  Thats more below expectations than above and beyond.  Any contractor should expect to be ***d if they try to push manufactures defective siding as a solution, or dont reside a house they created over 30 quality and specification violations on.  Thats not going above and beyond at all, thats simply doing what you should have done to begin with.  The fact that I have to even file this BBB claim, proves they are not going above and beyond.  In fact, its clearly too much to ask to get one phone call or email over the course of 9 months.  Above and beyond is the biggest lie of all.  No customer should want to work with a contractor that considers creating problems, then kind of fixing some of them, to and calling that above and beyond a contractor that is reputable or trustworthy.  Plan for heartland to tell you they went above and beyond when they cost you 100 hours of time to get what should have been done right the first time.

      The acceptable remedy would include the following criteria:
      1) Contractor should email me back, discuss the remedy.  Communicate.  This whole BBB complaint could have been avoided with simple communication.
      2)  Agree upon a discounted amount to be applied to the final bill for the almost 100 hours of time Ive put into getting the house sided correctly as was agreed to up front.
      3)  Compensate me for a full warranty to be purchased on any future siding/roof defects for the next 10 years to cover what they would have coveredor an agreed upon amount of discount off the bill to mitigate that risk(since there is no way this contractor will ever work on my house again should anything fail, not by my choice but by the fact they have proven how unethical they are willing to operate if they dont like you by simply ghosting you).
      4)  Document and put into practice remedies to ensure this nightmare never happens to another customer.

      The acceptable remedy would not include:
      Offering to do more work of any kind because it would predictably be low quality and cause hours and hours of follow-up nightmares over months of time while they continue to NOT communicate. I dont have more time to manage their projects and put to-do lists together to communicate over and over while being ghosted.

      Sincerely,
      *********************

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:08/15/2022

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      ResolvedMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Heartland replaced ******* and gutters over 4 months ago. I've made one payment but the majority of bill is still unpaid. I've been trying to get them to send the final invoice to my insurance company without any success. Not sure what else to do. I've attached an email with more details.

      Business Response

      Date: 08/30/2022

      Good Morning - Homeowner now has the final invoice for the project.  We do agree the supplement process between ourselves and the insurance company took longer than we would've liked.  Additionally, our Project Manager has reached out to address any final repairs with the homeowner and will be addressed ASAP.  If any additional concerns please call our office directly at ************.  Thank you.

      Customer Answer

      Date: 08/30/2022

       
      Better Business Bureau:

      I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.

      Sincerely,

      *************************************

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