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RVA Chimney Sweeps, LLC has 1 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforRVA Chimney Sweeps, LLC

    Chimney Cleaning

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.8/5stars

    Average of 5 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    2 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    cleaning and inspection, minor repointing, repair firebox, lentel, smokechamber, crowns, replace caps.

    Products & Services

    sweeps, repairs, caps, crowns

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    3420 Pump Rd Ste 195, Richmond, VA 23233-1111
    BBB File Opened:
    12/9/2014
    Years in Business:
    12
    Business Started:
    8/1/2012
    Business Incorporated:
    8/18/2013
    Type of Entity:
    Limited Liability Company (LLC)
    Business Management
    • Mr. Robert G Castillo, Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Robert G Castillo, Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Robert G Castillo, Owner

    Industry Tip

    BBB Tip: Hiring a chimney sweep

    Customer Complaints

    2 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    01/26/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    I originally scheduled an inspection of my chimney early December 2022 with RVA Chimney Sweep, LLC. They came out quickly, which was great because our regular chimney sweep company was booked out for 3 months. Upon the inspection we were told the "back panel and body need to be replaced, DO NOT use unsafe". They asked us to pay 50% of the total repair estimate upfront. My husband wrote him a ***************** for $395, which they cashed in short order. We then went on to have 4 appointments that were all missed with no response from the company. We called them numerous times. The first appointment where no one showed up was on a Saturday in December. We called the number on the invoice and it went to a call service and were told the company "does not do weekend appointments, were we sure about the date", we had it written down and my husband clarified with the owner ****** that they did weekend work when he was at our house for the initial inspection. They took our information saying they would call back ... they did not, we had to call again twice and were disconnected by call service. Since we have had 4 missed appointments with no explanation. It seems whenever we actually reach the owner he makes excuses and reschedules, only to be a no-show. I just called them today, January, 26. Call went to call service, I informed them we wanted our $395 returned to us and wanted nothing more to do with them. I was asked for my phone number which I gave and then was disconnected. The address on the invoice is incorrect, there is another business at the address. Highly fraudulent behavior as the owner/company NEVER calls us to reschedule or update us. We are constantly chasing after them.
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    Customer Reviews

    5 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Althea M

    1 star

    11/02/2023

    Contacted them through coupon from REACH, came out to clean and inspect chimney with wood stove end of Sept. Also entered into agreement to repair front brick steps. Chimney cleaned and inspected, only finding chimney crown repaired. Agreement reach for both repairs downpayment given. They never showed on day of appointment to repair chimney crown, no call, no text. Contacted company only to be told work was done. It wasn't. Spoke with owner a week after scheduled appointment, he eventually admitted mistake work wasnot done. Request a refund (still waiting for that) and cancel all future work. Week later had to remove wood stove from fireplace, direct view of chimney and it didnot look good. Took pictures sent to RVA informing owner cleaning wasnot done. He said had to take his own pictures. He called a few minutes before scheduled appointment stating he couldnot come because of a previous job commitment but will come after. Almost 2 hours later the same employees that came to do the cleaning in Sept are at my door saying "here to do an inspection". I informed them I did not request an inspection your boss was coming to take pictures of the chimney since the ones I sent were not good enough to see the condition of the inside of chimeny. He took pictures and left. Few minutes later my door bell rings it's employee handing me a paper to sign. I asked what is this? He says the inspection report. I told him I'm not signing this I didnot request a second one from your company and asked him to leave. Later that evening received text from owner of company its the inpection report which is totally different that the one from Sept. Now everything is unsatifactory (surprise surprise). I had already reached out to another chimney company who has sinced come inspected and cleaned. Discussed what repairs I needed to have chimney functional again. They were very upfront and professional.Dont use RVA chimney company not professional at all.

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