Lodder Brothers Ltd

I was trying to build a team of professionals to call on when I had any service needs at my investment property which I rent out. As such, I chose to purchase an annual service contract with Lodder Brothers. They had explicit instructions NOT to talk prices or make suggestions to the tenant. He was to call me to discuss anything.
Instead, they sold the tenant on changing the washing machine hoses (in case they were to break in the future, these ones would never break or leak), and convinced them they need a water softener (which he could provide and install). The tenant, being young and inexperienced, said yes to the hoses and became very concerned about the hard water. The tenant could not afford the hoses, and had expected me to pay. She also requested that we install a water softener, and this became a contention point for the remainder of their tenancy.
When talking on the phone to the plumber, he first said he did not know it was a tenancy arrangement, then later said he had forgotten.
When complaining to the head office, the response was "oh". No apology, no comment.
If the plumber we had was an exception, I would have expected at least an apology and an attempt to ease relations.

I contacted Lodder Bros, as I had water in my basement. I was told that I probably needed a pressure tank. When the plumber arrived, I was told that the problem resulted from a pressure gage and not the tank itself. It took the plumber all of 10 minutes to change the gage. The bill came to $270.00. After the plumber left, I noticed that there was no water pressure. I called back to report the problem and was told that the pressure was fine when the plumber had tested it prior to leaving. I then called Dan Bernard, the manager and left a message for him to call me back. He never did. As it turns out, I did need a pressure tank, I purchased it and had my son install it for me. The water pressure was fine after that. Next time I will call another company for service.

I called them on a Sunday to fix a pinhole leak in an exposed pipe. Close to a T, the exposed pipe needed 3 soldered joints - it wasn't complicated. 40+$ premium cost for weekend work (I'd just love that), extra money for the first job plus details amounted to more than $200+ an hour labour.
There's room for another company that only charges say $100 an hour.