The Post Hole Company

Fences & Gates
Mississauga ON L5N 4B7
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VLiewvack in Mississauga
VLiewvack in Mississauga
1 review Mississauga, ON
10/10

SUPERIOR COMPANY IN EVERY WAY!

Far exceeded our expectations. Very knowledgeable and professional staff.

From our first point of contact with Lexi to the finished product, everything was a breeze.

It took a total of 2 days for them to build 240 feet of fence (which is as straight as an arrow by the way)! First day, they took down our old, ugly fence and installed brand new posts. Second day, they built our entire fence and 2 double gates which look exquisite!

Our fence looks incredible and we couldn't have made a better decision than to hire them.

Great quality. Professional staff. Friendly and polite. Amazing workmanship. A+++++!

Approximate cost of services:
$18,532.00
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Patricia in Mississauga
Patricia in Mississauga
1 review Mississauga, ON
0/10

Arrogant

Andy showed up a day late “due to weather” and immediately started criticizing my guys working on a deck in which he quoted and did not get the job. When the deck guy put him in his place and told him to work on what you were hired for and we will work on what we were hired for, well he didn’t like that. After he took my payment he then kindly informed me that he has contacted various inspection guys as my workers aren’t doing the job right. Needless to say I work for government and quite familiar with the bylaws and when the city inspector did come he couldn’t believe it wasn’t a neighbour who complained but a contractor complaining about another contractor! Inspector also complimented how amazing the deck looks and due to it being less than 24” off the ground, no permit is needed! Andy’s fence posts are all uneven heights and a few have way too much concrete that has settled above the grade of my backyard. He treated his student workers like they were just there to do the hard parts while he rode around on his machines. Wouldn’t recommend this company to anyone and certainly would never hire them again.

Approximate cost of services:
$300.00
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Company Response

We are sorry to hear your of your anger towards our foreman who reported your deck builder for unsafe building and non-compliance with dig safe regulations.

As we were attempting to communicate to you, it is our legal responsibility to report all non-compliance incidents to the TSSA.

We understand that you are unhappy as your project may be placed on hold for the moment but there is no reason to make false claims to your credit card company that your payment was “not authorized”.

Whilst speaking with you on the phone, you made it clear that the reason behind your dissatisfaction stemmed from our reporting the deck builder you hired from Home Depot for non-compliance with the law. You had also voiced that you immediately disliked our foreman assigned to your project today yet you permitted him to conduct work on your property.

After our conversation, we realize your anger is stemming from being reported for non-compliance. If we could remedy this in any way, we would. We were simply acting on our legal duty. Before reporting your builder, our foreman advised him directly of the errors he was making including digging without locates from Ontario 1 Call. Unfortunately your builder decided to brush aside our foreman and told him to mind his own business. At that point, we had no other option but to report your builder to a higher authority as he made it clear he was not interested in the safety of your property nor the safety of other tradesmen working on your site, let alone your safety.

Any business dreads to hear about an unsatisfied customer. It is understandable and fair of a customer to leave a poor review based on poor customer service and/or workmanship. Unfortunately, in this case, you indicated satisfaction with our workmanship by paying for the work we did on your property and clearly communicated that your anger was a result of our doing our due diligence. This leaves us with nothing to remedy other than explaining our legal requirements as a fully insured and trusted fence & deck builder and post hole service provider.

As for your claim that we quoted you on the building of a deck, this is a blatant lie.

We trust your next actions will be made with honesty, fairness and with just-cause.

SC in Toronto
SC in Toronto
1 review Toronto, ON
10/10

Highly Recommended!

Guys showed up and went above and beyond my expectations! Post holes are lined up perfectly, they mixed perfect concrete, cleaned up after themselves and were all friendly and professional from start to finish. Will definitely hire again.

Approximate cost of services:
$750.00
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Catherine in Mississauga
Catherine in Mississauga
1 review Mississauga, ON
10/10

Fence Posts

Recently we contacted The Post Hole Company and discussed what we needed with Marlene in customer service. Marlene was extremely helpful and was a pleasure to deal with, she organized our job Four 12foot fence post to be installed.
They arrived on time and the three young men were very professional and obliging, finishing the job quickly.
We highly recommend The Post Hole Company.
Thank you. Ed & Catherine

Approximate cost of services:
$300.00
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Grant in Brampton
Grant in Brampton
1 review Brampton, ON
10/10

Fence repair

Crew showed up on site... made recommendations for most economical and efficient way to repair my fence. They removed existing posts, installed new posts and cleaned up in about an hour. Highly recommend this company.

Approximate cost of services:
$325.00
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Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Whitby, ON
1/10

Disrespectful And Dishonest

Watch out for hidden fees. They charged me $10 to lift each post. $50 to rent a tool. Quoted me $500, ended up paying $830! Threatened to refer me to collection when I complained. The "owner" was very rude and pompous! Never again will I deal with them. Read Homestar reviews before you call anyone.

Approximate cost of services:
$830.00
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Company Response

You were advised of the length of posts to purchase, but you bought shorter ones to save a buck and maximize your profit.

You did not make mention of the concrete barrier wall we had to demolish in order to dig the post holes. You didn't mention it to us because you knew that concrete wall demolition is not in the scope of what post hole companies do.

You were NOT upfront about the scope of your project and you disregarded our site preparatory instructions. It took us 1.5 hours to get to your project location but we decided to cut our losses and leave as there was nothing for us to do. You begged us to stay and help you.

The only way to accomplish any work on your site was to rent a jackhammer. We advised you that you would need to at least pay for the rental of the equipment to which you had agreed. (We covered the diesel and hourly wages for our crew).

We were also forced to suspend HEAVY 6x6 posts in concrete. We had to use more portland and gravel than normal in each hole to be able to suspend those posts. That also increased the cost per hole.

We did not charge you anything extra in labour. In hind-site, we should have.

Now we have a dirty review from a hack of a contractor who is dishonest, unfair and greedy.

We'd like to say it was a pleasure working with you, but it wasn't. We too will never again do business with you. We only hope that going forward, you conduct yourself professionally, quit cutting corners and give customers the respect they deserve with quality workmanship!

Signed,
The Pompous "Owner" of The Post Hole Company Corp.

Private User
Private User
Private User reviews Toronto, ON
10/10

Fence posts digging

They did professional job. Request locate underground pipe line before digging. Save a lots of time for my fence project. They taught me how to install fence by myself. Thanks them very much.

Approximate cost of services:
$1,300.00
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Alex in Etobicoke in Old Toronto
Alex in Etobicoke in Old Toronto
1 review Toronto, ON
1/10

Deck posts - Poor Quality

I contracted The Post Hole Company to dig 11 holes including pouring concrete in my backyard in August 2017. In short, their scheduling was a mess, their customer service was a joke (I am talking about Marlene's professionalism in taking care of customer request and the owner, Andy's ignorance of such issues), and the quality of the holes are so bad that I have to dig out the post hole they poured and re-do it myself.

Scheduling seemed always to be a hassle, and we'd settle on a time but the crew did not show, this happened for at least several times. After many attempts, they finally came and dig all the holes. The crew was quite friendly but the owner who operated the digging machine seems a bit impatient. The worst thing is they did not carry enough portland so I actually offered to use my own car and took one of their crew members to buy 3 bags from a nearby home centre. Little did I noticed that this shortage of portland would make such a pain for me.

First I noticed the concrete start to scale and sink in the post form, then I recall when pouring concrete they did not compact the concrete at all, just pour it in and that's it. So after some time the concrete started to settle and the structural strength was greatly compromised. I was hoping this would not post a problem for my deck. However, in Jun 2018, when we are ready to put deck post on the concrete piers, I noticed one of the post bases (a metal bracket that is sunk in the concrete) was very weak. Using my bare hand with not a not of force, I easily pulled the base out of the concrete. I started to contact the company regarding this issue. I sent pictures to Marlene, the customer service staff, and requested they come and fix it. I was scheduled in for Jun 20th, but they did not show. Then I was scheduled again for Jun 23rd, again they did not show. Up to this point, I had made regular calls for about two weeks trying to have them come and fix the issue, but no success. On Jun 26, I tried to call again, but simply no answer on the phone, so I keep trying, only to noticed that Marlene hung up the phone without answering and then later she BLOCKED MY NUMBER! This was so ridiculous that Marlene actually accused me of making too many phone calls even though I just want to talk to her about scheduling a site visit so they can fix their problem! Then I start emailing back and forth with Marlene, and in the end she was trying to take a bureaucratic stand and say that even though this is a job that they've done wrong, they need to do a new locate, and wait for more than a month to fix this one problem. I took that as she was just avoiding taking responsibilities, I asked to talk to the owner, Andy. Marlene said he would contact me as soon as possible but it's been a month and I haven't heard anything from them.

I make a video recording the poor quality of the concrete pier so you can see yourself their work. Do not use this company. See for yourself: https://youtu.be/uO2nIYXPTCg

Approximate cost of services:
$850.00
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Company Response

1. You phoned us on June 20th of 2018 to report the poor condition of one of 11 footings we installed in August of 2017 and demanded to be seen THAT SAME DAY for repair. We do not push customer appointments on behalf of anyone for any reason so we recommended you book an official appointment for the first week of August but you refused to do so.

2. Since you did not wish to book an appointment, we kept you on a waiting list to be done on a best effort basis. However, we could not fit you in as hoped due to it being the busiest time of the digging season.

3. You phoned one of our office lines over 35 times in the span of an hour for a total of 107 phone calls for that day. You did not choose to leave a voice message, but hung up after no answer and re-dialed immediately. We have 2 phone lines, one of which you were tying up for an hour and the other which was busy with customers. We advised you by email that your phone calls were inappropriate, un-called for and stated that we were limiting communication with you to email only.

4. You were advised back in August of 2017 to re-route your eavestroughs so as to direct water AWAY from the footings as it would indeed damage them. You obviously did not follow our recommendations or instructions last year either.

5. We have tried our absolute best to resolve this for you, but due to your inability to be flexible or reasonable, you essentially refused our help and took matters into your own hands.

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More about The Post Hole Company

We are your full-service post hole company offering digging, setting, post hole services as well as custom built fence and decks. We are fully insured with over 16 years of experience in the industry. Get in touch and tell us about your project today! (905) 497-HOLE info@ThePostHoleCompany. com
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