Peter Del Bene

Peter was referred to me from a relative who always uses him for the work she needs to get done. He did an excellent job for us. I can understand some of the reviews about the communication and long wait because he does get very busy. I think with his price being so competitive he has a lot of work but we ultimately met our deadline to get our house listed and the work was done under budget. More than anything, it was nice to be able to trust someone to our house when we were gone since he did much of the work while we were out of town. I will definitely use Peter again.

Ok, well I have to give him one more star. After not responding for almost 6 months (!) I finally contacted the network group that referred him and the president threatened to boot him out. Apparently there have been other complaints. He called the next day and came over and put in the air filters. He also refunded me $ 363 of the $ 500 he had charged me. (He originally was going to change out all the bulbs and light fixtures in the house — lots of recessed lighting — but then I decided to sell the house and cancelled that part of the service.)
He still gave no reason for the long delay other than «emergencies and ongoing problems.» Even if he did have problems, you still have to communicate with people. Let them know you can’t make it and refund the money, or schedule a time.
He does seem like a very nice man. Just a lousy communicator and scheduler. Because of my experience, I would never use him again.