Liz McRary — Mar 02, 2024
My experience with Foresight Surveying, Inc. out of Chehalis Washington has been anything but lovely. I contacted them in Septembe…
My experience with Foresight Surveying, Inc. out of Chehalis Washington has been anything but lovely. I contacted them in September to inquire about getting my half-acre parcel surveyed. They quoted me $2,400.00 for the service, which included the cost to file with the county. I wanted them to schedule the survey to be done on a Friday as this was not a normal scenario and it involved angry neighbors. I took the day off to be there, but they did not show up or call to let me know that they were not coming that day. I called and emailed them, but got no response until the following week, when they informed me that someone was out sick, so they did not come to do the survey. That should have been my first red flag because now I have lost money from missing work, and not communicating with the client was not their concern at all. I rescheduled with them, but they could not do it on a day that I had off, so I was not there the day they had one guy come out and just look at things. He did not place posts into the ground and said it was because he could not get to the corner marker as it was on someone else's land, and he did not have permission, so they would have to come back again. The next time they came back, they were finally able to get the job done (months later). I waited another two months for them to get me a preliminary drawing. It was a long-drawn-out process with little to no communication on their end about what the issues were. In the end, we received an additional bill for $1,444 more than the original contract without any real explanation of what the 60% increase in the original contract was for. I asked several times for a breakdown of how it took 11 hours of administrative time to give me 1 figure. They never told me they went over their original budget, so I had no say in whether I wanted them to keep working on the project (at an additional fee) or stop work on the project. No addendum was written for the additional charges or time spent. In the end I paid their company a 70% increase on the original contract. This is what they considered a "normal circumstance". They have far from an acceptable work ethic and even shadier business practices. I would never, ever recommend this company. 0 stars
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My experience with Foresight Surveying, Inc. out of Chehalis Washington has been anything but lovely. I contacted them in September to inquire about getting my half-acre parcel surveyed. They quoted me $2,400.00 for the service, which included the cost to file with the county. I wanted them to sched…
My experience with Foresight Surveying, Inc. out of Chehalis Washington has been anything but lovely. I contacted them in September to inquire about getting my half-acre parcel surveyed. They quoted me $2,400.00 for the service, which included the cost to file with the county. I wanted them to schedule the survey to be done on a Friday as this was not a normal scenario and it involved angry neighbors. I took the day off to be there, but they did not show up or call to let me know that they were not coming that day. I called and emailed them, but got no response until the following week, when they informed me that someone was out sick, so they did not come to do the survey. That should have been my first red flag because now I have lost money from missing work, and not communicating with the client was not their concern at all. I rescheduled with them, but they could not do it on a day that I had off, so I was not there the day they had one guy come out and just look at things. He did not place posts into the ground and said it was because he could not get to the corner marker as it was on someone else's land, and he did not have permission, so they would have to come back again. The next time they came back, they were finally able to get the job done (months later). I waited another two months for them to get me a preliminary drawing. It was a long-drawn-out process with little to no communication on their end about what the issues were. In the end, we received an additional bill for $1,444 more than the original contract without any real explanation of what the 60% increase in the original contract was for. I asked several times for a breakdown of how it took 11 hours of administrative time to give me 1 figure. They never told me they went over their original budget, so I had no say in whether I wanted them to keep working on the project (at an additional fee) or stop work on the project. No addendum was written for the additional charges or time spent. In the end I paid their company a 70% increase on the original contract. This is what they considered a "normal circumstance". They have far from an acceptable work ethic and even shadier business practices. I would never, ever recommend this company. 0 stars
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