BULLY BOY TACTICS FROM NPCS LOCAL
I received a call from Jamie McKee of NPCS Local after registering my job with Bark. He quoted £650 for the job of removing all the loft insulation and cleaning my loft after a rat infestation. His quote was based on the size of my loft which he found via the EPC of the adjoining semi, and not on any information given by me.
I was assured that they would completely sheet up and protect all areas and that they would clean up before leaving on completion of the job. Nevertheless, I taped closed all the upstairs rooms.
On arrival at my home, Jamie started complaining that the job was bigger than he thought. He did not sheet up the carpets and immediately he opened the loft hatch there were rat droppings on my new wool carpet!
Jamie left his brother Jack alone to do the job. He put down one sheet over the middle of my stairs but that did not cover them properly plus a couple of pieces of thin plastic elsewhere.
Jack had no ladders to get in or out of the loft so had to use mine. Nor did he have bags for the dirty insulation, nor a brush, nor an extension lead, nor shoe protectors - all of which I had to supply.
Jamie returned to my home 9 hours later and he and Jack took away all but 5 large bin bags of infested insulation. On ‘cleaning up’ I saw that every single step and nearly every riser of my stairs there were filthy marks and stains, which also extended to my landing. My previously white walls were covered in filth.
It was apparent that the carpet needed a professional clean plus the house looked like a disaster area. I knew beforehand that this was going to be a dirty job but the assurances from NPCS that they would do a complete clean up encouraged me to use them.
Jamie was threatening and bullying when I explained that the carpet needed cleaning. He demanded the full £650 there and then! He was going to stay in my house until I paid him every penny! I refused. He got more and more threatening and would not accept a penny less than £650. I offered him £400 immediately and the balance once I knew the cost of the carpet cleaning. He said he would be leaving the contaminated waste in my loft until he was paid in full. I ignored him and transferred £400 to his bank (interestingly a ‘personal’ account). He eventually left my home.
He had asked to use my toilet but due to COVID I had refused. After he’d gone I found he had ‘broken into’ my taped up toilet, urinated, not flushed the toilet, and the toilet bowl and the toilet floor were disgustingly filthy.
Do not use this company unless you are happy to have your home completely disrespected and left filthy. And, of course, unless you are prepared to be bullied by them.
April 3, 2021
Unprompted review