Scott Belanger
5 months ago
On September 2, 2023, a rare tropical storm brought 10 hours of rain to our house in San Diego and exposed a previously unknown roof leak. The water that came through this roof leak flooded our Master Bedroom, as well as coming through the ceiling and walls in the Master Bathroom, Laundry Room, Hallway, and under the floorboards into the Living Room through the hallway.
I routinely see Cutting Edge Restoration trucks and vans traveling along the I-15, and remembering that they advertised mold & mildew mitigation as well as restoration from water damage (my primary concern as water was pouring through my ceiling on a Friday afternoon after 5 pm), I gave them a call. I wish I could remember the name of the nice lady who took my call. She was genuinely concerned about what was going on to include the fact that my wife has severe asthma & respiratory issues, took down my information, and eased my mind as she let us know that help was on the way.
During the mitigation phase, Travis came out to assess the water damage. He was very professional, friendly, and easy to talk to during this troubling time. He used equipment to measure where the water came through the ceiling, walls, floorboards, our bathroom vanity, etc. to determine where he would need to start mitigiation and what he would need to do it. As he deployed multiple blowers and de-humidifiers that night, we knew that we were going to be able to sleep well knowing that he had a least contained the water damage. Travis came back the next day, and a few times after that checking equipment, checking on the progress of the mitigation, and providing us with our next steps.
During the reconstruction phase, Larry, did an excellent job of communicating via text and phone daily while scheduling the repairs, coordinating supplies, and taking our input for what was needed during the restoration; often at night and after normal working hours to ensure we were taken care of. He was very responsive and answered all the questions we had. He even provided an industrial grade air purifier to remove all of the dust & construction particles from the air because our older children were still living in the unaffected bedrooms in the house (and because the kitchen was completely unaffected, we couldn't cover them under Loss of Use; so they had to keep living in the house with all of the reconstruction going on). Also, during this phase, our insurance initially low-balled us severely, was dragging their feet with their approval process as additional water damage that could not be seen until you opened up the walls, ceiling, and floor was identified in a supplemental repair estimate sent back through our insurance. Daniel & Larry did an excellent job of keeping up with the communication with them, always answered all my questions with a friendly and positive manner, and patiently worked with the insurance company for 3 months until all issues were worked through with the insurance company and a final approval to begin work was finally completed. It should be noted that all issues that were initially identified by our insurance company with Cutting Edge Restoration's estimate were all found to be correct by Cutting Edge. Our insurance company even disputed their finding of our carpet being premium quality, which later bore out as premium carpet through a lab test!
I also want to mention that their floor guys were outstanding!
I hope we never experience another loss from water, or any other related event where we’ll need them, but if we do, then we know who to call. If any of our friends have a water/mold/mildew, fire, or weather related event that damages their home, we're going to give them Cutting Edge Restoration's number.
Thank you Cutting Edge Restoration for restoring our home better than it was! You guys are truly outstanding!