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Impressions Group Ottawa Inc. has 1 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforImpressions Group Ottawa Inc.

    Landscape Contractors
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 3 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    6 complaints closed in last 3 years

    2 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 31/8/2020

    Years in Business: 21

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    1148 March Road, Kanata, ON K2K 1X7
    BBB File Opened:
    18/4/2006
    Years in Business:
    21
    Business Started:
    1/4/2003
    Business Incorporated:
    23/5/2006
    Accredited Since:
    31/8/2020
    Licensing Information:
    This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
    BBB records show a license number of 4358252 for this business, issued by Industry Canada

    These agencies may include:

    Industry Canada

    235 Queen Street, 5th floor, West Tower

    Ottawa ON K1A 0

    613-9545031

    http://www.ic.gc.ca

    BBB records show a license number of 718098 for this business, issued by Oncorp Direct Inc.

    These agencies may include:

    Oncorp Direct Inc.

    1033 Bay Street, Suite 313

    Toronto ON M5S 3

    800-4617772

    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Number of Employees:
    50
    Alternate Business Name
    • Impressions Concrete and Concrete Coatings
    • Ottawa Pool and Patio
    Business Management
    • Mr. Earl Spinks, President
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Earl Spinks, President

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Earl Spinks, President
    Additional Contact Information

    Phone Numbers

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    Customer Complaints

    6 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    14/05/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    We have an ongoing contract with Impressions Group Ottawa to stamp concrete our backyard. A staff member (*******) from that company measured our backyard on July 2022 and I paid the down payment of $4240 based on Invoice # *****. (note: my customer ** *****) After paying the deposit, some changes happened in between that caused us to request a change in the scope of the project. When we wanted to discuss that with *******, he surprised us with "the minimum mobilization and materials costs for any project of $10,500.00 + HST", which was never brought to our attention before signing the contract and paying the deposit. Also, we reviewed the contract and there is no such condition stated there. According to ******* that the installation should have started in the late fall of 2022 or ****y spring 2023. However, we haven't heard anything from them until now (mid-May 2023). They neither called to schedule the installation nor reached out to inquire about the status of the project. We tried to reach out to them multiple times but with no response. Only once time somebody (maybe the receptionist) took our call and promised that he would let somebody from your team contact us, but this, of course, didn't happen. We started to get worried and felt that we got scammed by them. So we looked for another contact to escalate the issue. We found an email of a person "****" who seemed to be the founder of the company, so we emailed him, and he responded that he would look into it and get back to us. However, as usual, no response. We emailed him again to follow up on his response, but no response. Now we are in the process of selling our current house, which is the subject of the project and will be moving to a new house. We have been trying to reach a solution with that company to change the scope of work or use the deposit towards a project in the new house without being limited by this minimum mobilization amount in our new house. We hope we can reach an agreement and that we do not have to file another complaint and go to social media and submit bad customer reviews about you due to the lack of your responsiveness. We feel that we got scammed by a Canadian company.
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    Customer Reviews

    3 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Iman T

    1 star

    17/05/2023

    We have an ongoing contract to stamp concrete our backyard. An Impressions staff member measured our backyard on July 2022 and we paid the down payment. The agreement was that the installation would start late fall 2022 or early spring 2023. After paying the deposit, some changes have happened in between that would cause ** to change the scope of the project. When we wanted to discuss that with the impressions staff member, he surprised ** with "the minimum mobilization and materials costs for any project of $10,500.00 + HST", which was never brought to our attention before signing the contract and paying the deposit. Also it is not stated in the contract. We are in the process of selling the house that is the subject of the contract. Hence, we have been trying to reach you multiple times with no success. Only once somebody (maybe the receptionist) took our call and promised that he would let somebody from your team contact **, but this of course hasn't happened. We then tried to find the founder of this company and we found it. So we escalated the matter to him. Surprisingly he responded and promised to follow up and get back to **. This was about 3 weeks ago. We sent him a friendly reminder, but then nothing happened. This is why, we feel that we were taken advantage of. They are using our personal circumstances to confiscate our deposit without even clarifying the situation or providing any kind of work or resolution.This experience made ** doubt that company's customer service as well as its business in general. We are really disappointed by the service that we have received from them so far. It is ridiculous how they were responsive when they wanted our project and wanted to collect the deposit, but after that nothing. We already found that several complaints have been filed against them in BBB that are similar to ours, which made ** feel that it was a huge mistake working with them.

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