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Mr Emergency Plumbing

Mr Emergency Plumbing

Mr Emergency Plumbing
4.3

1,816 reviews

Positive vs Negative
83%17%
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Customer Service
4.4
Timeliness
4.4
Job Satisfaction ?
4.3
Rates and Fees
3.8
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1,816 reviews
5 Natasha  · JT did a great job checking out my drain with a camera.
5 Elizabeth  · BK was the bomb! Got the job done asap Thank you :)
5 Brenton Rudd  · BK. Speedy service. Perfect job. Explained well Many thanks. Excellent work
1 Texted  · Never used service, get texts weekly, cannot unsubscribe. If they can’t stop a text I doubt they could stop your leak.
5 Julie  · BK was very helpful today, gave me all of the options and advise, would recommend for fast service
5 Antonina Pittari  · Bk was fast to arrive on site, friendly, knowledgeable and knows what he’s doing thank you.
S T.
S T.2 posts
 

This company charged me for quoting and I had 30 days to respond. Only problem was I called them MULTIPLE times and no one ever answered - stayed on hold for between 10 and 30 minutes each time and also sent NUMEROUS emails and never received a response. My work never got done and I lost my deposit. Utterly abhorrent behaviour.

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Craig
Craig2 posts
 

To the people reading this post it's %100 true. I had Mr emergency plumbing replace my kitchen taps hot n cold and 2 hoses 15 minute job they used cheap and nasty Chinese cheapest you can most likely bye I had to call them to repair their pathetic work failed work and to this day 6 months later water is leaking under the sink seals into the… Read more

cupboards the neck is clearly not sitting on straight to sink so leaking seal Stevie wonder called see it. Cost me $1500 bout down to $1150 after I complained be warned don't use this business unless you want to be ripped off. You been warned. Wish I could put zero stars.

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Jodie
Jodie
 

Had these guys attend 10 months ago. Cost me $1090 just to block off a pipe. Finally saved enough money and called in another plumber to reconnect as metropolitan told me it was a major job and they need to access in through the wall behind the kitchen, remove ensuite tiles to fix. Called in another company who fixed it in under 2 hours from the… Read more

kitchen side and cost me $350 in total. If it was that easy why didn’t metropolitan fixed in when they attended site???? I have attached the original review and the new repair that Eire plumbing fixed for a third of the price. Metropolitan you should be so ashamed of your lack of customer service and over the top pricing. Absolute money grabbing rip off artists. They should be shut down.

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Lauren B.
Lauren B.4 posts
 

This company came out and charged a call out fee. Tech told me the unit was fixable and to have a second person come out to fix the unit for a further $1000 only to be told now at a total of $1300 that it needs to be replaced in full. No service was completed and was a total waste of time and money. Calling customer care to be kept on hold for 15… Read more

minutes at a time only to be hung up on as no one's available to speak to. Heath in customer service was disgusting to deal with, offered no assistance and ended the call with 'ta-ta' and hung up. DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY

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N. Ross
N. RossQLD2 posts
 

Paid $141 call out fee. Then signed iPad to say the guy attended before he would give me the quote. He then quoted me $1147 to replace a kitchen mixer tap. Refused the quote. Lost $141. Lesson learned. Don’t make the same mistake with these scammers. Brisbane QLD.

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Andrej Renko
Andrej RenkoWA2 posts
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Scum of the earth, preying on people who are already in distress. The truck was registered as Metropolian Plumbing. The cost of repairing a leaking pipe was $1249 on top of $150 callout fee. It took the person 10min to fix it and on the itemized receipt (which I requested separately) the labour cost was $476. A valve $430 and consumables were… Read more

$175. No idea what those consumables were. My other choice was to be without water for at least a day. Do not call them under no circumstance our you will be scammed!!!

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camerand
camerandSA
 

These mongrels wanted to charge 5 grand to replace 3 O rings in our solar hot water system. Found the original installer, who did it for free. Stay away from Mr Emergency who are part of Metro Plumbing. AVOID THESE MONGRELS LIKE THE PLAGUE

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Angela
AngelaSA19 posts
 

STAY WELL AWAY – STAY WELL AWAY from this mob of rip-off, non-client foscused cowboys. They will only give you a 4 hour window to turn up, then turn up nearly 2 hours late. Unfortunately, we had them here 5 times to do a job, we have been advised, should have taken less than 6 hours. Don't let my very bad experience be your nightmare experience.

 Follow-up  · ABSOLUTE SCAMMERS - I believe they are now in liquidation. They ripped off 1000s of people, mainly the old and vulnerable. More than likely they will just pop up under a different name to pursue their evil practices. STAY WELL WELL WELL AWAY BEFORE DOING RESEARCH. We are $7,000 out of pocket for a $700 job.

Nicola L.
Nicola L.QLD2 posts
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DO NOT Use any of the below Businesses GET a 2nd QUOTE and read the reviews. We got charged $9.5k for hot water cylinder that could have been repaired or replaced for under $3k under false pretences : Emergency Plumber “our local area” Unbeknownst… Read more

it was actually... METROPOLITAN or  PLUMBING & GAS PTY LTD Who have been on the news and ACA for exorbitant pricing. Taking unfair advantage of their customers.

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 Follow-up  · Sorry to hear people like this can run a business like this and there is no accountability. ACCC need to start doing their job and get the support and extra funding from the government to do so. I hope kharma finds the owner and passes on the feelings I have for them. I know people have to work but people with a conscious morals and principles… Read more

NEVER
NEVER2 posts
 
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Extrme overcharging for one hour's service just to tighten a few screws – There were positives but one overwhelming negative. Firstly this is the same company as Mr Emergency Electrical, Melbourne. I had an emergency on a Sunday and needed an electrician. The website claimed no callout fee for after hours. I assumed that… Read more

Sunday would be after hours. They quoted $145. to attend. The positive was that it was the lowest fee from competitors. The electrician was experienced and expert however, after explaining the problem he indormed me he would check everything and then quoted me $1,149. for this process. This would be without ant possible replacement parts. He did an excellent job checked all issues and expalined the power board was loose and that was probably causing short outs. He completed tightening some screws and checked everything was working correctly. This took the best part of just one hour. So in effect the company's service for the day was apporx $1300. per hour with no replacement parts. I call this daylight robbery. I had no choice to pay it and felt afterwards that we had just been robbed. Would never recommend using this service unless you arre deperate like we were.

 Follow-up  · The emergency was that my power went out over the weekend, and it was obviously isolated to my home, as my next-door neighbours were still ok. They did explain there would be a call out fee of from recollection $140. I was resigned to that. There was no hourly rate mentioned. When the electrician came to the door, I had to pay the call-out fee… Read more

Positive reviews

Josh.
Josh.
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TD did a great job providing multiple options for us and talking us through the pro’s and con’s of each. Our issue was fixed and we know what we need to do if any other problems with our system arise. Will definitely be calling him back if we have any other issues.

John
John
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JT and GM Thank you very much for your excellent service and for ‘thinking outside the square’ advising about pruning to keep pests out , and electrical matters. We recommend you

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Nahid Mehraein
Nahid Mehraein
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JT - I very impressed with his professionalism and time management skills ,identifying the issues and offering solutions and discussing multiple options, overall very professional service. Very satisfied customer with the service and advice I received.

Negative reviews

Agatha D.
Agatha D.
 

Excessive fees is an understatement, they claim to quote on on the spot but they have set fees which are more than double the price and even the worker knew when giving me the price that it was ridiculous price (a $350 job priced at $900) plus the call out fee. So shameful

watersaver
watersaverSA14 posts
 

Please DO NOT give any details to this company. I have somehow ended up on their text ad database. I have rung them three times to ask them to remove my number. I have been assured this will be done and then I get more texts advertising for them. I will never call them for plumbing.

Bryan S.
Bryan S.
 

Offered no help, after spending $140 upfront to get a technician, unless a charge of $2000 was paid for an a/c service and fault find. Talk about praying on people in vulnerable situations. Fools!

Recent reviews

Tony M.
Tony M.13 posts
 

Absolute rip off. Call them and was told it would be a $141.90 call out fee to come and check the job and give me an on spot no obligation quote to do the job. Well they came out and quoted to my partner $1100 to do the job. I asked my partner to put him on the phone and I asked him, "$1100...exactly what does the job involved?". He replied, "… Read more

when I get home I'll sent you a quote of what's involved". I never received the quote. And you know why, because they can't justified the job at that price. Talked with another plumber and and he mentioned $400-$500 was realistic price to do the job.

Don't waste your time on this dishonest company. No good will come from/for them. Karma.

Elvis
ElvisVIC
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Called these con artists to look at our faulty heating unit. Provided them the error code which indicated a communication error with the unit and they noted they’d keep it in mind. Scammers charged a total of $204.45 for service deposit and call out fee. One of the scammers came out to assess the unit and advised he would be sending a plumber and… Read more

quoted $1,249 to service the unit. Someone later arrived in the vehicle of metropolitan plumbing, went into the roof and wasted about an hour in and out of the house. Ended up slamming us with another $2,400 to change the board and offered no guarantee that the unit would work and suggesting that it was showing a lot of faults which he would go through and provide other quotes where the new board did not work. Left a quote of approximately $10,000 to replace the unit as replacement of parts would not be advised. Sensing a scam we refused to pay the initial bill. Mrs told the plumber that they are scammers. My son’s friend turns up this evening and all he did was open the gas which the fraudulent plumber had intentionally locked to create the impression of a non existent fault. All my son’s friend who is a carpenter had to do was open the gas and unit is working perfectly now. Stay way from these scammers.

trissh
trisshVIC5 posts
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Charged me $141.90 callout fee on the spot when i called, that should have been the first red flag. Said they would be there in an hour for a hot water tap that wouldn't turn off, turned up almost 3 hours later. Said my water pressure was high, told me that my insurance wouldn't cover me if I had any insurance issues, quoted me $800+. I advised… Read more

I would not pay this amount of money for a leaking tap and could he fix the tap without doing the pressure, advised me no, asked if I wanted him to turn off the hot water and he left me all weekend without hot water. Wish I had of read reviews before I booked it ! ABSOLUTE SCAMMERS !!

Judith D.
Judith D.VIC6 posts
 

My hot solar water burst in the week end I call out this company “Mr emergency” yes they attend my property with a very rude plumber all he does is talk and talk not even looking at what happened! Coz I have vdeo and photo on it he just refer on that! And then quoted me to replace the valve for $1,900 trying to preasure me to sign the quote he was… Read more

saying he can do it next in d morning rather than waiting on my warranty to response! Thank God I put him down not accepting his quote and send him away out to my property as he does not respect human that does not know anything about plumbing! Next morning I call RACV and a very descent and respectful plumber try to help me understand what happen and he just did bypass the solar to keep running my solar with a small cost and safe to keep my warranty while waiting my builder to fix it! Lesson learned dont ever relay on this website “ Mr emergency” better call RACV!

Nik
Nik
 

Condensending tone of the technician, quoted $1,249 to fix the issue by inspecting the unit for just 2 mins. However, the issue was in a totally different place. The air duct had come off from the unit. This could have easily been diagnosed if a techncian was interested in helping us. The intention was never to help or solve the issue but scam us for $1,249. Horrible experience. Would not recommend to anyone.

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Natalie C.
Natalie C.WA
 

Absolute rip-off, asked for a roof plumber to come and assess a leak and then they sent an electrician, would not refund the $141 and felt they offered a satisfactory service - disgusting customer service

Jodie
Jodie
 

Absolutely a rip off. $141 to attend, not called out as they couldn't attend until the next day. Then $890 to replace a light switch. Unbelievable. Absolutely amazing rip off

Colin B.
Colin B.WA
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Had a leak in a pipe outside. Called Mr Emergency after some other plumbers couldn't attend that day. They wouldn't come out without pre-paying $141 callout. When they arrived they quoted $1849 to fix a split in the copper pipe. I told them I wasn't interested. Managed to get Westplumb to come out within a couple of hours. No callout and only charged $390. Stay away from Mr Emergency (also known as Plumbing and Gas Pty Ltd). Show details

Shane
ShaneWA
 

It's a shame you can't leave a review on thier website . So overpriced . Call out fee is high to start with . Seems like they take advantage of people that don't know any better . Plumbing job to fix an exposed copper pipe cost $1,200 plus the $141 call out fee . Took less than half an hour to fix , 4 copper joiners and 2 x 150 mm pieces of copper… Read more

pipe . On completion the plumber was not leaving without payment or proof of payment . Quite intimidating . I would never use or contact this company again and will be telling everyone .

Matty
Matty
  Verified

Great work from bk today, very prompt service from start to finish, very easy to organise everything from the first phone call to the job being done on the same day. Professional company that I will be using again.

Katharine P.
Katharine P.VIC
 

DO NOT USE!! If I could give zero stars I would. Absolutely horrendous experience with the call enter/admin. Totally wasted my time and lied to me and said someone would be out within the hr to fix my blocked toilet. When I called back 1.5hrs later, they said the plumber was in transit and that they would be there in 15 mins. When I called back 30… Read more

mins later they said the plumber was 45 mins away. Absolutely ruined my entire day. When I called back to say I wanted to speak to a manager and make a formal complaint I was hung up on. PLEASE DO NOT EVER USE this company! They will send you mad with the complete LIES!

john
john2 posts
 

ook an emergency call early morning. Plumber to call 1.pm but came at 3.p.m.That's ok.Was charged $141 on the spot. The guy came and gave me an exhorbitant quote of over $ 1500 which I refusd. Still had to pay for the quote. Problem was eventually fixed for $311.

Libby
Libby
 

Ben (BK) arrived in a timely manner, was friendly and efficient. Addressed the issue with the split system, quoted and booked in the service with the team on the same day. Highly recommend this service if you’re looking for professionalism and efficiency.

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