Always go the extra mile – Joseph arrived well within the time given. He was friendly, efficient and helpful . Checked everything with me and disposed of rubbish
Rip off Artists – Too greedy. They will send an experienced person to quote and upsell and a barely trained apprentice to do work I’ve used Omega many times for plumbing and electrical, but a plumbing experience from a while ago was the last time will use them. For my last plumbing job (now having a few issues which I will need to chase up) they charged a fortune… Read more
– about 5 times average. But I didn’t want to delay and stuff around and they could do the job the next day so I went with it. I had to pay most of the fee up front, including a hefty progress payment before the job even started.
They usually send their experienced (sales oriented) person to do the quote, and who pressures you to upsell and do additional work, but then send a less experienced person to do the work, and in this case they also sent one person when it was a two man job. I ended up having to assist with heavy some lifting and bracing to install it. What am I paying you clowns for? In fact one reason for the high price was that it was not a one man job
There were missing parts I had to chase up (which they evenutally got). Then later the guy had to go out for the right tools and more parts. In the end it was so late they couldn’t completely finish the job and need to come back, but still insisted I pay the entire remaining balance.
I don’t expect perfection but for Omegas exorbitant fees I expect them to live up to at least a good standard across the whole deal.
Also twice now they’ve been late (an hour etc) – my last electrical job about 1.5 hrs and this time just under an hour, and never paid the penalty they advertise.
You can’t charge these fees and cut corners, I feel they are getting too greedy now and their fee does not justify their end to end quality anymore.
I go elsewhere now.
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Very Dishonest!!! This company are scammers!! – Charged $210 for Diagnostic Find!! Then wanted to charge over $4000 for complete replacement of water system
Main Power Switchboard upgrade to the perfection – Sean was on time, very professional in doing the Switchboard upgrade, which took 3 hours and completed successfully with no fault. All was done in one go, clean and tidy. Thank you Sean.
Punctual , professional and efficient – [Name Removed] were on time , very professional in their communication, answered all my queries, efficient with my smoke alarm replacement . Had everything they required to complete the job.
Very expensive – Very expensive services and I am not sure how the system is working. You should ask the cost before the sevice star. Anyway not recommended
Please Get a Second Opinion – The plumber from Omega Home Services Plumbing tried to charge my Dad $3414 to fix a leaky pipe in his backyard. He was horrified. After a sleepless night, he got a second quote from another plumber. This plumber only wanted to charge him $300. It's safe to say that my Dad was gobsmacked by how different his two quotes were. Having received a more… Read more
reasonable quote, he gave the plumber the go-ahead to start work.
It has been a few weeks now and the pipe has stayed fixed.
The bottom line is that if you are considering Omega Home Services Plumbing, please get a second opinion. Who knows much much you might save...
Positive reviews
Happy with the work and price – I’ve used Omega before and that’s why I called them again. Arrived on time, quoted a fair fixed price, came back at the agreed time, completed the works to my complete satisfaction and cleaned up afterwards. I’ll use Omega again when I next need electrical works.
Lovely people, great work – I've used Omega for a number of jobs, big and small. They're always done on time, and well done. The people are also lovely and I'm really happy to have them in my home.
Professional and Reliable Service – We had a wonderful experience with the Electrician, Jo. He is knowledgeable, professional, reliable and super efficient. We really appreciate his advice and the high quality of jobs completed. He was able to identify a very tricky electricity fraud and advised solution for long term safety for our home. In addition, the entire process and interaction with the Omega team was very easy and hassle free. Vivien
Negative reviews
Operating as BALMAIN ELECTRICIANS. COM.AU Absolute rip off. Overcharging at $450/hour OVERSERVICE – The electrician was friendly and polite. I needed 3 outside wall lights replaced. I supplied suitable lights. Call out fee was reduced from $79 to $49 over the phone . The electrician was from Omega not the advertised company, Balmain electricians. They smothers suburbs with adverts. on the internet. They are never local, the company is from… Read more
Thornleigh. OMEGA never presents itself as the company and they try and hook you as a local company through internet advertising.
The modis operandi is to enter the house and immediately case all potential electrical problems and provide a quote individually and then as a job lot. FRIES WITH THAT!!!! Upselling big time.
Remember, I only wanted 3 lights replaced but now had a quote for an outside sensor light replacement, 2 smoke alarm replacement and as requested a cabinet light replacement. Maybe this all took 30- 40 minutes. I asked for a quote to replace only the 3 outside lights. $450. Shocked, annoyed and totally annoyed. $450 for less than one hours work RIP OFF. I negotiated the work for $327.01. NEVER USE THIS COMPANY .
Price rip off mob – Had these guys over to fix an electric hot water system a few years ago. Got sucked in by a no call out fee card they dropped in the letter box. The guy came in and quoted around $400 for the job and when I asked why he said the part is around $350. The guy said he was not licensed for fixing electrical heater so another person would come to do… Read more
it. The 2nd guy came in a couple of hours, spent under 10 mins to take out and replace the thermostat and left. I had him leave the part with me and checked later with suppliers - its a less than $40 part. I complained to the office and got a standard reply that this is what it costs to cover there services. I asked to be provided with an itemized invoice but got nothing and they had the hide to send me an email asking for review. I wanted to leave a review then but got side tracked back then and today when I was looking online for some plumbing work these guys turned up at the top of the search probably because they are paying a lot to have them at the top of the search and dupe more innocent people. . I did read the reviews by other customers after my experience and can only concur 200% - they are just looking to turn up, quote some absurd pricing and rip you off. Avoid like a plague
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Very expensive to the point of being unethical – I had Omega do some investigatory work on my drains. The cost of the work was excessive ($4k) and the solution they quoted was over complicated and expensive ($7k). I inquired why not a simpler solution and they claimed it would be more expensive. I had other plumbers come and quote for the work. They proposed the simpler solution which was half… Read more
the cost of what Omega was trying to sell me. They also advised that the charging for the work that had been done by Omega was exceedingly expensive. I ceased the work order with Omega and asked for a refund of a portion of the progress payments I had made for the investigatory work, but they refused.
From my experience Omega do not provide true value for money and undermine the reputation of the Plumbing profession.
Recent reviews
Fantastic!!! – Could not have been happier with the service that Reid gave for our hot water problems On time, very professional. Highly recommended Would definitely use this company again Fabulous thank you
Ceiling fan installation – From quote to finished job great service great job and friendly staff. Installation was quick an efficient and cleaned up after. Would highly recommend and definitely use their service again.
Problems resolved without issue – After a bumpy start with a high quote from their non refundable quote option of $79. The pricing was also sorted out the work was done on time and well organised. Thanks for your help.
Excellent service – Excellent service, prompt, efficient and reliable. Faulty light switch was replaced and Todd the electrician was very helpful. Highly recommended for any electrical work. Thank you very much and happy New Year!
Taken advantage of!! – I was charged $757 plus GST to have a minimal number of leaves removed from my gutters. I have a very small single level home on a flat block where this job took one person no more than 30 minutes to complete. A bucket (which I provided as they didn’t have one) was used and a persons bare hands with a ladder. After the poor service was performed,… Read more
I realised I had been overcharged for the service performed and raised a complaint with Omega. I emailed twice and never heard back from one of the managers. I am appalled by this lack of service or customer care. I will never use Omega again and will tell everyone I know to not use them.
Adequate work, very expensive – Echoing other comments - Get a couple of quotes first before accepting as (it appears to me) their pricing model is to charge way above the usual rates which will most definitely work on folks who aren't informed. The work i requested was adequately complete however was not considered 'highly' specialized (general service), did not use any… Read more
special materials other than a filter replacement and our unit was actually noted as very clean so the tech stayed for barely over an 1hr and charged $600 - At that price you better re-clean my already clean aircon or adjust your quotation afterwards.
Prompt efficient service – The tradesmen arrived on time, provided good advice to solve my problem, and a full quote for the work required. They then did the work required, and cleaned up afterwards
Saved our central heating – Prompt service. They diagnosed the problem, ordered parts and returned to fix it. They had to come back as another part needed replacing. The parts came in quickly and they returned to completed job. Unfortunately needed them again 9 months later and was told that department had closed and they couldn’t help me. So I lost my guarantee on previous job and had to look for a new company to fix the same problem.
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Very expensive and overcharged and a ripped off – Very expensive plumber, i was overcharged for the job that was quite easy and the man that was speaking on the phone told i have to compare omega plumber services with mercedes benz services and quality when its actually doesnt come close at all. I had ten years warranty workmanship on the job that has been done at my house and they litterally… Read more
sent it to my email and guess what happened, on their website it actually says lifetime warranty on their workmanship so they were acctually fooling me. So be extremely carefull guys with this company, they can overcharge you with very expensive quote and with very dodgy warranty!!!
Very expensive – Was first quoted nearly $800 to fix a leak below a sink, when I complained and said it was too expensive, they lowered the price to $500. I still thought it was too expensive but ended up paying. A bit disappointed by this experience, felt like they were purposely trying to rip me off. Should have read the reviews.
Great service – My first time I use Omega Electrican Joseph was very professional and I would definitely use Omega again. Joseph was lovely and very very helpful. Thanks for the help Joseph
Expensive but high quality outcome – The service team was incredibly polite and really cared about what they were doing. The job was very well done. Bailey was a pleasure to have on the job. The cost was very high though, so be prepared!
Buyer Beware! They were on A Current Affair for unfair pricing – As posted on Google: I hope this expensive lesson from me helps someone else. They were also on A Current Affair for exuberant pricing. I really should have read the reviews before I accepted the job. I had 3 taps that had to be replaced - very simple jobs which I should have done myself for nearly 1/8th of the total cost. One was for the laundry… Read more
tap which was replaced with an Arco ($98 on eBay), a kitchen mixer (which I provided) and a 3/4 tap for the garden ($15 @ Bunnings). This meant that the 1.5 hour job cost me $695 equating to around $325 per hour (excluding consumables). I really want to warn anyone else that even though the bloke was friendly, I can't say it's worth quadruple the price of a normal plumber. I would have been happy if they charged a 15% premium over others but needless to say, this will be the last time I will be using this service.
Very helpful – Josh arrived when he said he would fixed my problem and was very pleasant I would recommend him to everyone. He was professional and He completed the job in a timely manner. Show reply
Worth every cent – Joshua arrived on time, very professional, completed the work quickly with no fuss. A little expensive but worth it for the convenience, punctuality, reliability, guarantee etc. Happy to use Omega every time. Show reply
New rheem hot water system – The service was prompt, courteous and professional. The new system was delivered and installed the following day and we are very happy with the result as regards on site work and office contact, emails and phone advice. Would be happy to recommend to others. There are probably cheaper options available but our belief is that you get what you pay for. Show details · 1
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