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Alewife received 24 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.
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254 Prospect St
Cambridge, MA
Phone: 617-864-2550
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Pann Home Services, Cambridge, MA
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William J Malcolm & Son, Cambridge, MA
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Winters Plumbing & Heating, Cambridge, MA
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P C Heating & Plumbing & Air Conditioning, Cambridge, MA
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Joseph P Barrell Plumbing, Cambridge, MA
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Alewife, Cambridge, MA
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Plumbers Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Plumbers.
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Subscriber from ANDOVER, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Excellent plumber, crew, and attention to customer service........
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Subscriber from DEDHAM, MA wrote about a local plumber:
I just had my first experience today with a Baker-Elman plumber and it was excellent...........
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Subscriber from NEWTON, MA wrote about a local plumber:
RP Holmes did an oil-to-gas heating conversion for me and installed a new indirect hot..........
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Subscriber from LEXINGTON, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Plumber arrived promptly and was able to fix the problem to my satisfaction........
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Subscriber from SHARON, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Great guys. prompt and reliable for two visits........
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Subscriber from BOXFORD, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Not gruff like your typical plumber, and they are good listeners - whether you know..........
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Subscriber from SOMERVILLE, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Performed well on two different service calls. Repair options were itemized with some choices about..........
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Subscriber from WEST ROXBURY, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Not cheap, but one of the best........
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Subscriber from WESTON, MA wrote about a local plumber:
We are very well pleased with this firm, very responsive and helpful, as well as..........
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Subscriber from WESTWOOD, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Excellent service. Prompt, fair, courteous, knowledgeable. Highly recommend these guys for all your plumbing needs........
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Subscriber from NEWTON, MA wrote about a local plumber:
Mr. Lee himself is very nice and very competent. One of his workers was not..........
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