Tioga Opportunities, Inc. - Owego (NY)

1 /5 Laura Candrell: Ripped off a family friend. The maintenance supervisor had a car towed off the property in Owego due to expired registration. (family member was in rehab due to illness) cost the family over $400 to get the car back. Would have cost less than 100 if towed local. So much for using local for towing. Kickback maybe? A little investigating and all came to light. The maintenance supervisor also seems to have an in with his family members winning the bids for all the contracted maintenance work. Cousins doing the rehab on the buildings and concrete work. Friends doing landscaping and flooring. Something doesnt play right when friends and family always win the bids. The staff under him complain to higher ups and nothing seems to be done. Unfair practices when refunding rental deposits. No clear policies. Charges by maintenance that are exaggerated to tenants in government funded buildings. Favoritism and underhanded practices that should be investigated. Good employees run off when they question the practices of the higher ups. Female employees treated badly by maintenance supervisor and nothing done about it. The list goes on and on.

2 /5 W2HTLCA: A well-meaning organization with good people apparently too understaffed to support and fulfill the need for some services in the County as evidenced by waiting over a year for an evaluation for services that has not happened, with only a single letter of explanation months ago after several status inquiries.

1 /5 Laura Reif: Extremely unhelpful- I have called here several times with questions and requests for information. I was given every excuse why they were unable to help me or give me an in person appointment. I finally called a different county and was given everything I needed right over the phone.

5 /5 Kelly Finan: Mike S. and his team installed a radon system in my boyfriends house. Couldnt have asked for a nicer group of guys. They did a great job and the home is safe now. They were the most affordable quote that we got and the system came with a solid contract and a great warranty. Mike has an encyclopedic knowledge of radon. Make him your first call. Thanks so much, Mike!

1 /5 Lizz Marcello: The home improvement side of this company is less than a star. Weatherization needs to be investigated for lying, cutting corners, and stealing government funds people were approved for. Within the application you can suggest important things that need attention and are a safety concern. I wrote, septic, gutters, porches, insulation, support beams and other things. When I got the call from Sheila to meet up, she was 15 mins earlier than scheduled. She said she walked around and immediately stated the roof needs replacing. Which it did NOT. Sheila insisted that a good roof makes the house stand longer etc etc but failed to even look at our support beams sagging underneath the house. Our back porch on the second story has no rails. They rotted off. She claimed because the door has a lock on it, it’s not important. I have a young child that knows how to open doors. She was worried about handrails on the stairs inside. The stairway is so narrow and an L. NO NEED FOR USLESS HANDRAILS EITHER YOU END UP HURTING YOURSELF ON THEM! I kept asking her how much were we approved and she refused to answer me only explaining to me that because of inflation, this is what you’re gonna get. Hunter cleaned out old furnace and NEVER put the exhaust pipe back up to the chimney. He said there was a crack in the base of it and it needed attention. WELLL the wonderful carbon monoxide detectors that they drilled holes in my walls never went off from the furnace running and exhausting into my house!!! THEN! My one bathroom downstairs was “insulated” by these thieves!! I ended up having to tear the entire room down because the floor started rooting from water. I assumed maybe the tub was not keeping all the water inside from splashing… Come to find out the porch on our second floor (THAT I MENTIONED ABOVE) was not draining rain water properly and came completely inside to the bathroom. Shawn and I had to replace our floor and tear the “walls” down. The insulation this company put in did NOT even measure a foot on frame behind the wall. Our furnace less than six months later died and we had to REAPPLY for them to replace that and the oil tank because that failed! (They didn’t bother checking actually safety issues) so last year now, they replaced our furnace and oil tank. Our furnace WILL NOT PASS 65!!!!! AND OUR OIL TANK IS LEAKING IN OUR BASEMENT! Shawn called this company and mentioned concerns. The receptionist STATED THIS COMPANY DOES NOT DO FURNACES OR OIL TANKS!!!! They hire a company that will! BUT THEY DIDN’T for us!!!! My house is colder than it was before these jerks came in here and ruined stuff. I’m really angry with these people. I’m glad Mike is no longer with the company but he needs to be investigated as well as Shiela. I know this post is long but I really hope it gets a lot of attention. THE PINK INSULATION IS WHAT WE PUT IN!!!! Their stuff is nasty glass/ripped up brown/green above.