Winmar Vancouver

Wow, I was reading the review written by Victor F. and he hit the nail right on the head, no pun intended.
I had an accident with my home and unfortunately the insurance company sent these unprofessionals to clean-​up and do the repairs. At first, the people that arrived to clean-​up and remove the damaged items were very helpful, but actually getting the work completed or just a response to my requests in a timely manner was extremely frustrating for me. Not only did I get no responses to phone calls/​voicemails, but I also had «no shows» by them when we had arranged days/​times to meet to go over any items that still remained to be completed. This I found frustrating and only entertained as they were hired and paid by the insurance company. Furthermore, if they were hired and paid by me directly, I would have told them to never return to my house and to not expect full payment for the work completed. They gave me excuse after excuse for not completing the work. Then one day the insurance company emails me and asked me if I was satisfied with the work as they were going to pay the invoice and close the file… WHAT!!! The work still hadn’t been completed. So, as any normal person who’s patience had run dry, I freaked out at the insurance company. All of a sudden Winmar was at my door wanting to finish the job. However, the staff that arrived were always great, their work was good and they seemed knowledgable and genuine in wanting to help. They even told me how the Manager begged them to go to my site to finish the job (it was obvious that it was now a rush as the insurance company refused to pay the invoice, but they could care less whenever I made inquiries about when the job would be completed).
My advice, if your insurance company hires them then stay on top of it through the insurance company and not Winmar’s incompetent Managers. If you are paying for this yourself, here’s your warning: DO NOT HIRE WINMAR!!! Every negative review about them is completely true. You have been warned.

This may sound like sour grapes and in part I suppose it is. I worked for this company for a month and a half as a Carpenter and was absolutely appalled by the unprofessional atmosphere. I have worked in the construction industry as a Journeyman Carpenter for a little over 13 years and I can honestly say that this is by far the worst company I have ever seen. To be fair there are people working within Winmar who genuinely care but they are continuously handcuffed by the project managers lack of organization, knowledge and perhaps most telling, sense of empathy for clients who are already in a terrible situation. I honestly can’t begin to tell you how many times I went to a job to be confronted with a client who was already angry due to lack of communication, excessive delays, appalling workmanship or any other of a long list of well justified complaints.
If you decide dismiss my review as a disgruntled ex employee I can understand why but please read the other review (Kris T) and take it to heart, these guys are a nightmare and should be ashamed of themselves. When you work in insurance restoration you are dealing with people who have had something terrible happen to their home, your job is to put their minds at ease and get life back to normal not add fuel to the fire.