Steven Stadterman Plumbing & Heating

I hired Steve on a fixed price of $750 to file my County plumbing permit and facilitate the inspections.  In addition, he would provide on site consulting services for $100/hour.  I performed the plumbing installation myself.  He came out on 2 occasions for consultations so I paid him a total of $950.  It took him over a week to schedule the rough in inspection.  I failed the rough in due to non-compliant fittings on my toilet lines that he specifically directed me to use during one of the consultations.  When I fixed the fittings and tried to schedule the follow up inspection, he went AWOL.  Steve refused to answer calls or text messages.  At one point I phoned him from a different line and he answered, said he was busy and hung up on me.  After nearly two weeks of this, I asked him what I needed to do get this done.  He responded:  $500 cash, or get someone else.  After contacting 5 other plumbers, I had no choice but to pay Steve and get the inspection done.  The County Plumbing office was of no help in resolving this issue.  I paid him a total of $1,450 for no more than 6 hours of work.  When I confronted him about our agreement, he said what agreement?.

It's December 26, 2017, the day after Christmas, and the temperature is 20F.  Our heating went out a few hours ago.  Steve came over at 7pm without complaint and fixed the problem immediately, expertly, and with good humor.  Thank you, Steven, you saved us from frostbite and misery.

Do not hire this man.  He will damage your property, lie about the work he will do, over charge you, and it will cost you thousands of dollars to fix the damage he will likely cause.  When we confronted him with the damage he became verbally abusive.  He also made derogatory sexually abusive comments towards the women present. He told us he was going to fix a sewer pipe and he damaged the foundation and used the wrong material and all the wrong fitting.  He lied about every thing that needed to be done and the work he did.  I REPEAT.. STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS MAN.  You will have to take hime to court.  He tried to charge us 6x what the job was worth and repeatedly and blatantly lied about it.  This is a conman and a complete liar.  Hire at your own risk.