Beverly Services came to check out a plumbing problem that was resulting in water leakage in our garage. The technician, who was very nice, gave us a quote that seemed quite high to fix the problem, so we decided to explore our options, since the leak was minor. However, while he was there, he had removed a cement seal on a sewage pipe in order to diagnose the problem. (This was done with a hammer and chisel, destroying the seal, so it could not be replaced). We realized later in the day that this resulted in a considerable amount of raw sewage backing up all over our garage floor every time we used the kitchen or bathroom.When we called late in the afternoon (as soon as we discovered the problem) to say it needed to be fixed, Beverly Services told us they wouldn't send someone out until the next day. I reiterated the urgency of the problem, and after a great deal of insistence on my part, they agreed to send someone out that night to try to temporarily fix the problem. Then the individual I was speaking to from the service department informed me that we would be charged for the visit.Beverly Services repeatedly refused to take responsibility for their actions, claiming that they did not create the problem, even though the problem was minor before they came and very major after they broke the seal. They said the seal could not be fixed and we would have to get all the work done as they had quoted it, at about $2,000. I insisted they replace the seal without a charge. We went back and forth for several minutes on this point, with the service person insisting that we would have to pay for a visit, even though we had already paid them $60, and all they had done was break a seal and cause a major sewage backup in our garage. After a great deal of arguing, the company finally agreed to send someone that evening at no charge, "as a courtesy." (Not because they broke it in the first place.)We called back a few moments later to see when he would be coming (because we needed to make a plan for the evening, since we could not use our bathroom or kitchen). We were told someone would call us back, but no one ever did. The technician arrived about 2 hours after the end of the phone call, which is perfectly reasonable, but in the meantime, we were left wondering, since no one from the company called us back.Again, the technician was very nice. And he placed a temporary fix on the pipe (we haven't tested it yet).After the technician left, we got message from the company claiming that they had "been trying to get in touch with" us, but they "kept getting voicemail." A quick inspection of the phone showed that we had no missed calls and no messages.The technician seemed professional, but this company's policies for how it treats its customers are anything but. Attempting to charge a customer for a problem that the company has caused is clearly unacceptable, and a long and unpleasant phone conversation should not be necessary to stop that from happening.