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    I worked with Ailey to have 18 panels installed for my home in Andersonville. They were responsive and knowledgeable about the process and handled every aspect of working with Comed, City of Chicago, and all the third parties needed to get panels successfully installed. The thing I appreciated most about Ailey was everything was under one company without the risk of sub-contractors not knowing how to properly install or services the solar system. Their sales team was very helpful to explain how much energy each system and panel type would generate. They answered all of my questions professionally. I will commend them for having great customer service as well. I had an inverter which was defective upon installation. They handled the replacement quickly and kept me informed throughout the replacement process with great communication. I would highly recommend Ailey if you're considering solar in the Chicago area.

    The team did a great job working with us from start to finish. We had a lot of questions that Tony patiently answered. He was always available to quickly respond to anything we did not understand whether by voice, text or email. He provided his proposal quickly and made changes immediately until we were satisfied and then explained the financing options clearly. We decided to go with the financing even though we will pay off the system right away due to timing and zero interest if you pay it off within a certain period. In the end we went with 23 of the 410 watt Jinko panels which will provide approximately 9000 KwH per year. They sit on a west facing roof. (Your mileage will vary due to which direction your roof faces and shading from nearby trees.) We signed the contract in August 2022 and went out of town for 2 weeks in September. When we got back Ailey scheduled us for early October. (This is a bit faster than normal as they had two other customers ahead of us that could not go that week.) The install itself went great. Eric did a through analysis beforehand and mapped out the system clearly for the crew. They had 5 guys here for 3 days and all of them were aces. Very polite and professional they really knew their business. The electrician Joe, takes pride in his work and and it shows. His install was clean and it looks great too. Crew Leader Matt was clear answering questions and setting expectations. I was comfortable enough with all of them that I left them on their own for 4 or 5 hours on days 1 and 2. Along the way they noticed that our 150 year old house was not grounded properly so they pounded in two, eight foot grounding rods and connected the system, and our house, to them for no extra charge! Like I said they know what they are doing. They scheduled the Barrington Village inspection quickly after the job was done making sure to check with us first on the timing. Eric came back to meet with the inspector and Matt returned to add some fire stop caulk (an inspector's go to when they can't find anything wrong - lol) and a couple stickers. They had a bit of trouble connecting the system to our internet due to the Eero system we have. Matt explained that there is a cellular kit most other solar installers use that would have worked flawlessly but it had a catch. It was free for the first five years then you had to pay monthly to continue to have access to the system. He solved the connectivity problem, saving us from an unexpected future bill explaining that they go the extra mile for their customers which pretty much sums up our experience with Ailey. Overall, going with Ailey for our solar system proved to be an excellent decision.

    Professional job that came in on time and at the quoted price. Quality union job that was the low bid against non-union (out of state?) contractors with state - of- art product. They knew all of the Chicago rules and codes. Highly recommend.

    PV installation on detached garage and south-facing back-half of home.

    I first engaged Ailey looking for a Tesla-certified company to install a 240V plug in my detached garage and found out that they primarily work on Solar PVs (Tesla left the word, "solar" out of their listing). I've always wanted to install PVs, so I interviewed several companies and landed back on Ailey. We spec'd the system to cover over 100% of our home electric usage including the Tesla charging. Getting a permit from the City of Chicago to install PVs on the detached garage took a ridiculously long time, but Dorian kept me in the loop along the way. Needless to say the work completed. I was pleased with their professionalism, accountability, transparency, patience, and flexibility to work around our requirements. Dorian, Jack, and the team were all very nice people, and I highly recommend them for anyone interested in Solar.

    My system is 25 SunPower panels.

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    I'm really happy with Ailey Solar and the install they did on my home summer 2018.

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