On Sunday Dec 26 2021 at 9pm my furnace broke. I googled 24 hour HVAC repair, I called Berkshire Heating, Hurley & David, Home Depot 24 hour service and finally got a call back from Reidys in Holyoke. They told me over the phone if they came out that night there's nothing they could do and diagnosed it over the phone. They said my system was from 1997 and even if they repaired it I'd need to replace it and was looking at $3000 - $7000 and hung up on me.
On Monday morning I got a call back from McNeill who said they were busy until Tuesday, Reidy was busy until Wednesday, I called several other large and small businesses, all answered by receptionists who had to call me back and rarely did. Finally, I found Caban's Heating.
Felix answered the phone directly at 10am. I explained my dilemma and asked when he was available, he told me he'd be at my house within an hour and would text when he was close. He arrived at 11am, he was kind, courteous, and when he diagnosed the issue I told him I knew the machine was old and needed to be replaced. He told me that, my machine was old but it was actually a high quality system and that there was no reason to replace it. He told me he knew the part it needed and was going to do his best to find it and would give me a quote when he did.
He called me back at 12:30 and said he found the part and for the part and installation it would cost $475. I said "LET'S DO IT!" He arrived, we spoke through the entire installation about life and he had the heat back on by 2pm. When other places said it was going to take days from first phone call to completion Felix diagnosed, found the part, and fixed it in 3 hours and charged me a FRACTION of what I was originally quoted. In fact I was so happy with the service I paid him $500.
Not only did I become a lifelong loyal customer of Felix and Caban's, I know I made a lifelong friend today. I was panicked beyond belief about this inconvenience but the moment I spoke to Felix I knew I was in good hands and I couldn't be happier. I would rate him 10 STARS if I could! read more