The dreaded no cold air coming out of the AC happened in July. Called up our home warranty and we were referred to Marina. They called right away to schedule an appointment a day later. Oleg showed up on time and was able to fix the problem within an hour. I too had read previous reviews and was a little anxious but Oleg saved the day and the AC is back on! Thank you!!!! read more

If your home warranty assigns them or Dunn Rite, avoid and ask for another group. They are colluding with the home warranty company. Came out when our AC started leaking water. Spent less than five minutes at the house. Comes out of the attic and says we have a crack in the casing, and we need an entire new unit. Okay, cool, let's get it replaced. Nope! They made up some false story about someone glueing a part back together! Totally false, it was normal wear and tear. We will be reporting them to the state board. read more

This company is awful and a complete scam. avoid at all costs. They misdiagnosed my issue and told me I needed refrigerant and potentially a new hvac. Turns out I just had to replace the filter, which I learned from a company with good reviews. beware! read more

Use a different company! Do not use this company, as this scoundrel was assigned by Fidelity Home Warranty. He damaged (fact) our condensor and reported this as being due to animal urine. Absolutely mind boggling how Fidelity Home Warranty continued to do business with an inept tech and his company. read more

Avoid this company if your home warranty assigns them. Don't waste money on the dispatch fee, it's a scam. The technician had no clue what he was doing, spent over an hour on the phone, and barely spoke English, so he didn't even understand the issue. After nearly 2 hours, his only conclusion was that my system was "weird" and something he had never seen before. I called a local company instead, and they serviced the unit in just 15 minutes. Their technician laughed at the idea that my system was "weird" : it's a perfectly good unit that only needed a minor service. Save yourself the frustration and call a reputable local company. Those 5 stars review must be bought or from their own company. Avoid at all cost read more

Worked with Oleg and he was very nice and responsive. Was able to provide clarity on questions I was asking and was very helpful. They performed an ac tuneup and was very thorough with their inspection. Overall would definitely work with them again! read more

compressor wasn't turning. AC wasn't cooling. called and scheduled in 2 days. technician quickly determined the compressor start capacitor to be faulty, short fuse and need replace. also gave us tips to maintain it so it wont work as hard. 2nd time we use this company read more

On July 1st we opened the job request as the upstairs air conditioner was not working. THey sent out a technician and he informed me that he had to clean the unit before he could work on it and told me it would be $250 extra. He went into the attic and then charged the unit in the back yard with freon and left as he thought it would be a quick fix. He did not test to see if it was working. We called the company to come back out and this time when he went into the attic, he took pictures and said the whole unit needed to be replaced. We have a home warranty policy and he said we would have to pay $2,000 more than what the insurance would cover. I had to keep calling the company as they did not call me with any updates. They finally called me on September 5th to say that they had the unit and could not install until September 15.th as they did not have any open dates. I am 77 years old and there was no consideration of my not having air for 2.5 months when it was really hot. No apologies were ever made for the wait. On Sept 15th two men came out to install the unit in the back yard and in the attic. They left at 4 pm and said they would be back the next day to finish, but not at 8 am. They would return after 5 pm. The next day the company called to say they could not come on the 16th to finish and would be back after 5 pm on the 17th. I complained again. Then during the day I received a text thanking me for my business and asking for a review. I wrote back the YES, I would write a review and then they called me to say they could come out that night after 5 to finish the job. They came out at 7 pm and left at 7 45 pm and now I have working air conditioning again. Since you have a choice as to who to do business with, I highly recommend that you consider choosing another company that understands customer service and senior citizens. Maybe if the technician got it right the first time he came out, I might not have had to wait two months, being July and August. read more

Our Home Warranty company chose another HVAC company that couldn't even come for diagnosis for ten days. I complained to them yesterday (07/30/2024) and they then selected Marina. Marina's rep called within one hour and said they could be here today (07/31). At 08:00, Sam arrived and quickly determined the compressor start capacitor to be faulty. Sam was personable, professional and gone in 20 minutes blessing us with a working AC system. Five stars is not enough. Also, a shout-out to Ashley at Fidelity for making this change for us. If I knew where she lived, I'd go detail her car for her. read more

Oleg was the best. I have American homeshield and read some really bad reviews about using this company. I even tried to call and ask for a new co.and to my surprise they were very professional and fixed my prob in Less then 20 minutes . Oleg tuned up my aging air conditioner and topped off the coolant. It's now running better then ever and the house getting cooler faster. I guess don't always just go off the reviews because someone else's experience doesn't have to be yours. I would recommend them again and again. read more

horrible experience. he came to fix air condition . fan was not rotating on condenser unit. he needed to test and change capacitor, instead he was trying to steal my freon . I was standing right behind watching him. when he saw me watching he left that he cannot fix it . other co came changed capacitor and wallah conditioner working it took him only fifteen minutes . read more

Would not recommend them , very disappointed with there service had to tell the technician to correct a few thing before he left or else wires would of been exposed and shorted out my system read more

Crooks. I have a service contract that referred me to this business. On the service contract it stated I needed a water heater repair. When the receptionist called me to set up an appt I specifically said that my supply water heater is not heating and you guys seem like an AC company the guy was pushy and reassured me that they could repair my water heater. I waited 3 days with no hot water for an appt all for them to come out and say that they don't do water heaters. On top of that they lied on the request order and charged the service to "forced air heating" and fraudulently billed my contract. Now I owe a service call fee and who knows what they billed my contract. Completely fraudulent business. read more

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This company is a total scam company. My home warranty company sent them out, as others have stated they purposefully look for things that the home warranty won't cover and write up the estimate as such. Terrible unethical company, as several other reviews have pointed out. read more

When my Home Warranty company assigned Marina to service my 4 ton AC unit I was apprehensive due to some bad reviews . I was pleasantly surprised that a technician was assigned within 24 hours and doubly impressed when Alex quickly diagnosed the issue ( low refrigerant) , topped off the reservoir , tested the AC's temperature output and was gone within 30 minutes. Now that's what I call efficiency. Do bad service calls happen? Of course they do, life is not perfect. But if one treats the technician as a fellow human being then you can be sure that he'll do the best he can to resolve your issue. Thank you Alex. read more

Tech showed up on time. Fixed the issue in a timely manner, and haven't had problems since.

Our system was making some clunking noises whenever it shut off and it also had reduced flow. The technician came. Took photos of the unit and said it was fine. I said let me turn on and off the AC and you can hear the issue and he said no. It's fine. You can write down the issue on the assessment sheet and your home warranty can look at it. He refused to fix the issue. When he left the sound was even worse. I called the home warranty and complained and they sent me another company. Platinum Repair Incorporated. He came. Went to the attic and took a look. Said it looks like someone loosened the screw. He was up there for 15-30 minutes. Came back. All fixed. He checked the air flow before and after and showed me the increased flow as well. This first company was trying a scam for additional calls or something ! read more

Our central a/c wasn't blowing out cool air. The unit would come on but I noticed the thermostat temperature wasn't going down and it felt like regular air was coming out, no cool air. The next day the a/c motor wouldn't come on. I made a claim through our hone warranty company and they sent out Marina. Our appt was a few days later between 8am-12pm. Sam showed up at 7:45am. It was awesome that we were the first on his list and that he was early! He was very friendly and immediately jumped into assessing what the issue was with the unit. He spent about less than 20 minutes on the patio working on the unit and he got it to turn on and,, after replacing a part, the cool air started coming out again. Sam explained what he did and showed us the part he replaced (I can't remember the name of it). This made a great start to the weekend. Plus, after 5 days with no a/c, we were so relieved. We were very pleased with this company and especially with Sam. It was a nice experience and we have zero complaints. read more

Home warranty chose this contractor to service my furnace issue. The technician arrive and perform very little inspection on the actual issue. He omit key details from the report file to warranty service and conclude that the root cause to be something else which is conveniently not covered by the warranty service. Other contractors that I hired doesn't agree with this result but due to his inaccurate report, warranty will denies my claim. The technician admitted that he has no expertise on the brand of the furnace that I have but the company still send him to service my appointment. read more

If you get this company through your home warranty.. RUN. Alex came to our house and couldn't fix the problem so they said it was an electrical issue so that they would not have to deal with it. I live with an electrician and nothing is wrong with electrical. I also reached out to other HVAC companies and all of them are stating that it is an air conditioning issue with the flow. I now have to pay another deposit to get an electrician to come out here just to say there is nothing wrong to satisfy home warranty. Just to get another HVAC company to our house. Alex spoke another language the whole time and did not fix anything. Also very rude. 0/10 through marina hvac and Alex. read more

We had a home warranty purchased by the seller, which included an HVAC tune-up. Each service under the warranty required an $85 copay. We contacted the home warranty company to request the HVAC tune-up and paid the $85 fee. A technician from Marina Heating and Air Conditioning came to our home. He briefly inspected the thermostat and checked the air filter, then advised us to purchase and replace it ourselves. Next, he went to the HVAC unit with a multimeter and claimed he was verifying that the AC unit was functioning properly (which we already knew). Essentially, all he did was test the electrical connections and check the freon level. He didn't perform any actual maintenance or cleaning--just confirmed that the unit was operational. We asked him to perform the tune-up on the heating unit (furnace) as well, but he refused. Despite our insistence that the home warranty covered tune-ups for both the heating and air conditioning systems, he contacted his manager and continued to refuse, speaking with a heavy Russian accent. Later, we found out that Home Depot offers tune-ups for both the AC and heating unit for just $65. In the end, we paid for the home warranty, and an additional $85, only to be told that our AC unit was working--something we already knew! The service was terrible, and the technician was extremely rude. He only inspected half of the HVAC system and even insisted on taking a different path to the unit than the one we suggested, as if he was in charge of our home. The whole experience felt like a complete rip-off. They didn't even replace the air filter, just told us to do it ourselves. We will never use Marina Heating and Air Conditioning again for our HVAC needs. Their service was unprofessional and thoroughly disappointing. read more

My AC doesn't blow cold air recently and I checked thermostat settings and changed air filters, but no luck. I felt lucky that I have home warranty (First American, FA) and my contract seemingly comprehensively covers AC repair. I then submitted a service request through FA by paying $85 service fee. FA then assigned this company for my AC repair and I checked them over the Internet and read many negative reviews. I believed that it will not be the case for me, but unfortunately, it was. The company reached out to me very promptly (I liked it since broken AC is pain during the summer) and the technician arrived on time. I asked him the issue, and he tried to fix (or do something) on the outdoor AC unit (he didn't check inside at all). I knew that this outdoor unit makes loud noise when AC is on, and I shared this information with the technician. After few minutes later, I politely asked him, "what's going on?", and he said, "bad". He then asked me how many thermostats I have and I answered *two*. After that, He said he will submit a report to FA and they will reach out to me about the next step. No updates for the next few days, and I called FA. I realized that the technician's report states that he couldn't figure out any mechanical issues and the root cause was probably because I have *zone-control* AC system, which is *not covered* by my home warranty contract. I have no knowledge of AC system, so I might be wrong, but I guess the issue is not about zone-control, but some AC components making cold air. Yes, I have two thermostats (considered zone-control), but I can fully control air flow for two zones without issues. I just don't get cold air. Even if this was incorrect, I think the technician should give me explanations after correctly inspecting the issue. In this way, I can decide how to repair my AC and I'm willing to pay $85 for this. But, I did not get that. Now, I'm asking FA to cancel my service request and refund the service request fee. I think FA (or other home warranty companies) should listen to what their customers say about this company. It is hard to believe the following FA's statement is true: We will send a local technician from our network of thousands of independent service providers who are pre-screened and monitored for performance through customer satisfaction surveys. read more

I had an appointment with this company through my home warranty. I needed my air conditioner inspected. I had it inspected by two other companies and they said that I needed a whole new system. Sam from Marina came in to inspect the unit, went on the roof and located the unit. All the other companies told me that my unit was in a place it wasn't, pretended to inspect it and told me I needed a whole new system. Sam informed me that they were looking at the water heaters on the roof. Sam went to a higher part of the roof and located the unit for my Condo. In less than 15 minutes Sam had the system running cold. I am in shock at how wonderfully professional and dedicated to his work Sam is. I will always ask for Sam when I need to use Marina heating ventilation air conditioning. read more

Don't believe the bad reviews. I've contact 3 different HVAC companies about my issue and the guys at Marina were the only ones who gave me a honest answer with an honest quote. Alex, the technician, was dilligent in his work and a friendly face to match. Would 100% recommend these guys for your AC and Heating needs! read more

Setting up the service was surprisingly easy. After setting up a date and time I received a telephone call within minutes, despite it being a Sunday at the time. He called ahead when he was on his way and completed the service in a timely and professional manner. His quote for service was very reasonable. I would call him for future service absolutely! read more

**Home owners and home warranty owners beware** Absolute horrid. 1. The tech barely spoke English 2. Within 5 min of arrival, he took literally 2 minutes to glanced at AC unit, then proceeded to ask for the trade call fee without any explanation of what's going on. Yes, even when I asked multiple times and met with silence. 3. After agitated requests, the technician, alex, finally says "talk to your home warranty". Extremely unprofessional and sketchy. Even if you're conducting business outside of your home warranty. Blacklist this service provider to prevent future time wasted. read more

Worse experience. They just want to collect $89 for visit and do nothing. They were scheduled to come after collecting $89, showed up and decided to fix the non working AC by changing filter!! They were called again after unresolved issue to show up and say "we can't fix it". Avoid this incompetent contractor. read more

I see the negative reviews on Yelp but our interaction with Marina Heating and Air was a positive experience. Nick was very responsive. The repairs were done quickly. It was especially nice that the workers wore booties inside our home. The workers cleaned up and made the area seem cleaner than before they arrived. The AC works great now. Could not be happier. read more

Marina was sent out by our home warranty company to fix a heater that wasn't blowing hot air. Company responded within 24hr to set an appt, but service day was about a week after(less 1 star). Had a 1pm-5pm window on day of service. The tech, TIm, came around 2:30pm. Had adequate text alerts when he was on his way. He quickly diagnosed the problem and installed a replacement part he had on his truck. Satisfied with this service call. read more

Like many other people have already said, 0 stars should be given to this company. Unfortunately, it seems like many people are sent Marina Heating by their home warranty, which was the same in my case (Fidelity National Home Warranty, which is also garbage). Avoid this company at all cost, and if your home warranty sends them, tell them to send someone else because they will either 1) break your stuff or 2 (if youre lucky) not fix the issue. Their number is 855-354-1793, in case you see this pop up. Read below if you have a minute and want to laugh at my expense! First run-in with Marina: Fidelity sent out Alex from Marina March of 2021 to come take a look at why my AC would sometimes pump cold air, and other times not. Alex determined that the Freon was low, and decided to pump so more, and that was it. Again, the unit would work here and there, and sometimes it wouldn't. I didn't use my AC too much, but this past week with it being very hot, my AC was not working. I had already cancelled my home warranty because they kept sending garbage companies to come out and basically deny my claim. So I called a reputable technician to come out and take a look at my system and wouldn't you know, my system has been overpressurized, causing the compressor to fail. I tried to get in contact with Marina in hopes that they would have a decent warranty (I know, I should have known better!) to come fix the problem they created. Low and behold, their warranty is only good for 30 days! Many other actual reputable companies will do at least a year, if not lifetime. So they said they can send a technician out to take a look for $65 dollar, which of course I would never actually pay to get their garbage technicians to come "service" my HVAC. Second run-in with Marina: I was getting ceiling lights installed in my house back in August of 2021, when the workers mentioned that there was cold air blowing out of my ceiling, indicating a vent/duct leak. I called Fidelity National Home Warranty to get a technician to come take a look. To my luck, they sent out Alex from Marina again! Alex came to my house around 7:30am, put his hand by the ceiling and said that's normal for there to be cold air...Mind you, when the workers were putting up my lights, it was a 90* day, meaning the attic must be in the 100s. Alex did ask to go see my furnace...WHICH WAS NOT EVEN ON THE SAME LEVEL AS WHERE THE AIR WAS LEAKING FROM! He proceeds to say that everything is normal and leaves. Obviously suspicious, I called 3 other companies that are actually reputable and know what they are doing, and all of them said they would have gotten up into the attic to verify. So my lady insisted on going up into the attic, since she's smaller and loves working with her hands, and find a duct, near where the leak was, completely disconnected from the vent, which was definitely NOT "normal". In summary, Marina Heating is HOT garbage and should definitely be revoked their license because they have no idea what they are doing, and should be dropped from home warranties. read more

No, I do not recommend them. Uncommunicative! Was supposed to give me a service call, didn't show up, and didn't call!

I will add my bad review to the pile of bad reviews stacked up regarding home warranty repair through Fidelity. Long story short, this company doesn't want to work, they want to collect the service charge and leave. Tim came to my house and brought his crappy attitude. I crawled under the house with him to show him the issue, he asked me why don't I get some tape and fix it myself. Horrible business model and customer service. I told him to leave and called my rep at fidelity, and they are making sure no more referrals will go to them for warranty repairs. I would never do business with this company and recommend you don't either. Luckily they don't want to work, they just want to steal your money, so don't even bother calling them. I had a REAL hvac service tech come out and when I told him what happened he was disgusted and did my job for no charge. The whole job took 40 minutes and he did a great job making marina hvac look even worse. STAY AWAY FROM MARINA!! They don't even deserve one star. read more

Marina Heating And Air Conditioning - Tim showing up to steal my money. - Heating & Air Conditioning/HVAC Near Me - Irvine, California

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I had an employee named Alex come out to the condo and he was hard to understand, seemed irritated and frustrated with simple questions and seemed quite rushed. read more

Oleg was very pleasant. He came on time and serviced our thermostat and unit outside. We had issues in the past with our thermostat not working properly. He took his time testing everything and made sure everything was in working order. I have no complaints! read more

Had the AC go out in a heat wave. Our warranty company sent these guys out. The tech that checked out our unit was not unprofessional, but severely lacked in communication skills. When asked what the issue was, he said it was broken. No kidding right? When specific questions were asked regarding the issue his answer was "oh you don't need to know that right now." A one str review would be unfair because they did show up on time. read more

They are hard to communicate with and uncooperative. I went though my home warranty company and it took a week to repair my heater even though the part was available with 30 minute of my house. No heater for a week in November waiting for a 60 minute repair. read more

If I could rate zero stars, I would. They were sent to us via our home warranty service to fix our HVAC that wasn't pushing out cool air anymore. The guy arrived in the scheduled time window and asked what was wrong. I explained that it was just blasting room temperature air at us. He looked at the unit for about a minute and replaced the capacitor, then told me it was fixed. I wanted to turn it on and test it out, but he said it should be fine, handed me paperwork and ran off. Sure enough, not fixed. I scheduled another visit. Same guy came back out and said it's probably our air filters and suggested they get changed out. His reasoning was that if they are clogged, that would prevent the AC from cooling. I would agree, except clogged filters would restrict air flow. The problem wasn't that it wasn't pushing any air, the problem is that the air it was pushing out wasn't cold. He insisted that was the problem however and kept ranting on about how the AC was still pretty new as if new things can't break down. In any event, he couldn't be bothered to look at the unit for more than a couple minutes. I also wanted to remove the filters (which would remove what he insisted was the problem) and turn on the AC so he could feel/see for himself, but he was adamant that he's done. I was removing the filters and asked my wife to talk to him as I was doing so, but he seemed disinterested in talking to my wife and insisted he talk to me instead. Not sure why he couldn't just speak to my wife while I was attempting to fix the problem. She did get misogynistic vibes from him. All that being said, problem was never fixed. He left in a hurry. All these exchanges took maybe 20 minutes tops. Your home warranty service sends this company to you because they don't fix the problem and therefore don't need to pay for anything. Save yourself the headache and go with another company. And if you aren't going through home insurance, absolutely skip this company. You'll pay for them to come out and not fix anything. read more

Was referred by our home warranty First American. Sam was our technician. Very professional, friendly, clean, efficient. Manager was also very responsive with our questions/concerns. Great company, would definitely recommend and call again for future services. Thanks Sam! read more

I would have given Marina Heating and Air Conditioning 0 stars if I could. He came out from Home Warranty of America and decided he could not reach my AC condenser on the second floor. He claimed he couldn't service this even though I read other reviews and they replaced an AC unit on the rooftop of another client for a different home warranty company. He then took my $60 fee for coming out based on HWA I believe. As I don't understand walking from his car to my place and charged me a fee for not doing anything. I would not trust these guys, find someone else who can do AC and not charge to do a consultation for the AC repair. Or atleast someone to look at it and not say hey, where's your credit card, I need money for coming to my place for a minute and saying he cannot do anything with it. read more

If you get this company through your home warranty... GOOD LUCK! They won't do anything to satisfy the home warranty. They are just relying on the $90 Copay. Its all a setup... read more