He claims on Yelp to be "fully licensed," yet, looking up the name of his company, as well as the…read morename Brandon Retlik on the State Contractors Licensing Board website, I can't seem to find a license for him or his company. I don't see any actual license number on his advertising either, which appears to be required, if one is actually "licensed." The possible lack of contractors license makes sense now though, as he took over $1200 from us up front to perform a $2400 job, charging us 50% of the cost of the entire job up front, but we now know after talking to our friend, who is also an attorney, that this is illegal in California (violation of B&P 7159.5-a Misdemeanor). Regardless, even if he is actually licensed, and is taking more than 10% of the cost of the job up-front, knowing he can't legally do such, makes his conduct really shady. After taking our $1200 up front and scheduling to install our permanent lights, he no-showed several times to our confirmed appts, always full of excuses when we reached out to him to find out why he no-showed (many other reviewers here talk about no-shows with him as well). Excuses consisted of, "I got asked to help at the Clovis parade" and "I'm in Riverdale on job," when he was scheduled to be on our job instead. Yet, he never reached out to tell us he couldn't make the appt or to reschedule, he'd just no-show and we'd have to follow-up with him to find out what happened. After several rounds of that, we had to eventually hire someone else to complete the actual work we paid Brandon to do. Brandon initially agreed to refund us the money, due to his repetitive and complete failure to perform any of the work as agreed. He initially stated he would reverse the $1200 debit card charge. Of course, like all his other lies, he never reversed the charges. After confronting him on such, he then agreed to drop a check off to us for $1200 instead, which he again never followed through with after making several commitments to do so (we have all the texts proving such). Now, he's just flat-out non-responsive to any calls or texts we make to him, so, we figured it was time for a review so others know exactly how this guy treated us and can make an informed decision when considering hiring him for any work. Apparently he thinks we're just going to allow him to literally steal $1200 from us, which if other reviews are true, he's done similar things to other Yelp reviewers as well. Unfortunately, due to his now complete non-responsiveness and total failure to return our $1200, it looks like our only recourse left per the attorney we know, is to go the route of filing an official complaint with the CA Contractor Licensing Board next week, as well as filing a civil legal claim (Letter of Demand already sent). Based upon prior reviews, given the fact, he has apparently taken other people's money as well and then not performed the work for up front payments, would seem to potentially establish a pattern of deception by: 1. Charging more up front than the law allows (50% vs a max of 10%); and 2. taking money from consumers and then not performing the work. So, we're going to meet with law enforcement as well to see if anything else can be done about him taking our money and running with it. Luckily, we have EVERYTHING well documented very clearly in writing with him, so, proving all of the above legally in court and with the CSLB, will not be difficult whatsoever. The takeaway: based upon our experience with this guy taking our money up front and then vanishing, we clearly don't recommend his services, but, hopefully the wheels of justice will catch up with him, as it appears he's taken advantage of other people as well based upon other online reviews, as well as an unanswered BBB complaint from 2023 (easy to view online). We clearly aren't the first victim he's taken money from and then disappeared. Wish we would have read all the Yelp reviews first, as well as the BBB complaint, prior to hiring him. Lesson learned the hard way on this one!

Valley Solar Cleaning is completely untrustworthy, basically A FULL SCAM. Someone I know hired him…read moreand paid a deposit for his services and he completely ignored them. He repeatedly missed appointments, gave excuses to reschedule, never followed through, and then promised a refund that he never gave back. The proceeded to claim he issued the refund and ignored all further efforts of communication. Do not hire him under any circumstances. He is unreliable and bottom line a straight up THIEF!

They had a flat rate for 2 story regardless of how many panels you have. We have 41 panels and…read moreGlobal was by far the cheapest. They took before and after photos to show their work. Great job!

I had the cleaning of my 16 panels yesterday by Global-Solar Panel Cleaning. Called them at 9AM and…read morethey came by noon. Here are the improvements from Sunday to today. Sunday 27.54 kWh Monday 31.56 kWh (half day dirty/ half day cleaned Tuesday 34.34 full day cleaned. Need I say more.

Dallas was quick to give me an estimate and quick to do our roof cleaning! He sent detailed photos…read moreand was on top of communication! Awesome job. Would hire again.

Set up a very specific appointment, move my schedule around so we can be home but no call no show.read more

Call Joaquin for your full service solar needs. He recently installed an EcoFlow Delta Pro 3 along…read morewith 4 200watt panels to provide constant electricity for a 240v mini-split and a 110v refrigerator in my enclosed patio. While I'm still experimenting a bit, it's currently set up to run off the solar powered battery daily from sunrise to midnight and 110v ac from midnight until 6 am. Plenty of power available with a nice backup power in case of blackout (like we recently had. The system was installed very professionally and it works great. Joaquin was super to work with and his prices are competitive. I will be calling him back when it's time for expansion, and panel cleaning. He's a great resource.

Joaquin is very professional. He works around my schedule and arrives on time. He also does an…read moreexcellent job.

Jesse, was on time and did an excellent Job! I would refer him to anyone who needs there solar…read morepanels cleaned as well as putting screen all around solar panels to protect from pigeons pooping and building nests under the panels. Also Jesse put spikes where pigeons like to sit on the roof and leave there droppings, Very dependable and friendly....great job Thank you

Amazing... from the excellent customer service to professional and personable work. Jesse was…read morefantastic. I enjoyed talking a little football with him too. Don't forget to ask for first responders & military discount. Clean panels are working so much better. I'm very happy. Geaux Saints!!!!

Very professional young man did an amazing job on our windows and gutters. Owner was very…read moreresponsive to chat on yelp making the process quick and easy! Will recommend to everyone!

Great service. Arrived on time and completed the work. Excellent and exceptional customer care!…read moreHighly recommend. Will use again.

Windows looked great! They were able to come out to Friant with very short notice even. Would…read moredefinitely recommend to anyone needing windows cleaned.

Great service!!! The two young men that did the job were professional, friendly, very detail…read moreoriented and diligent. I will definitely hire this company again. Windows and screens look super clean and amazing. I definitely recommend this company.

I saw this start up company in Selma on instagram. I saw they had an 10% off deal for 25 panels and…read moreup. I have 43! Thkight that was a good deal and decided to try them out. They gave me a quote quickly, and where out first thing In the morning the next day. They did an AMAZING job! I live in the country with a lot of farm vehicles and trucks that make my panels so dusty. They got them sparking clean, and I checked the energy levels on the App and they were already 15% higher than yesterday. They are punctual, professional, fast, and thorough! They also do windows and gutters. I will def be booking with them again!

From the owner: Hello, We are Central Valley SWAG- We clean solar, windows, and gutters. Msg me for a free quote…read moreask for Sam or Blas. Avoid a true up bill, by getting ur panels cleaned. This will increase your clean energy production. Resulting in a lower or no true up bill at all.