At this point, I don't feel comfortable referring Tesla Energy as a solar option.
The installation team was great. Your company's sales process and then service were not so much so.
First of all, my sales rep was not local, I didn't think it would matter, but I was wrong. I was surprised to learn that I had moss on my roof, which cost me over $2,000 to remove. I also had to dig up a small tree from the side of my house. An on-site visit in the early stages of the sales process would have gone a long way to my understanding of the total cost of the installation. I signed a $42,110 deal, and you can afford to do on-site visits.
My sales rep was courteous and professional; if I had to sell something, I would hire him. He went out of his way to ensure that I understood that Tesla Energy was not related to Elon's Tesla. But because he is not from the area, he could not help with finding someone to remove the moss from my roof. You probably think that it's my roof and a quick Google search would have solved the problem, but I needed this job to be fully outsourced and made that clear. I am not a handy person with tools. Both my wife and I work full-time jobs, and we are full-time parents to children that are 4 and 8 years old (that means our "free time" is spent cooking breakfast & dinner, doing homework, washing clothes ect, ect, ect). We are involved in our church, and I assistant coach baseball and football, she's on the PTA ect ect ect. For this type of job, you need to have community contacts.
My Account Managers, yes, plural, as I was passed off by my first one. The first account manager is professional, and she called and introduced herself, and we then communicated via text and email. We set up an install date, and the team came to do the installation and found moss on the roof. They informed her of it and told her that it was too dangerous to do the job. I was disappointed but fine with rescheduling because I didn't want to see anybody get hurt. My Account Manager called me to inform me that I needed to remove the moss, having never had to deal with moss on my roof, I asked her for a starting point. She suggested that I could climb up there and power wash it myself or hire someone. After that, we had a testy conversation, which ended with me asking her to email me future conversations. That was in November.
Just a quick note on the power washing. It took the power washing company two days to clean my roof. He brought now heavy equipment to lift the power washing tools to the roof. When I told him that Tesla thought I could do the job myself, he assured me that I could not. I've attached the receipt for your review. I would recommend his company to friends and family.
I didn't hear back from Tesla until January 13th (going by the date stamp on my text messages), and that was when I met my second account manager. She was also polite and courteous. She tried to schedule two installation dates that the installation team could not honor because they didn't have time after their morning installation. Keep in mind that we are installing 21 panels, and she was trying to fit the installation in as a second job of the day. This third time was a charm; I did ask her to keep in mind the size of the installation and schedule something in the morning or as a first visit for the day.
Installation went well. The best part of this experience was your installation team. They got the job done and were honest about having broken some tiles on my roof, which they promised would be repaired. I have pictures of my room before and after the moss removal, so I am aware of the good condition of the tiles on my roof before and after the installation. Someone was supposed to repair the tile at the time of the inspection from the energy company, unfortunately, it was raining that day, so he could go on the roof. He promised Tesla would come back and fix the tiles later. I am still waiting for someone to fix the tiles on my roof.
Two things that really stand out
1. The tiles on my roof are still not fixed, and we have been getting a lot of rain here in southern California.
2. It is March 30th, I signed my contract on 9/27/22, and I am still paying the local electricity company.
3. Today, 2/19/2024 my roof started to leak. read more