After a doorknocker from another company gave my family a quote for $7.7k for a 5.28kw system, I decided to help my folks out and did a lot of research and got quotes from 5 installers for my family to choose from. Samuel from Ever Power Solar gave us the best price - it was $800 cheaper than the next one up for the same system and over $4000 cheaper (for a quote with a smaller system, with lower quality panels and inverter, and less efficient panels) than the doorknocker's! It's so very easy to get fleeced in this industry, which is why I want to help those reading.
Samuel was super friendly, and explained everything well and was patient and gave me so many quotes. He responded to me after work hours and even said I could call him on Sunday if needed - I havn't seen that level of dedication in sales staff before. I felt he was pretty genuine and had my interests in mind in that he gave me honest opinions of the panels (although they didn't all align with what others told me - but I don't know who's 'most right' and there are so many choices and personal preferences) rather than just trying to upsell me the priciest system, or get me the easiest one. He also wasn't as pushy as some of the others and didn't try the crummy tactics like offering me 'free upgrades' for panels which wern't really upgrades (cos the others were out of stock), or tell me he's giving only me a great price because I'm special and 'listen to him' etc like some of the others. One small downside was there were a few careless errors in the quotes and website, but the guy seems so busy that's fair enough, and when I told him the website inaccuracies he said he'd try to get someone to fix it. I got a quote for 370w Longi HiM04 panels on a 6.6kW system with 5kW Sungrow inverter - high quality, efficient panels in the good value-for-money range, I was going for bang for buck in my research and another good installer sales staff said he recently got these Longi panels installed on his roof (which is a good sign). It came down to his company and another and my parents ended up choosing another company in the end (which also had great reviews but were around for 1 more year), after that company price matched Samuel's price (even though they were originally way more expensive). So I can't say how the installation would have gone, but from what I've seen so far I would recommend Ever Power Solar to my friends. Thanks Samuel for the hard work and commitment to help me navigate this maze.
Also a tip for anyone looking: Most 'finance options' from solar installers seem really pricy, and I believe you can choose your own - so look into other options if you are looking for finance - most installers don't talk much about the finance options, so you may feel like you gotta go with the one they recommend, but you don't. I wish more would mention this.
In short, would recommend. =]
