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November 2023 by snadon75
We want to take this opportunity to thank Justin, Ivan, their roofing employees, and the solar installation employees of BVI Solar, whom Justin worked with, for all they have done for us with the reroof and the installation of our 30-panel solar system with a partial battery backup for our home. Justin and Ivan’s professionalism, especially during the reroofing of our house, was outstanding! They always kept us informed, especially when they encountered the one bad area of dry rot over our master bedroom, where the builder of our home did a less-than-desirable roofing job. Considering this was our first home purchase while we were both still on active duty in the Marine Corps and the Navy and had never hired a roofing and solar contractor, Justin and Ivan made the whole process painless. Thank you, gentlemen, for a job well done!
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November 2023 by kyle knox
If you need a roof or solar RC Energy is your solution. A new roof or set of solar panels is a big investment and can be a big headache if not done right. Three of my neighbors went with solar city and all three have leaks in their roofs. Justin's team will do the job the right way and not cut corners. If you get a cheaper quote chances are you will get what you pay for. If you need a roof or solar and want the job done the right way don't waste time with anyone else just give Justin a call, you will not be disappointed.
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October 2023 by Joel B.
Justin Lonson and RC Energy Solutions are the Real Deal. Highly recommended from one of San Diego’s best residential architects, Justin advised us and delivered solar energy solutions to our home. From the first phone call (and many follow-on calls), Justin educated and gave us a better understanding on NEM 2.0 vs NEM 3.0 advantages, good Fast & Furiously processed our solar package before the NEM 2.0 deadline, coordinated with Powur to ensure solar requirements were met, and was physically present and quality assured throughout our roofing replacement and completeness of our solar installation project.Thanks a million Justin and your Team for Taking Care of Business and for powuring us up to RC Energy Solutions and the increased energy matrix.
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September 2023 by Michelle Reid
We got many quotes for new roofing and solar. Justin stood out from the rest with his knowledge and the quality products he uses. For the roofing we were very impressed with his crew. They were so professional and cleaned up after themselves each day. His solar team was fantastic and got the job done quickly. We had many questions about placement of the panels and he was so patient with us and made sure we were well taken care of. I would highly recommend RC Energy Solutions for your solar needs.
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September 2023 by Michelle R.
We got many quotes for new roofing and solar. Justin stood out from the rest with his knowledge and the quality products he uses. For the roofing we were very impressed with his crew. They were so professional and cleaned up after themselves each day. His solar team was fantastic and got the job done quickly. We had many questions about placement of the panels and he was so patient with us and made sure we were well taken care of. I would highly recommend RC Energy Solutions for your solar needs.
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March 2023 by Stephanie L.
I cannot say enough good things about Justin and RC Energy. I purchased a home in Pauma Valley which had a partial re-roof. After several estimates to complete the roofing I chose RC Energy. Justin was the obvious choice...he's knowledgeable, honest, thorough and his pricing is very competitive. Throughout the project, Justin stayed in constant contact to keep us up to date. The work was finished well within the designated completion date. The roof looks great and perfectly matches the existing roof. After the work was completed we had some leaking after a heavy rain. The leak was where the old and new roof connected. Justin did not hesitate to resolve the problem. His crew was out quickly and did the work. Since the repair, and more heavy rain, Justin continually contacts me to make sure everything is okay...happy to report that there are no more leaks. You won't go wrong choosing RC Energy.
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November 2022 by Anna Page
I recently had solar panels installed on my home. Justin explained everything so well and the whole process went quickly and efficiently. I was up and running in no time. Great job!
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December 2021 by Ryan O.
I can't say enough about how happy I was with RC Energy Solutions! I had a leak in my roof after a very heavy rainfall. I reached out to a number of companies on Yelp. Most replied asking for my information, but RC set up an appointment for the next day. He showed up on time and did a full inspection of the area where the leak was. It turned out it was just some cracking in the stucco. He filled all the cracks with sealant. I asked how much I owed and he said nothing! I told him I wanted to pay for his time. He said if it doesn't fix the leak he will come back and go even deeper to investigate, then he will charge me. Friendly service, great work, good communication, what more could you ask for? I highly recommend RC Energy Solutions.
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October 2021 by Jeremy M.
Justin and the team expertly handled a pretty big project for us - removing a big old solar system, replacing rotted wood, installing new underlay and putting new cement tiles on 3300 sq ft roof. I was surprised how easy they made it for us from end to end - scoping it out, choosing tile, demo, laying new tile, painting and finishing up. Great attention to detail, transparent about cost, good communication, high-quality craftsmanship, and the team worked HARD to get it done quickly. Some contractors say they'll be there at 9 and show up at 11. These guys were here at 6:50 and raring to go. The whole team was really friendly and knowledgeable, which goes a long way towards making a re-roof project bearable. Highly recommend.
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July 2021 by justingamble1
We finished a big project with Justin from RC Energy in Spring 2021 and the entire business experience was stellar! Our single family home in Carlsbad was in need of a new roof and we decided it was time to get modern with solar and some window & door replacements. Through our bidding process, RC Energy came out the lowest and Justin was cordial and honest about the entire process and costs upfront. We knew this was going to be a big project and Justin explained the entire process. Our work included: full re-roof (tear-off, new underlayment, new concrete tiles, wood repair, full fascia board replacement & painting, 18 PV solar panel array + electrical/RMA, new sliding glass door, three kitchen windows and two new solar-powered skylights in our living room. There was a big chunk of extra cost for roof wood repairs we knew was coming (dry rot and previous termite damage to sheathing & rafter tails) but the costs were understandable given the hours of extra labor, and the quality of carpentry work spearheaded by Ivan was exceptional. Nice windows and doors from Amerimax combined with the new roof tiles and fascia has really given our home a modernized curb appeal and the new skylights have changed the entire feel of our dark living room. Solar went live in May/June and boy is it nice to see our bills reduced next to nothing, especially with our EV charging and AC unit.Justin's communication was great, keeping us updated in advance of each major step in the project. Total project work time was 2/3 weeks and we are more than satisfied with the outcome. I highly recommend RC Energy Solutions for your solar and home energy improvement needs! Thanks again.
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July 2021 by J. G.
We finished a big project with Justin from RC Energy in Spring 2021 and the entire business experience was stellar! Our single family home in Carlsbad was in need of a new roof and we decided it was time to get modern with solar and some window & door replacements. Through our bidding process, RC Energy came out the lowest and Justin was cordial and honest about the entire process and costs upfront. We knew this was going to be a big project and Justin explained the entire process. Our work included: full re-roof (tear-off, new underlayment, new concrete tiles, wood repair, full fascia board replacement & painting, 18 PV solar panel array + electrical/RMA, new sliding glass door, three kitchen windows and two new solar-powered skylights in our living room. There was a big chunk of extra cost for roof wood repairs we knew was coming (dry rot and previous termite damage to sheathing & rafter tails) but the costs were understandable given the hours of extra labor, and the quality of carpentry work spearheaded by Ivan was exceptional. Nice windows and doors from Amerimax combined with the new roof tiles and fascia has really given our home a modernized curb appeal and the new skylights have changed the entire feel of our dark living room. Solar went live in May/June and boy is it nice to see our bills reduced next to nothing, especially with our EV charging and AC unit. Justin's communication was great, keeping us updated in advance of each major step in the project. Total project work time was 2/3 weeks and we are more than satisfied with the outcome. I highly recommend RC Energy Solutions for your solar and home energy improvement needs! Thanks again.
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July 2021 by Andrew Shaver
I believe that it is in the public interest to know about businesses in our community. See image below for what our roof looked like after RC Energy Solutions was done with it ($40k+ roofing job, not including solar and not including another $9k we paid him to fix his own mistake). I don't think it rained more than 0.25 inches to create the giant pool of water you see on the roof in the picture.Things began spiraling with Justin after we noticed the pool of water. It is our personal opinion that Justin and RC Energy had a complete lack of accountability. We don't have a problem with people making mistakes - it happens to everyone and we were open to finding a solution. It felt like he was only willing to talk about a half-reasonable solution when we told him we were already in touch with roof inspectors and attorneys to discuss our options if he didn't take any ownership.Our understanding of the agreed-upon solution was that he would rip the flat roof off, build a frame to fix the slope and put a new roof on top. We would pay him to do the frame and he would cover the rest. He charged us approx. $9,000 for the new frame. We felt that it was obvious he was overcharging us but decided to let it go and get the situation done with. He then proceeded, without telling us, to build the new roof on top of the old roof instead of ripping the old one off like he had said. Less than two weeks later we started notice large water marks on our ceiling inside in multiple places - something that would have been seen and addressed if he had removed the previous roof like we agreed on.This company advertises that they are licensed, and they are, but be aware this is only a general license. We were led to believe it was a license specific to roofing and solar but IT IS NOT. You will be paying RC Energy Solutions to sub-contract the actual work to others. Please do yourself a favor and find one of the many hard working, contractors with ROOFING licenses to complete your roof & solar project. We waited many months to post this review as we wanted to give Justin a chance to be accountable and make it right. Justin was very friendly and responsive during the project. However, as soon as the first large mistake was discovered, integrity, honesty, and accountability were completely disregarded from that point on.
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May 2021 by Nicole M.
Justin, one of the owner's of RC Energy Solutions was our point of contact from the initial estimate all the way through to completion of the solar panels actually getting turned on. From the minute we met Justin, we felt very comfortable working with him. Justin's expertise in the industry was apparent during our estimate and he immediately struck us as being straight forward and genuine. No gimmicks, no upsells. Justin is very easy going, easy to work with, and was especially accommodating (for super type A clients like myself). We always prefer to support local and small businesses, like RC Energy Solutions, and we couldn't be happier that we did in this situation. There is certainly something to be said about the owner of a small business coming out and doing the estimates himself and being your main point of contact throughout the entire job. No sales guy, no project manager (which would have been fine too), but the actual OWNER. Our roof replacement got off to a little bit of a rocky start considering that we had newly discovered water leaks during the height of rain season and were very concerned about them getting worse while waiting for our project to start. Justin was quick to address our concerns though and got on the roof and tarped it himself the same day that we went under contract. Not even a couple days later we were calling Justin again because strong winds had blown the tarp all out of place and one of the leaks looked like it may have gotten worse as a result. Again, Justin came out as soon as he could that same day and readjusted/secured the tarp. It was this kind of urgency and accommodation from Justin that certainly made us feel like valued clients from the get go. Every time we called/texted Justin with a question or concern throughout our project entirety, he always responded that same day and in a very timely manner, which was greatly appreciated. In addition to Justin, his business partner and labor crew were all wonderful to work with as well. The labor crew was respectful of our property at all times, accommodating of our toddler daughter's oh so precious naptime the 2 days that she wasn't at daycare, and they were all extremely hardworking and skilled in their trade. These are the many reasons we have no regrets hiring RC Energy Solutions for this costly and at the time very unexpected project. Our project timeline: January 15 2021 we went under contract with RC Energy Solutions March 19 2021 roof placement started March 26 2021 roof replacement completed March 29 2021 solar install started March 30 2021 solar install completed and solar permitted April 20 2021 solar application finally approved by SDGE/NEM and turned on A couple other general things I wanted to share for other Yelpers to be aware of, especially if it's your first time replacing your entire roof and first time getting solar installed/turned on, as it was ours: - We met with about 6 companies total. They all offered very similar products/services because replacing a roof is a fairly straightforward process without much opportunity for variation. While there are a few more options with solar as far as panels, inverters, etc., it is still a pretty straightforward process without much variation. These factors made it very easy, throughout the estimate process, to figure out which companies were trying to upsell products/prices where they could. So do your homework and you will recognize why RC Energy Solutions is truly the best company to hire for both roof replacement and solar install. - While we were warned that we were likely going to need a pretty moderate amount of wood replacement, as part of getting our new roof, we really had no idea exactly how much wood was going to need to be replaced. As a result, we ended up coming out of pocket $5,000 more than we had really anticipated. So that part was definitely a bummer. While we understand that no company could estimate exactly how much wood needed to be replaced without taking off the existing roof first, it would have been helpful to have been
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May 2021 by Nic M.
Justin, one of the owner's of RC Energy Solutions was our point of contact from the initial estimate all the way through to completion of the solar panels actually getting turned on. From the minute we met Justin, we felt very comfortable working with him. Justin's expertise in the industry was apparent during our estimate and he immediately struck us as being straight forward and genuine. No gimmicks, no upsells. Justin is very easy going, easy to work with, and was especially accommodating (for super type A clients like myself). We always prefer to support local and small businesses, like RC Energy Solutions, and we couldn't be happier that we did in this situation. There is certainly something to be said about the owner of a small business coming out and doing the estimates himself and being your main point of contact throughout the entire job. No sales guy, no project manager (which would have been fine too), but the actual OWNER.Our roof replacement got off to a little bit of a rocky start considering that we had newly discovered water leaks during the height of rain season and were very concerned about them getting worse while waiting for our project to start. Justin was quick to address our concerns though and got on the roof and tarped it himself the same day that we went under contract. Not even a couple days later we were calling Justin again because strong winds had blown the tarp all out of place and one of the leaks looked like it may have gotten worse as a result. Again, Justin came out as soon as he could that same day and readjusted/secured the tarp. It was this kind of urgency and accommodation from Justin that certainly made us feel like valued clients from the get go. Every time we called/texted Justin with a question or concern throughout our project entirety, he always responded that same day and in a very timely manner, which was greatly appreciated. In addition to Justin, his business partner and labor crew were all wonderful to work with as well. The labor crew was respectful of our property at all times, accommodating of our toddler daughter's oh so precious naptime the 2 days that she wasn't at daycare, and they were all extremely hardworking and skilled in their trade. These are the many reasons we have no regrets hiring RC Energy Solutions for this costly and at the time very unexpected project.Our project timeline:January 15 2021 we went under contract with RC Energy SolutionsMarch 19 2021 roof placement startedMarch 26 2021 roof replacement completedMarch 29 2021 solar install startedMarch 30 2021 solar install completed and solar permittedApril 20 2021 solar application finally approved by SDGE/NEM and turned onA couple other general things I wanted to share for other Yelpers to be aware of, especially if it's your first time replacing your entire roof and first time getting solar installed/turned on, as it was ours:- We met with about 6 companies total. They all offered very similar products/services because replacing a roof is a fairly straightforward process without much opportunity for variation. While there are a few more options with solar as far as panels, inverters, etc., it is still a pretty straightforward process without much variation. These factors made it very easy, throughout the estimate process, to figure out which companies were trying to upsell products/prices where they could. So do your homework and you will recognize why RC Energy Solutions is truly the best company to hire for both roof replacement and solar install.- While we were warned that we were likely going to need a pretty moderate amount of wood replacement, as part of getting our new roof, we really had no idea exactly how much wood was going to need to be replaced. As a result, we ended up coming out of pocket $5,000 more than we had really anticipated. So that part was definitely a bummer. While we understand that no company could estimate exactly how much wood needed to be replaced without taking off the existing roof first, it would have been helpful to have been given a bal
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October 2020 by Eric K.
Justin was super honest and helpful. He said we didn't need a new roof right now. I still got a very detailed estimate and I will use them in the future
