I would recommend to anyone wanting to do heating and cooling work to get a second opinion especially if something appears quite costly.
With that said, I would never recommend Stevenson Heating and Cooling to anyone. When I came home after my dad called Stevenson for our ac acting up, I was greeted by Joe Violet, a 32 year experienced technician who initially gave me a very rude vibe and was quite rude to my dad. Joe kept saying over and over and over that because our ac connection pipe was frozen he couldn't check up on anything. His words were that he couldn't figure out what was wrong and there was a leak in our ac. He said he could pour freon and coolant in our piping for a temporary solution that would last a day. Fair enough, but then he showed me on our furnace where it was rusting and that the furnace and ac would both need repair.
You know what, that's fine because my family and I know absolutely nothing about HVAC systems. But I didn't appreciate his scare tactics that kept imposing especially on my dad. It's not that hard to explain one time simply and with some sense of respect instead of trying to belittle customers.
He recommended getting a salesman to come to talk to us and within 20 min, a salesman showed up, Brian.
Brian inspected everything and recommended even replacing our water heater.
Brian was kind enough and we spent a solid half an hour asking as many questions as we could. Telling Brian we would let him know what we wanted to do either later that evening or the following day. Granted he said that we had to sign for combined system of furnace, ac, and water heater within the next day to get a discount. We were looking at 14,000 dollar ballpark including parts and labor.
I have to admit we were kind of stupid for eating up everything they were telling us, especially after a distant family connection in Texas told us everything, including labor, shouldn't cost more than $7500-8000. But we thought, these guys know their stuff and they seem pretty fair so it must be true.
On a offshoot, we decided since it was so much we might as well spend maybe another $80 dollars and have another company assess the situation.
Lo and behold when we had that other company follow up the next day, we learned our ac wasn't working because it dusted up and we hadn't cleaned it. Once the new company cleaned it up, everything was working as normal. The company also said our furnace was rusty in some spots but it could be cleaned off and only the gas valve needed to be replaced. And lastly the water heater, while old, needs to be observed for drippage in order to be replaced.
Needless to say we're pretty livid. I get you want to make a profit and run a business but it shouldn't be at the cost of trying to scam people. Shame on you Stevenson for trying to scam people for thousands of dollars when they don't need to be. We wanted to trust you and your 90 year service but it's false and if any one ever asks us for a reference for HVAC, trust me we won't be saying your name.
To anyone still on the fence about Stevenson, look at the other poor reviews: yelp, BBB, and here. Also spend another 80 bucks and have someone else take a look at what's going on.