Best Cooling System Installations in Denver CO

Buyer Beware. This company is disreputable and will absolutely price gouge you. I contacted them for routine maintenance on my HVAC system in my 600 SQFT Condo. They told me that the entire HVAC unit would need replacing, and they quoted me $15,000-$20,000. Reasons cited were low Freon levels, internal rust to the system, and a failed stop-safe mechanism.

Some of you might be unfamiliar with HVAC systems, as I was, but that price is absolutely absurd. Initially I had sticker shock, but I was not schooled enough on HVAC systems to know if their price was fair. I did my own research and found out that a unit for a 600 SQFT apartment should cost ~$3000-6000 with labor. I called Horizon back and told them about my research, and they immediately started making excuses about their prices, trying to justify it with professionalism, high quality, and precision measurement (lol $10,000 for a tape measure).

Fair enough, but when Im spending $15,000, I like to know exactly what Im buying. I asked for a detailed breakdown of labor costs, parts, etc. so that I could see what I was paying for, and they said oh, yeah, we dont do that. How ridiculous! Imagine going to a grocery store, not knowing what you're buying, and not being able to get an itemized receipt.

I got a second quote from another contractor. They told me that my Freon levels are exactly where they should be, that internal rust happens normally and can be cleared out, and showed me that my stop-safe was working by demo-ing it.

I asked the second HVAC professional what he would charge if I needed the entire unit replaced (which he advised against), and he said it would cost no more than $6000, and that's if I let him have free reign to put in a state-of-the-art unit.

Again, buyer beware. The folks they sent out were very nice and professional, but this company is predatory and looking to take advantage of inexperienced homeowners and people without HVAC knowledge. They should be ashamed.

Our sewer backed up in the shower and drain floor of our basement. Bill came over within 24 hours and fixed it for us! We are so happy, he did a great job and was very knowledgeable. Great service!

I called this company and explained my air conditioning situation, including what another HVAC company had done last year Seemed nice enough and reasonable: around $43 to show up and another $70 to diagnose the problem. I made an appointment with them for a 1-5pm window. At around 10:30 someone called to say he could be at my house in 30 minutes, not the most convenient since I would have to drive in from work and then drive back.

The person who met me was from a different company called Time and hadn’t been told anything about the problem. (Is “Denver Plumbing Consultants an actual HVAC company or do they just contract with other companies?) I told him what I knew and showed him my service bills from last year. He didn’t turn anything on or and barely even looked at the system, but started to explain the technical details of all the things that COULD be wrong (although it was actually pretty simple — leaking refrigerant) and said just finding the leak would START at $1,200. I told him thanks but no thanks and tried to pay the $43 for the visit. He said I’d have to pay the $113. I refused — he had been there for 5 minutes, didn’t even turn the thing on, and didn’t quote an actual price! He refused to take any money at all, left in a huff, and said it had been a “learning experience.“

Blue Sky was helpful and responsive and the service technician Mike T was extremely professional and did great work. Blue Sky was also upfront about all costs and did not charge us for anything that was not included in their quote.

I hate to leave a meh review because our technician (Carlos) was great, friendly and knowledgeable, but... We scheduled an annual tune-up for our AC because it kept tripping the circuit breaker. Carlos didn't find anything wrong with the unit and he recommended changing the AC circuit breaker switch as the next step (he noted it felt warm when he checked it). All great so far, and he offered to do the work during the same visit. Now comes the part I'm not happy about... The quote to change a single breaker switch was $650. We don't do much of our electrical work, but after watching a 6 minute YouTube video and buying a $15.98 part at Lowes, we did the job ourselves in 15 minutes. It just feels pretty dishonest to charge that much for something so simple. Nothing against Carlos since he likely doesn't set the prices, but this will probably be the last time we used Golden West.

Fast, reliable service, and reasonably priced.