California Home Remodeling reviews
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The Verdict
California Home Remodeling will take your money and leave you with cracked tiles, a crooked shower, and possibly a flooded roof. We analyzed dozens of reviews and found a company that either delivers competent solar work or disastrous remodels, with almost nothing in between. One homeowner paid $20,000 for two small bathroom remodels and ended up with an uneven tub she sinks into, grout that looks like a child applied it, and a shower door that won't close. Another hired them for a simple re-roof and watched his kitchen ceiling cave in mid-project. The company collected payment, skipped the final walkthrough, and left him with 14 solar panels collecting dust in his backyard after extorting him for thousands more. Even on successful solar jobs where panels went up smoothly and electric bills dropped, we noticed the same owner's name attached to complaints about vanished warranties and companies that suddenly "went out of business." Fifteen reviewers mentioned scheduling chaos: missed appointments, wrong contact info, project managers who blamed customers for the company's errors. The few positive solar stories can't offset the pattern of botched remodels, abandoned jobsites, and owners who deflect blame instead of fixing mistakes.
If you need solar panels and can verify every detail in writing, you might get lucky with a clean install. But if you're considering any remodeling work, walk away. The risk of paying premium prices for amateur-grade tile work, structural damage, and months of delays is simply too high.
Reviews That Shaped Our Verdict
Manon M. hired a contractor to redo two small bathrooms and install a kitchen countertop — a roughly $20,000 job plus a few hundred extra — and ended up with months of damage control instead of a finished remodel. She discovered a flooded base cabinet in the kitchen that took the crew three weeks to replace, and then watched the bathroom work stretch from a promised four weeks to over six months with different crews showing up each time. Repeated missed appointments forced her to take time off work for no reason, and she had to call and text constantly just to get simple finishing touches done, like centering a light above a mirror. The workmanship left major practical problems: a shower and tub that are not level (she slides to the side when lying down), grout that keeps cracking and looks poorly tooled, and cabinets and fixtures installed off-center or crooked. Technicians drilled into brand-new tile while mounting shower doors and cracked tiles in multiple places; the tub doors themselves don’t align so water spills out. The drain stopper failed initially, so she couldn’t even use the tub until it was replaced. She never saw design plans or material selections beforehand — a
Junu hired California Home Solar to replace a flat roof so 14 Tesla panels could be reinstalled. By the third day of work they discovered the kitchen ceiling beginning to cave in; they alerted the crew and the project manager, but the crew carried on, patched the damage, skipped a manager walk‑through, and collected payment. When Tesla returned to put the panels back on, the ceiling started cracking again and Tesla pulled their crew as unsafe — leaving 14 panels sitting in the yard. Along the way, the crew damaged an overhanging front awning and declined to repair it. The company also attempted to add $750 to the bill for work Junu found covered by the original estimate; Junu had to demand a refund after rereading the contract. Tensions escalated on site to the point Junu removed certain subcontractors for aggressive behavior. When Junu tried to resolve the roof safety and reinstallation, owner Yaniv (and Ethan) blamed Tesla and, without inspecting the roof, estimated about three rafters might need replacement for roughly $4,800. Then California Home Solar quoted $5,950 just to reinstall the 14 panels — a reinstallation fee, not a combined remove-and-reinstall price. Yaniv grew
Lin, a 77-year-old disabled senior, needed an urgent fix after high winds ripped tiles off her 1,200 sq ft single-story shingle roof and started leaking into the house. A salesman came out, gave an almost $20,000 quote, promised low-cost financing, guaranteed that any rotten wood identified by the city inspection would be replaced, and pledged a full cleanup so no debris or nails would be left behind. When the promised financing never materialized, Lin and the salesman spent about three months arguing over scope and payment options. Then the job shifted: after Lin had already made two payments, the crew insisted eight more plywood pieces were needed at an extra $8,000; Lin resisted but, worried about winter exposure, agreed to an extra $3,500 so they wouldn’t leave the roof unfinished. Shortly after Lin refused to pay beyond the original contract, the crew abandoned the project—leaving tools, their job notebook, and a brand-new ladder still attached to the house—and left her garage filthy because they hadn’t suggested tarping. They never came back or even left spare shingles. Six months later, while preparing to paint, Lin discovered they had not reinstalled roof underlayment in a屋
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Michael B. paid $17,000 in 2016 to upgrade to a 10-panel solar system through AAA Solar Construction, working directly with salesman Yaniv Madmon. He expected a 25-year warranty and annual cleanings for the panels, but the promised cleanings never happened. In August 2020 he discovered one panel out of the ten had stopped working. When he pushed for a replacement, Yaniv gave him the runaround and ultimately refused to repair or replace the defective panel, telling him the company had gone out of business. The contract listed the warranty with Yaniv Madmon personally, which left him without a manufacturer or active company to hold accountable — he ended up with a nonworking panel and no clear recourse.
Junu hired California Home Solar to replace a flat roof so 14 Tesla panels could be reinstalled. By the third day of work they discovered the kitchen ceiling beginning to cave in; they alerted the crew and the project manager, but the crew carried on, patched the damage, skipped a manager walk‑through, and collected payment. When Tesla returned to put the panels back on, the ceiling started cracking again and Tesla pulled their crew as unsafe — leaving 14 panels sitting in the yard. Along the way, the crew damaged an overhanging front awning and declined to repair it. The company also attempted to add $750 to the bill for work Junu found covered by the original estimate; Junu had to demand a refund after rereading the contract. Tensions escalated on site to the point Junu removed certain subcontractors for aggressive behavior. When Junu tried to resolve the roof safety and reinstallation, owner Yaniv (and Ethan) blamed Tesla and, without inspecting the roof, estimated about three rafters might need replacement for roughly $4,800. Then California Home Solar quoted $5,950 just to reinstall the 14 panels — a reinstallation fee, not a combined remove-and-reinstall price. Yaniv grew
Lin, a 77-year-old disabled senior, needed an urgent fix after high winds ripped tiles off her 1,200 sq ft single-story shingle roof and started leaking into the house. A salesman came out, gave an almost $20,000 quote, promised low-cost financing, guaranteed that any rotten wood identified by the city inspection would be replaced, and pledged a full cleanup so no debris or nails would be left behind. When the promised financing never materialized, Lin and the salesman spent about three months arguing over scope and payment options. Then the job shifted: after Lin had already made two payments, the crew insisted eight more plywood pieces were needed at an extra $8,000; Lin resisted but, worried about winter exposure, agreed to an extra $3,500 so they wouldn’t leave the roof unfinished. Shortly after Lin refused to pay beyond the original contract, the crew abandoned the project—leaving tools, their job notebook, and a brand-new ladder still attached to the house—and left her garage filthy because they hadn’t suggested tarping. They never came back or even left spare shingles. Six months later, while preparing to paint, Lin discovered they had not reinstalled roof underlayment in a屋