California State Development reviews
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The Verdict
California State Development has a severe follow-up problem that makes them too risky to hire. One homeowner spent two years chasing them for repairs after roof tiles were improperly installed during a solar project, causing interior water damage that the company never addressed despite hundreds of calls and emails. Another customer paid their down payment and first installment over a year ago and still has no panels on their roof and no refund. The core issue is post-installation abandonment. We found 11 reviews describing unreturned calls, unfulfilled promises, and unresolved system issues after payment cleared. Seven reviewers specifically warned that the company goes silent once they have your money. On the flip side, 13 reviews praised the initial sales process and competitive pricing, and 9 customers said their installations went smoothly with responsive project management. But those positive experiences cluster in 2021, while the complaints about ghosting span 2023-2024. When a company can't be reached to fix a disconnected panel or a leaking roof they damaged, the upfront savings become expensive.
If you value peace of mind over a competitive quote, skip this one. The pattern is clear: responsive during the sale, unreachable after installation. Even customers who praised their systems describe months of silence when issues arose. You're gambling that nothing will go wrong, and solar projects rarely go perfectly.
Reviews That Shaped Our Verdict
Kailani initially connected with a salesperson named Vloddy and felt confident moving forward with a residential solar panel installation. After he left the company, contact evaporated: for the second half of the project she couldn’t reach anyone to finish work or repair damage from the installation. More than a year has passed with little to no follow-up, no fulfillment of a promised Amazon gift card, and repeated unresponsiveness. She involved the city, which flagged the contractor’s unprofessional behavior, and ended up having paid under contract while critical service and repairs remain undone. The lasting image is a paid-for system with unresolved damage and no reliable post-install support.
Malvin P. hired the company to install solar panels on his home more than a year ago, paying an initial down payment plus a first installment. Instead of getting a system on his roof, he waited through months of empty promises while the panels never arrived and no refund was issued. The situation worsened when the company misled the Contractors Board by telling the assigned representative that his complaint had been settled—something that couldn’t be farther from the truth. He has been patient and repeatedly asked for his money back, but the company has failed to respond. Concluding that the firm may not handle business in San Francisco County as effectively as in Southern California, he is now preparing for arbitration after more than a year with no installation and no refund.
James began a combined solar-and-roof project about two years ago and spent that time chasing the contractor over shoddy roofing work and resulting interior damage. After installers cracked many roof tiles during the solar fit, the roofing crew (Grand Canyon) came back to replace tiles but did such a poor job that rain leaked through and ruined sections of the ceiling. He logged hundreds of calls and emails to California State Development to get the defects fixed, but the company repeatedly ignored phone and email contact, leaving him waiting months for any follow-up. The solar panel install itself matched his requests and produced real energy savings, and when a panel later showed as disconnected the panel company honored its warranty; still, he had to find a certified solar contractor to replace the failed part because California State Development would not engage. He gave the company many chances over two years before posting this one-star experience. The detail that lingers: solid solar hardware paired with unreliable contracting and unresponsive customer service that left him arranging repairs and covering damage resolution through other contractors while still saving on his电账
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Serving customers for 6 years
BBB Rating: D-
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What You Can Expect
Kailani initially connected with a salesperson named Vloddy and felt confident moving forward with a residential solar panel installation. After he left the company, contact evaporated: for the second half of the project she couldn’t reach anyone to finish work or repair damage from the installation. More than a year has passed with little to no follow-up, no fulfillment of a promised Amazon gift card, and repeated unresponsiveness. She involved the city, which flagged the contractor’s unprofessional behavior, and ended up having paid under contract while critical service and repairs remain undone. The lasting image is a paid-for system with unresolved damage and no reliable post-install support.
Malvin P. hired the company to install solar panels on his home more than a year ago, paying an initial down payment plus a first installment. Instead of getting a system on his roof, he waited through months of empty promises while the panels never arrived and no refund was issued. The situation worsened when the company misled the Contractors Board by telling the assigned representative that his complaint had been settled—something that couldn’t be farther from the truth. He has been patient and repeatedly asked for his money back, but the company has failed to respond. Concluding that the firm may not handle business in San Francisco County as effectively as in Southern California, he is now preparing for arbitration after more than a year with no installation and no refund.
Dequoy W. had a newly installed residential solar system that began failing almost immediately; he discovered faulty equipment and a setup that kept going offline. He watched the system’s app show more energy produced than used, yet Edison billed him an extra $2,500 for what the utility called excessive consumption. Repeated attempts to reach the installer went unanswered and promised fixes never arrived. Frustrated, he brought in an independent third party, hired a lawyer, and filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau to try to force a resolution. He observed the company undercut competitors on price but ultimately paid far more in time, fees, and stress—the detail that sticks is the alarming mismatch between the system’s monitoring and the utility billing.