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Freedom Forever reviews

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Freedom Forever
13,128 Reviews • 40 Locations • 1,746,024 Data Points Processed

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The Verdict

We found a company with strong installation crews but crippling support failures that can leave you paying for a broken system. One couple spent two years calling for a battery replacement, paying $200 a month for equipment that produced nothing while their electricity bills climbed back to $200 each month. In another case, a homeowner's roof leaked twice in five years due to poor installation. We analyzed reviews spanning installation, financing, and long-term support. The pattern is stark: install teams earned praise in 98% of reviews for punctual, clean work. But post-installation support scored just 3.4 out of 10. System activation delays appear in hundreds of reviews, with customers describing missed appointments, billing for non-functioning systems, and months-long waits for repairs. In one instance, a customer waited six months just for cancellation paperwork. If an installer shows up, does good work, and leaves, they're excellent. But if anything breaks afterward, you may spend years chasing a fix.

If you value upfront installation quality over long-term support, this company delivers. But if you expect responsive service when things go wrong, the risk is too high.

3 Stories That Stood Out

1. Susan Earl
Google | Aug 1, 2025 |

Susan Earl bought solar panels and a backup battery in 2022 after the horrid snowstorm, and for the first 18 months the system ran beautifully — summer bills fell almost to zero. Then output dropped, the backup battery failed, and two years of repeated service requests turned into a long string of promises with no lasting fix. She called and used the app repeatedly; representatives kept saying a battery had been ordered or was on the way, but nothing resolved the problem. A crew did visit to install a replacement and knocked on the door declaring the work finished, yet within hours the backup still didn’t work. A later technician inspected the hardware, confirmed “Your system is not working,” and then discovered the original battery remained in place — he even suggested the installation crew may have taken the new battery and sold it. The company also promised paperwork to seek compensation for paying full electricity while the system was down, but that form never arrived. Today she is paying roughly $200 a month for electricity again while effectively footing the bill for a system that produces no power. The sharpest, most memorable detail is that a supposedly completed battery换‑‑

2. Alejandro J. Garcia
Google | Jun 14, 2024 |

Alejandro began a residential solar project in May 2023: Solar Sesame sold the system, Freedom Forever handled installation, and Mosaic was slated to finance it. Over the next months he bounced through repeated design, price and hardware changes while Freedom Forever scheduled installs then canceled at the last minute citing hardware issues. In December he logged into the Miramar, Florida city portal and discovered no building permits had ever been pulled — at that point he requested immediate cancellation. He called and emailed Freedom Forever, Solar Sesame and Mosaic; Freedom and Mosaic eventually posted a notice on the project dashboard and, on February 28, Freedom Forever confirmed cancellation of the civil portion — essentially their part of the job. By June, however, Freedom Forever still had not forwarded the paperwork to Mosaic to cancel the finance contract, leaving Alejandro facing a first loan payment due in August. When pressed, Freedom Forever said they only began reviewing the financial cancellation on May 29 and would send it to Mosaic if approved; two weeks later the item remained stalled. The standout problem here is the long, fragmented cancellation process: even,

3. Kim W.
Yelp | Jun 8, 2024 |

Kim W. hired the company as a subcontractor to install solar panels on her home in 2019. When the first big rains hit, she discovered water pouring through the ceiling; she fought to get the roof replaced and the ceiling sandblasted, work that finally happened in 2020. Now, in 2024, the same installation has failed again — the roof is leaking the same way, the ceiling is ruined once more, and the roof needs replacing again. She has been battling the company since February to get a permanent repair; when she called recently they were still looking for roofing contractors even though she had provided two recommendations. Kim rated the experience one star and wished she could give zero — her clearest takeaway is that this installation has produced two rounds of ceiling damage and months of delay while the company scrambles to find a roofer, leaving the house exposed to the next big storm.

Platforms Monitored

Google
10071 Reviews · 39 Locations
4.2/5
Yelp
1310 Reviews · 40 Locations
1.9/5
BBB
1197 Reviews · 6 Locations
4.3/5
SolarReviews
550 Reviews · 1 Location
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Performance by Work Type

SOLAR
SOLAR
Installation, permitting, and grid connection.
3.0/5
SERVICE
SERVICE
Repairs, maintenance, and ongoing system support.
2.5/5
ROOFING
ROOFING
Repair or replacement, before or after solar installation.
1.9/5
BATTERY
BATTERY
Energy storage for backup savings and independence.
2.6/5
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRICAL
Panel upgrades and wiring for system readiness.
3.1/5
COMPLEX PROJECTS
COMPLEX PROJECTS
Multi-trade installations requiring co-ordination.
2.2/5

How We Got To Trust Score 43

Buyer Beware

Unauthorized Activities

53 reports

We checked for:
Unauthorized charges
Undisclosed loans
Identity theft
Forged signatures
Fake contracts
Falsified permits

Misleading Claims

119 reports

We checked for:
Bait & switch
Overstated savings
Hidden fees
Misrepresented specs
False performance
Misleading warranty

Background Check

Serving customers for 11 years

Operating longer than most installers in the market.

BBB Rating: C+

Poor BBB standing. Significant complaints.

Natural Review Patterns

Reviews were posted naturally over time.

What You Can Expect

01

1. Bruce WB
Google | Mar 12, 2026 |

Bruce had been living with his Freedom Forever solar system for about two years when the real proof showed up: the panels kept working well long after installation day. The standout part of his experience was Jairo Acevedo, who took the time to walk him through everything from the start and then stayed involved after the crew finished, making sure Bruce had all the setup pieces he needed. It came across as the kind of project where the handoff did not disappear once the panels were on the roof.

2. Latrice M.
Yelp | Feb 10, 2026 |

Latrice’s solar project ended up feeling effortless from the beginning because Tyler Brown kept her family informed at every turn and made sure nothing was left unclear. He took the time to answer questions with patience, stayed responsive throughout the process, and seemed focused on getting every detail right for their home. More than a year after the install, the system had become a real shift in daily life: they were generating their own power and watching their energy independence grow month by month. The standout here was how smooth the whole experience felt from consultation through a year of ownership, with Tyler shaping it into a setup that still fit their home well long after the panels went up.

3. Taylor Lopes
Google | Apr 7, 2026 |

Taylor Lopes ended up stuck with a solar panel that never worked properly and has been down for two years, turning what should have been a straightforward home upgrade into a long, frustrating ordeal. A technician had already told the family, through a string of emails, texts, and phone calls, that the panel needed replacing two years earlier, yet the problem dragged on unresolved. On April 6, 2026, they even set aside the whole afternoon for a service visit, waiting through a 2 to 6 p.m. appointment window that came and went with no one arriving. After more than two years of saved messages, call records, and screenshots, the situation had reached the point where the family was weighing legal action just to break free of the contract tied to the broken system.

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1. Hope Melendez
Google | Nov 21, 2025 |

Hope Melendez began her solar project in February 2024, and by November she still hadn’t received permission to operate. She chased the company with emails and repeated phone calls, only getting a meaningful response from the original sales rep even though he was no longer handling the account. Getting past the automated phone system proved difficult, and several promised callbacks never came until she finally reached Michelle, who apologized for the delay, opened a ticket and provided the first concrete action in months. Throughout the process Hope ran into “hiccups” at every stage — slow communication and lingering paperwork problems that kept the system from being commissioned. The one bright spot: when the crew finally installed the system, the installers were professional and did a good job. The detail that lingers is practical and sharp: the roof work went well, but the drawn-out wait for permission to operate — and the lack of responsive follow-up until Michelle intervened — became the defining frustration.

2. albert esser II
Google | Sep 13, 2025 |

Albert had a residential solar system installed on his home and discovered the whole process felt effortless. He found the company easy to work with, but what really stood out was Evan — his interactions with Evan were smooth and reassuring, making the installation feel simple from start to finish. He walked away impressed that a major home upgrade could be that frictionless, with Evan’s helpfulness being the detail he remembers most.

3. Brian Jauregui
Google | Apr 3, 2026 |

Brian’s solar install turned into a years-long dead end: a system put on the roof in 2022 never began working properly and was still completely nonfunctional by 2026. What made the ordeal especially maddening was the silence around it — he and his family kept a paper trail of every attempt to get help, yet repeated outreach went nowhere, while monthly loan payments kept going out for equipment that never delivered a single bit of power. The problem appeared to sit in the paperwork limbo between Freedom Forever and PG&E, with the utility pointing back at the installer for not sending the required forms. After more than six years of paying for a system that didn’t work, he even cut off automatic payments with the loan provider and started looking into legal help, hoping that finally forces the issue of a rooftop system that has never once come through for the house.

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1. Andrew K.
SolarReviews | Jan 5, 2026 |

Andrew reached back out to Freedom Forever long after his solar project had been finished, needing paperwork for tax filing on a system completed two to three years earlier. Even after that much time had passed, the support team quickly tracked down the documentation he needed and got it to him without fuss. The standout here was the speed and willingness to help with a past project, turning what could have been a frustrating paperwork hunt into a fast, easy fix.

2. Steve
SolarReviews | Mar 16, 2026 |

Steve’s Arizona home ended up as a $120,000 test of patience, and 18 months in, the system still hadn’t reached proper working order. He had gone through Solar Project, which brought in Freedom Forever as the subcontractor, and from the start the project kept slipping: the crew missed the schedule, the engineers made repeated mistakes, and two of them even lost their jobs after he caught major errors that forced permit changes and pushed the timeline back again. He had been steered toward SolarEdge gear instead of Tesla, only to watch three pieces of SolarEdge equipment fail within the first six months and then wait far too long for parts, with the final undersized component still unresolved because it would not charge correctly. What made the experience especially frustrating was that this wasn’t his first solar home; after 25 years living off a self-designed system on another property with no failures, he knew the numbers and the gaps in this setup stood out immediately. The one bright spot came from the installers and troubleshooters who showed up: he found them skilled, patient, and candid, and one even acknowledged that the software issues and complaints were common. That kind

3. Irma S.
Yelp | Mar 7, 2026 |

Irma’s experience turned sour years after her solar panels went up on the roof of her home. What should have been a straightforward installation ended up with a leak discovered five years later, and when she brought it to Freedom Forever’s attention in November 2025, the repair never got handled. By March 2026, the damage had lingered long enough for toxic mold to develop in the attic, leaving her facing a roof problem that still had not been fixed.

Long-term Satisfaction

Long-term satisfaction for Freedom Forever drops to 1.6 ★ compared to early reviews. This decline is worse than 75% of installers we looked at.

Long-term reviews carry the most weight in our methodology because they are most representative of what you should be paying for: a system that will perform for years.

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