Our a/c unit was replaced by a different, larger company in 2014, shortly before we bought this house. We have (solely) used Four Seasons a few times over the past few years any time we've had a/c issues. We've always had great experiences with Kevin, the owner, and I have recommended the company in our local Facebook group and on NextDoor when people ask. He was always knowledgeable.
Our a/c went out late this morning, so I called for an appointment. Brittany, the dispatcher, promised a tech would be at my house sometime after 3:00 pm, letting me know it could be on the later side. I felt lucky to get a same day appointment.
She called just after 5 to let me know we had not been forgotten. Then she called again at 6:15 to let me know a tech was on the way from Tempe. Awesome communication and very friendly!
George and another tech arrived after 7 and got right to it. They were also incredibly friendly and professional. They determined the motor was bad and because I had already purchased a new motor a few years ago, it was under warranty. They came in and George let me know that he'd order a new motor right away and he'd do everything possible to have it tomorrow so he could switch it out, but there was a chance the part might not be in until Thursday. I would get a brand new motor and only pay for labor and the service call, which prices were clear and fair.
I should note that it was 87 in the house by then and I was sitting on the couch, literally dripping wet with sweat, with wash cloths my kids kept re-dipping in ice water, wrapped around my neck. Not a pretty sight.
I keep the house at 72 or colder normally because my body stopped cooling itself properly a few years ago. Summer is very hard on me and leaving the house has been an especially big struggle this year. If I get too overheated, I legitimately pass out. But not before I humiliate myself by sweating profusely and turning tomato red - enough to look like I must have some horrible, obscure communicable fever disease.
Anyway! 87 was an about-to-black-out-level-10-things-are-bad situation. I was embarrassed because, well, you should have seen me. I apologized and nicely asked if they could try to squeeze us in tomorrow if the part was available because chemo and steroids and immunosuppressants make me look and feel like I've run a marathon... from my couch... when i get hot. He assured me he'd do everything he could. I was appreciative.
I was texting my parents so I could pack myself up and go over. My husband, kids, and dogs were on their own. It's every man for himself under these conditions.
Just kidding. I wouldn't leave the dogs in these conditions.
That's when George came back in. They had been out in the back where the unit is and to the front to the truck a few times, and George had also been on the phone, ordering parts, I'd assumed.
He told me he couldn't leave me like this until the part came, so they were going to temporarily replace the broken motor with one they had on the truck. And then they will come back when the new motor is here and switch out the loaner part for the pricier one we had originally purchased that was under warranty.
They stayed an extra half an hour and worked until 8:00 at night, doing something they absolutely did NOT have to do. I wasn't at all upset with them about having to wait. Air conditioning units break! That's life. It just happens to affect me pretty negatively, but that is nobody else's problem.
I'm uncomfortable with being ill and embarrassed by it and how it affects me. I never ask for accommodations and never expect anything.
So maybe that is why it felt especially generous. Or maybe it's because I had an infusion on Friday that wiped me out and I can barley get from my bed, downstairs to the couch, so the idea of getting everything packed up to leave for the night and day tomorrow was daunting.
I dunno. But regardless, George didn't know any of that. He is just a nice person and an excellent employee that works for a company that is good enough to keep an employee like him. He took something I mentioned in passing as an explanation because I was embarrassed and was so generous.
They told me they'd collect the service fee when they come back so I can just pay it along with the labor fee when they do the replacement.
I believe Kevin and his wife are a local-to-Cave-Creek family. I hope you'll consider supporting this great business. Like I said, I was already a happy customer and I've been recommending them for a few years, but this is so above and beyond that going forward, I could not imagine using any other company.
PS freezing cold air is pouring out the vents and I am one happy camper in my own bed!