Gardener Wayne

Review of Lighthouse Solar

If you're shopping around for solar panels, let me...

If you're shopping around for solar panels, let me save you a lot of time and just recommend you go with Lighthouse Solar.

My wife and I have always known solar panels were for us and we've went to the Pedernales Electric Cooperative's solar tour for the past 3 years. We definitely wanted to take advantage of the 30% federal tax rebate so in late 2017 we decided to have 5 different companies come out (again) and give proposals both for our roof, on the ground, and potentially building a large carport. We were shooting for 110% of our power being covered by panels. On a side note, Lighthouse Solar was the only company out of all the major names in Austin that would actually build the carport and do the solar panels. We thought about the carport option because we saw a house during the PEC solar tour that had a huge outdoor patio, made out of steel, with the roof being completely made of solar panels, that was put in place by Lighthouse Solar. It looked amazing.

In the end, we were able to get the 110%+ generation from our roof and decided to spend extra money on newer panels and microinverters to have a cutting edge system and to go over 110% rather than spending the money on the carport structure.

That's another great thing about Lighthouse Solar--they aren't tied into just one brand or technology. They will work to come up with the absolute best design and system for your house. We went back and forth with different options at least 4-5 times.

From the installation crews, to master electricians, to people in the office, to handling all of the paperwork and process of Pedernales, everything was performed with professionalism and the quality is top-notch.

The Pedernales electrician who came out to inspect the installation, prior to firing it up, even stated, "Lighthouse has been doing this a long time. They do a quality job."

We can now monitor every single panel on our house, anytime, anywhere, and see how much power they're generating.

So back to those quotes from different companies...no one came close to Lighthouse Solar. We could have honestly have paid $50k more with another company for the exact same system. The prices and quality of the systems (string inverters to microinverters, lesser-quality panels, etc) ranged dramatically among the 5 companies but no one was close to Lighthouse Solar. We got a top-of-the-line system for several grand cheaper than the next company, who was selling an inferior system for a higher price.

Lighthouse says they can do it because they don't spend much on marketing and they also don't have a sales person come to your house with a big sales pitch, folders, and flyers. I can attest to this and no complaints here with that approach.

Ask for Erik, he took good care of us. I have no doubt though that whoever you speak with or work with at Lighthouse, they'll take good care of you.