Shamus Gleason

Review of Ecobeco

We bought a new (old) house that needed some maint...

We bought a new (old) house that needed some maintenance done and decided to start with the fundamentals. We read about Pepco's energy efficiency program, joined it and selected ecobeco as the contractor, really by closing our eyes and pointing to a list of contractors.

They were timely, efficient, professional and complete. They performed the initial energy evaluation and provided a detailed, itemized estimate for the recommended work which they took the time explaining in depth and answering all of our questions. There was no hard sell to get any of the work performed. They allowed an ala carte option to pick only that work which we deemed worthwhile. They employed other contractors to complete the work but the companies that they chose all performed well. One even did a quick patch job on an unrelated problem and didn't charge us extra.

ecobeco returned after the work was complete and re-evaluated the house energy-wise. The improvement, both in measurements and in reality were impressive. Our heating bill dropped slightly even though the temperature dropped extremely over the course of the next month. I think that it easily halved our energy bill compared to if the work had not been done. In addition, rooms that were perpetually cold were now cosy.

ecobeco submitted all of the energy paperwork to Pepco which resulted in Pepco reimbursing us for about half of the total project cost. We felt like we were taking a risk when the whole project started but it ended up being a win-win all around. ecobeco managed the project admirably and I don't think that you can go wrong entrusting your projects to them.