Trust & Licensing
63/100
Licensing, insurance, bonding, BBB record, and verified credentials.
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Heat Busters INCHVAC in Poway · Reviews & Verification
Poway, CA
Scored Jun 9, 2026
B
408/700
TradeScore measures verifiable business health, not workmanship.
HVAC$$Worth It52 / 91 checks
TradeScore™
Grade Breakdown
How the TradeScore works
We score this contractor out of 700 across 7 categories using public data: licensing, reviews, their website, and more. Higher is better. Each bar below is that category out of 100. Open a card to see the checks behind it.
Online Presence
83/100
Website quality, page speed, structured data, and Google profile completeness.
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Reputation
100/100
Ratings, review volume, recency, owner responsiveness, and sentiment.
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Pricing & Value
78/100
Transparency, financing options, and what customers say about cost.
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Service Quality
29/100
Warranties, guarantees, emergency service, certifications, and customer care.
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Website Health
55/100
Technical site fundamentals, Core Web Vitals, semantic HTML, sitemap, canonical URLs, Open Graph + Twitter Card metadata, content freshness, named services.
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Smart Search
0/100
How well your site is structured for AI search engines to read and recommend, LocalBusiness + Review + FAQ + Service/Product schemas, llms.txt, NAP consistency.
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What Customers Say
Reviews
Review summary
Heat Busters INC is viewed as fair and competitive on pricing. Reviewers consistently highlight strong recommendations. A few mention upselling on some visits.
The themes below are summarized from the actual text of those reviews.
Summarized from 28 Google and 23 Yelp reviews
What customers love
- Strong recommendations39Google 25 · Yelp 14
- Fast response times37Google 21 · Yelp 16
- Professional technicians36Google 24 · Yelp 12
- Reliability and honesty18Google 10 · Yelp 8
- Quality workmanship14Google 8 · Yelp 6
Common concerns
- Upselling on some visits6Google 4 · Yelp 2
- Quality concerns4Google 3 · Yelp 1
- Scheduling delays2Google 1 · Yelp 1
3 weeks ago
AI pointed me to this company for a repair of an old hydronic heating system (many cos. don't want to work on them). Great service and highly competent.
Colin Gabrielvia Google
3 weeks ago
Victor from Heat Busters was a pleasure to work with! Friendly, Professional, and excellent communication. He came up with a much more affordable, less invasive option that we hadn’t thought of. Did not try to upsell…
Arianna Heyervia Google
a month ago
I have been using Heat Busters for a while now and at this point would not use anyone else, and I have gone through a few. Aaron and Victor are kind, professional, honest, prompt and reliable. They just have good bu…
Cheri Hensleyvia Google
2 months ago
Last Summer our AC quit working and we called Heat Busters to have a tech stop by and troubleshoot the system. Victor arrived on schedule, quickly diagnosed and repaired the system, and our AC was back online very qui…
GTBvia Google
3 months ago
Heat Busters are the absolute best experience I've had with contractors!!!! Professional, punctual, affordable, friendly and an absolute pleasure to work with! I couldn't recommend them highly enough!!! We needed our…
Erik Farneyvia Google
3 months ago
My heater had recently stopped working, and Aaron and Victor showed up on time at my house to help me check it out. It’s funny that when they turned the heater on, it immediately started working! (It turned out the s…
Dan Yu 余丹via Google
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