BEWARE of Semper Solaris. This is the first review I have ever written. If you are planning to put solar on your house, this is worth reading. My intention is to share my story, so this does not happen to anyone else. I signed a $50K+ contract with Joshua Daguman from Semper Solaris in August to build a patio cover with 20 solar panels and install 2 Tesla Powerwalls. I do not have a good south facing roof, so asked Josh on the feasibility to build a new patio cover with 20 solar panels as the roof. Josh said that it would not be an issue. He presented the pricing and although he wanted us to sign the contract immediately, we signed it a few days later. The communication was a cluster F from that point. We scheduled the on-site assessment and Semper instructed me to change my SDG&E rate structure from the standard rate to time-of-use, in order to qualify for the SGIP program. I was hesitant because the change would essentially double our monthly bill until the solar system and Powerwalls were installed. I clarified the rate increase in writing with Semper and they still pushed for me to change the rate structure. We changed it just before the weekend of 109 degree record setting temps. Later that week I was ready for the site assessment, but nobody showed up. After the "no show", I contacted Semper Solaris to learn that Semper canceled my contract 6 days earlier. I didn't even know that was possible to cancel a contract. I thought that was the whole intention of having a contract. During those 6 days I had communication with Josh about the time-of-use rates and he never told me that Semper was canceling the contract, why they did not want to complete the project, or to propose different options.I tried to contact the owners, but they seem to be untouchable, nobody within Semper can actually contact them. Josh did finally return my call and said they did not want to take the liability. I am still beyond livid. There is no way this would be acceptable in a normal corporate environment. So, now I am stuck with the 2X time-of-use rates and Semper gets to walk away. These solar companies only want to slap panels on a roof and get on to the next job. Maybe when the federal rebate is further reduced they will actually need to think about how they conduct business.If anyone reads this and they are thinking of going to Semper Solaris, stay away. This may happen to you. I hope this helps at least one person.
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