JL
Jacob Lebowitz
Sep 3, 2025
This is my first season using Napora and after a few HVAC / Plumbing repairs, services, and install jobs for both me and now some friends & family, I'm confident in recommending them and the Owner / Master Technician Yuri. If you're considering one of the larger Rochester companies for service, repair, or installations, I'd strongly recommend contacting the Napora team first or to get a competitive bid.
I've used most of the big name Rochester companies over the past 15 years for work on 3 residential properties. Unfortunately, their service standards have declined over the past 5 years as they've grown larger:
-Same-day service used to be considered a standard part of taking care of a client, now they are always charged at "Emergency Call" rates even during normal business hours.
-Scheduling is always tight, sometimes 3+ weeks for a 1 hour standard service.
-After waiting those 3 weeks you may find an estimator has arrived rather than a technician, the estimate is prohibitively high, and your back to square one having lost 3 weeks (Beyond frustrating).
-Standard costs have gone way up and now you see extra fees like "truck charges, travel, estimation fee,etc." on your invoice.
-All "quotes" are now considered "estimates only" which they sometimes make you sign before they will schedule you so there's a good chance that your final invoice will be higher than quoted.
-Though these companies have many professional & highly experienced technicians, their large volume of work means they also have some not-so-good technicians. You may end up with a inexperienced technician on your job. When this happened to me, it resulted in extensive water damage. I think my review of that company is on Yelp if not Google...you've heard of them...it's two letters " _ _ Plumbing". It's about a misdiagnosed leak.
My experience with Napora has been a refreshing return to business as usual. My first call required ASAP service and Yuri assured me that no matter how late, he would get there that same day. He held to his word, arrived around 7:00pm, repaired my HVAC system, and didn't charge an "Emergency Call" rate.
Subsequent work with Napora has been accurately quoted, scheduled within 1-2 weeks, professionally performed (Yuri is a highly experienced, no-nonsense type of person and won't tolerate an inexperienced technician on his team), and I've yet to receive any unexpected charges on an invoice.
Yuri doesn't take short cuts (so look elsewhere if you're hoping for a cheap, quick, & partial fix...then call Napora when that inevitably fails). If something isn't worth repairing due to repair cost vs. replacement cost, he'll explain your options and give you the choice. Overall, I'm very happy to have found Napora and strongly recommend them.