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• adam reich
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  Let me start this review by stating that I do not work for BrightHOMES and find that notion to dismiss a good review odd-fake news (and I am not a Russian bot)! I had 5 insulation companies come to our 7000 square foot historic carriage house to give me quotes and various ideas about the insulation project as to what to do and how to proceed. Tom from Bright Homes came and spent all day evaluating our home that we sadly discovered was completely un-insulated after moving into from Brooklyn in July- now we were shivering in our drafty house, wearing coats inside even with the heat constantly blasting as the heat would dissipate quickly as there was no insulation to retain the heat. I narrowed my choices down to BrightHOMES and one other contractor- I even ran the quote from BrightHOMES with the competing contractor-he felt it was fair, and because he was not able to come to insulate our home for several months and BrightHOMES could start within 2 weeks, he felt I should use them and praised them as the best (along with him, of course) and even was surprised how competitive their cost was, given their labor is union. We needed everything done-attic, basement, and wall fill. Tom and his brother Mike came with their hard working crew and spent a better part of a month and a few weeks (bad weather was a factor) insulating our house and even used a more atypical blown in insulation, mineral wool, as it would be less dusty then cellulose if it leaked into our interior space and is more commonly used in the Midwest and Canada even though it was more expensive but has a higher R factor than cellulose. The difference is astonishing and they promised us 30 percent reduction and the final blower test showed a 50 percent reduction in drafts, beyond their (and my expectation). They used over 4 tons of material to fill our walls which had huge unexpected large pockets to fill (they didn't know this till they started with the blowing in process as the house is from the 1850s and extremely quirky) and the difference is night and day. It is a historic old house, enormous, and I spent 1800 dollars in one month on heating oil prior to installation of the insulation. After insulation, I did an oil fill late January and now it's mid-February and my tank is still over 60 percent full and temps in house rise above the thermostat level and hold though obviously outside temps can vary. The heat turns on now rarely-before it cycled endlessly on and off. I have a monster oil chugging boiler so this is a huge difference and though the job was expensive, it was worth it being in a comfortable and warm house now and I see it as a one time investment. Kudos to BrightHOMES and their stellar employees along with Mike and Tom. And FYI I was in constant contact with their office who promptly returned my calls for my questions and helped guide me & procure us a low cost loan for a goodly part of the project through NYSERDA.

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