Sorry to hear that.

I got a couple utterly stupid high quotes from national installers who didn’t even scope my property or space allocation, azimuth, nothing. Skipped those.

I lucked out with a local installer. They aren’t amazing or anything, but weren’t scammy and worked fast and professionally once the permits were sorted. They sent someone to my house for the initial estimates and investigation and no hard sell when I told them what I wanted. Paid cash in three agreed installments at build milestones.

Only bad thing was I was originally supposed to get a 16kw battery but ran into the LG battery debacle mid-process and they couldn’t provide it. We negotiated a 10kw solar edge battery and in exchange they comped me two more panels, bumping me from a 5.6kw system to 6.4kw, which worked out fine in the end.

I’d like more battery in the future, but I’ll deal with that down the line since the battery warranty (and lifespan) will lapse well before the panels do.