Really really awful representative (middle aged man) driving company vehicle on the road, driving like a fool and yelling inappropriate names at a young girl. Can't imagine this was his first or last time doing that and it's ruining the company's reputation. Would definitely recommend superiorMSI over Sofina !! read more

Our older air conditioner stopped working right before the recent heat wave. Patrick came to assess it with 24 hours and gave us multiple options ranging from repair to replacement. Based on the age of our equipment, we opted for replacement. There was absolutely no pressure from Pat! He fit us into his busy install schedule and had the work done within two days. His installers are the hardest workers I've ever seen. Just to tell you who Patrick is, he brought lunch to his guys on the job and stayed to help them finish the work. I cannot recommend him highly enough. Thank you Patrick for the obvious care and attention to your employees and customers. It was a pleasure! read more

Cannot recommend this company enough. The Sofina Air people just left my house, they fixed our A/C issue within an hour and replaced or cleaned all the air filters. My house is freezing now and I am so happy. Also I felt safe having them in my house when I was the only one home bc they're not creepy or gross, totally professional. read more

AC wasn't working and we have an infant. Patrick came right over and diagnosed the issue. He was very kind and empathic to our situation. He returned promptly with the necessary materials to complete the job before it became unbearably hot inside the house. Patrick was very kind and professional. Would highly recommend. read more

Patrick, what a disaster...He doubled his price the day he was supposed to show up, and I was stupid enough to agree to pay him, I wanted the a/c fixed, and it was miserably hot!! Big mistake on my part!!!! He installed an inferior product and charged me 3x what another a/c person would have, something I didn't know at the time. He was belligerent, confrontational and impolite. Long story short- he got paid his exorbitant fee, but never finished the job, after one week of waiting, I had to hire someone else to finish the job. Stay away from Sofina, they are crooks. These other reviews must be fake. read more

Honest, dependable, hard-working, fairly-priced, respectful, blah-blah-blah... This family business replaced the original heating/air system in our old home and has kept it running for about 25 years. What's really great about Patrick, though, is that there have been a couple of times when we've had emergencies, and he's always made room for us in his schedule, even if it meant coming at 7:30 pm. One time, our contractors broke our air conditioning unit in the sweltering heat - and Patrick had to fight traffic with all its nasty, ill-tempered, bad drivers who pollute our city (and the Yelp! pages) in order to come save us from heat exhaustion. So, yay! Patrick! One downside: because they do such a good job, they're always very much in demand, so scheduling is sometimes tight. But with our old home, we've dealt with with a lot of contractors and service people of all kinds, and a lot of them really are Satan's Little Helpers. (I know, I know, I should come to Yelp! and warn others away from these scumbags, but there are only so many hours in a day.) Thus, there are times when Patrick can't drop everything and run to the rescue. But other than that, we've been super-happy with them. read more

After having an emergency at one of the properties I manage, I contacted a plumber who came out and tried to upsell me to use his AC guy to service my unit and stated all the fluids at to be changed and so on. I was skeptical about that and decided to shop around. I contacted Patrick at Sofina air systems. He came out to the property, evaluated the unit, fixed the issue, and as I thought, the fluids were just fine. Patrick is an honest human being and will not upsell you what so ever! My tenants are happy to have the AC working and I am very happy with the service and prices of Sofina Air Systems. I will never contact another AC company! It is hard finding a trustworthy company these days but I am happy I found this company! read more

Shocked to see the previous reviewer speaking poorly of Patrick or his business due to a traffic incident. Clearly showing his class and how easy it is for someone to abuse social media. I have dealt with Patrick many times professionally. Both as a client of mine and a client of his. Not once have I gotten poor service or attitude. He's truly a class act. I left this review over 6 months ago but I don't know why it didn't come up. Let me share my great experience with them. I bought my house last winter and had it needed an air conditioner, until a heat wave and a pregnant wife made for a very uncomfortable situation! Turns out our air conditioner was not up to par. I had worked on Patrick's website and he had told me to call him anytime if I needed his assistance. When I called him and told him about my situation he made a point of getting to me ASAP! He check out our system and informed us of the problems and we opted to upgrade my system. Great choice. Within a few days all the work was completed! Our air conditioner is working perfectly, almost too good, and I couldn't be happier. If you're looking for a professional and honest HVAC company. Call Sofina! read more

I could probably say this was my best experience with any service call I have ever had to make. Our AC went out first thing in the morning during a five day triple digit heat wave. I was referred to Patrick by a friend and I immediately called him. Patrick took my call right away even though he was on another job and told me that due to the heat wave he had a full day of calls lined up but would do his best to get to our house before end of day. He stuck to his word and got to our place late in the afternoon. He was very knowledgeable and was immediately able to identify the problem and got to work fixing it. Within a short period of time our AC was back up and running perfectly. Pricing was extremely fair and there was never the sense that he was trying to charge me for unnecessary repairs. I will absolutely be using Patrick again and referring him to others. read more

Thank you Sofina air for the excellent customer service. Patrick is fast and efficient. Called a few places on yelp and Patrick was the only person who made an effort to come out and help me. I get that summer is busy time for Ac service techs but everyone said they wouldn't come out for at least a couple weeks. Patrick scheduled a next day appointment for me in sylmar. And identified the problem quickly and replaced a new motor for me at a very great price. Keep up the great work and awesome customer service! read more

If I could rate Patrick and his company with zero stars I would. I am new to the area and was driving on Foothill trying to find a doctors office that I had not been to before when I was startled by the owner blaring his horn at me in traffic and almost got in a wreck. I called the number on the truck and got Patrick on the phone who identified himself as the owner if the company. He was extremely rude (I was attempting to be nice) and hung up on me after being extremely rude. If this is any indication of how this man conducts his business I would recommend steering clear. I have owned and run three multi- million dollar ventures and would never treat anyone the way Patrick treated me. read more

It was a specially hot day last summer and we noticed that our first floor AC unit was not cooling the first floor down. I called Sofina Air Systems and Patrick who was on another site in a different city at the time answered and told me he will come by that same day. Even though he was stuck in traffic and it was already late, he did manage to show up and recharge the unit. He also found a slow leak in the old valve that had been causing the problem all along and fixed it. The AC unit worked for the entire summer without a problem. I have not had a need to turn it on this year, but with the leak corrected, I am confident it will work just fine. Patrick himself was a very knowledgeable professional who worked quickly and found and fixed a problem others had not been able to fix before him. read more

I was referred to Patrick by an appliance repairman in Glendale who had done excellent work for me, and found that his confidence was fully justified. All the ducting in my attic was deteriorated, uninsulated, and incorrectly installed, and the exhaust fan was just blowing hot air around instead of getting rid of it. It all needed to be replaced, but when I asked Patrick about the viability of my rooftop HVAC unit, he told me candidly it was good enough rather than trying to sell me a new one. After less than two full days of careful, courteous workers climbing around an infernally hot attic, I have all shiny-new insulated and properly mounted ductwork, an effective but inconspicuous rooftop exhaust fan, all the sheet metal work that goes with a job like this, and a much more comfortable house for a reasonable fee. Cannot recommend this company highly enough. read more

I was given contact information from someone else in my building about Patrick and Sofina Air. So happy to have been given the tip! Our building has a cold water chilling system that runs cold water throughout to each unit. Every unit has its own blower system that blows the cold air from the water pipes into the unit. I have an original unit in great condition, but a home inspector measured the blowing temp at 66 degrees. I called Patrick, set up a next day time, and he came out to service the system. Showing up right on time, Patrick came in, looked over the system, measured the temps, and confirmed it was blowing higher than it should. Unfortunately, he didn't have the cleaning materials on his truck that day, but was able to come back the following day at 730am - fantastically quick turn around. He took the system apart, cleaned the coils and fins, checked the fan, flushed the drain line, and did a bunch of other checks for a whole tune-up. Sure enough, the system is now blowing at a chilly 61, which will get colder in the summer months when the building lowers the overall chiller tank temperature. Patrick knows these systems very well and was able to fix our problem very easily. He was fast, reliable and friendly. Polite and cleaned up after himself. Couldn't ask for a better service. Will definitely be my first call if something comes up again. Side note, I realize a lot of professions like this rely mainly on word of mouth, but my wife and I use Yelp to research virtually anyone we hire. Be kind, pay it forward. If you use someone for a service, be sure to take 5 minutes like this and review them. Pay it forward to future business and take the guess work and anxiety out of the equation for the consumer. Thanks! read more