George’s Refrigeration

I called George at 9:30 am because my dryer stopped working. I described the problem, gave him the model number, and by noon he was at my house with the part. That is what I consider great customer service.

Called at 8pm. George picked up immediately. He then proceeded to give me candid advice over the phone about by very old wine fridge for $ 0. He could have charged me a service charge to come out to my place and give me the same advice but was kind enough to recognize the situation and not waste my time or money. I will be calling again if I have future problems.

George fixed our stackable dryer. He took the time to show us how to do our own preventative maintenance as well. I’ve had other appliance repair services come in and none compared to George’s reliability and attitude. Highly recommend, especially if you want to «shop» local.

Excellent service. My frigidaire fridge broke, and I called first thing in the morning. I was told that although George was out of town, I would be called back by Arian. An hour or so later Arian called (I later discovered he actually works with Norhwest HVAC refrigeration, but they must have a reciprocal arrangement to assist each other), and he arranged to come round to take a look around 2pm — which he did. He took about 20 mins to diagnose the problem (a burnt out starter motor), and another 20 minutes to fix it, and clean up. He couldn’t have been nicer. It cost $ 245 all in.

I have a 10 yr old Whirlpool Gold refrigerator that began making noises about 3 months ago. I had no idea what the noise was & searched youtube videos to try to figure it out myself. Since the fridge & freezer were still working properly & since the noise stopped and started sporadically, I hesitated to call anyone because I didn’t want to waste my money. Well, months after the noise first started, the fridge made another kind of noise I hadn’t heard before and I honestly expected it to die by the next morning. I had no idea who to call, so I searched Unilocal for refrigerator repair. I found a few big companies, but decided to go with George’s Refrigeration because of the reviews. I scheduled an appt with George for a Saturday afternoon just to take a look at the fridge & low and behold, the fridge was not making any noise when he came. Since there was no noise, George left and said he couldn’t help — no charge. About 10 min later, the noise started again. I called George back to tell him about the noise and to mention that the partition between the freezer and fridge sometimes gets pretty warm. Without even looking at the fridge, George seemed to know what was wrong. I texted him a picture of the serial number/​model info and made an appt with him for the following Monday, which happened to be the day of the blizzard. Even though there was a blizzard, he was still able to pick up the part I needed and replace it. The part I needed was a condenser motor fan, which cost about $ 130. Total cost including labor = $ 260. It took about 30 min to replace & afterwards, George even helped me check an electrical socket to see if electricity was running through it. It’s been about 3 weeks now & no strange noises. Everything works well & I’m happy I didn’t have to buy a new fridge. Another tip George shared: Clean the bottom grill area every year– actually take the plastic off & vacuum! I have never cleaned mine & when I finally did, the dust filled up almost half the vacuum’s plastic canister!
Update: I think I found the same part on amazon for half the price
Regardless, I am still satisfied with the timely service.

Water leaked from the back of my 7-​year old Frigidaire refrigerator and I called George. He came out the same day, diagnosed that it was because of a broken plastic piece located in the back, and told me that he could order the part and get it the next day. I agreed and he arrived at an agreed time the next day and installed the part. And now my water dispenser works perfectly again. To make sure the plastic piece doesn’t break again, George decreased the water pressure. Good price and perfect job!

George is a hard working good guy. He squeezed me in, I missed his call, he made an effort to come back at 6:30 pm and took care of business quickly. I highly recommend him.

Updating my previous review: George has come out again for another problem, and fixed it. He’s really terrific.

George moves fast, scheduled an appointment the same day I called in, diagnosed the problem quickly, very reasonable with his suggestion to fix, and quickly made the repair. We had a whirlpool fridge that lost its cool. George identified that the fan got stuck because of ice build up. No new parts, just a quick repair for $ 115. Very happy to get this done asap. thanks George

I called George because my fridge had stopped cooling and was beeping at me. He knew what was wrong (burned out circuit board), had the part in his truck, installed it and charged me a very reasonable price all within about 4 hours of calling him. In addition while my fridge was pulled out of its cubby hole I noticed that the valve connection to water line that feeds my fridge/​icemaker was leaking and he fixed it for free!!!

My fridge was not getting cold, but my freezer was. My water/​ice dispenser hasn’t been working for a while now. I used a hair dryer a few months back to thaw out the back of my freezer and it worked, but it happened again so I went online and decided to call George.
He came over and basically did the same thing as me. He told me my sensor was broken and that he had to order one for me which was about $ 240. In the meantime, he told me to keep plugging/​unplugging the fridge every hour or so.
Ended up my fridge is working now and I told him to cancel the part. My water/​ice still isn’t working, but he says it’s the computer sensor board. I don’t know!
He was nice and he did try to give me some knowledge on appliances, but I think he is more old school. I think if you have the older model fridge, give him a call. He’s not too keen on the new technology.

I have worked with George for over 7 years and he has fixed anything I’ve presented to him… furnaces, dishwashers, hot water heaters… etc. He is fast, efficient, polite and reasonably priced. Also, you can trust him implicitly.

So happy! I called George on a Saturday because I thought my refrigerator was dying. He came on Monday evening when I was available. Cost was $ 90 for visit and thorough cleaning of the coils. Turns out the issue was a piece of cardboard that was hitting the condenser fan. I learned quite a bit.
George does stoves and dishwashers, too. He is my go-​to guy!

Called George this morning around 11am. Told him our fridge is not cold to the point ice was melting. He arrived 1pm, told us the sensor was busted. Replaced the sensor and 2hrs later the fridge is back to business. Total cost: $ 140.

Great service! George came out the same day and was accommodating enough to come late in the evening. He was patient with the service as it took over an hour for my fridge to defrost. He then changed the part, gave me other tips and even helped me move my fridge and clean the back (dust gathering there can effect the compressor). Had some interesting conversations while we waited for the defrosting.
$ 180 for every thing ($ 69 visit + $ 96 part + $ 14 parking)

Woke up this morning to our fridge not really cooling anymore. What a great way to star the day, right??? So I got on my trusty Unilocal,found george and gave him a call. He asked me few questions about the problem and the make and model of our fridge. He said he couldn’t come until the afternoon, but that if we were going to be around, he might be able to come a little earlier… well, he was and ended up at our house only an hour and a half after we called him! I was so impressed. He quickly went to work and fixed the problem… he also fixed my ice maker which had been broken for some time now… yes! He finished it all in under 30 minutes and now our fridge is working beautifully.
I am thrilled with the entire transaction and would recommend George’s services to anyone who needs them. It’s great to be able to find such a professional so quickly and easily.

The Unilocal App helped me find George this week when my fridge stopped blowing cold air. At first his nonchalance to my issue put me off, however I soon realized in his world, my problem was not a big deal.
I called at 1:30pm, described the problem, and he said he would be there at 5pm. He was about 10 min early! He showed up with his wire clippers and a new part. That’s it. He swapped out one part (condenser overload capacitor), the condenser kicked on, and the fridge worked like new.
The capacitor that he pulled out was small, but the capacitor that he put in was huge. Overkill? Maybe, but at least I won’t have to replace the same part ever again.
The bill was $ 175 and he gave me a great recommendation on a restaurant in Old Town — Old Jerusalem.
Well done George, you’re the man.

This morning, around 7am, I woke up to find my fridge wasn’t cooling properly. I googled «Chicago Appliance Repair» and called the first top rated place I saw. There I spoke to a nice receptionist that took my info and told me a repairman would call back shortly. I didn’t know how long it would take, so I kept looking and came across this page for George. I called him about 7:30 and he picked up himself. Not some receptionist or dispatcher, but the guy that would come out to fix the problem. He asked a few questions, then told me he could be there by 10am.
I called into work and waited. At 9:13am, George called and said he was out front and asked if I was home. He immediately got to work, and diagnosed the problem as a bad thermostat. He luckily had the part in his van. Then he discovered the fan motor had burnt out and should be replaced. He did not have this part on hand, but drove up to Evanston to a supplier and found it. By 12:00pm, a mere 4.5 hours after I called him, my fridge was cold and he was on his way out. I will absolutely call George for any other appliance problem I may have.
P.S — The other company has yet to call me back, and it approx. 3:00pm now…

This is going to be super short and sweet.
George is an amazing honest man. I’ve never met the guy in person but my fridge went out and I called George to schedule an appointment to have him come in and fix the fridge before I had a smelly hot mess all over my apartment. He answered my call at the oddest time of day (9:00pm) and asked me what the problem was. I explained the problem over the phone and he told me what I needed to do. I did just that and before I knew it my fridge was working. Woohoo!!! I called back (around 10:00pm) and told him that everything was working and appreciate his help, how much was it and where should I send him the check. He was stocked I was going to pay him and he said, «Oh don’t worry I did not do a thing.» I was amazed and could not thank him enough for the tips and saving my food from going bad.
George is a honest guy and totally saved the day and food!

I talked to George about the problem with my refrigerator. Geroge gets 5 stars and he did not even have to come out to fix it ! So how did he earn his 5 stars? Simple. He told me after figuring on the cost to repair, the age of the fridg, and the price of a new fridg, I would be better off buying a new one.
What motivated me to give him such a high rating was his honesty. He could have just as easily had come out to take my money knowing that in the near future other more serious problems could be forthcoming. The fridg is 12 years old, and the price to repair is about a third of the cost for a new one. I appreciate that honesty for sure.
Bottom line: If he is that honest about not wanting to take my money and tell me I would be better off in buying a new fridg, then I have to think that he would do a good and honest job at repairing any fridg if it was needed.