Welcome to Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, Roofing, & Electric! With over 20 years of experience, we proudly serve the Tucson community with a comprehensive range of home services. Our family-owned business stands out with our dedication to quality, reliability, and excellent customer care.
At Intelligent Design, customer satisfaction is our top priority. We work closely with each client to understand their unique needs and preferences, ensuring that every job is completed to the highest standard. Our team of certified professionals is committed to providing outstanding workmanship and exceptional service, guaranteeing your home is safe, comfortable, and energy-efficient.
Choose Intelligent Design for expert services in air conditioning, plumbing, solar, roofing, and electrical work. Our knowledgeable staff and state-of-the-art technology ensure that we deliver premium products and superior results. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and experience the Intelligent Design difference for yourself!
Business highlights
45 years of trusted experience
Veteran Owned & Operated
Family Owned & Operated
Emergency Services Offered
Services we offer
Our residential and commercial services include air conditioning, heating, and plumbing design, repair, maintenance, and installation. We also provide energy audits, duct sealing, insulation, ductless heat solutions, and photovoltaic solar panel design and installation. Additionally, we offer expert roofing repairs and installations, as well as comprehensive electrical services including wiring, lighting, and electrical panel upgrades.
Description of Work: Checked out heating operation for fall season; prompt positive report.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
5.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Maureen J.
12/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Margaret E.
12/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac, plumbing
 + 0 more
unknown
Description of Work: I bought an Angie's list special including a heating/cooling tune-up and up to 2lbs. Of coolant. I have 3 zones, but they honored the price, since the deal didn't make it clear that it was $55/zone. I also ended up purchasing a two year maintenance contract for $1240, including not only maintenance of heating/cooling, but plumbing as well.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$55
Greg S.
12/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: I have had Intelligent Design Air Conditioning and Heating service my three furnaces. I had one faulty board that burned out a fan motor and a second unit that wasn't draining properly shorted out another board. The parts were replaced and a better draining system and kill switch was installed to insure that a similar problem wouldn't recur. During the process they also inspected my entire air conditioning system and showed me how to properly maintain my a/c units. A subsequent trip revealed that my heat wasn't working properly in one furnace. This was quickly diagnosed, repaired and was done free of charge. Overall, they are a quality company with competent service people and are very responsive. They don't come cheap, but this is a case where you get what you pay for and I am happy to lend my recommendation.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,000
Randy K.
12/2014
4.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: The one complaint I have is that I didn't receive total honesty on the purchase of the contract in that the main, top reference that they use in their sales literature is no longer a customer nor has been for some time. This particular reference was the main reason I purchased the contract. I didn't find out until after the transaction that this reference, a large commercial customer, had ended their business relationship with Intelligent Design over some unsatisfactory service. Leaves them open to some possible legal action if a person wanted to press the issue.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,062
Response from Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric
Thank you for your review. The review that you are referring to in our literature is from a non-profit organization in Tucson that we serviced pro-bono. The relationship ended with this non-profit for 2 reasons. One is that they have 55 very old systems and at the time we could not continue to service all of them pro-bono without replacing them. It was costing the company far to much time to service them continually and they did not have the funds or did not want to use the funds to replace the 30 year old systems the were not properly maintained over the years. The second and main reason was due to a service technician that is no longer employed by us due to his failures with this customer. We let the service technician go directly following his failures with this customer as we do with any employees that do not meet our very high standards. We do have permission in writing from the individual who wrote the review and the non-profit to use the rest of the existing literature even though we are not currently servicing this customer. All current literature printed does not have this customers review as we are no longer providing them service. I also have personally spoken to the individual in charge and we are both open to reconnecting the service relationship if they need replacement systems or we can handle the work load of the older systems. The service relationship ended on good terms and we look forward to reconnecting with them in the future. I hope you can understand that we go though our printed literature rather than throw it all away after we stopped servicing this customer. We are a company of virtue and integrity. We would never try to deceive a customer in an attempt to earn business. Please call the office and ask for the owner or general manager. We will happily refund your money if you still feel like we have not been 100% honest with you. -Andrew Dobbins(Owner)
Analisa K.
12/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac, solar panels, energy audit
 + 1 more
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Description of Work: Intelligent Design did an energy audit. They checked sealant and tightness of the house by evacuating air and used an infra-red monitor to check for hot or cold spots. We reviewed the electrical and natural gas costs of our air conditioning and heating. With our tax status as retirees, we did not effectively qualify for sufficient tax credits to justify large cost upgrades such as solar power. The only work that will be done is me sealing the small air leaks we found.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$59
Shawn M.
12/2014
4.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Purchased a HVAC checkup through Angie's List. Unfortunately, this provider was very slow to respond to email inquiries and slow to schedule their visit to perform services. I will not be using them again.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
3.0
value
5.0
professionalism
3.0
responsiveness
3.0
punctuality
3.0
$55
Randall H.
10/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: they did a diagnostic, which they didn't charge me for, while the guy was up there he actually saw the issue and fixed it at no charge, since it was an easy fix. They are great to work with.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Alexandra C.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Installed air conditioning system.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Ann H.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
kathleen B.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
just fine would use again
Description of Work: service call and new part
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$150
James S.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Professional job checking the heating/ac unit. |Wasn't expecting a sales effort to join their preventative maintenance club, but it was valued at about the same amount as a similar service as we had in our house in VA. | | | |
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$35
Barbara C.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: We are preparing for a remodel and had concerns that the airflow from our HVAC was not adequately reaching the other end of the house where our Master bedroom is. We wanted someone to come and evaluate our existing system and advise on whether we should be adding a 2nd zone especially with the anticipated additional sq footage. IDS came out and checked airflow and temperature, rebalanced some registers and assured us our current system is quite adequate - no need for a second unit. We felt very happy with their knowledge and thoroughness.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$60
Gerald P.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
.
Description of Work: Replace motor start capacitor on ac.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
Sherry D.
09/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$400
glenn C.
08/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
.
Description of Work: Service to roof top air conditioners.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$110
glenn C.
08/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
no problrms
Description of Work: serviced air conditioners
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$110
Steve P.
08/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
See above.
Description of Work: We had a service performed that I did not think was up to standard. A different technician was out to our house for another matter and promptly got involved. Reggie fixed the immediate issue and really knows what he is doing. After learning of this problem, the owner of the company, Andrew Dobbins personally got involved and went out of his way to make sure things were done correctly and completed to my satisfaction. As a result of the good work by Reggie and the follow up with Andrew, we selected Intelligent Design to replace the AC system at our daughters home. Total cost was over $14,000. Andrew continued to follow up and had another one of his excellent technicians, Dean, come back out to make some final adjustments. I have been very impressed with the quality of the service and the people at Intelligent Design from the tech's to the owner! I highly recommend them.
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$14,000
Response from Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric
Thank you for your kind words about Reggie and the service he performed on your home. I was just informed that he will also be going out to do service for your daughters home today based on your high recommendations. We appreciate your business and referrals. Thank you so much for letting us know about Josh. I am very sorry you had that experience with one of our technicians. When he went out to your home for your routine maintenance he was still on his 30 day probation period with the company. As part of our company process we call each customer after service calls and installations to find out whether they are happy or there was something they did not like about our service. We have reviewed all of the calls that Josh had been on in addition to your review. Based on the results of that information as of today 8-20-14 Josh is no longer with the company. Our 8 other technicians have been with the company far past their probation period and we get great reviews on all of them. As we grow the company and hire, from time to time we get a bad apple. If and when this happens we quickly take action to remove them so that all of our customers have a wonderful experience as you have had with Reggie. Thanks again for your business. I look forward to helping you with all your HVAC needs in the future. -Andrew Dobbins(Owner)
James D.
08/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
eddie S.
08/2014
4.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
4.0
professionalism
4.0
responsiveness
4.0
punctuality
4.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
Rene V.
08/2014
5.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
.
Description of Work: Thoroughly checked my roof mounted Rheem Package unit. Lowered the Amp consumption by replacing two bad Capacitors. Added a special lubricant to quiet the compressor and it now runs more quiet and efficient. Technician was very knowledgeable and professional and nice. I am highly satisfied with this company. I recommend them!
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0
Yes, I recommend this pro
$39.99
david H.
07/2014
3.0
heating & air conditioning/hvac
 + -1 more
unknown
Description of Work: Checked A/C. Cleaned A/C with water and hose. Looked at furnace. Told me I needed a new A/C now or REAL soon and made recommendations. I was introduced to their maintenance plan as he proceeded to try to sell me the highest SEER rating A/C unit. I have knowledge of the A/C REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT process and do not trust anyone who immediately wants to sell me a unit with 16 SEER rating without going over other SEER's. I wanted to trust these guys, but it's summer and felt I was being pushed!
Rating Category
Rating out of 5
quality
4.0
value
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
$55
Response from Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric
I'm very sorry that you felt you did not have a good experience on your service call. We want every customer to be treated as if they are our only customer. After speaking with you on the phone you admittedly have a very old builder grade AC system and within 2 weeks of our visit one of the items that our technician advised you could break soon due to high amp draws, did in-fact break and cost you over $800. I am very sorry that you felt you were pushed to get a new unit. My technicians are instructed to only advise people on the course of action that will cost the least to the homeowner over the long haul. Then allow the home owner to do what they feel is best for them. In your case our technician felt repairing all the items that were struggling on your system would be throwing good money after bad. I also want to apologize for the tech not educating you enough about all the system options. You said he tried to sell you the highest SEER unit and later said that it was a 16. We should have taken the time to teach you that the units available for your home today go up to 26 SEER and that the 16 is a mid tier option. I am sorry. I hope that you can see from our other reviews that we are a company of integrity and we try to do what is best for the homeowner every time. That is the reason we have so many A rating reviews. We would never recommend only the highest cost option and will only recommend replacement if we feel it is in your best interest. I wish you the best in your future endeavors, Andrew Dobbins(owner)
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Service Categories
Heating and Air Conditioning,
Plumbing,
Water Heaters,
Energy Efficiency Auditing,
Air Duct Cleaning,
Electrical,
Water Filtration and Softening,
Solar Panels,
Insulation,
Sewer Cleaning,
Drain Cleaning,
Natural Gas Lines
FAQ
Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric is currently rated 4.7 overall out of 5.
Sunday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Monday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Tuesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Wednesday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Thursday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Friday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Saturday: 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric accepts the following forms of payment: Check,CreditCard,Financing Available
Yes, Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers free project estimates.
Yes, Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers eco-friendly accreditations.
Yes, Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers a 5% senior discount.
Yes, Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers emergency services.
Yes, Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers warranties.
Intelligent Design Air Conditioning, Plumbing, Solar, & Electric offers the following services: Our residential and commercial services include air conditioning, heating, and plumbing design, repair, maintenance, and installation. We also provide energy audits, duct sealing, insulation, ductless heat solutions, and photovoltaic solar panel design and installation. Additionally, we offer expert roofing repairs and installations, as well as comprehensive electrical services including wiring, lighting, and electrical panel upgrades.