Neighbourhoods · 02446
Longwood
The Longwood and Cottage Farm blocks hold Victorian rowhouses and early apartment buildings right up against the Boston line. Kitchens sit on upper floors off narrow service stairs, and shared ductwork limits where a hood can vent.
What we fix
What we get called out for around Longwood
- Range Repair Red knob glow with no flame on one burner
- Oven Repair Convection fan turning but the bake cycle never catching
- Cooktop Repair Induction zone dropping out under a heavy pan
- Range Hood Repair Blower loud but barely pulling air off the range
Flat $95 service call in Longwood, credited against an approved repair. 8:00 am – 8:00 pm, seven days; the phone is answered 24/7.
How a call runs
Three stages, and you hear the price at the third
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One
Say what it is doing
The model number off the plate behind the kick panel or inside the door, plus the symptom in your own words. Most faults are half-diagnosed before anyone leaves.
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Two
Readings in your kitchen
Gas pressure at the manifold, spark and flame sense burner by burner, element and sensor resistance, cavity temperature across a full preheat, blower current on a hood.
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Three
A figure before it opens
Parts and labour as one number, with the alternative if there is one. If the honest answer is that it is not worth repairing, you will be told that instead.
Reviews
From Longwood and nearby
5 / 5
from 523 reviews
5 out of 5
The sparker would not stop once a burner was lit, which drove us mad through every dinner. Grease had worked into the switch behind one knob. He stripped it back, cleaned the contacts and refitted the caps square.
Oscar B.Longwood
5 out of 5
A rattle from the duct transition above the liner every time the fan started. Loose bracket, missing screw from the original install. Ten minutes, and the damper got checked too.
Gregor W.Longwood
5 out of 5
Rowhouse kitchen two floors up a narrow service stair, and the range has almost no clearance to the cabinets. A red knob glow with no flame turned out to be the spark module, not the gas valve I dreaded.
Nessa T.Longwood
Book it
Get it cooking again
Longwood kitchens — call and describe what the appliance is doing.
(781) 410-4833Flat $95 service call, credited against an approved repair.
Cost
Quoted in full before anything comes apart
Flat $95 service call covering the visit and full diagnosis, credited against the repair once you approve it. These are the bands most repairs land in once the fault is known.
- $270$690 Igniter or spark module replacement
- $260$1,090 Burner valve or orifice service
- $140$720 Oven thermostat or sensor calibration
- $320$870 Convection fan or motor
- $540$1,550 Control board or touch panel
- $200$970 Door hinge, glass or seal
Repair or replace? A comparable new unit is $6,900 to $19,530
A comparable pro range, appliance only — before delivery, installation, gas or electrical work and any cabinetry. A rangetop plus separate wall ovens lands differently again.
What moves a job inside its band
Which part failed
An igniter and a control board are the two ends of the same appliance. Ignition, sensors and hardware sit at one end of the range; boards, gas valves and blower assemblies sit at the other.
Whether it is a current part
A part for a platform still in production arrives quickly. A superseded board or a discontinued blower means a supersession lookup and a wait, and the quote says so.
What it takes to get at it
A range that pulls forward on a tile floor is a different job from a slide-in trapped by a stone counter, or a hood liner four metres up a shared riser.
One visit or two
If the part is on the van it finishes that day. If it has to be ordered, the return visit is inside the quoted figure rather than added to it.