ABV Appliance Service

ABV Appliance Service works out of Boston's Brighton neighborhood repairing washers, dryers, dishwashers, ovens and refrigerators, and its calling card is speed — reviewers keep noting technicians out the same day or the next morning, even for a Saturday-night or Sunday-morning emergency call. Its written record runs from 2021 through 2026 across six platforms: Google shows 4.8★ from 160 ratings and Thumbtack 4.4★ from 66. Named technicians turn up again and again — Alex on refrigerators and dryers, Igor on refrigerators, Artem on dishwashers and ranges, and Adam, who came back twice in one holiday weekend to fix a fridge and stayed late to finish the job on a Friday night. Several reviewers describe the diagnostic-visit fee, often $95, being credited toward the repair if they go ahead with it. Pricing is the recurring sore point worth asking about up front. A 2026 review called a $600 washer-motor quote a rip-off after clearing a coin from the drain themselves; a 2024 review described a $645 ice-maker repair another shop later matched for $380 and suggested filing a BBB or attorney-general complaint; and a 4★ 2026 review flagged a high charge for what turned out to be an inexpensive part. A June 2025 review reported the company no-showing twice for a scheduled window-AC install with no courtesy call, and an August 2025 review said a $235 washer repair left the machine still not working, with no one reachable afterward. A 2024 review also described a $3,000 HVAC leak repair that failed again the next day, with the warranty claim declined. They're a reasonable call for a fast diagnosis on a broken washer, dryer, dishwasher, oven or fridge — but given how often price is the sticking point in the negative reviews, get the repair estimate in writing before authorizing the work.