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JR Heating & Cooling is a Woburn, Massachusetts HVAC shop run by an owner-operator named Jake, with a Thumbtack profile that puts him at five years in business and a background-checked verification on file. The handful of independent accounts on record are detailed rather than generic. In a review posted this spring, a customer describes Jake diagnosing and fixing a 2010s Goodman furnace mid-winter — replacing the gas valve and control board — and later redesigning the ductwork in a tight space to quiet a loud air-intake noise that had bothered the household since the building went up. In a 2025 review, another customer whose Mitsubishi mini-split AC had stopped working got a next-day visit and a careful, walked-through diagnostic, and called the pricing reasonable. Thumbtack shows a 5.0-star 'Exceptional' rating from 10 reviews, though only three written accounts are on file here, all from the past year and all positive. There's nothing negative in the record so far, but the history is short — worth asking about current availability before booking. For furnace or mini-split trouble in the area, the accounts on file describe hands-on, detailed diagnostic work rather than a quick swap-and-go.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from JR Heating & Cooling. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Estimated range
$5,000 – $11,400
Typical HVAC project around $8,200
“Jake worked on my 2010s Goodman furnace this past 2025-26 season including diagnostics and gas valve and control board replacement as the furnac”
Jake worked on my 2010s Goodman furnace this past 2025-26 season including diagnostics and gas valve and control board replacement as the furnace was failing in the dead of a harsh winter. Recently, he also redesigned the geometry of ductwork in a tight space, including the installation of additional returns to solve a huge quality of life issue with excessively loud fresh air intake turbulence that has been a problem since my condo was built in 2015. Easily the best HVAC professional I have worked with in the now more than 10 years I have owned instead of rented in Boston. Knowledgeable, responsive, easy to work with, and with reasonable, up-front pricing that other larger companies in the area with huge overhead and hard upselling techniques would be hard-pressed to match.
Nice work
Jake came at the high recommendation of a neighbor, and he came the day after I contacted him about my non-functioning Mitsubishi split-system AC. He was friendly, tidy, on time, and did a careful diagnostic exam of my system. He was extremely detailed in his explanations and the options. He was very competent, worked quickly and solved the problem. I found his pricing reasonable. I'd use him again, and recommend him without qualification. I will also say that Jake, as an owner operator was completely refreshing and up front compared to the very large operators I've dealt with in the past.
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Fast emergency response4.8
Ductless expertise4.3
Rapid response4.3
Tankless water heater expertise4.2
Energy audits3.9