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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Shawn Harris Enterprises. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
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$5,000 – $11,400
Typical HVAC project around $8,200
Shawn Harris Enterprises is the outfit Scituate residents call when the heat goes out — a family-owned fuel delivery and HVAC company that says it's worked the South Shore since 1978, now also running a dumpster rental side of the business out of its First Parish Road location. The reviews that stick are the after-hours ones. A 2023 write-up on scituate-light.com describes the crew rallying over the moment the power came back on but the heat didn't; a 2026 post on the same site credits a technician named Michael with a quick pump fix (and coming back for the wrench he'd left behind). Another reviewer, writing in 2022, recalls calling the day after Christmas when her daughter's regular oil company couldn't make it — Shawn Harris showed up within hours and topped off the tank even though she wasn't yet a customer. One Google reviewer says outright they've stuck with the company for more than 25 years, and a 2024 review credits them with showing up when scheduled. Google puts the company at 4.6 stars from nine ratings, and the Better Business Bureau grades it A+. Before booking, it's worth knowing about a 2023 review describing a very different side of the business: the reviewer says Harris sued the estate of a customer who died in 2021 over work the family maintains was never approved, and that he still hadn't answered the estate's attorney about where the signed contract was or what license covered the work. That's a serious claim from a single account and not something this page can confirm on its own — but it's specific enough, and recent enough, to raise before signing off on anything beyond routine fuel delivery. For the everyday call — an oil delivery, a furnace that won't fire, a heating system acting up mid-cold-snap — the history here points to a company that shows up fast for existing customers across Scituate, Cohasset, Hull, Hingham, and the rest of the South Shore towns it lists. For any job involving a written estimate or larger installation, get the contract and license specifics in writing up front.
“In the timeline does anyone know where the Shawn Harris Dumpsters in Cohasset were located when impounded?”
“Thanks go out to Shawn Harris Enterprises who made a very quick repair when a pump connected to the heating system quit on us. Michael came over and came through and came back for the wrench he left behind.”
“Thanks go out to Shawn Harris Enterprises and to ABC Equipment. The former rallied right over when told our heat had not come back on when power was restored.”
I can’t say enough good things about this company!!! I’ve been a loyal customer for over 25 years.
Amazing service
Service has been excellent, they show up when scheduled.
Shawn Harris sued a man who was dying of Alzheimer's for work that was never approved. That man died in June, 2021, and Harris still will not answer the estate's attorney's questions about where the Contract to do the work is, and what Licenses he or his agents hold to do the work that was done. Harris has admitted to never pulling a Permit for the demolition and reinstallation of a furnace, and insists that repairing a central A/C unit required replacing a furnace as well. In addition to the questions he will not answer, he has refused the estate's settlement offer and will not make a counter-offer. Does he think that if he just waits it out that the estate's attorney will just pay what he demands, to make it end? Or is he embarrassed to have sent his workers out to do a job they should not have done, and for which he had no permits? He claims he had my mother's verbal approval to do this major, expensive work, over the phone. The date he claims to have talked with her, my mother was in the cardiac intensive care unit immediately following the heart surgery that gave her 6 more months to live. I strongly doubt she was taking phone calls. I understand that he's a fixture, a former Selectperson, and otherwise is respected by his many customers and neighbors in and around Scituate. But by not responding to the lawsuit *HE FILED* he's doing my parents' memories wrong, and for what? Regardless, I know he does not have a contract for the job because it arrived in the mail _after_ his agents had demolished my parents' furnace. Had it arrived the day prior, I would have said no work could take place. Had the agents asked to see the signed contract before beginning the job, no work would have taken place. Someone sent a crew to do the job without a contract in hand -- sue that person. Beware. He does not take responsibility when he or his company make mistakes. At least not big ones.
I’ve used SHE for dumpsters and other services. The day after Christmas my daughters oil ran out and her service provider couldn’t make it. I gave them a call, and within several hours they arrived and gave her enough to get by, even though she wasn’t a customer. Thanks gang - you really stepped up, said YES and solved her problem - good old school customer service.
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2 changes recorded — last scanned Sep 17, 2026.
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