Watchdog warning for 'dodgy' air-con brothers

A brochure for Affordable Home Comfort. The company has come under scrutiny from Consumer Protection.

The brother of a notorious air-conditioner salesman banned from selling and installing dodgy cooling systems has also come to the attention of WAs consumer watchdog.

Maxwell Raymond Healy, the brother of Alwyn Robert Healy who has been the subject of several consumer cautions over many years for failing to deliver or install air-conditioning units, has now himself had a warning issued against him by the state's peak consumer body.

Consumer Protection on Tuesday warned customers to exercise discretion when dealing with Solar H C Pty Ltd, trading as Affordable Home Comfort, after customer complaints against the company during the past three months.

Complaints included the air-conditioning units did not have the reverse cycle evaporative component promised, the systems had not been installed in a timely manner and large deposits being paid.

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Maxwell Healy, of Bindoon, is the companys sole director.

In May this year, Alwyn Healy, trading as Aircon Factory Direct, was ordered by the Supreme Court of WA to stop claiming air-conditioning units he was selling could heat and cool when they could not.

Alwyn Healy, who in 2011 at a contempt hearing for breaching a court order, was described by Justice Kenneth Martin as dodgy.

He was ordered to pay back $127,000 to 50 customers who were misled about the units, after he told customers they could both heat and cool their homes, however, when the units were installed there was no heating function.

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Watchdog warning for 'dodgy' air-con brothers