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The neighborhoods and suburbs below are the ones we work in most. We cover Chicago from city to suburbs, so if your block isn't listed, call and ask. Rob will tell you straight.
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Heating and cooling service areas across Chicago
From our shop at 1225 N Cleaver St in West Town, we repair and replace furnaces, boilers, central air and ductless systems across Chicago's neighborhoods and the north and northwest suburbs. Find yours below. Family-owned since 1952, with the owner, Rob, still on the calls.
- Chicago local
- Family owned
- Since 1952
- 4.98 204 Google reviews
Where we work
Find your neighborhood
Every area gets the same visit: a diagnosis first, a price agreed before any work starts, and a straight answer when your unit still has years left.
City of Chicago
Chicago · Near Northwest SideService area
Wicker Park
Vintage two- and three-flats, frame cottages and storefront apartments around the six-corner crossing of Milwaukee, North and Damen.
HVAC here: boilers and radiators, basement furnaces, ductless where ducts won't fit.
Chicago · Near West SideService area
West Loop
Converted warehouse lofts, high-rise condos and restaurant kitchens around Fulton Market, about a mile and a half south of our shop.
HVAC here: steam in older lofts, fan coils in towers, kitchen make-up air.
Chicago · West SideHome of our shop
West Town
Our shop is here, at 1225 N Cleaver St, among two- and three-flats, workers' cottages and new-build condos.
HVAC here: shared boilers, basement furnaces, condensers on garage roofs.
Chicago · North SideService area
Lincoln Park
Greystones, two-flats, courtyard buildings and lakefront high-rises, just north-east of our shop across the river.
HVAC here: boilers and radiators, furnaces, ductless for tight cottages.
Chicago · Lower West SideService area
Pilsen
Nineteenth-century brick two-flats and storefront buildings in the Pilsen Historic District, with 18th Street at its heart.
HVAC here: older boilers and radiators, furnaces in converted flats.
Chicago · Far North SideService area
Rogers Park
Lakefront neighborhood at the city's north edge, with courtyard apartment buildings and vintage condos around Loyola University.
HVAC here: central boilers in courtyard buildings, ductless and through-wall cooling.
Chicago · Near Northwest SideService area
Bucktown
North of Wicker Park, between Western Avenue and the Kennedy, with The 606 trail along its southern edge. Vintage frame homes beside new builds.
HVAC here: high-efficiency furnaces and central air, boilers in older homes.
Chicago · Northwest SideService area
Logan Square
Greystones and boulevard homes around the Illinois Centennial Monument, with brick two-flats on the side streets.
HVAC here: boilers and radiators in greystones, furnaces in frame houses.
Chicago · North SideService area
Lakeview
Two- and three-flats, courtyard condos and lakefront high-rises between Diversey and Irving Park, with the shops and bars of Clark and Halsted.
HVAC here: boilers and radiators, central boilers in courtyard buildings, rooftop units on Clark.
Suburb · Niles TownshipService area
Skokie
Post-war houses, 1920s brick bungalows and two-flats, and the shops on Dempster and Oakton, about 8 miles north of our shop.
HVAC here: furnaces and central air, boilers in bungalows, rooftop units on Dempster.
Suburb · Northfield TownshipService area
Northbrook
Houses from the 1950s to today, townhomes and condos, and the shops and offices on Lake Cook Road and Sanders Road.
HVAC here: furnaces and central air, two-system houses, rooftop units.
Suburb · Northfield TownshipService area
Glenview
Post-war houses, newer houses and townhomes at The Glen, and houses from around 1900 in The Park.
HVAC here: furnaces, heat pumps and central air, boilers in older houses.
Suburb · New Trier TownshipService area
Winnetka
Older architect-designed houses, large newer homes and the shops in Hubbard Woods and on Elm Street.
HVAC here: boilers and radiators, zoned furnaces and AC in larger houses.
Suburb · New Trier TownshipService area
Wilmette
Older houses east of Ridge Road, 1950s ranches and bi-levels to the west, and the shops on Central Avenue.
HVAC here: boilers east of Ridge, furnaces and central air in ranches.
Suburb · Maine and Niles TownshipsService area
Niles
Post-war ranches and split-levels, and the shops, restaurants and offices along Milwaukee Avenue and around Golf Mill.
HVAC here: furnaces and central air, rooftop units and make-up air.
Suburb · Maine TownshipService area
Park Ridge
Brick Georgians and bungalows, post-war ranches and new houses on old lots, around Uptown and the Pickwick Theatre.
HVAC here: boilers in older brick houses, furnaces and central air.
Suburb · Maine TownshipService area
Des Plaines
Post-war ranches, split-levels and condos, and the shops and offices downtown and along Golf Road.
HVAC here: furnaces and central air, split-level systems, rooftop units.
Photo credits
- Chicago: John Picken, derivative work by Georgfotoart · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wicker Park: David Hilowitz · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- West Loop: Bex Walton · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- West Town: Adam Jones, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Lincoln Park: Ben Schumin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Pilsen: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Rogers Park: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Bucktown: Eric Fischer · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Logan Square: Loganresident at en.wikipedia · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Hero: City & Suburban van on a Chicago street, AI-generated illustrative image.
- Lakeview: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Skokie: Nick Number · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Northbrook: CL Minecraft · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Glenview: Payton Chung · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Winnetka: Zol87 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wilmette: Ashley Frillman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Niles: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Park Ridge: Kelly Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Des Plaines: Randy Escalada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Why City & Suburban
1952Family owned, now in its second generation
4.98Google rating across 204 reviews, as of 31 Aug 2026
RobThe owner, still running the calls himself
About the family
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