Mickey's Electric

Ok it's been over 1 year and I am admiring his work in our little condo more now than ever- Winter and short days w more lights on and all. I feel I owe it to him to put this up as he was a really cool and a funny guy to work with, not perfect but hey who is right?

If you are looking for a way to make your place feel bigger and more modern I highly recommend recessed dimable halogen lighting for its warmth in color to adjust w mode.  I really appreciate the attention to detail he had in the placement of our halogen recessed ceiling lighting cans.  Probably the best home improvement investment we have put into the house.  He suggested a non- linear light placement which looks so much better than 6 square light placements of equal distance and it makes such a big difference in the look and feel of our place.

I called around to at at least 5 different good yelp reviewed electricians and got at least 4 to come over and quote me on the work that needed to be done:  11 recessed  ceiling lights , Dimming switches up and downstairs, bathroom fan install, kitchen recessed can and switch, new outdoor light installation w drilling new holes and wiring it all together. The Bath rooms also got the recessed dimmable lighting. He also mounted our flat screen above my fireplace.

His prices where the lowest of all the electricians that came over.  One less star due to one light can that has been cranky and turns on and off at random that I have fixed myself by just wiggling it around my self,  it might not even be his fault could be the material selection etc.  Everything else has worked great w no problems at all.

I would use him again.  Cheers!

I hired Mickeys Electrical LLC and initially gave him 3600.00 he didn't show up most days until 4-5 hrs. after his agreed upon start time if he even showed up at all.  I ended going to buy all of his supplies except a few pieces of wood he needed and 9 pieces of drywall he decided one day to just quit showing up to do the work here in my home then demanded I pay him another 4000.00 but could not produce a contract that I signed stating I would pay him 7600.00 Then started threatening and harassing me. He left wires exposed and switches out of the wall along with holes in my dry wall and a lot of construction trash in my front yard Please Be Careful With this Guy see photos below

This guy flaked on me TWICE. After the first call, I called him to see what'd happened, trying to give him the benefit of the doubt and he literally told me that he would come out unless a more important issue came up. Foolishly, I didn't end the call right there, but instead decided to give him a second chance. And again this morning - no show, and didn't return my voicemail.

I'm sure electricians in SD have a lot of work, but it's just arrogant, unprofessional and plain douchebaggy to agree to come out, and then completely flake. I don't know what this guy's problem is, but I had to write a review to warn others so that they don't waste their time.

Called and asked how much it would be to come out.. he said $80+ and I said that was a lot.

He laughed and said what you want, $5?? Hahah
I said actually last place I called was coming out for free, I just can't find their number..
HE interrupted me and yelled GO CALL THEM THEN, WHY YOU CALL ME!?

This dude is totally unprofessional.. wow. No thanks. I was calling around to find that electrician that said he'd give me a free estimate, clearly this was not him!

I hate to have to do this. I own a check cashing store and Mickey wrote a check to one of his employees. His employee cashed it at my store and it bounced. It's been a month of calling and harassing him for MY money to be paid back. He claims other people owe him money and that's why he can't pay me. That's not any of my business. I wouldn't do business with him, and at this point I doubt I see my $575 back for writing this review. But it's worth it to me to let other people know about his business practice. I might change the review if he decides to pay me and make it right. If not, oh well.

As it was said before by others this person is a fraud. He will bid as Newman Electric and then demand personal checks as he does not have a licensed business and the IRS is after him! He is illegally acting like a licensed contractor.

No insurance, no bonding, really bad work quality, he and his associates will do things that are against code - be prepared for failing inspections once these guys have touched your home.

Bad attitude on top of that and flat out lies about what has been done or completed.

Avoid unless you want to fund an illegal and tax evading 'business' and be prepared for non compliant work.

**IMPORTANT**  Check Mickey Newman's license with the city.  I found out after he did my work that he had been unlicensed for over a year and had NO BONDING and NO INSURANCE.  According to the Contractor's State License Board, his license number 632453 expired in 2009 as did his Bonding.  BEWARE.  Look it up yourself if you doubt.

It all started out okay.  He was prompt in giving an estimate and his guys showed up on time the first day and dug in.  I was given a 4 day estimate for completion.  2 weeks later they still were not done.  His guys didn't show up every day and Mickey was sending them to other jobs instead of ours.  He kept asking for more money.  Mickey asked me if one of his guys could sleep in our house since he didn't have anywhere else to stay.  Seriously.  His guys used mismatched outlet colors, some ivory, some white, in the same box!  

The city inspector came by and gave him 6 or 7 dings, which Mickey changed.  But first he got upset with me for letting him see everything.  He apparently hadn't bought permits for the whole job, and now had to.  

When the job was finally done (almost), we discovered a handful of lingering issues.  Mickey stopped answering his phone and missed the handful of appointments that he'd made for finishing.  I finally saw him one day at Lowe's and he came by the next day to fix the problem.  This problem was that they'd installed the bathroom fan, but never the exterior exhaust, so it was venting moisture directly into our attic.  He told me no problem, and had his foreman do the job.  5 minutes later he was 'done.'  And then I saw the job.  He'd attached the vent to the fan and placed the exhaust end next to an attic vent.  The hose was held in place with an errant 2x4 he simply laid across it.  I told him that wasn't acceptable and Mickey had to return with the proper roof venting hardware.  They finished.  

There were other problems too, like wire junctions with out boxes in our crawlspace.  When I found these while doing some other work, photographed it, and told Mickey, his first response was why were you under your house?  They took care of the problem, but not without attitude.  

To this day there are issues with 3 way switches, and the fact that they wired my bathroom into our garage sub panel instead of the main panel.  I am just tired of contacting him.

If you want a rude and inconsiderate electrician then he's your guy!

Never in my entire life have I receive such awful customer service and this is just speaking to him on the phone! I can only imagine what he's like in person. He basically YELLED at me over the phone. My advice for everyone is to avoid, avoid, and avoid. Go somewhere else where you aren't treated like a beggar but a client.

Needed two light switches moved 5 feet and one outlet removed. I called Mickey and he came out the next day to give an estimate. I have had 1 estimate on the same job for $900+, Mickey said $250 and do you want to do it today?. I almost hugged him ( really, I had to hold back my excitement) .
He came back later that day and got to work then an assistant came to finish up. The job was done quickly and professionally.  
I have more projects that I will ONLY call Mickey for.

Our property manager hired this guy to do some work on a vacant suite and it has been a nightmare for the entire complex since then. As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in an office with half electricity and no AC....in the summer. He was supposed to show up 8/19 & 8/20, but just didn't show up. They ended up coming 7/26 & 7/27 and caused a whole mess. They just literally cut a group of wires. We come into work with no power at all. He comes in, singing....and telling us he cut this wire and we need to replace it. What!? Really!?? He then starts freaking out trying to scramble because all of us tenants are now angrily staring at him. The AT&T guy that was there for one of his clients was the one to fix everything that day, really? So we're all good, and then on Friday 8/8 our power went out again. He blew a fuse, but didn't tell us he was doing any work so we could be prepared. Our cable guy came out to make sure we were all good with everything and he said whatever splicing the guy did was horrible and he was 100% positive we were going to have issues in the future, low and behold....

We had power today until now. And the guy is nowhere to be seen. We can't get ahold of him on his cell phone, his voicemail is full.....This guy is a joke and I hope our property manager gets all of this work for free.

Mickey is a great guy and very flexible when doing an electric job. He did some work at a coffee shop I own Black Arrows Coffee and when most electricians would need two weeks to get to my shop; he made some time and gave me an estimate. The job was completed efficiently and in timely manner. I highly recommend him!

I called Mickey to help out with a lighting issue at a rental.  He was so flexible working with the tenant's schedule, fixed the problem quickly, and was really fair in regards to price.  I would definitely call him again.

Mickey is very funny and nice guy.
He seems to be a little weird at first. But this man understand what you need. I haven't been able to compared his price with others but his price seems to be very reasonable.
I have asked him to do some works in my shop a couple times. And I am 98% happy with what he has done.
2% is finish issue but I still want to give him 5 stars because his employee was very helpful with us.
I will definitely call him again when I have more electric jobs to do.

Speedy, responsive, knowledgable, invested in his work, and affordable.
Besides his upbeat personality and desire to do good work, Mickey cares about lighting.  He did extra work without charge to improve our lighting.

Great work, great prices.

I called him to install a new electric socket.  He had to run a line back to the breaker box.  He found a good route to run the line.  His prices were very good a and he did a great job.  

The only weak point was a tendency to be late.  This can happen to anyone, of course.  But, he was an hour or two late for the estimate and a half-day late to do the work.  So, plan to be around some extra time.

One of the great things is that he was able to schedule the work for only a couple days after I called .  Other places I called weren't even able to schedule the estimate before the time Mickey had the work complete.

He's also very good a talking through alternatives.

By the way, his new business name is Newman Electric. Inc

I called this company on a Saturday morning when I was unable to reach my usual electrician/repairman. I asked him what his trip fee was and he asked me where my property was located. I mistakenly gave him the unit number for the apartment. I called my supervisor to get approval for his $90 trip charge and was unable to get approval. I never called this company back to schedule the work or to tell them I wasn't going to use them. Instead of the technician waiting for a call back from me, he just showed up at the tenants front door on Sunday afternoon claiming it was going to cost $600 to replace the breakers. Haha I don't think so. He proceeded to yell at me about non-existent fire hazards and then tried to negotiate with me to pay him $320 for the job. Again, HA! I'm not an idiot. I told him I never gave him written or verbal approval to begin any work, that he did not have any authorization to be on the property and to please leave the premises. Now, two weeks later, he somehow found my office address information and sent me an invoice for the unauthorized work I told him not to perform. Sorry buddy, not this time.

Also, I had my repairman go out on Monday and replace the breakers for $60!!!!!

Ok, so trusting Yelp I called Mickey and explained my project (about 2 hours of bathroom light assembly). Mickey listened, then said he was busy and asked if he could call me back in 5 minutes.

No callback. I guess he only sings if you give him enough $$.

Mickey is really a nice guy and knows his stuff, but unfortunately has time management issues. Fist visit he was late a couple hours, but after calling him he showed up and fixed the issue. No show on second follow-up visit. I called and he apologized, and we set up an apt for the following day. Again no show or any call. Waiting around w/no shows has cost more money than the electrical issue itself. :(

Update: lowered my review rating from 4 to 2 stars after further research of Licensing of Mickeys Electric. I'm pretty sure that Mickey would have done a great job, BUT I was more concerened of the the liabilities of things going bad and our insurance would not cover any damages due to the fact that a UNLICENSED contractor did the work. I even called him again to verify if he was licensed, and he Immediately changed the subject. I couldn't even get a sentence in. Very disappointed. Tisk tisk tisk. With that aside, I will probably still hire him once the licensed is renewed.

LICENSE EXPIRED AS OF: 11/30/2009 as per cslb.ca.gov

4 stars out of 5.... because work have not been done yet. This is due to me cancelling the work due to delays. Other than that, Mickey was prompt and very knowledgeable on estimating the work I wanted to get done. His suggestions was welcomed and we implemented them into our upgrades. The price..... =)  very reasonable. I'm confident that when we do have Mickey and his team back, they will do an outstanding job. A future 5 stars review is near. Thanks Mickey.

Mickey and his employee were able to fix my bathroom fan for $200 (that included the price of the fan). Both were very professional.  I recommend this service.

Honest, friendly and helpful.   Would contact him again for future work.

After my former electrician left me for greener (more lucrative) pastures, I was recently forced to seek out a replacement. How do you replace perfection??? Through Yelp, of course. Found Mickey and I'm more than satisfied! Really nice guy, honest, and knows his stuff. Ahhh...I'm committed again.

All I can say is WOW!  I called Mickey and was able to get an appointment within 2 days.  He showed up on time and was very nice and professional.  He gave me a great bid and was able to do the work the same day.....I am sold and now have a new electrician!  We have a second home in Temecula and will definately use him for future projects on either home!  I highly recommend him.  I'm not sure what the 1 star guy was talking about, my job was small and inexpensive and Mickey treated me the same as if I had a whole house rewire.  Give him a call, you wont regret it.

Found Mickey's an Yelp so I thought I would give him a call. I needed new outlets put in around the house, GFI's, and upgrading the breakers on my 1950 rental unit. He gave me a good estimate and could come out the next day. While doing the work I thought of extra stuff for him to do and he kept everything very reasonable. The work was finished that afternoon and everything works great. Will call him again next time I need some work done.

Oh yeah - he even let me use some of his tools while he was working so I could do a little work on a side project that I had. Nice guy.

Skilled, honest, and responsible electricians. Had them do a couple jobs that were quoted much higher by other companies.

Could not be happier. Mickey and his team are a pleasure to work with and got the job done fast and flawless. His prices are reasonable as well. I recommend without hesitation. Cheers for the great job guys.

Professional attitude, very reasonable prices. I had him do some low voltage work - Cat6 to 3 rooms. Finished in 2.5 hours, unfortunately his drywall guy couldn't come for a few days. Good work all around, will call again for electrical needs.

I hired Mickey to install a ceiling fan in my upstairs. We have a vaulted, exposed beam ceiling, and my husband just wasn't able to figure it out. They quoted me much lower than the competition which was great. The fan was installed with only a small hiccup; a hole in the wall. No problem, they're coming back to patch it tomorrow. He and his colleague were friendly and fast. Great work and I would hire them again.

I am a realtor and I was looking for an electrician to meet me the same day to help with an electrical issue in a condo a client had just purchased...Mickey was able to meet me within an hour and let me know that there was no issue.  He was very nice and considerate with his time, and made me feel comfortable in regards to his knowledge about his trade.  I will definitely be using him in the future.

This guy is terrific.  I left a message at 6:15 on Tuesday night.  Mickey called me back in 5 minutes and told me he'd meet me at my condo at 3:00 the following afternoon. I thought I just needed an outlet but he told me I had to add a breaker.  I'm thinking 'big bucks'. He gave me a great price and said he'd be back at 1:00 the next day.  Before 2:00 it was all done.  AND I got to listen to his beautiful singing!!!  What a bargain. What a great guy.  I am recommending Mickey to anyone who needs an electrician!

AWESOME.  HONEST.  FAST.

Mickey, is honest, focused, sincere, and charming behind a strong Hungarian accent - with a tenacious work ethic; balancing his staff, and triaged patients with ease and skill.  

These guys know their job; give honest education, work for the value.  

These guys are busy, cuz they are good.  I'm sure they can't get to everyone, cuz they are non stop flurry of action.   I feel very lucky when I called for a simple circuit breaker concern that basically lead to the replacement of a 20 year old electrical box with flimsy breakers that were arching and shorting different outlets every other day.   Much like a triage patient, Mickey interrupted other work based on a few Q/As and arranged his staff to replace the whole box and rewire it in the same day.   When you can hear the sparks in a breaker box, I guess it is possible we got the right magician just in time to prevent a serious failure.

One piece of advice - clean your house; give these guys a clean place to work; they laid plastic and were very careful and neat - and they do appreciate being able to walk into a clean comfortable work site after some of the horror stories out there.  Reminds me of a song - 'it pays big money'  Damn worth every penny.   I have an electrician.  Thanks guys.

I have used Mickey for 3 fixes: two ceiling fans and a flat screen TV electrical box install.  He has done excellent work, stuck to his initial estimate (even though the job proved harder and took longer than anticipated), and is very friendly.  He talked me through all of the options for each job.  He cleaned up and put everything back the way it was before the work was done.  I will hire him again and would be happy to recommend him to a friend.

Mickey's electric is great! He came almost as soon as I called and was very flexible with my schedule! I had  fan and an electrical outlet that need some work. He and his assistant came together, they had the job done quickly! I will be calling him again in the future because I am sure that's not the last time I will need something wired up! Don't hesitate to call Mickey... He's the man!!!!

Mickey was great.  found him on Yelp.  He replaced all the outlets in my house with new ones for $400.  great job and professional.

Good, fairly priced, old school electrician.

Super impressed with Mickey's Electric! We had them install a chandelier, an outlet, update our kitchen outlets, an outdoor flood light, a back porch light with an indoor switch, and fix some switch we botched up ourselves - and they did this all in one quick morning at a reasonable rate. They are efficient and friendly - especially the work leader and Mickey himself. He even offered us fixtures he had on hand if we hadn't already gotten them. He's a funny guy with a good sense of humor and the crew is all fun, too.

We needed some electrical work done in our condo.  I called Mickey, he said he'd call me back in 5 minutes.  I had seen one Yelp comment that he had said that and never returned the call.  My phone then rang about 15 minutes later and it was Mickey.  He happened to be just down the street and within minutes he was here fixing our tripped breaker and making power work in an outlet that never has.  I highly recommend Mickey.  He's fun, enthusiastic and does great work.

Mickey's Electric is a trip! Work is great and Mickey is a hoot - his helper, Fausto, is quiet but very efficient.  Work involved installing two track light setups and fixing a faulty recessed light.  Love that Mickey gives you suggestions on all things electric, i.e., you really should have a GFI in your kitchen.

Highly recommended.

After using Mickey a couple more times, I have to drop his rating, along the lines of what others have said.  I would give him 2 1/2 stars.  His prices are better than other electricians (electrical work is super pricey!), and for our first job, everything went pretty well.  But, the more you work with him, the pushier he gets, and the more you see that a lot of the work is done pretty sloppy.  He kept pushing really hard (and I mean over the top) for a bonus, even though he didn't do anything beyond what I had hired him to do.  He did fix some of the things that I was disappointed by, but overall, I won't be calling Mickey again.  You get what you pay for.

I had an easy problem to fix.  He was here for two minutes, and fixed the problem.  At first he charged me $50, and I was a bit perplexed.   He called a few days later saying he would rip the check.  No charge.  I think it's only because I screwed up the check and forgot to initial a correction, so the bank wouldn't cash it.  He called and I complained to him.  In the end, he decided to rip the check.  I'll call him if I have a more serious problem.

Nice guy in the end, but it didn't help that he's a Manchester United fan.

I hired Mickey after reading Yelp reviews and was not disappointed. He was prompt and exact with his estimate, it was a small job but I needed it done quickly.

He was able to complete the work the day after the estimate and did a wonderful job.

Mickey and his crew were great. He quoted me a price lower than the competition. Although he was a little late arriving due to car trouble, he arrived ready to work. They were quick and professional, even performed a few additional items without charging me. I would highly recommend him again. I plan to call him again for my future projects. Thanks again Mickey.

Called Mickey on a Friday to get an estimate on replacing my circuit panel for my condo. He was nearby and showed up within ten minutes and provided an excellent estimate and said he could do the work the  next day, Saturday around 9. Him and his cousin showed up around 9:30 and had all the work done by 3pm. No small task either, Replacing an entire circuit panel, new box, and replacing all the breakers, grounding all the wires, etc.  I watched and learned as his cousin did most the  work which was very professional. All the wiring was done very professionally and clean looking and in the end when I turned the main power back on everything worked the first time with no incidents. Very impressed. Definitely recommend.

We needed quite a bit of electrical work done to the older house we had just bought.  We needed to upgrade nearly every outlet in the house, replace the breaker panel, fix bad prior electrical work, add circuits and on and on and on. Mickey and his guys were in my house for 3 whole days and not only did they do a great job, they cleaned up after themselves and went above and beyond my expectations.  And they did the job for a fair price.  Cant beat that!

This review is a few months overdo. In April 2011, I had a lot of work done to my Condo in Chula Vista. Mickey came out gave me an estimate and began work on the time and day we agreed on. In all, he and his team installed 9 recessed lights, 4 new hanging light fixtures with dimmers, closet lighting, and they changed all of the electrical outlets including face plates. I am very pleased with the results. I felt the price was fair given the amount of work. Everything works and looks great. What more can you ask. Mickey's coworker Gabriel is great. He worked hard to make sure all the fixtures were hung properly and to my liking. I would not hesitate to use Mickey's Electric again.

Needed a few minor fixes to sell my house and meet the inspector's recommendations.  Frustrated by going from number to number and only getting a voicemail, I was glad Mickey answered the phone.  He made it over to the house the same day and fixed everything for less than one other quote I had.  I would have no problem recommending him.

This guy is just waste of time. He did not show up for his appointment. He did not even call and let me know. I had to call him back an hour later. All he could say was he was sorry. Very unprofessional. Btw, his licence is also expired. I would not hire this electrician.

SURPRISE! It was my nephew's surprise birthday party and we got a surprise instead with the electrical outage, just as we were about to turn on the switch and shout surprise to my nephew. We all started to panic because the birthday area which is the terrace was in total darkness and we could not continue the party.  My neighbor ran to her house and got the contact information of an electrical company that she used in situations like this one. We called the company who operated on a 24hour basis, they got to my home in less than 10 minutes and I showed them the area with the electrical problems and in less than 20 minutes we are ready to continue the party.  The guys even stayed on property for some time just to ensure we did not have another electrical interference. ALAS! The party went on and it was a wonderful night despite the fact we got the surprise instead of my nephew.  Thank you guys for helping us to make my nephew's party a success. Continue doing what you do best in this community.  You gave us efficient, reliable and affordable service and also great customer service.

I hired these guys as well based on reviews and was disappointed.  They were supposed to install the dimmer switch in the living room and do some track lighting. We set a price and the guy showed up to realize they do need 2 dimmer switches for this instead of one.  So now I have just one dimmer switch and I have to make sure that the other switch is always on on in order to use it.   I am not going to believe yelp reviews for electricians anymore that's for sure.

I went with this guy based on reviews on Yelp, but turned out to be  a disaster. He is very arrogant and has a vicious temper. Sometimes I wondered who works for who. He was never professional and will never hire him again. I am scratching my head to see how can so many Yelpers be wrong!

I've used Mickey to update my electrical panel and did a great job last time. So I called him again so he can install 3 fans which required electrical wiring on all three rooms. I have to say he did a good job, except for some wiring that looks very sloppy that's outside of my home. I told him about this issue as this could be a red flag if an inspector were to come by my home, or if I need to refinance, the appraiser would definitely note this as a hazard. He said he would fix it, brought a crappy piece of tube that he said he was going to use, but never came back to fix it. This is after I paid him too. He said this was going to be extra and I understand, sometimes you cant project how much the job will cost and I acknowledged that I would pay him extra for this since it was important to me. But never heard back from him... I have to give him 2 stars for this for lack of not completing the job.

Did corrective work on a mess my contractor left unfinished; had to work in tight area under kitchen sink and did an excellent job and also did a couple of additional things at no extra charge!  Price was reasonable, affordable and he got the job done.  Very pleasant guy - sings while he works.

Mickey did work for me 15 years ago from a Pennysaver ad. I called him recently and got the best quote on re-wiring my 1927 garage to turn it into a man-cave. Three of his guys arrived at 7:30 am and installed it all by 3:30 pm with new conduit, 120/240 volt grounded wiring, 15 and 20 amp outlets as well as new flourescent lighting inside and outside the garage. He and his guys do quality work, on time, and on the money.

Excellent.  Set up wiring for 3 ceiling fans.  Provided an an accurate estimate over the phone.  Arrived on time.  Friendly.  Offered suggestions on some other lighting questions.  I will definitely be a repeat customer.

I selected Mickey based on a Yelp recommendation and was glad I did.  He was nice, professional and fixed my electrical problem for a reasonable price.

Went above and beyond to make sure they did everything they could, answered my questions, and asked for approval of the work once it was completed. They were available on relatively short notice. Mickey rounded the total down after applying the Yelp discount. I had a little trouble getting a receipt, and it seems more like a mom-and-pop than a professional organization, but otherwise I'd say this is a 5-star service.

I've used Mickey twice and very happy with his work.   He came to my house on my schedule, was on-time, did a great job and reasonably priced - what more could you ask for?

Mickey has done a series of electrical jobs for us including the relocation of our main electric panel, the installation of light fixtures, outlets and speakers. He has done consistently excellent work. I recommend him.