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Mister Electric's workmanship and knowledge are outstanding.  He installed 2 security lights for us.  One of them was very challenging - it required installing a light in a area where there was no power.  Vilmos ran the power from inside the house and brought it to the security light area several feet away.  His craftsmanship was remarkable.  He ran the wire through a PVC conduit that matched the color of the house so that the wiring would not be noticeable to passerbys.  I don't know of another electrician who could have done the job as professionally or artfully.  We feel very fortunate that we learned of Vilmos through a neighbor for whom he installed a ceiling fan. I recommend Mr. Electric to anyone who values knowledge and craftsmanship in their electrical projects.  I would give him 6 stars if that was available.

I had a handful of projects that needed to get done but the electrician I had used in the past who had worked on getting our home and garage electrical system up to date stopped responding to calls and emails. I called Raceway and Mike came out really quickly, walked through each project with me and helped figure out where the last electrician had left off so we could finish the work. He also pointed out other things he noticed that weren't up to code so we could put that on our longer term list of fixes for our 1960's house. His bid was very fair and after I accepted it online, someone from the office called me the next day to schedule the work. The day of, two electricians showed up and divvied up the work so they could get it done in a few hours. They were great at communicating as they went about progress and any issues they encountered and did a nice job cleaning up after themselves. At the end of the day, I had the sub panel in my garage fixed, and exterior switch and outlet brought up to code, 4 exterior lights installed, a ceiling fan installed, and a broken GFCI outlet replaced for a very reasonable price. I was very happy with the work and especially the timely and consistent communication. Would gladly go back to Raceway when we're ready to do more electrical work on the house.

How A-EV Installs saved Christmas

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Cindy, who loved to drive her Tesla. But all Cindy had to recharge her Tesla was a mobile charger, and a 50 amp outlet in her garage, which was both slow and inconvenient. Cindy secretly wished she had a Tesla wall connector charger, but she couldn't afford one.

Well, it was getting close to Christmas, and up at the North Pole, Santa and his elves were hard at work getting ready for Christmas Eve. It had been a long time since Cindy believed in Santa, but Santa hears wishes from children of all ages, whether they believe in him or not. So because Cindy had been a good girl, Santa decided to bring Cindy a wall connector for Christmas, and leave it mounted on her garage wall, wrapped in a shiny red box.

Unfortunately, due to the effects of global warming on the reindeer, polar bears and other North Pole creatures, the power of Santa's magic was very low, and his elves couldn't afford to make any more brand new Tesla wall connectors.

Fortunately though, one of Santa's electrician elves found a new wall connector, from the Island of Misfit Toys, on eBay! It seemed Cindy was going to get her wall connector for Christmas after all. But when it arrived via elf mail to the North Pole, just ONE DAY before Christmas Eve, the elf was horrified to find it had no mounting bracket or screws! (which is probably why it got sent to the Island of Misfit Toys in the first place) The elf called Tesla, and tried to buy a replacement bracket, but Tesla doesn't sell replacement wall connector parts (naughty list for Elon Musk!)

It looked like Cindy's Christmas would be ruined. Without a mounting bracket and screws, Santa wouldn't be able to install Cindy's charger on her garage wall, and because it was so close to Christmas Eve, it was too late for the elves to make another toy for her. That meant Santa wouldn't have a Christmas present for Cindy, which made Santa very sad, because Cindy had been so good, and Santa liked her so much.

But then, the electrician elf got an idea: maybe a company that installs Tesla wall connectors could help! So the elf got back on the phone, and started calling electrical contractors listed on Tesla's installation website, asking if they had any spare mounting brackets Santa could buy. At contractor after contractor, the elf encountered people who just said no, or weren't interested in helping Santa.

But then, the elf called A-EV Installs, and spoke with the owner, Mark Phillips. Mark was very friendly, and agreed to try to help. Mark immediately called around to his employees who were installing Tesla wall connectors, found a spare mounting bracket, then took an hour out of his own personal time to go get it that same day. This friendly, kind, personal customer service was totally different from the grinchy way the elf had been treated by all the other, bigger name installers on Tesla's list.

Using some of Santa's magical flying reindeer dust, the elf went to meet Mark. Mark not only gave the elf the mounting bracket and screws Santa would need to install Cindy's wall connector, but after learning the charger just would be plugged into an outlet (for now), gave the elf an industrial-grade 50 amp outlet to replace the one already in Cindy's garage. Those Leviton outlets have a tendency to melt, Mark cautioned, so we only use these industrial grade outlets in our installations, because they're much better.

Most amazingly, after learning this was a Christmas present from Santa, Mark refused to take a penny of compensation from the elf for the bracket, screws, or the outlet! Instead, Mark offered the elf a job with A-EV Installs. Mark told the elf he had built A-EV Installs from the ground up, only wanted to hire the best electricians, and showed the elf some amazingly neat and clean charger installations A-EV Installs had done. Mark explained that while every A-EV Install had to be done neatly and correctly to code, the most important thing was to always find a way to solve any problem the customer had, and that the elf's friendly personality, and problem-solving skills, were what he was looking for in an A-EV Installs employee. (The elf was very flattered, but told Mark he already had a job at Santa's toy factory, which came with all the Christmas cookies the elf could eat!)

Thanks to the incredible kindness, generosity and customer service attitude of A-EV Installs, Santa was able to leave a beautiful new Tesla charger on Cindy's garage wall for Christmas, carefully wrapped in sparkling red, silver and gold. The elf took some photographs. Cindy was totally surprised, and at first, had no idea where it came from. But eventually, she realized Santa had heard her wish after all, renewing her faith in the magic of Christmas.

And that is how Mark Phillips and A-EV Installs saved Christmas, and earned a spot on Santa's good list.

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We were having trouble without electricity in our house all while the crazy pandemic is going on. A friend recommended Joe B. Electric to us. He was helpful and friendly! He even came back to help us put an additional part in that we needed to order. Great service!

RJ was prompt & professional, he took care of several issues in a matter of minutes for a reasonable price. Thanks again.

A couple years back Chris helped us out with an ongoing issue with our antiquated electrical system. Not only did he take the time to explain to a novice what exactly he what replacing, he instinctively left us with an extra breaker in case the problem persisted. Cut to this morning when waiting for a refrigerator repair man and the same breaker went out. I called and left a frantic message and no more than five minutes later, Chris while on vacation, returned my call.  After settling me down he explained what I was dealing with. After opening the breaker box, there like a gift from Santa, was the extra breaker. Problem solved. If you are looking for an experienced and honest electrician who also happens to be great person, look no further than Lundgren Electric.

This is a late review, because they completed the job several months ago. These guys were awesome. Very professional and they were right on time.The fans and lights installed are doing great. My husband and I will be hiring them again to install more fans, soon. We will not be hiring any other electricians but Direct Electric Company!!

Thank you so much Miguel!!!! Miguel was very nice and professional and knowledgeable...repaired my two outlets right away when I needed it the most since my renters were moving in soon.

Reason for hiring: my nest thermostat wasn't powering up.

Reason for being upset:  Isaac took on a job that he did not have experience with (hvac system).

Outcome:  I paid $150 for an unresolved problem!

Solution:  walk away from jobs if you don't have the experience..it doesn't waste your time and the clients money!

Called and made an appointment and Tim arrived on time and fixed all my electrical issues. Great service

The installation for the Tesla charger was very neat and so professionally done. I highly recommend them for EV installation

Joel and Chad were a dream to work with! I took the high ratings and positive reviews HEAVILY into account when making the decision to hire them. As all the reviews reflect, punctuality, price point, electrical work and clean up afterwards were all on point. Work and communication with Joel is very straight forward, direct and easy. Work done on this job were 1) four recessed lighting (new installation) 2) 50lb chandelier hung from a 18' ceiling (change out from an existing recessed light and fortified to carry the heavy weight) and 3) two wall sconces (new installation). Because the four new recessed lighting is in a shared room (living/dining room combo), Joel and Chad went the extra step by changing out the existing four recessed lights in one half of the room to match the new four they installed in the other half of the room. I appreciated that! All work done in about 3/4 of a day. Joel will DEFINITELY be the first person I call for any lighting needs in the future, and will refer him to family and friends. Thanks for honest work!

nice guy, gave free advice..

I just got an electric vehicle and contacted different electrician companies to get a price quote on the installation. I ended up going to Tony - and I have absolutely no regrets! He was fast, efficient and knew what he was doing; my charger was installed in about half an hour and everything is in tip top shape.

Will definitely call Tony for any electrical work I need.

OMG!!! This company is phenomenal!  We had to update our old radiant ceiling heating system and were at the end of our budget. We had totally remodeled our home and spent enough money as it was. Then we had to deal with bypassing the old system and having electric box heaters installed into the walls in 4 rooms. Scary as they would need to cut into the walls to do this.  After 5 other bids from local Electricians that would come out and ask us electrical questions we could not answer (which honestly scared us off) or saying they could probably do the the job) we found Service Rite Electric. They came out right away, told us what needed to be done and what type of power our system could support. They had an estimate in writing to us within the hour via email and came out the next day to do the work. They were finished in 2.5 hours and not one bit of mess! The new wall heaters looked gorgeous and work perfectly and since they finished in half the time, they took off $350.00 dollars!! Yes I definitely recommend this company! Fair, fast and friendly.

I used Laguna Electric to install a very large and heavy Chandelier.
Lucian was professional and he did an amazing job installing the unit, make sure it is secure and take all proper electrical steps.

Thanks again and I will be using Laguna Electric for all my future use.

This is the second time I have used Dave and his crew. I was hoping the first time was not an anomaly. My wife got one of those new jet engine hair dryers that were tripping the breaker all the time. So I called RK for help. Dave came in to size up the job - even took the time to understand the problem so that he could provide an appropriate solution. He quoted the job then took the time to explains the job very clearly so there is no misunderstanding it was almost a college level tutorial on basic electronics.  His crew came in and got the job done, cleans up and very professional. As long as he is in business he will have my business for life. ...I highly recommend RK

I've been scammed, ripped off, and the quality of work was shockingly bad. It pains me to have hired Anthem and Gunner to do work for me. He took all of the money with the promise to return to correct and complete the work the following week for what he was hired to do, but never returned, didn't return the money, and left me with 20% of the work done. My walls were left damaged and he left a huge mess behind that took me an hour to scrub clean. He agreed to a list of things to do for me for $500. He tried to save time by hanging heavy metal frames with a single ancho/ bolt by the frame and didn't utilized the d-rings designed to secure the frame well, leaving them dangerously insecure on a stairwell. He placed tape under the frame to claim this made it secure. It didn't. They fell and created more than 3 large and deep holes in my walls and chipped my baseboards. The frames are now broken, too. that's another $150. Thankfully, it didn't harm me or my son. He created significant damage to my walls in 10 places with large anchor holes that will need to be dug out and professionally repaired and marks all over them from the initial hanging, not including the damage created when they fell. (My walls were just professionally painted 1 week before his arrival). I am a single Mom with a 1 year old son. He left me with a repair job that will cost me well over 1K to repair and 80% of the work incomplete that he was paid for. I gave him money in good faith that he was going to return to fix the damage and hang them properly and did so partly because he /and his company were recommended by a close friend. We even had a day scheduled the following week, but he refused to come back after the fact to fix his unsafe and improper hangings, repair the damaged wall, and complete the work list, but he took the money and ran. He tried to do the job quickly for a payday with no conscience in delivering quality work. Unethical and unprofessional! Do not hire this company!!

Saeid was an absolute pleasure to work with. Super responsive and was able to complete the project in  under 2 days following the initial inspection of work to be completed. Very fair and honest prices. Would definitely consider him again for future electrical work!

We're very happy with the work the Tapias did for us! They were punctual, reasonably priced, and walked us through each step of the work. It's great to see work done with care. They went out of their way to make sure it wasn't just done, but done RIGHT! Great guys. I highly recommend!