Best Electricians in Illinois

I'm going to add my voice to the chorus of people praising Howard. He was such a pleasure to work with-- we needed a more detailed evaluation of a commercial office/industrial space following a somewhat alarming general inspection. Howard made time that week and was flexible when we needed to reschedule. He was the only one of our specialists that requested the home inspection in advance of our meeting -- and actually read it! He came prepared to walk the clients through exactly what the home inspection said and why. He went above and beyond in so many ways. I am a Chicago-dweller so typically I would never have been yelping Skokie electricians so we got lucky. Howard will permanently be in my Rolodex! I don't know how his pricing compares -clients have not embarked on the repairs yet, but Howard would be a welcome addition to any home inspection team.

Edit: also, Michael C, regarding your middling review, if you think an electrician that shows up on time, get the job done within 20 minutes of the anticipated timing, and does not want to repair your BROKEN ELECTRICITY with his shoes off is average, then best of luck finding a professional that will satisfy you. Gross.

We have a tankless water heater and it stopped working last Tuesday night.  I called over 10 places, one said they could be here Wednesday before 5pm.  No call no show.  On Thursday I called Little Tommy Plumbing who sent over Josh to fix the equipment.  Josh showed up on time, assessed the situation and had to order a special part.  It was overnighted and received late Friday night.  Yesterday, Monday, Josh showed up and replaced the part and quess who was in the shower before the plumber was out of the driveway.

Goran arrived on time, identified and addressed the issue while on site, and had the best rates of anyone we found in our service area. Two thumbs up!

We've hired Small Tyme on four different occasions for jobs big and small, including a whole-house rewiring.  We'll continue to work with Norh, and we continue to recommend him to friends.  He has very reasonable rates, and he is prompt, responsive, and very easy to work with.

Frank maintained a clear line of communication via phone calls and texts throughout the estimation and scheduling process. I found him to be polite, professional, and competent. I had him install a new outlet for an over the range microwave and had him swap out an old two prong outlet with a 3 prong. Great honest service from someone who is dedicated and hard working - not easy to find these days.

I heard a loud vibrating noise come out of an electrical outlet. Alarmed, I reached out to Scott Nelson to see if he had availability that week. He returned my email in a matter of minutes and came to
see me the next morning. It turns out one of the outlets was cracked in two and the other didn't work because of it. Scott replaced
both outlets. He is friendly, professional, skilled. A real expert. I highly recommend him. Thanks Scott!

Mike Gordon of MPG Electric did an outstanding job replacing under cabinet lighting as well as hanging a fixture that I hesitated to buy due to review after review saying how hard it was for their person to hang. I liked the looks of it and decided to take the chance despite the reviews. He had absolutely no trouble because he really knows what he is doing. In addition, he generously offers his time to answer questions as well as help with purchasing. His patience is extraordinary.

Our previous electrician left us with dimmers that didn't work for years. Mike knew exactly what to use and they work fine for the first time since we lived in this home. He is honest and charges fairly. We intended to add a dimmer to our kitchen fixture but then we weren't sure if it was needed. He was fine with letting us check it out at night, where we could judge better, and get back to him. He offered to come back and not charge the initial first hour charge or return it depending on our decision. He really cares about his customers! We highly recommend him!

We had 3 outdoor GFCI that needed to be replaced. We compared quotes from multiple contractors. MJP sounds most reasonable as he agreed to a fixed rate. Once Marcin arrived, we found that one of GFCI outlet is actually having two outlets and that means total of 4. Marcin did not charge extra. In fact, he replaced GFCI covers for free. It felt like Santa gave us a visit a little too early this year. Thanks a lot for your help. We appreciate your help and your honesty and kindness.

OK  Let me start by saying I live in Los Angeles.  My mother in law is in Glenview, Il and was having some issues with some of her power intermittently going out and then she would have my brother in law come over and reset the breaker.  I am pretty knowledgeable about home electric so I called around to get some estimates for her.  I ended up speaking with Paul.  They weren't the cheapest but they weren't the most expensive either.  He didn't know my level of knowledge (I have wired multiple homes here and in Mexico) but he didn't try to BS me at all.  He was straight forward on pricing and work.  
Anyway, they sent a tech out to my mother in laws and diagnosed a flaky breaker within the first ten minutes.  I had asked for a call when they figured it out and Paul called me to tell me what the issue was. Since they had only been there about 15 minutes and there is a minimum billing time I figured I'd ask if the tech could install a dimmer for her dinning room table while he was there.  The had a dimmer switch in the truck and installed it and only charged for the part.
Maybe this is the norm for Chicago but we don't get that level of integrity her in CA.  I'm glad to know I have someone I can call for issue at my mother in laws house.
 I wish I knew the techs name as my Mother in law said he was really nice (she is 89)  but I never got it.

I really enjoyed working with Chris and Adrian for our custom cabinet installation. Chris was very open and his communication was on-point, which is so rare in this industry. Adrian was out to install within a few business days and really worked with us to make sure we got what we wanted, especially when little hiccups were encountered along the way (not a single plumb wall in our entire house? Not a problem!) I will call The Good Guys again in the future for sure.

The team that showed up was professional, upfront with pricing, and got immediately to work. I have an older home and they noticed a few issues (some bigger than others) but weren't overly dramatic about them. I've found living in an older home, professionals tend to freak out whenever they're confronted by something that isn't by the modern book. They quickly fixed what I asked for and gave me straightforward advice on how to, eventually, handle the other matters. They were early but called to confirm that was okay. Overall, very good service and will absolutely recommend and use again.

We called for an electrical short that kept setting off the circuit breaker. After 4 days of dealing with another company that had a different story everyday. We called Sam and he solved our problem in a couple of hours for a reasonable price.
He knows his electricity very well.
I would recommend him for any electrical work needed.
He is now our go to guy.
Thank you very much
The Gonzalez family

I sent a request through Yelp for a service appointment. I had some general questions and they rep was polite. I had a lot of questions about the service since I am a new homeowner.

The technician only took approximately 45 minutes to make it to my home. He was very polite and took the time to explain all of the details with the service. In total my service was $169 for travel and to clean a flame sensor. It is not bad in comparison to some of the other quotes I was given.

Very sad to leave this review. My request was to 1) replace a lighting fixture in the bathroom 2) troubleshoot the exhaust fan 3) to put in a microwave outlet over the range in the kitchen. He quoted me $285 for the work.

I chatted with Brian on the phone and he was very personable, straight-forward, and seemed to know what the job entailed. He said he needed to make an initial appointment to assess what tools he would need (for which he wanted $100) and then another appointment would be made a few days later (for which he wanted $185).

He came for the initial appointment, and during the second appointment - he installed an outlet for the microwave by putting a wall outlet BELOW the cabinets in the kitchen. I was not there to supervise his work, and intuition tells me that the previous ones I've seen are INSIDE the cabinet. When I was sent the photo of his work, I thought that didn't seem correct, but I assumed that he was the professional and knew what he was doing.

After this second appointment, he asked me which light fixture in the bathroom needed to be changed and said he needed a ladder for the bathroom light fixture and had to make a third appointment to install it. He also said it would be an addition $75 for the exhaust fan. I'm not sure why these issues were not brought up after the first visit.

For the third appointment, we had scheduled him and when the day came, he said he had a different day on his calendar, which did not work for us, so we had to schedule another day. During this time, a contractor saw his electrical work and said the microwave outlet was WRONG. To verify I sent the photo of the microwave outlet to an appliance installer and he said it was extremely wrong and that any professional electrician should know that the outlet goes INSIDE the cabinet. The contractor quoted me $325 to fix Brian's work.

My husband called Brian to tell him to not come for the third appointment, since we felt like we no longer trusted his work. To his credit, he said he would come and fix the microwave outlet and rectify his mistake, but my husband and I told him we were concerned that he did it so wrong the first time. We didn't want him to do any further work. My husband requested a refund and said we would post a 1 star review if we were not refunded. Brian blamed the mistake on the fact that we were not there to supervise his work (my tenant / friend let him in). Brian said he did not appreciate the threat, was very short with my husband and hung up the phone on him.

This is not written to be vindictive or to cheat someone out of money. Far from it. The job was done incorrectly. He was not prepared to complete the job within two visits as first quoted. He did not clarify the appropriate questions after the first visit and wasted his time and ours by having to schedule a third appointment. He did not own his accountability in his mistake and was not willing to be an honest businessperson and refund a dissatisfied customer in a job that was done extremely wrong.

I hadn't previously googled over the range microwave outlet before hiring Brian. I didn't assume that hiring a professional would require me to Google and send the professional a diagram of exactly what to do, but I found zero images of microwave outlets that were what Brian did.

I wanted to work with Brian due to his positive reviews and positive record of work, but this was a very negative experience. I'm currently working with a number of contractors who do not have these issues of incomplete, wrong work, lack of preparedness, and lack of courteousness. It makes me very sad to write this review, but the fact is this job was handled very poorly.

Very fair pricing and prompt, efficient service.  The owner, Tom Peck, is great to deal with.  He does a great job in a fast and efficient manner.

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