Best Businesses in Texas

Absolute Electric will figure out your electric troubles, and explain it in a way that we can understand. They do more than just hang a ceiling fan. They make sure it's right and safe. How come that light won't come on? Call them - They'll figure it out!

Prompt, personable, efficient, fair price but not below market. We will hire him again!

I had issues with no electrical power for about 2 of my rooms.  One room been the computer room where we have all our electronics: internet routers, alarm hard drive, WiFi and working areas.  I was very worry because this systems are essential for me but more for my wife, who is a teacher and does a lot of computer work for lessons plans, etc.
 We are thankful that were we're taking care of our electric issues by Mr. John and Mr. Steve who were super professional, skill, polite and approachable.   As soon as they came in my house they when to test and diagnose the problem that was fix in one hour.  From now on you can count on getting my business and my family.
  Once again I would like to express our gratitude for a great job done.

Marco A. Morales
Retired US Army.

We are doing adding a kitchen at our business and needed to upgrade the electrical panel. Made several calls to get bids from local electrical companies, but Grant with Southern Cross was the only one that got back to us immediately & gave us a timely estimate. They have been great to work with and his staff is definitely a step above your average electrician. Thanks Grant!

Our house started acting like Stranger Things all of a sudden; the lights were flickering and the fans would lose power, you could hear the fans slow down almost to a stop then speed back up to normal power.  This would happen every 30-40 seconds, it was maddening and obviously a bit worrisome. I called O.N. first thing in the morning and Oscar sent a team out within the hour. Yon and Joshua got to work immediately and found the issue, Oscar even showed up and explained everything to me.  Turned out the breaker box on the outside of the house was borked.  When Oscar turned a breaker off and back on, you could literally hear electricity crackling. Oscar gave me an estimate which I thought was fair and Yon and Joshua got to work.  After a few hours the house was no longer haunted and I had a proper breaker box set up.  I wish I had before and after pictures, my house is an older house and the previous box looked like the rusty insides of a 1970s AMC Gremlin.  

Highly recommend O.N. Electric, Oscar, Yon and Joshua saved the day.

Bob and his company did a great job installing our back porch outlets, fans and TV's a few years ago. I have recommended him and his company to many people. They do good quality work at a good value.

Very quick to respond and easy to work with. Honest work at a very good price. Will use again.

We have been planning to upgrade fans and lighting and install new fixtures throughout our home for some time. We knew this would be a big project and I wanted to make sure we found a qualified company to complete it. I reached out to KW Electric and they responded right away to my request for a quote and offered first an initial and, later, final walk-through to ensure the plan matched what we wanted perfectly. Dennis P. and his apprentice, Joseph, took the time to thoughtfully plan and install everything including a 72 fan and recessed lights in our 24' great room. I wasn't sure how an electrician would accomplish what we wanted, but KW Electric team explained their process every step of the way. They were quiet, kind, courteous, and responsive, always taking care to clean up the area they had finished in, before moving to the next. They are fully licensed and insured and I would recommend this company without any reservations to anyone looking for high-quality, comprehensive electricians. We have a couple more projects in mind and I look forward to working with Dennis in the future. Thank you, KW Electric, for helping us bring our vision to life.

Steve helped us build a complicated house, from the ground up.  He was there from the very first day until the very last, whenever we needed him.  His crew was all professional, courteous, working Saturday (and Sundays!!) to get the job done.  His price was fair, his eye for detail very acute, and his attention to detail top-notch.  I would recommend him and Modern Electric to anyone in Austin.  Period.

Second review of Fusion, we use these guys because they are good, efficient, polite and provide good value. I hate reviewers that complain about tradesman that do work you and I can't. Art and Nathan were a little late today but they called and said they would be. When they got here we went over our list of electrical wants, they listened and got right to work. There was absolutely no resting for these guys, they worked hard for 4 hours and deserve every compliment they get. We will keep using Bryan and company because they represent hard working people doing work that makes us happy.

I would really like to give a huge thank you to the Mike at M&M electric. We recently sold our house and needed to relocate a junction box on our AC unit. I called him up and the next day he came out to our house and got it fixed and was super reasonable. I highly recommend him for any type of electrical work that you may need at all.

Mike and Trent saved me again. Had them come out and hang a new dinning room light and outside flood lights. Thank you guys for always helping out

Levi and Johnny did a great job. They explained everything to me as they worked. They cleaned up after their work and put everything back in place before leaving.

Just had excellent experience with this company. Team was efficient, detail oriented, and thoughtful about the projects that weren't super straightforward. They arrived on time as well. I had 2 chandeliers installed, 1 chandelier moved and 1 sconce installed in future kids room. I will use them in the future.

I wanted to replace a light fixture in our entryway.  The job seemed easy enough, but the 20 ft. ceiling made it difficult.  Tomas had the right equipment and was very responsive.  He arrived on time and the quote for the work was very reasonable.  He even came back a week later to help install some different bulbs.  I would recommend his services to anyone who needs electrical work done in their home.

Wow so much to say about Eskew electric. All the guys with this company are really great guys who do fantastic work. You can tell when someone cares about the quality of work they do and I must say that Eskew electric has that going on. I've heard they have been in business for a really long time here in Austin so glad to have found out about this electric company. Look no further these guys are great to work with!

OMG I called panic stricken when 1/2 the electricity in the garage suddenly went out and I had no electrician!!!  Called the emergency number and Brandon (insert superman music here) answered he showed up in 30 mins and found the problem right away!!!  Brandon is fabulous!!  He's honest and didn't try to sell us anything we didn't need.  He's wonderful!!!   I am going to recommend them to my customers!

Still, after trying to solve the issue, their customer service still wants to call me a liar.  The person running their social media account must be missing a few marbles, because they simply can't comprehend basic sentences.  So many times they have talked themselves into a corner.  

Bottom line:
1.  They are terrible at scheduling.  Plan on calling them multiple times just to find out when or if they are ever going to show up.
2.  They are terrible at actually being electricians.  Their master electricians proposed terrible solutions that a high school shop class kid could have done better at.
3.  They are terrible at following through.  It took me more than a week of calling them back just to get a price estimate, forcing me to go with another electrician.
4.  They are terrible at customer service.  The person running their account will call you a liar and make up some bullshit reason to 'prove' she is right.  Terrible way to win back scorned customers.

FINAL VERDICT.  0/10.  STAY AWAY.

John Wayne has a nice website and they were easy to schedule.  However, we were very disappointed in their high pressure tactics when they actually arrived to fix our issue.  Here was our experience:

I was out of the country on business when my wife noticed a water leak in the garage.  Since I didn't have an international cell phone plan I used the John Wayne website to schedule service.  Within minutes I had an appointment with them to come repair the leak.

In the day between scheduling the service and a John Wayne repairman showing up my father-in-law was able to find the leak, which was coming from our hot water recirculation pump, which was its own separate system from the hot water heater.

When a John Wayne representative arrived the next day my wife spoke with him about the issue. Not sure if this is their standard tactic, but he immediately began pressuring her to purchase a tankless water heater system for about $8,000 (really?!).  He explained the pump needed to be replaced (for $1300) but that he recommended replacing the entire water heater system versus just the pump.  He also said a water heater our size (75 gallon) isn't manufactured anymore that would fit in the same spot and that a tankless water heater was the best way to fix the problem.  And, of course, it was the last day of a special promotion.  However, she knew better and politely asked him just to fix the problem with the recirculation pump, and that there was nothing wrong with the hot water heater.  After several calls to management the repairman was finally given permission to simply fix the issue with the leaking pump, which he did by removing the pump and splicing the line together with tubing.  However, he told my wife you'll be calling me back for a new hot water heater.  Sure enough, our water was taking noticeably longer to get warm (which we anticipated since the recirculating pump was gone) but the water was just not as hot and in some showers/sinks just barely warm, so we began to think there was an issue with the hot water heater.

However, later in the week we had a plumber from a different company at our home completing some plumbing work on a kitchen remodel and he needed to re-light the pilot light on the hot water heater.  I asked him about the pump replacement and he asked to see the pump the John Wayne repairman took out.  Guess what?  I couldn't find it anywhere so it was taken without our permission.  I also asked if there was a water heater on the market suitable to replace our existing heater.  He said yes, there was.  Finally, I mentioned to him about our water taking so long to heat up and some showers not getting very hot at all.  He found the problem: the hot water valve was left partially closed, reducing the hot water flow.  He turned it to the proper position afterward we actually had to turn our hot water heater setting down because the water was so hot coming out of all our faucets.

Shame on you John Wayne for trying to take advantage of our situation and 1. Attempt to high pressure sell someone an overpriced tankless system that was not even the problem, 2. Taking my working pump which probably could have been repaired and reinstalled (it had a hairline crack in the case) without permission and 3. Leaving the water coming from the hot water tank to be colder than it should have been...intentionally or not, it was left incorrectly positioned.  I would never recommend this company!

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