Best Wiring Installation in San Francisco CA

This is the second time I've called Bedr to help me with some handyman type work, and again he's overdelivered! He's super friendly, works fast, and is an awesome communicator. So long as I'm in San Francisco, I'll be calling Bedr and Hassle-Free Handyman for everything home related!

Needed some work done and Ben gave us a fast and very reasonable estimate on the work. He was responsive and very accommodating with scheduling... which was a pretty quick turnaround to get the job done. When he arrived, he was super courteous, polite, and knowledgeable - not just knowledgeable about what we hired him for (mounting several things around the house) but also lots of other things. He was also well-prepared with all the tools, screws, anchors, etc that might be needed. We will not hesitate to hire Ben again in the future.

Berkeley Home installed a new electrical system in my 50-year-old townhouse: a massive job requiring a high level of expertise not only in electrical systems but also in drywalling/patching/painting after the installation, thorough planning, careful estimation of costs, coordination of the efforts of a team involving 5 people, problem-solving when the unexpected was discovered, clear communication with me, and plain hard work. The unexpected included the discovery of a broken pipe through which the electrical wires traveled underground from the PGE connection to the house. Replacing the pipe required trenching my brick-paved backyard. Due to covid, I could not move out of the house to stay with relatives while the work was going on and so the electrical work was done in such way that in the evenings, I always had electricity in one part of the house, heat, and wifi. I have only superlatives to say about the professionalism of Carlos, Carlitos, Brian, Marcos, Samuel, and Damon.

Very unprofessional. Never got to use their services because when they responded to my request, one employee gave me pricing/details specific to my task, while another employee responded within mins saying they couldn't do it. Then, they tried to blame it on their server. Strange and unprofessional.

[update] After two phone calls this morning, I got a 4:30 appointment today. Chris is the really star!! Saved the day. I would definitely gave Chris 5 stars, but considering my time and stress in the whole process, I would give 3 overall.
Chris identified the issue pretty fast, fixed it right away. Very knowledgeable and was able to explain things to me nicely. His assessment of the electrical panel's condition sounds a lot more reliable to me.
I really hope I don't need to call an electrician again in near future. Still not sure if I would work with them again. I know every newbie needs to start somewhere. But thinking this job should be an easy installation, so sent out someone who turned out to be incapable of doing it, and ended up taking all other people's time and effort to fix it, is not the right way to go. At least not for me.

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The whole experience starts with 5 stars and then everything went down hill. Can't believe this is the first serious Yelp review I write, so upset by this whole experience.

To start with, my wall switch for water heater was burnt during memorial day weekend. So I googled and yelped, and called them. Eric came really fast. He didn't have that type of switch with him, so he did a temporary fix to keep my water heater working. And said he would get the switch after the weekend, then schedule a visit with me to install it. There are two items in the estimation: 1. install the switch for water heater, 2. replace the breakers controlling water heater with refurbished parts since the panel is a very old model.
Up to that point, it's still 5 star impression, maybe a little surprised by the price, but thought the service would be reliable.

But then, I never heard back from them, not sure if they are waiting for the parts or what. So after a while, I called them, the lady on the call said she'll let Eric call me back soon. No call back. One week later, called again, another lady picked up, saying she'll notice the manager or somebody. Next Monday, yesterday actually, finally got a call back, get scheduled for switch installation for today. Eric was busy, so it's another guy, which they said he'll know how to do it. But, everything was not working well today!! Michael arrived after 10am, later than the scheduled time. Did the installation, tripped the breaker for my whole unit (I'm in a condo) in the process, and finally said it's all done. Then I let out some hot water to test, the water heater is not powered on! Then he started testing the power from wires (indeed not enough power!) and calling Eric or other leads, tried to rearrange my breakers in the electrical panel, didn't work. Finally, said his lead will come in the afternoon.
So the sr guy came, tested the new switch installed, turned out that new switch was already burnt after installation. Then he went to the store, get another switch, installed, reconnected everything. It's over 6pm, I was pretty annoyed at that point. So when he said it's done, I trusted him and forgot to do the water testing myself (which turned out to be a huge mistake!!), paid, and let them go.
This work took a whole day!! And I wasted a work day at home!! When I remembered to test the hot water afterwards, the water heater does not work!!!
Just called them again, the lady said she'll let the electricians check with me. It's being ~1hr now, no call back yet... Wonder if I would ever got the call back any time soon since they've got my money.
During the process, the sr. guy kept telling me my electrical panel was too old, not safe, and said they can schedule an appointment to upgrade it with safer panel within the week. Well, if you guys can't even fix this one switch, how could I ever trust you guys with my whole electrical panel??!!! Didn't even test the whole system to see if the switch is working properly! And a high price for such level of service that left me with no power for hot water!!!

Several items in our home were in need of repair, including a kitchen light, doorbell and thermostat. Ted (Mr. Fixit) is a great troubleshooter and easily found the source of the problems, getting them fixed one after the other. There are plenty of times when a specialized technician is overkill, and it's better to find someone who can take care of a broad range of smaller tasks quickly. Ted is a perfect handyman. He was also clear about things that were better handled by a specialist.

Basically, Ted was very professional throughout; he even brought indoor shoes to wear while inside our home (something noted by another reviewer). I appreciated the time he took to explain what he was doing while sharing the pros and cons of different approaches to resolving the problem.

We won't hesitate to call him again and would highly recommend him to others!

I called Jake this morning due to a problem with a Tesla Wall Connector.  He sent Joseph who did a fantastic job on the install and was a total gentleman.  He not only helped with the wall connector install but insured that I had the latest firmware update.  I would recommend Divine Electric for all of your electrical needs.  This is a first rate A+ company.

Thanksgiving--one of the few days of the year you do not want to have a plumbing emergency--lucky me, I did...

I left messages with five plumbers, and the last one suggested texting (which works much better with my spotty connectivity), and it was this last text that Yegevny responded to (the only one to do so); after asking questions about what I tried so far so he could assess the issue, he said he would try to find someone to come by. No one else was available so with a little internal struggle (understandably), he promised he would come out between 8p-9p. About three hours after he arrived, I could once again use any facility requiring water--won't go into details, but it was not pretty and definitely stressful.

I'm both appreciative and grateful for Yegevny's responsiveness and integrity in helping me out with my emergency. He worked diligently to suss out the situation and the best way to fix it, including testing his work, and he was also extremely pleasant and patient in answering my questions despite my unfortunate interruption of his Thanksgiving time with his family.

Dave installed a new pre-hung front door for us a couple of months ago. Dave provided a very reasonable quote. He and his partner showed up on time, did the work efficiently, and left everything looking great. I was very pleased and would use Dave again in the future.

Time to replace an 80 year old furnace and Ongaro was very professional throughout the entire experience.  (We had a different company install a separate furnace within the house a few years back . . . but this time I used Ongaro and couldn't be happier with my decision; hence my first Yelp review!)  I think it was Ben at the initial visit who gave us furnace options, Humberto and Jose were great with the install, and Dan finessed a couple of dampers for me at the post-installation visit. Thank you Ongaro & Sons!