Best in San Jose CA

Sam is an excellent handyman. He is sincere, hardworking and his work is very clean and tidy. He helped us put up curtains/shades in two of our rooms. We will definitely call him again for any of our future needs around the house.

Larry Strum responded immediately for a request to repair the outdoor outlet for our sprinkler system. He quickly diagnoised the problem and repaired the outlet with a superior part. He was efficient and pleasant . I highly recommend him for electrical repairs.

Fixed loose connections to stop flickering in the house. Friendly guy. Looked at all the panels and tightened everything.

I was about to give up till I got to Mopia Electric.  Randy was great. By the time I got to him I have had 3 other electricians from Yelp come over to look at the electrical problem .  Saying that i wasn't impressed with any of them would be a gross understatement.  Randy gave me a fair and competitive estimate. He was always on time and got the work done as expected. He followed up with all my concerns and questions. I intend to use his services again.

Robert showed up to fix our bad GFCI and broken old gang box. He quoted me by email and was here 1/2 hour later! He's professional and courteous, and reasonably priced. I would definitely use him again. Thanks, Robert!

Antonio repaired my floors, installed a new window, repaired drywall, installed a new shower head, and fixed the sidewalk door.

Not only was he very patient, but he also provided good quality work. I highly recommend hiring Antonio as your handyman, he is the best handyman I have ever seen and hired!

We had an issue with our electric panel which caused half of our house electric to go out.  This happened in the evening and we called peralta electric to come out the next day, which was a weekend. They tried to troubleshoot with my husband over the phone.  When he figured out what might be the issue, he found the part and came out immediately and was such a lifesaver.  He came in and fixed the problem right away.  Very reasonable costs.  Thank you! Will think of you next time we need an electrician!

I could not rate this company any higher. From the quote process through installation, everything was effortless for me. The way Bay Area Maintenance is run should be the standard that all companies aspire to!

The folks at Got Watts got us setup with an off-the-grid solar and battery backup system plus a swapped in a new, efficient electric water heater. No more PG&E blackouts!

Their team was wonderful to work with. Professional, high integrity, and knowledgeable across everyone we interacted with -- sales, electricians, roofing crew, and the project coordinator. Project couldn't have gone better.

We used Hancock and James last year to install recessed lighting in our living room. They did a decent job installing the lights at a fair price. We had a much bigger project this month to replace all our old light fixtures with recessed lights. Hancock confirmed on the phone that they would be using same recessed lights as used in the previous project, however, what they installed were cheap $4 recessed lights you can order from Alibaba.com! I have 3 kids under 5 so was distracted and didn't check on the quality of the lights installed. Plus i was jet lagged coming back from europe the night before, however, it was my fault for not checking the fixtures.
My wife upon returning back to home after the completion of the job noticed that the light quality and look was very different. I asked Hancock to fix the issue by replacing the lights with the ones we can provide and since i take responsibility i can provide the new lights at zero cost to him. But instead of accepting that he used cheap lights and would replace them, he first said that those older lights are no longer being sold!! That was a lie. As i found the same or similar ones at home depot, lowes and ace hardware stores or amazon. Second he asked $60 to replace each light!! That's in addition to the light i will buy and supply him.
Definitely not going to use these guys and will be filing a complaint with the state of california consumer bureau on ethics and the way the business was conducted.

***UPDATE***
So a few months after I'd left the messages and wrote the 1-star review, Steve called me. He apologized and explained that he'd been dealing with some family issues. He had also let go one of the workers who had done my electrical. After making an appointment to come out the following week, I sent him my list of things that needed to be fixed, detailed in my original review.

As promised, Chris came out on Monday. He was on time--even early--friendly and courteous. Chris made some recommendations on how to fix some of the problems, did the work, and also saved the day with some quick thinking. He also changed out a motion detector switch to a regular one even though it was out of scope.

Steve himself came out and we smoothed things over. I was happy to have the work completed quickly and even talked to him about coming back to install a new light over my dining table.

Although I would have preferred the work had been done properly originally, Steve takes pride in his work and I know he felt bad that there had been issues.

I understand when family matters come up, and I told him as much. However, I do think he should have left an outgoing voice message explaining that he was taking time off and would not be returning calls for an extended amount of time.

I was actually about to hire another electrician to fix all the problems, so I would been pretty upset if I had done so only to have Steve contact me afterward.

***ORIGINAL REVIEW BELOW***

My initial experience with Steve and John, who were recommended by my contractor, was good. However, I've now left two messages this year for Steve asking him to come back and fix small issues that came up within weeks of my moving back into my remodeled home: canned light went out, dimmer makes a buzzing noise, smoke alarm fell off my master bedroom ceiling. And the big one: fans in both baths come on when heat/air does and not necessarily when they should. I.e., when I'm showering and the bathroom steams up.

I'm sure all of these problems are easy to fix, so I'm frustrated that I've left two very polite messages (one on Steve's cell phone; one at the shop) and still haven't received a call back in over two weeks. I spent more than $10k with Southwest and thought Steve and John were very professional and helpful during the remodel. I think it's very unprofessional now for Steve to not follow up on these issues that I've documented through date-stamped photos.

I think it's interesting that the majority of these 5-star reviews for Southwest are from people who don't write many reviews. This can be a sign of business owners asking for favorable reviews in return for providing a discount. If you're researching electricians or any other businesses on Yelp, I recommend doing your homework. Just because the business has 5-star reviews does not mean they truly are a 5-star business.

Told us they could have us scheduled and installed within a month. When the instalation date was getting close I called them and they didn't even have us on the schedule. They had forgotten about us for two weeks and whos knows how much longer if I never called.

Two weeks after the initial agreed upon start date they actually scheduled us for an inspection, not an installation like we were promised. Some one had already come out to look and recommend a system but I guess that person was just for show?

It's been 2 months and we were just told a DAY before installation that they don't have our AC unit. It'll be a minimum of an additional 2 weeks before they can install the unit. They charged us last week insisting it needed to be done prior to installation.

I am so disappointed in the scheduling department and the communication we should have received.  I get it, things take longer with these services but telling us the day before you didn't have our unit is unacceptable. This should have been communicated sooner.

Who knows when we will get our AC unit? They clearly dont.

We're very happy working with Jason and his team at Oak Electric.  The house we bought early this year dates from the early 90s and had lots of needs.  Jason has made our lives better by solving  problems.  We now have great lighting in the home office, daughter's bedroom and gym.  He is a can-do guy who comes up with ideas.  We had very different experiences with two local electricians who, for some reason, get good reviews.  The first charged a ton just to show up, talked a mile a minute, and listened to us not at all.  The other was very grumpy and everything was can't do that.  In contrast, a member of Jason's team came over to fix a minor problem with one of the installations and was gracious enough to also take care of a couple of extra things that they had not even worked on.

Jon from JMC Electrical was awesome.  Jon and his team were organized and efficient.  He was a pleasure to work with and a really nice guy as well.  He explained the process of hooking up our hot tub in great detail, and made it so easy for us to understand.  I really appreciate how well they communicate through text and email, and how professional of a job they do.  I use them again for sure.

My experience with these guys to this point has been below sub-par. They were very late to their initial walk-through, and a week later I received my first email from them, to one of two emails I supplied, saying that BOTH email addresses I gave them bounced back their quote... yet I received this notification on one of the email addresses I gave them...................... strange.... so now I wait to hear back after I had to request the quote AGAIN.

UPDATE: After several back and forths, and them coming out numerous times, the job did eventually get done. They did disconnect something I wanted to stay powered. And wanted to charge extra to reconnect, so I passed on that, but ultimately, there are toooooo many people the info went between from initial walkthrough to the job actually getting done, and that I believe is the main problem.

If you're gonna walk out a job, at least be there when it's done, or show how it's supposed to be done.

I trusted Brian Hanson of BMH electric because he is clearly a reliable, organized, communicative person.  He kept his scheduled appointment and called ahead when he realized he would be stuck in traffic.  He took the time to explain what was needed for my service upgrade and gave an extremely reasonable quote.  Although I did not end up hiring him for my major service upgrade, I would definitely call him for future jobs based upon his honesty and reliability in my interaction with him.

My and his team are really nice and efficient. I really appreciate their quick response time and service. Since we've moved into our 1980s home, we've been working hard to bring it to the times with our SmartThings. When one of our smart switches wasn't working in the hallway, My came quickly and found the problem. We also hired him to install a NEMA outlet for us and he was able to give us a competitive rate for it as well. While he was here for the NEMA outlet, I asked him about my garbage disposal outlet in the kitchen, and he was able to find out what was wrong with it and fix it for me. Honestly, his team is great and I know he will be the only electrician we will be using for now on!

Francisco sent his crew back to retest the system, found out that the micro inverters were the issue. Since they are still under warranty  the manufacturer will replace all 24 micro inverters for me. It will take 2-4 weeks for them to ship. But for now I have 3 new inverters working that Francisco was kind enough to let me use it while waiting for the replacement.

Binh Lam came to the rescue again this past weekend. A kitchen appliance circuit breaker or two popped at an inconvenient time thereby limiting my plans for entertaining that evening. Specifically, some kitchen appliances or their circuitry were faulty.
As a seasoned older couple, we always have one person we can call for help when in need. So right away we called Binh. For electrical matters, Binh is # 1 on the list. Always eager to please, he adjusted his busy daily schedule to help me out of a jam. He is more flexible than most electricians. Right away he came some distance to my home and went to work. After assessing the situation he reviewed with me the set of options and I approved one.
As he predicted, in less than an hour, he fixed the problem and cleaned up the area. What a relief! He did buy some parts and provided me with the receipts. His labor costs were quite competitive and reasonable. Customer satisfaction is an objective of his business. He aims to please!
Lam approaches all tasks enthusiastically and confidentially. His work is meticulous, focused and efficient. If you find yourself in a jam with either electrical or gas related problems, don't hesitate to call Binh. We did, and we do not regret it. You won't either.

Ed & J Cr