Lexington Electrical Contracting

We used Kevin when he was d.b.a. Lexington Electrical and thought he did a reasonable job. When we needed additional similar service done, we decided to reuse Kevin. When we called, we gave him the scope of the job and asked if this was something he was interested in doing. He scheduled a time about a week out that met our schedule, since we were coming from out of town. Our scheduled time of service was 8-9 AM. Just after 9, we called Kevin to confirm and he confessed that he had forgotten the appointment. He said that he had a death in the family and his helper quit on him in the same week, so he was scrambling to find help. He agreed to come the following day between 8-9 AM. At 9, we called and he was still a few minutes away. When he arrived, he looked over the job and said that running the speaker wire might be impossible. He saved it for last. I agreed to serve as his helper if he needed non-technical assistance. He worked for 2 hours, and then said he needed to purchase materials. He said he would pick up lunch while he was out so he might be gone for an hour. Two hours later he returned and worked another 2 hours. Then he said his knees were bothering him and he knew I could finish the work, so he took a check and left. For us, he left installation of 2 outlet boxes - 1 for the cable and 1 for the speaker; stapling the cable and speaker wire down; and, the mess from each of his work locations. It is possible that the stress from a death and from a worker quitting suddenly accounts for the poor performance on this trip. But, late, incomplete, and somewhat expensive work ($100/hr inc. materials) is too much for us to be willing to try him again. UPDATE: Just realized that the switch he installed for a TV outlet he took off the switched side of the outlet rather than the unswitched side. Until we get that corrected the lights in the living room have to be on to use the TV. 15 years of services should result in better service, no matter what the circumstances. He always had the option to decline the work and did not. We assumed when he finally showed up that he was competent.