Sparky Electric

He tried to fix the outlets but could not. End of story

I refused to pay him the $100, and I called someone else that I could trust. If I were to use Sparky Electric, who knows what else he would have charged me? I couldn't trust him.

- Arrived exactly on time - Took way too long - Should have just replaced the fan from the beginning instead of just trying to replace the old motor with a motor from a new fan. I realize he didn't want to pull the other one out, but that why I hired him. I didn't want to pull the old one out either. - He kept dropping his tools off the ladder on my new hardwood floor. I had the floor covered with brown paper to keep off the dust, but you left dents all over the floor when I pulled up the paper. I should probably get my $100 back. - When he said he was done, I went and looked and the metal housing of the fan wasn't even level with the ceiling. If I wouldn't have said anything, he would have left it. Then he decided to fix it. - Left trash and the old fan on the floor. Update: I did call him back about the hardwood floor dents and asked for my money back. He did send me a check back for the $100.

It went well, we tried a few different things but ended up with a working light!

Overall, I would say that I am very pleased with him and would use him again. I was a bit disappointed the first time I scheduled and he did not come as scheduled, however, he promptly set up a new time and came as scheduled. He was professional and offered a great deal of information and did not mind answering questions about my concerns. I would definitely use him again, and plan to call him in the near future to set up another appointment. The one thing that I would advise is to have your own replacement switches or receptacles on hand. Those parts are pricey. I must say that the $99 + $59 was worth it. So yes, I would use him again. He is very knowledgeable, professional, reasonably priced and will get the job done.

Using Angie's List Coupon purchased two hours of time. Tim got all of the projects I wanted done in the two hour time frame. Oddly enough the power went out during installation and he rescued our dinner by turning the crock pot back on for us. A good electrician and dinner hero. Would use again for any electrical needs. Thanks Tim

Arrived on time, finished in a reasonable about of time. No problems at all. Jim was very accommodating.

He was very prompt, called before arriving. He promptly installed the closet lights. The bedroom ceiling light was not working, but the fan did. He needed parts for the light and my son-in-law went to purchase what he needed. When he put them back together the light worked but the fan didn't. If I had not had a friend there to point this out he would have left. He had forgot to wire the fan back in, which he did. He then installed a ceiling light, he did a good job with the light. I do wish he would have told me how long it was going to take to fix the ceiling light as it may have been cheaper for me to just buy a new one and have him install it as the total cost was $125 more than the coupon.

Very pleased with Sparky electric. He was very pleasant to deal with and he completed the work the day after I called him. I would hire him again in a flash.

He was able to do the work immediately, he was prompt and both jobs were completed. Everything works great and he did a great job!

Was on time and was responsive, out side of that it was terrible. He wanted to leave early and the job was not done. He said the two hours on the Angie'sList deal included drive time, which was not stated on the AngiesList deal. He did not follow directions and he could not figure out how to take the back of the thermostat off. He said the upcharge on supplies was 15% and I am certain I paid significantly more than 15%. I would not hire him again

Nothing was fixed and wasted my time. In addition I had to call someone else to get it fixed.

I called to make an appointment to have him look at the items that I needed repaired/replaced. When he arrived, he repaired the light switch. He then took down the old light fixture by the front door, when the new one was installed, I couldn't open the screen door. So he took down the new one. He then left and searched to the correct size of light fixture. He as very helpful in recommending stores or company's that may have the correct size. After about a week of searching he called me stating that the best plan would be to refurbish the old one, since the size was difficult to find. The day he called me to tell me that, I had just told my daughter the same thing: to sand, paint the old one and put it back up. I guess great minds think alike! I would use this company if I had more electrical needs.

Customer services is aweful. Had the guy do the project on monday. He left a message to email what I needed done and I really didn't understand the guy over the phone. He was not clear on his email address. "sparkyelectric sparky53@aol.com" Really didn't know email so I tried both. Apparently he did not get the email so he wasn't sure what to do. He called on Monday night to let me know the price and the address. Called again on Tues. I let him know that I would send out the payemnt. I proceed to send out a check on Wed. through bill pay which takes a few days and I get harrassed on Fri that he thinks that I am dodging the payment. After all this I still do not have an invoice for the job that was done. I don't mind that I don't have an invoice yet but don't hassle me for payment when I don't even have an invoice. To be honest he probably wansn't very clear on what was needed to be done but he still obviously didn't check all the plugs because I had my inspection and still had an outlet that was hot nuetral reverse. So now I will probably get a bunch more calls because he hasn't got payment. So Tim the check is on it's way. Mail takes a few days so be patient. Just an update on the above. I recieved my invoice on Sept 22. He was also kind enough to write a nice note with the invoice. The note pretty much stated how I was not easy to work with and at the end of the note he wrote that I was "Pathetic" and underlined it.

The job was done in a timely fashion and I hired the service again.

Prompt arrival. Understood the scope of the project and completed the work in a timely fashion. After installing the dishwasher outlet, we realized it was too high and the dishwasher could not be made flush. The job was redone by lowering the outlet an additional 4 inches, I filled the resulting hole myself. The hood installation went well, I assisted with fishing wire, although the outlet was crooked, I patched the area and reset the outlet. That said, the work was done and the pricing was commensurate with the completed work. I would hire him again for work in which cosmetics are not paramount.

He arrived on time proceded acess the problemand started to work.

Very knowledgeable and accommodating, pleasant to deal with.

He was to install a ceiling fan and two light fixtures. This person was not competent, did not do the job more than 25%, kept delaying appointment. He did one of the three fixtures and even the one he did, was a crappy job. He should not be allowed to work on Angie's list. I have not used Angie's List since for this reason.

He came out the day after I purchased the deal. He was great. He made a follow-up phone call after the appointment offering to come out if I determined that either outside outlet was not working. He was perfectly willing to come back out & fix it if it needed to be fixed. I appreciated that.

I contacted this company in response to an offer on Angie's list.The company agreed to do the work within a week of our calling them, but due to illness on the part of the contractor the work was delayed several weeks. When the contractor came by he did just fine.

I purchased an Angie's List Big Deal for Sparky Electric; the deal was $99 for two hours of electrical work. Then came problem number one: The owner starting calling me regularly to ask what work we wanted done, even though the deal didn't expire until next year. At one point he called three times on a Sunday, during my birthday party. I finally called back because I am eight months pregnant and did not want to continue fielding calls for the next six months. When I called the owner, he was responsive and we agreed he would install a light switch in our hallway and give us an estimate on a much bigger, future project, which was replacing our outdated electrical fuses with a new panel/circuit box. We scheduled the work for the next week. I was not able to be home during the appointment but my husband was. According to him, Tim arrived on time. That was the best thing he could say about the work. We experienced the following problems:1) On two separate occasions my husband offered to remove a fuse to prevent blowing it. Both times Tim refused and both times he blew a fuse. To be fair, he ran out later to purchase us two new fuses.2) In an effort to get the work done quickly, he didn't measure properly and mistakenly drilled 5 sizable holes in the wrong walls and ceiling, thus creating hours of work my husband has to do. Four of these holes are in our newly painted nursery, and one of those holes is almost 4 inches in diameter. 3) Finally, he didn't properly connect the switch, so later in the day, my husband used the new switch and the light began flickering. It could have started a fire in our wall! Tim came back and fixed it later that day (again, very responsive). He did give us a very good price quote for the additional electrical work, but there is no way we are allowing this man or anyone associated with his company to do any work near our house.

Tim arrived on time and did a very good job spending way more than the two hours i paid for, when my electric went out on the whole block, waiting for it to come back on, he offered to come back for a minimal charge to finish when the power came back. Tim crawled thru my attic (ten inches recently blown in) to track down a wiring problem in my 1880's house. He also contacted me several times after to see if I had need of more help.

Made an appointment for 8 AM. I called the night before and the morning of to confirm that they were coming and didn't get an answer or a response. Did not show up at 8, and called me at 8:15 to say they weren't coming.

Tim did a great job with everything, communicated well and did everything that was asked of him.