KEMLY ELECTRIC INC

Excellent work. The estimator spent time understanding the layout and scope of work and gave useful insights. The two electricians were friendly, informative and did a careful and thorough job. Full cleanup at the end and only minimal number of patches to do.

The kitchen exhaust fan for my house is mounted on the roof. I purchased a replacement fan and had to have roofers build and install a new curb/platform on which the replacement fan rested, and install and seal the membrane roofing material around the new curb. The roofers didn't do electrical work, so I needed to find an electrical contract which would connect the fan to the power source, and install the replacement control switch in the kitchen. This was not a difficult job, but I found it very difficult to find an electrical contractor willing to get up on my roof to connect the exhaust fan to power and complete to complete the installation. I contacted over 25 electrical contractors and was told they would not take a job which required an electrician to get on the roof of my house. Kemly Electric agreed to perform the work, and were very flexible about scheduling to perform the work. The electrical work needed to follow the roofers completing the fan installation, but the roofer kept rescheduling my job. The Kemly Electric electrician arrived 4 hours earlier than scheduled to perform the job on the day it was scheduled. It took less than an hour, and he installed the connection so that any future work on the fan would make it easy to lift the fan off the curb/platform on which the fan was installed. The electrician was polite, thorough, provided complete communication on what the job needed, the work he performed, and provided pictures of the work. Kemly Electric charged a fair price for the work performed, and is on the top of my list when I next need an electric contractor.

The electricians arrived on time, were very considerate, finished the work early, cleaned up after themselves, and did a great job. When we discovered that evening that using some of the outlets tripped the new breakers, they returned the very next day to fix it. They had incorrectly wired the breaker for one set of outlets, and another outlet had been incorrectly wired (not by them). The fixed both problems rapidly and we've had no problem since then. My only real complaint was being billed for supplies we didn’t use. The estimator had been very patient with our asking for bids on several different options/configurations and with our many questions. He made a few errors on the original bid (later corrected), and also made some assumptions about the DPD's requirements that I found (by contacting the local electrical inspectors for the DPD) were not correct. When we finally signed the contract for the work, the price was based on having to use 15 Arc Fault breakers (significantly more expensive than standard breakers). The electricians ended up having to use only 2 Arc Fault breakers and 13 of the standard ones. But they still expected us to pay the full bid price (based on all expensive breakers), which we did. Even with that, they ended up the same as the middle-priced bid we’d received (and less than two higher bidders).

Work was good and communication with electrician was very good.

It went very well.

The electrical rewiring project went very well. An electrician and apprentice worked for 8 days on the house. The electrician was very experienced in rewiring old houses, understood old house construction and knew how to route new wires through walls to access the first and second floors while minimizing the number and size of holes in the walls and ceilings. Lath and plaster walls/ceilings require a different approach and power equipment to minimize damage to the adjacent plaster when compared to modern day drywall. This is very important to minimize damage to the adjacent plaster areas around the holes. Both of these guys worked very hard to get the job completed in the shortest time. They were very good at solving problems they encountered and there were a number of challenging ones. I was also impressed as the job neared completion it became apparent the work would require an additional day beyond the original estimate. To finish the job on the scheduled Friday the company sent out a third electrician to complete the work in the eight day, estimated time frame. After the work was completed the city electrical inspector found only one outlet location that had to be changed to pass inspection. This was an easy 2 hour fix. I gave them a "B" for cost, but that was because I wished it was less expensive but that may not be a reasonable expectation. Otherwise I'm extremely pleased with the work.

Electrician was courteous and listened to my description of the issues and interacted well explaining what needed to be done.

Work was done quickly and accurately. Once contract was signed and I made the deposit, the work was done within a week. They cleaned up after each day. Kemly's bid was less than a third of the highest estimate that I received from other electrical contractors.4

Outlet successfully installed on time and at price quoted.

We had Kemly Electric come out to give us quotes for a few projects. Bill was very knowledgeable and gave us great advice, answering any questions I had about those projects and other electrical stuff in our house generally. He then sent comprehensive quotes. We decided to move forward with having wall sconces installed in our living room and connecting them to a switch that wasn't being used. The company had a great scheduling system and was very professional every step of the way. The electricians arrived on time and completed the project quickly and efficiently. They did their best to avoid leaving extra holes in the walls, and they cleaned up thoroughly afterwards. I would definitely hire Kemly Electric again, and I've already recommended them to multiple people I know looking for an electrician.

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A++++++++.  Kemly Electric is great.  I wanted under cabinet LED light bars installed in my kitchen.  I called Kemly on Friday and they said a scheduler would call me back so I could make an appointment for someone to come out .  She called back within an hour and said there was a cancellation and someone could come out on Monday (today) between 9am and 12pm.  So this morning, Tom called at a little after 9am and said he would be at my place in 30 minutes.  I appreciated that he called me because some places are not that communicative.  Tom showed up and said he could do the job in a couple of hours. ( I had had another electrician come out and said it would take him 4-6 hours!)  So Tom got busy and did a fantastic job - within 2 hours.  He even had to drill through a couple of my backsplash tiles.  He finished in 2 hours, as promised, and my lights look amazing!   I even got a senior discount!  And Tom clean up afterwards.  He was professional, quick, and friendly.  I definitely recommend Kemly and I will absolutely use them again if I ever need electrical work.  Thank you, Kemly and Tom!!!!

The work that was done was good and the two men who came to do the work, Larry and Danny, were great. But there were a number of issues--enough that though I've used Kemly in the past, my friends have used Kemly, and Kemly has great ratings here on Angie's List, I won't use them again. Here's why:
 We have a 1920s era "livable fixer" that we adore. The previous owners did some work on the upstairs, including installing some wiring and hooking up some outlets and light fixtures but most of the wiring was exposed and it sort of resembled thick gray spaghetti in some places. The larger room, that we've been slowly refinishing, had no electricity and we wanted to change that so we called Kemly for an estimate. We also wanted to clean up some of the crazy wiring in the other part of the upstairs.
 Bill came out to give an estimate. My partner, Scott, and Bill talked about what we wanted done and the various options for doing it. There was some talk of running a conduit on the outside of the house. Bill also insisted that the work could not be done if we did not have smoke and CO detectors put into every bedroom and the basement and the upstairs. He told Scott that the work, which would require a permit, would not pass the inspection otherwise. He was very adamant on this point. He sent his estimate to us a few days later and we agreed we wanted to have the work done. I sent a check to Kemly for $1068.10 as a deposit on the work. Some days later Scott was contacted by Kemly, saying they hadn't received the payment. In this electronic age it's ever so simple to see if a check has cleared--and to look at both front and back of said check--so it was pretty simple to see that the check *had* been received and promptly deposited. I could also confirm that while Scott's name did not appear on the check that the address was printed on the check and that I had written on the memo line "deposit on [the address] job." When Scott called Kemly to explain this to the accountant, rather than apologizing or just thanking him, she became defensive and aggressive. So that wasn't so fun.
The day scheduled for the work arrived and Larry and Danny arrived about an hour earlier than we expected them--and they expected to be working in the basement. I left for work, leaving Scott at home. It was, by his account, a lively day with the sort of difficulties to be expected in a ninety-year-old house but Danny and Larry met the challenges--and they managed to run the wires up the inside rather than having to resort to an outside conduit. Getting electricity to the smoke detector in the second bedroom on the main floor was one of the unexpected difficulties and that ate up more time than expected. Danny and Larry ended up hurrying to pack up and get to their next job but they left the place pretty clean.
 Unfortunately, when I got home I found that the room in which we wanted four outlets in fact contained only one. There was a second outlet on the landing near the room (and there is no wall between the two spaces) but we were clearly two outlets short. Since electrifying that room was really the point of having the work done, I wasn't particularly happy. I found a copy of the original estimate to confirm that Kemly had also been clear on that being a primary part of the job order. It was clearly spelled out there so Scott called Kemly to request that they return to finish the job or amend the total amount accordingly. This time he talked to Jennifer who argued about whether the work had all been done or not. In short, she was again defensive. Eventually she and Scott scheduled a time for Larry and Danny to return. Bill followed up a few days later but seemed not to have talked with Jennifer--or at least he wanted to open a fresh argument. "The first order of business with them seemed to be to establish they were not at fault," is how Scott describes his interaction with the Kemly office people.
 Larry and Danny returned and installed the two missing outlets using wiremold in not more than an hour. Again, they were pleasant and professional. A few hours later the inspector showed up and had a quick look at the upstairs work and the breaker box. He was happy to sign off on the job. I noticed he hadn't so much as glanced at any of the newly installed smoke and CO detectors so I asked about those--were they really required by the city in order for new electrical work to pass inspection. The inspector told us that they were good to have and might save us something on our homeowners insurance and certainly we should be happy about having them . . . but, no, on a job like this they were in no way required by the city. New construction or a major remodel would require the hard-wired smoke and CO detectors for the permitting but just putting in a few outlets and cleaning up some wiring--the work he had on his permit and had just approved--did NOT require them.

We've used Kemly once of twice in the past and I just really like this company.  They come when they say they will and do the work and do it well.

For this job, to be sure they brought the right replacement parts, James had me email him pictures of the inside of the fixtures so he could tell what he was dealing with.  What a smart idea--why doesn't everyone do that?

We were originally scheduled for May 26th and missed the call because one of our cats knocked the phone j******* the wall!  They found a way to squeeze us in the next day and came promptly as promised.  The lights in our kitchen kept going out randomly and it had become really annoying.  We're very pleased to have them fixed.

This is the second time I've had Kemly do work for me.  Previously, they changed out the old panel boxes.  This time, anticipating putting my house on the market, I had them come for a pre-sale evaluation.  Glen was very thorough, itemizing a long list of things that needed attention.  I have an older home with some 1951 wiring along with a newer addition built in 1970.  It has 6 bedrooms, 4 1/2 baths, a total of 20 rooms in all.  Larry and Cody went through it all, updating all the old outlets, finding and fixing old, funky wiring.  Larry, the lead electrician, was absolutely competent.  And they worked fast.  They were able to get everything in good order in less than three full days.  Some might think $190/hr is expensive, but I feel I very much got my money's worth.  There were a few technical issues remaining that they wanted their trouble shooter to look at and James came and took care of all of the remaining issues in short order.  I would give Kemly a grade of A++.

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We have used them a number of times. They are always very prompt. They are very professional. They did a nice job. They were very friendly. It took them about two hours to complete the work.

Kemly is an excellent and reliable company.  They are responsive and more than competent.

Do not understand question - lighting was in the garden. We didn't go anywhere.

They spotted the problem right away and it took a couple of hours to find the corrosion that shorted the wires.  Took a little digging in the rain but he finally found it.

Great. Very professional.

They are always prompt, professional and provide quality work. They're not necessarily the cheapest, but the value you get is unsurpassed. They are "our electrician"!

They solved a mystery right away, figured out what needed to be connected inside my rats nest of a wiring box and installed a couple of GFI outlets. I usually do simple wiring tasks myself, but this one was beyond me.

The electrician showed up on time and worked fast. He knew what he was doing and had the parts I needed to complete the job. I was pleased with the quality of the work, and the project cost was reasonable. I would recommend Kemly.

The electrician was early which was great. He was very friendly and he was very skilled