PLEASE READ and save yourself your time and money. It's a thorough recap of my experience and what I discovered with this company. I work with many contractors and know enough about electricity to provide an educated review. My experience started off well. I needed two jobs looked at and was quoted $79 by the girl over the phone to come out and look at each job. If they could fix it right then and if I approved of the price, they would. If not, I would be given an estimate. Worst case, if I didn't care for the company or was not comfortable with the quote, I would only be out $79 for both jobs. Within a minute of the technician showing up, I was told, he would "diagnose" the problem and give me an estimate. If I approved the work, the fee would go towards the job, if not, I would just "owe $245 for today". I expressed my concern that I was quoted $79 and the tech chuckled and said "We can't do anything for $79" He then offered to only charge "minor diagnoses fee" of $135 instead of the normal $245. He was at the first job for maybe 30min and a chunk of that time was writing the estimate. This was for an exterior RV outlet that kept tripping. It was just outside the garage and there was easy access to the panel and he could quickly tell it didn't have enough power for the load. Job 2 - Replace light fixture that had stopped working. He looked at the light and called me to tell me the wrong wire was used in the wall and would need to all be replaced. He also said the outlets were not working. It was a GFI, so I asked if he had pressed the reset. He said he was not going to touch anything until I agreed to the diagnostic fee. He "fixed" my outlets by pressing the reset button. And he explained all the work that would be needed to fix the light, to the tune of $900-1500. When I asked questions, the technician was reluctant to answer. Basic questions that by diagnostic standards, should be answered. I was told he would not check something if he would not be doing the job (even though it was in the scope of the estimate, and I later discovered was not answered because it would have triggered me to question the scope of work and price) and then with the light just hanging, I asked him to just take the light down mark the hot wire with a piece of electrical tape (not wires were white). He initially said he wasn't comfortable doing that because he knew what I was thinking, but that he would go ahead and mark it. I knew at that point the tech had determined there was power to the light, but had withheld that info. I went out to look at the job after the fact and within a minute, determined on my own there was normal electricity flow and a complete circuit, and within 15 minutes I had installed the new light and everything was working just fine. The technician had not marked the hot wire. While I understand Blue Collar, would have done the job differently and could have declined to do the work the way I wanted it done, information was deliberately withheld and I was misled for the sake of making a sale. I should have been given an opportunity to make an informed decision myself and not led to believe it was a bigger issue than it was. After my experience, I called to speak with owner about my concerns and, while the conversation was cordial, he argued that they had done nothing wrong and that he sometimes gets call like mine, but more often not. He also told me I could have just sent the technician away and paid him nothing and that people do that and refuse to even pay the trip charge. "So I should act dishonestly because you do. I agreed to pay the $79, but there was never any intention of just charging $79" This is a known issue and it's not just me. As a "professional", the jobs were very easy to determine the issue and what needed to be done to correct the problems - no "diagnostic" necessary. If he could not determine the issues upfront and needed to delve more into figuring it out, understandably, I would expect an additional diagnostic fee for his time. This was not the case. The technician knew coming out, the price was going to be more than just the $79. This was a clear bait n switch. Furthermore, the owner said he would check into my initial call to determine if I was misinformed or misled. I have not heard back and it has been over a month. This company clearly lacks integrity and does not appear to care about the customer. My take aways 1. They may do good work, but I don't trust them to be honest with the scope or to disclose everything. 2. If you pay for a diagnostic they will withhold even basic information with the excuse that you may hire someone else or try to do it yourself 3. For a master bathroom light and an RV outlet repair, I was quoted $2000 on the low end and $3000 on the high end. read more

Blue Collar Electric - Light I replaced in 15 min after being quoted $900-1500 by Blue Collar to repair. - Electricians Near Me - Palm Harbor, Florida

I had to have a different electrician come redo their work a year later. He sad the plugs looked as if they were done by a handyman, and the fuse box had loose wires. This is after they came back three times to get everything straight after turning off my solar panels and causing my breakers to flip. The outlet they installed failed a year later. I paid a lot of money for service I had to have redone. read more

They charge you just to show up to the house. So before they even get out of the truck you owe them money. The quote was open ended and could cost thousands to fix an exterior outlet. Scam company. Do not use them! They will rip you off. read more

Very friendly! Very knowleadgable! 5 stars ++++++!!! Checked everything out did all troubleshooting, showed me and explained everything that was going on, cleaned anything that left any dust, etc. Great job, and yes would recommend. read more

This company is excellent! They were able to get their technician out within the week, he gave us a very good quote that covered any possibilities I might want, was extremely thorough in getting the job done correctly and well, and was quite pleasant to deal with. Major kudos to Ryan B. and John. Thanks guys! read more

Horrible experience. Added their lic. # to my permit thinking I would be getting an est. from them. Was upfront with the lady taking my call. The permit was approved and then I got a nasty call from 'james' stating they never gave me an est and i was being fraudulent. Gets worse, then he called the permit office and slowed down my permit and said he was going to do more damage and call my mobile home park. All I was looking to do was get a price and shop if needed. I'm new to this and if I did something wrong then I accept that, but he was nasty. Don't do business with them and if you do, good luck. READ their reviews. I called to speak to the owner and he never called me back.. ....... read more

I asked them to give me a bid on replacing a weatherproof outlet cover, fix a cooktop pigtail connection and put a gfi down from the panel and outside about 6-7 feet max and they wanted to charge me $1024 and the guy said they use "by the book pricing". So I paid the $79.99 service fee for the estimate and then I said that is way too expensive and he left. I won't be using them in the future. read more

Matt at Blue Collar Electric was very professional and on time. He cared more about safety & to make sure everything was right. Explained everything very good to where I could understand. I highly recommend Blue Collar Electric. A. Zelenski. read more

$80 to come out and give me a quote to install a new panel and a generator hook up. Again, $80 for a quote for me to most likely spend thousands on an upgrade. Two other companies have already given me free quotes. They might want to rethink that charge from now on. The lady on the phone that I spoke to was extremely nice though. read more

I am graciously giving 1 star for the expertise of our electrician, Jayson. He was efficient, polite and professional. Our request to replace a bathroom exhaust fan was a simple and quick task for Jayson. On the other hand we feel the company is price gouging. We wanted the job done so we painfully paid $548 for a 1 hour task AND WE supplied the parts. Asking both Jayson and the gal who took my call, neither admittedly said that price was something they would feel was fair. read more

Not a fan and would not recommend. Sold us a surge protector when we had one. Did not install where they said they would. Installed floor receptacle not the correct color. Other issues as well. They called to try and sell us on a/c check up. Told them all the issues. Said someone would be in contact in one week, been waiting for 3 weeks. read more

This company is a complete an utter ripoff. Below are the warning signs: 1.) They charge you for an estimate. This is a ridiculous practice. They show up, give you a huge estimate, you decline it and they make money. It's a scam. 2.) When they whip out the electronic tablet, run for your life. You are about to get ripped off. 3.) Never go with one of these huge companies that advertise everywhere. You are paying for all that advertising. Overall, stick to local companies that don't have huge advertising costs and don't use electronic tablets. You will get a far better deal and be far more appreciated by them. read more

We just spent over $4000 to replace our whole panel 1 week ago and the main breaker just blew. It's in the middle of the night and the emergency number is just an answering machine. Can't believe this is only 1 week and already problems. read more

The service from Matt was outstanding. He was professional, fast, informative and fixed our issues. The only reason not receiving full 5 star review was because my window for service was from 2-5. I called office at 5:20, was told I was next in service line, dispatch called at 6:20 stating tech would be here between 7:20 and 7:50. Matt met that time frame, but I had been waiting since 1:30.... But again great service once he arrived. read more

My house was built in 1973, so it's almost as old as I am! We've lived here for 23 years and haven't done any upgrades to the electrical system. So we shouldn't have been completely shocked when our electric went out on a Sunday morning in April 2021 & the main breaker to the house smelled like an electrical fire. Still, we were surprised, of course. Sorry, Yelp, my first thought was to check our neighborhood's Facebook group for recommendations. After two calls & no live person, I turned to Yelp, looking for electricians "open now". Sunrise had recently updated their Yelp listing with details and had a few good reviews, so I called them. Shelley answered the phone & was very helpful in assuring us that someone could come out that day. She took our information, and we did have to provide payment of $119 for the emergency service call. Communication was great afterward, which included both a text and phone call a couple hours later when our service tech was en route. Kevin actually arrived a bit earlier than the estimated arrival time and seemed incredibly knowledgeable. After looking at our main breaker box, he confirmed that it needed to be replaced, and that he would be able to replace it that day. He also advised that we would need a surge protector for the whole house, along with inspections & permits which he would be able to do as well for the quoted price. Many hours later, we had power again, with a new main breaker box. And I'm glad to have a house-wide surge protector. This was not a cheap repair/upgrade, and we were obviously unable to get other quotes or compare prices on a Sunday, but we're happy with the work done. read more

So like many of my fellow Pinellas county residents I have some work that needs to be done after the hurricane came through. In looking for electricians I came across the number for sunrise electric, and I called them. They asked for a bunch of information, I do realize that they would need to know my name address and phone number before they would come here, but beyond that they wanted $59 to just come, didn't ask me what the work was that needed to be done, I'm fairly sure that the young lady answering the phone would be clueless as to whatever the work they do is anyway because she can only stick to a script. I understand if a company may be very busy because it is post hurricane, but that's when you make your appointment for further on down the line, to hit someone up for money just to go tell them what you would charge to fix hurricane damage is reprehensible. I'm fairly new calling contractors, but was told I needed to get more than one estimate, so that's what I was attempting to do. The person that answered the phone at sunrise electric did not make it comfortable, did not seem reassuring, did not even necessarily come off as very competent, if she wasn't feeling in a form that her company uses she was unable to move forward. This is definitely not the company I will ever call in the future! And for this job, that I fully expect to spend hundreds of dollars on, is definitely not going to them. read more

They wanted to charge me to get an electrician quote. I am 3 minutes away from their office. Ridiculous. This is a weird practice in Florida. It's wrong and it's gross. Quoting is a part of having a company. You can always quote over email. Waste of time. read more

Matt was fantastic. We're going to use him in the future. The price was affordable.

Matt Black was awesome and so professional! It was not an easy job due to the age of the home. He did an incredible job, quickly and perfectly! We will definitely use SUNRISE again. Their receptionist/scheduling person was also outstanding! All around a great experience! read more

Bernie H Techian Chas and his associate were here Monday 1/24/22 to replace our old panel box.We had appointments and left when we returned everything was cleaned up.very fast, friendly courteous. The office kept us in the loop for arrival. I recommed them to our neighbor. He had them the next day. read more

Great service with fair prices. Have used them several times. Upgraded and moved main panel, trenched an installed sub panel in the shed, troubleshooting and fixing small issues, relocated and added switches plugs and fans. Great service, I will definitely use them again. read more

I am not in the practice of leaving poor reviews, especially post-hurricane when so many people are still without electricity and have so much damage to deal with, but I did need to leave a review for potential consumers. I made an appointment for electrical work to be done pre-knowledge of hurricane. I was told about the $59. fee to come out which would be deducted if I agreed to have their estimated work done. I made an appointment. Then we got Milton and I completely understood that my electrical work request was not a priority and agreed to re-schedule for the following week. The appointment was supposed to be today. I received a text message informing me my technician would be at my home anywhere between 2 and 5pm. Then at 10:00 am, I received a call and voicemail confirming my appointment. I called back and got another Customer Service rep, and confirmed my appointment. That same rep called me back and stated they were actually calling to reschedule due to the amount of customers still without power. I told her that I understood but I had already been rescheduled once and I took time off of work today to be available. She told me to hang on and she would be right back. Then I was disconnected. I waited for a call back and when it was clear that wasn't going to happen, I called back. I was then told that they indeed needed to reschedule me because they needed to take care of those without electricity from the hurricane. Again, I am very fortunate to have power at the present time, so I understand not being a priority, but some advance notice (even a call yesterday) would have gone a long way and I wouldn't have to use my PTO for an appointment that was going to be canceled. I will be going elsewhere for my electrical needs and hope this helps improve their customer service communication for the future. read more

We had an appointment and we're given a 3 hour window. I called 3 times and was finally told close to the end of the window it would be out of the window. The technician arrived 2 hours later. He was very nice but the company had absolutely no apology. I did not understand their flat rate too. I paid $245 and was told unless wiring needed change this would cover everything. 30 min later I was told it was temporarily fixed and I was given estimates of $4400 and $1400 for further more permanent repair. The technician took off the additional $54 charge which I am grateful for but the wait of 5 hours and a flat charge of $245 for a 30 minute temporary fix was extremely unfair. I will never use them again and would not recommend them ever. read more

Great service at a very fair price. Tech was super nice & very professional. Would use again!

James is the man!!! Super knowledgeable and a very kind Man. 18+ years in the field shows in his vast skill set and ability to diagnose a problem. He fixed our water heating electric in minutes. Didn't nickel and dime us, and offered veteran discount! 10/10 For both James and the customer Service at Sunrise! read more

I made a request for an estimate for a project in my home. This company was the only one to return my call. Unfortunately, I was not in their area but they took the time to let me know. For this reason alone, I consider them to be reliable. read more

Sterling arrived on time and did a great job of doing several general electric repairs.

Charges $60 for an estimate. Don't waste your time. There are plenty of electricians who will respond and give free estimates and don't wait a week for their call center to get back to you. read more

Retuning customer they always take care of me Reliable honest dependable always on time Quick response

So I'm buying a house and the seller wants to give me credit for some minor electrical work that needs to be done which was two reverse polarity outlets and to cap off one exposed wire that is in plain site in the garage. I had a 4 point report with pics and told them I just need an approximate quote on these two issues as you see them in the pics and I understand if something else comes up while doing the work that could be extra. I did this because I need to get a credit from the seller. They refused to give me a quote with out going to the house. For those unaware of simple electrical work like this a reverse polarity is jus pulling out the outlet and reversing the power and neutral wires after plugging in the testing device and then checking that power is not running to the outlet after breaker is shut off. Doesn't matter if you live in a million dollar home or a mobile home. The price would be the same. Next to cap off a wire it takes less than 5 minutes from start to finish. From 4 point pics you could choose different approaches, but about 5 to 15 minutes to do and $1 to $30 in material depending on how you handle it. These guys refused to even give a soft quote. That means they are planning to rip you off. They just want to either pay them to tell you that or they want to come out and see how stupid you are before quoting you. Don't shop here. I found a great electrician in the area in 30 minutes. read more

Needed an upgraded plug for our window AC and they also did a check of the house for any other issues and made recommendations, some we did and some we will wait. I would hire them again. read more

From our first contact with Sunrise Electric we were dealt with on a level of excellence. They fit us in with same day service. They not only texted us to let us know when they were arriving but called us as well. Our technician, George was on time and very knowledgeable of his trade. He also had a great personality and sense of humor. We didn't believe our problem could be fixed with a single appointment but it was. This is a company truly focused on customer service. We will most definitely be a repeat customer! read more

Very reasonable pricing! They called to set up an appointment in a timely manner. They called the morning of the appointment to give a approximate time of The electricians arrival and the electrician called 15 minutes before he arrived. The man they sent named Marvin was so courteous and neat in appearance. He was excellent! Would definitely hire them again and request Marvin! read more

Charles their electrician sent was very helpful-- and professional --- we had a small job but he also educated us on issues our old house will need addressing down the line. Knowledge is always useful He managed to find a less expensive way to fix our front door bell not working --- Definitely would hire him again. Genuine polite and full of good energy --- I hope the rest of his colleagues are as energetic. read more

I had someone come to give me an estimate to replace 2 ballast in 2 under kitchen cabinet flourescent fixtures. Cost was goin to be $274.00 and I provided the ballasts. Way to high! read more

George the Tech was courteous, friendly and Knowledgeable . I explained what was needed he gave us a price we felt was reasonable and we scheduled the work . They updated our electric panel to be able to add central air conditioning and also properly connected our water heater. They performed the work to code as was verified by the county inspector. Would definitely use Sunrise again . read more

Great company. Kevin was great to work with. He not only seen my problem buy Duke's problem also. This was after Duke was out here and said it was all on my side. Kevin made sure everything was working great before he left. Great job Sunshine electric. read more

Got a Transfer switch installed. Professional, timely, less cost than another quote. I've used sunrise irrigation before and glad I used Sunrise Electic. read more

I have nothing but good things to say about Marvin and Ryan, Electricians from Sunrise Electric. They arrived exactly when they were supposed to and went right to work and quickly corrected some electrical issues at our property in Largo. They explained their work in a clear and understandable way and never complained about the hot and uncomfortable conditions in the attic. I was a pleasure to work with these two courteous and knowledgeable professionals. I would highly recommend Sunrise Electric for any electrical needs. read more

It all started a week ago January 2020, i asked for an over hood range vent to be replaced. They came in, took down the old vent and put up the new one, but it did not fit due to size. So i was charged $154.00. They took my old vent. Then i went and picked up another vent. I rescheduled for 1 -20-2020 between 8 and 11am. The electrician called out sick the day of my installation, so my time was changed that morning with a phone call and no exact time of arrival. I am just wondering what I will be charged now. Any incoveinence discount? So today, they came back and installed the new hood vent. But they didn't want to charge me twice so the gave me A full credit. read more

Blue Collar Electric - New range and new hood with light on. - Electricians Near Me - Palm Harbor, Florida