After searching here on Nextdoor for a licensed electrician, I decided to hire Designer Electric to install a generator - they have several recommendations, could take on my job immediately and had a fair price. I had been in contact with the owner Lenny Zimberg. He was responsive, prompt and very helpful. I hired them to install a transfer switch so that I could hook up my generator to my circuit breaker box. Due to all the recent power outages - I invested a lot of money into having the transfer switch installed and a generator. Prior to the install, I told Lenny that I did not have the generator yet and wanted to wait to have the switch installed so that we could - 1. Make sure the switch was installed correctly and do a test, 2. show us how to hook up the generator to the transfer switch/circuit breaker box in case of a future outage. He told me not to worry about it and that he could do the work first and come back once the generator arrived and perform the test. The work was done and about a week later the generator arrived. I called Lenny and asked him if he could have someone come back out (he said it would only take 15min). Make a long story short, he has been giving me the runaround for the last several weeks. He would not make a firm appointment with me and the one time he said he could come by - I missed his text (because I was dropping my kids off at school) and he told me it was too late, and the guy already left for the day. Since then, he has stopped answering my calls and responding to my text messages all together. I gave this man $800 and trusted him to do the right thing. He was VERY responsive when he wanted my money but has gone missing when it comes to finishing the job. He is not a person of his word and is an unethical business owner.
Please do not hire Designer Electric (Lenny Zimberg) and for anyone you hire in the future - if all the work is not completed, please do not pay them the entire amount, you can't trust people these days.
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