This should be the right company. The techs name started with a 'Z'. He was very clean and out spoken. He reminded me of the on mike diamond plumbing commercial, any who...I had gotten 3 quotes and there were right in the middle so I chose them. Work was excellent, my husband said i made the right choice, thats all that matters. I hope this is the right company cause i did not see there lightening bolt they had on their truck read more

Almost forgot, these guys were great, they had my new panel up in less than 3 hours, thanks alot. The gave me an extra 5% off if i promised to submit a review, so thanks again read more

Called Express Electrical Services to convert a 220v outlet to 110v. The phone service was excellent and they followed up the next morning to confirm the appointment time. Franko arrived within the time window and was very knowledgeable and patient in answering all my questions. We have an older panel and he provided great insight on how things were wired and upgrade options. He did the outlet conversion and tested that everything was fine. Very happy with the service and will definitely use them again. read more

I have never dealt with a worse company than these idiots. They're con artists. The other day while I was at work my father called them to come out and replace a Pushmatic 20 amp circuit breaker in our breaker box on the outside of the house because the power in two rooms (both on the same circuit) was out. Should've been a fairly simple fix costing no more than $120 including parts and labor. These breakers price around $35-$50. Long story short, some prick by the name of "Arman" showed up to do the job. My father, not consulting me that he was calling an electrician, listened and fell for what this joker was telling him. "Oh these circuit breakers are veryyy expensive, unlike the new ones..we could update your circuit breaker box for $3,500 one day if you would like." THANK GOD my father didn't go for the upgrade, no instead he forked over $350.00 to this guy. When I got home and found out he paid that much I was outraged. I called up this place and a guy who sounded like he was eating a hamburger answered. I asked if he could explain why the tech charged nearly triple the price of what it should've been. He hung up. FIND ANOTHER ELECTRICIAN. All these other reviews that have more than 2 stars are probably the employees/their family writing them. read more

I called Friday and they repeatedly put me off until Sunday. I need an electrical outlet rewired, Wallace arrived, reviewed the work and went to his truck to get pricing. He came back with three estimate options 1) $2177.69 for Safety Circuit Restoration, 2) Major Troubleshooting $1489.96, 3) Basic troubleshooting for $901.99. He would discount that to $811.79 as a courtesy. When I mentioned Yelp and said it was a $100 dollar job, he asked for a good rating and begrudgingly said he would do it. He ended up spending 14 minutes and only charged the house call $49. I was not impressed and actually fearful for those who don't have an understanding of electric work. I kept his original estimate if anyone doubts my review. Find a reputable electrician for your work, but do not call here. read more

Franco came within an hour of me calling. Gave me multiple options to fix my electrical issue. Franco found the problem and fixed it quickly. The price was great compared to the other people that came and gave me a quote. Great work and he worked hard. Thank you Franco for everything. read more

I do not write Yelp reviews but I believe in this case it is warranted. This company was called by my frail 89 year old father who is home bound and with a caretaker. My father needed 6 florescent light bulbs replaced. The electrician who arrived at the house told my frail 89 year old father that it would be $490.00 to change the 6 bulbs. When his caretaker realized that he was being taken advantage of, she called me. I spoke to the electrician who stated that that what the charge would be. I told him to leave. I called the company in the hopes of getting an explanation before writing this review. "Shannon" stated that their company is "not cheap" and offered no other explanation. Note: The bulbs cost me 4 bucks each and took me about 10 minutes to replace. read more

worst service ever! do not use, especially if it's an emergency. From the answering service to the technician to the quality of work. Homeowners stay away read more

Appointment for issues with outdoor lights. The electrician stated a new transformer was required and absolutely nothing was working, this was needed to do any next steps. However, some of the lights were / are working. He was extremely rude and when I commented he just said he had a bad day. When asked if I agreed to pay for a new transformer what the other potential costs could be - he stated $300 to $400 per light if they didn't work, yet when I said he was suggesting possibly $5k he disagreed (although that would be the proposed fee if every light didn't work). Also mentioned could have additional costs if concrete issues, yet I pointed out little concrete in yard and not an issue (to which he agreed). When ending the call he told me he would contact the company and have the service fee waived - yet I had never approved or agreed to a service fee ahead of time. This was my second appointment with the company - first appointment they ultimately canceled and said they couldn't make it. read more

just a quick note about Express Electrical Service and in particular Wallace Mejia---the service representative that helped us last nite. We have a townhouse, connected with a common wall to another town house. The electrical outlet supporting our internet is on the exterior of our neighbors house and was likely damaged because of a lot of construction our neighbor is currently undergoing. In any event, Wallace responded very quickly to our request for service late last nite, very politely dealt with a rude neighbor that didn't want to provide access to the EXTERIOR SIDE OF HIS GARAGE--which is where the electrical outlet supporting our internet happens to be. Wallace was extremely professional, dealing with a complicated situation. We would strongly recommend both him specifically and Express Electrical Services to anyone read more

mr.Franco came to my house and did On outstandin job...was always on time one of the most frienliest guy I have meet in a while..also his coworkers...am very extremely satisfied..with the work they has done ...i will recommend this company to any friends that need work done thumbs up...way up... read more

Be very careful - called them as I just had a short in the outside, low voltage lighting. Alex came and tried to sell me a $ 7000 job and fixing the short and "rejuvenating" my main panel. We just bought this house 3 month ago and the 10 year old house passed the panel inspection without any issues. Shysters! read more

I called them because of a buzzing sound coming from the breaker panel. The guy wanted to replace the entire breaker panel. For $2,000. I sent him on his way and called another electrician. The second electrician showed me the loose wire that was causing the problem. $75. read more

I agree that there should be a zero star option...The outlet to my dryer exploded so I called Express Electrical Service. I was told over the phone that they would charge $89.50 to come out to my home but that if I went ahead and had them do the repairs, that amount would be credited towards my total bill. Fine with me. I had no power in my home and needed someone to come out ASAP. The problem was diagnosed and fixed. The contract/receipt I signed was for $883.50. Two days later, my credit card was charged $983.50 and when I reviewed the contract/receipt, I noticed the total didn't include a credit for $89.50. I called and was told the "boss" would call me back. After about an hour, the same person I spoke to earlier called and said they would credit me $100 but never mentioned how/why I was overcharged. Also, I was told that I "misheard" the part about the $89.50 credit because "we don't do that on weekends." Does she actually think I made that up? How could I come up with that? Clearly, that's what I was told. And after the $100 overcharge, why would I EVER think I misheard? Very shady. read more

After trying many electricians with mixed results, I finally stumbled upon a great one! They installed track lighting in my studio and did an outstanding job. Both were courteous, hard-working, and reliable. The rates were more than reasonable, and when there was a problem with the dimmer buzzing, they tried several things (at no charge to me) until they solved the problem. Express Electrical stands by his work and I'd recommend them to anyone. read more

Extremely shady people. Tried to charge $500 to install two smoke detectors with EXISTING electrical wiring. Unbelievable!!!!! Strongly urge everyone to not contact this company. read more

Great service today. Very knowledgeable and was able to isolate the problem.

Have a tenant occupied condo and asked Express Electrical for a panel safety check that the HOA recommended. They said it was bad and would cost $9800 to replace. Got a second opinion from licensed electrician who said panel was not bad and even if it was, parts shouldn't cost over $300. He said 3 hours of labor at $159 per hour would only have brought total to $750 at most. read more

Power went out in the evening. Needed power for handicapped wife to use bathroom at night. Dispatcher said $95.00 service charge. Electrician arrived approximately 9:30 pm. Electrician worked for 10 minutes to replace a $9.95 circuit breaker. Charged $811.00. Had no options. No power. No internet. No lights. Interesting how the electrician wrote the invoice to appear as if he worked on the whole house since the power was out in parts of the house. Callrd them regarding the bill. Call not returned. read more

Wallace was amazing and I would recommend him for any electrical job. He trouble shooted until he found the problem and solved it . Pricing was high but worth it to have 5 star service read more

I've used Express Electrical Services in the past, until I moved out of state. Used them for years! They always made it clear that the estimate fee was waived if I had them deal with what I needed done. Sure, they were a little higher than the rinky-dink one man operations, but they always showed up when they said they would, and they were always very nice to me. I think some people are just idiots and don't understand what "waived" means ... it doesn't mean that it is subtracted from the final bill, it means it is waived ... made to disappear ... never existed! Even I understand what waived means, and I never went to college! Anyway, if you are going to call a one man operation, you are going to get a cheaper price ... without the guarantees I always got from these people. read more

After setting an appointment with theses guys for a 9:30 am. The tech never showed up. After calling them they didn't have the right street or address in their computer of my residence. Needless to say I'm hiring someone else. Should have read the reviews first, I wouldn't have waisted my whole morning. Zero stars read more

Picked them out of a local telephone book; wanted a local (Santa Clarita) company. They were not! To fix a non-emergency broken circuit they insisted on giving me unwanted 3 estimates starting over $1,200 to rewire my "dangerously old" box down to the $300-$400 range. When I said absolutely no; the electrician offered to Mickey Mouse my circuits so I would not have to buy the expensive part (later found out less than $30). He gave me a song and dance and showed me their printed rates and and said there was nothing he could do about it. He even called the office while I was talking to him and they agreed to some minor % off. I said no and sent him on his way after paying a mandatory $85 call-out charge. Then "the manager" of their office called me back and asked how much I was willing to pay and then offered to replace the circuit for some $150 - giving credit for the fee already paid. The electrician was apparently parked outside my house waiting for their orders. I unlatched the gate and let him in; they job was done in 15 minutes. The lights work. They guy was competent and OK, but unfortunately his employers make him sell snake oil. I had almost forgotten this until I received their Christmas Card wishing me ... prosperity.... in the new hear. Yeah -- as long as I stay away from this company. read more

Updated July 2015. Less than 2 years later and my $353 smoke detector has crapped out. Calling another electrician today. So much for their fancy ass "premium" smoke detector. The other 3 in my apartment, now 7 years old, are still working fine. Phoned on Labor Day at 1:36pm. My bedroom smoke detector was chirping and changing the battery, removing the battery, shutting off the circuit breaker, etc. wasn't stopping it. I told the dispatcher that I really needed to minimize the expense and asked about waiting until the next business day to get a lower service charge. The dispatcher confirmed that the minimum service charge was $125 and that there was no extra cost for coming out on a holiday. He said that their service fee was the same every day of the year. I was told that the electrician would arrive within 60-90 minutes. Electrician arrived about 3:15pm (close enough to the promised time). He looked at the smoke detector. Then wrote out an extensive estimate to install four new smoke detectors in my condo for $1,114 or do only a "minor" repair of $353 to replace the one smoke detector that was chirping. The service fees are printed on their invoice: "standard" fee $49, "express" fee $99, "emergency" fee $125, and "stand-by" fee only $29. I told the electrician that I could have waited to save the extra service fee cost and that I had told the dispatcher the same thing. His reply was that all their "emergency" service fees were $125 and that they used "premium" smoke detectors. Since he was already there and I'd have to pay the service fee anyway, I went ahead with the job. He was very careful to get my credit card information and the credit slip signed *before* he started the job. Then he spent more time calling in my credit card information. Then, he had to go to his truck to get the materials. Then he spent more time writing up in detail what he had just done. He was here for 45 minutes total. The time actually spent replacing the smoke detector was about 12 minutes. I don't have any basis for comparing with other electricians' fees, but I ended up paying $241 plus the $125 service fee ($353 total) for 12 minutes of actual working time plus a smoke detector that costs $54 at Home Depot. The positives were that they answered the phone on a holiday, showed up pretty close to the promised time, and the electrician acted professional and courteous. The negative is that I could have saved $96 desperately needed dollars if the dispatcher had been honest with me. For that reason, I won't use this company again and I can't recommend them to others. Important to note that this company is listed on Yelp repeatedly, with different reviews and different ratings. The companies listed with these phone numbers are all the same Express Electrical Service with the CA license number 652752: (323) 466-1761, (310) 657-2421, (800) 982-3022, and (818) 762-0845. P.S. Despite the comment from the earlier reviewer about this company waiving service fees for doing the work, they did not waive the service fee for me. read more

Express Electrical Service is great - called them up at about 9:30 am and had Oren come out by 11. He was very professional and installed my fan quickly. He explained to me what he did and even made sure it was perfectly balanced so it doesn't sway. He even looked at another switch for me and fixed it quickly even though it wasn't what I called him out for! Oren will really go about and beyond for the customer and I greatly appreciate how quickly and professionally he got everything done. I would highly recommend Express Electrical Service but especially Oren. read more

first let me say my electrician was very nice. However all i needed was an outlet installed in my closet to hold my cable box after hanging my new tv. my first quote was actually two parts. I could choose $1300 or $650. When I was astonished by these numbers - they lowered it to $467. There is an existing outlet on the other side of the wall, so it is quite easy and not a lot of labor. Even the guys installing my tv on a solid brick fireplace were only charging $299 labor. They were laughing when i showed them the quotes. The bummer is i stilled had to pay the $59.99 service fee for nothing. I thought it would be around $200. And when I called another electrician (Mike's Electrical in Pasadena) he came the next morning for exactly that amount and he, too, couldn't believe the quote. mike was on time, professional and very nice. It is part my fault for not asking more questions and maybe their work is good but their prices are outrageous. read more

I had an emergency with some electrical work that Express Electrical Service did 22 months ago replacing a switch in my bathroom. The switch for the bathroom fan would not shut off so I called EES at 7:00 pm last night. The girl was kind and helpful but when I said I needed someone that night she was unable to help me until the next day. Since their previous work was the cause of this problem I expected them to help with this issue. I ended up calling a local electrician and they took care of the problem in about 1 hour. The original switch was faulty and should never have failed in under 2 years and EES should have gone out of their way to help me but hey didn't. I would not recommend this company. Also the work they did in 2013 was very expensive. read more

Scheduling was a snap and the techs showed up on time, fully prepared to begin work. Alex and Shawn were friendly, knowledgeable, and professional, offering several options to get the job completed and listening to our questions about the various solutions. We had them replace four hallway ceiling fixtures, rewire a double-switch box, and convert a fluorescent bathroom fixture to incandescent. (We selected the fixtures - at cost - by text and photos they provided while at Home Depot.) Their work was fast and efficient, and they did a thorough clean-up afterward. That being said, the price was on the high end, and when I asked about their senior discount they said it had already been included in their quote even though it hadn't been discussed before the quote was given. We also wanted to have hard-wired under-cabinet lights installed in the kitchen but decided not to proceed when their quote was $3,500; we went to Costco and purchased 12 stick-on lights, remote controlled for on/off, brightness, and time-delayed turnoff for..... $40. Great services, but high prices. Didn't think we'd have to negotiate this like we were buying a new car, although other reviews here seem to indicate they are willing to substantially negotiate their prices. (Our initial service call was $49. It appears these, too, vary by a wide range.) read more

RUN from this people. The "Master Electrician" want to charged me over $3000 for a $300 job. He suggested to drop the price to $2000 if he does the job "out" from the company and save me a $1000!!! Run as fast as you can from this people. Plus this master electrician used the license of the company #651752 for his jobs "out" of the company. Plus they charged $28 if you choose not to do the job with them!!..NO free estimates at all. read more

These people are rip off frauds. They promised they would come the same day however they ended up not coming claiming a massive power failure somewhere else (a complaint consistent throughout other reviews) so they promised us instead they would come first thing the next morning and give us a 15% discount. They instead arrived at almost noon the next day. They wanted to charge us $364.00 for a part which could be easily purchase on Amazon for $38.00. After we explained that this was ludicrous as they were charging 10 times more for the part, the "service man" called his office to confirm his price and then proceeded to deny us device. The only honest thing he said, as he left, was "a lot of people complain about our prices." read more

Promised technician by 10.45 but phoned at 2 pm to say that he was delayed until 3pm. So roughly 4 hours late.

No stars. They should change the name of the their company because Express doesn't exactly fit. After several cancelled appointments by them and me missing work twice, they showed up. Fixed my air supposedly for over $1K and it doesn't work two weeks later. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. They wanted to know why I didn't call them to re-fix it and I told her....why didn't you fix it in the first place? They charged me double and now I am having someone actually fix the problem for half the price. I'm telling you, avoid, avoid, avoid. read more

These guys are crooks and elder abusers! I called them to come out to the home of a senior (aged 79) after I got an estimate over the phone of $49. The minor repairs he needed were to replace a pull chain on a fixture and then to move some lights on a track. He was given an estimate of $700, made to sign an authorization and then write a check once the hour's work was done. When I called to complain, Express defended the charges with the statement that the client signed the authorization. They offered to refund $100. but never sent the check. STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS! LIGHT CANDLES AT HOME INSTEAD OF CALLING THESE GUYS. read more

Called for estimate on loose wire on few outlets inside the house the tech man without any effort for trouble shooting told me cost me $1250.00 to repair the whole house wiring system and guess what? just cost me $50. to fix it and paid them $49. for service charge. read more

Rip offs, when you talk to them about their services, they indicate that there is a 59.00 call out charge, what they don't tell you is that they come out and inflate the true costs of the repair by 250% and when you decline the service they collect their 59.00 call out fee regardless of the over inflated cost of the repairs. I had a local electical company quote be the same repairs for 569.00, Express's quote: 1439.00 Next stop better business bureau. Beware read more

BEWARE!! These people are less than honest. I called when we lost power in our business. We made an appointment with them for 1 hour service but they stalled us for several more hours (costing us a days business). The problem was a short caused by bad insulation. Then I was shown a printed page listing several types of problems, only one of which we had, and it would cost us $1800.00 to proceed. It was like a gun to my head - I had to get our power going and agreed even though I voiced my objection. It took less than 3 hours and cost us $2000.00. I'm considering suing. read more

Don't ever use these guys. They are unprofessional, rude, and charge way too much. I learned a lesson, that just because they are listed at the top of google, does not mean they are actual good at what they do. Find and use anyone but them. If you dont, you will regret it. read more

Very disappointed with the service rendered by this company. Service charge was $99.00 and was not refundable even if they did the work. Just wanted a breaker replaced in my fuse box. When the technician came out he just looked at the fuse box and did nothing except go on and on about how outdated my box was and the need that it should be upgraded. The estimate suggested for replacing the breaker was quoted at $368.80. I declined the service but still had to pay the $99.00. Would never call this company ever again. The next day my son and son-in-law came out and did the job for nothing. read more

Echoing Melanie H. Be sure to ask if there is a free estimate. The operator that answers says "we give out free quotes" I ask again " so, no charge for a quote?". She then says "no charge for qoute but there is a service call charge of $49.95" what a rip off read more

A simple light switch change was all I needed; I was suckered by the "we'll be there in 60 minutes" sales pitch, even when the very nice lady (Melissa I think) on the phone said it might be 90. It ended up being two hours, and I had to call, and even when I called, a different woman gave me an inaccurate guesstimate as to when the repair tech would arrive. I called at 5pm and had expected someone here by 6:30, not 7. I already had the new switch ready and the old one removed. The tech was friendly, but spent more time writing an estimate for $744 to try to sell me on a wifi light hookup (DID NOT ASK, DO NOT WANT) than he did looking at anything. Lowest price then was $244 to, again, install a brand-new switch I had provided, and then flick a breaker switch. I balked at this and the technician then made me speak to a much ruder lady who claimed that the company had said they wouldn't be at my house until 8pm and who got snippy when I tried to tell her the story of what had happened but she wanted to interrupt. I declined to pay for the $49.95 visit fee until I could do so over the phone with a manager--I was not handing my physical credit card to anyone here. I'll pay the wasted $50 via PayPal because I committed to doing so, but after a friendly opening call with these people, every aspect of the service fell apart. The second star is only because I think the tech was a good guy under pressure to oversell. read more