Make sure that you have these people come out first and get a firm price on the work to be done. We bought a new house and we wanted a substantial amount of work done prior to moving in. I had an electrician identified, but, after expressing interest, he stopped returning calls/emails. In something of a pinch, I contacted Gosling. Marc said he could have someone here on the following Friday, the 8th. I didn't ask about price, I just wanted the work done. Electrician came on time and started with the pendant lights and installing a switch for these light. He did a nice job on these. After working several hours on these and moving some fans, he stated he had to leave to do a service call somewhere in the vicinity. He was gone for more than 2 hours. When he came back, he installed the surge protector. By this time it was getting later in the day and he stated he had to leave. There was still work to be done and I thought that he would be back the upcoming Monday - not so. He stated he was going to Texas for training and would be gone the entire week, but would finish the job the Monday after. That Monday came and went with no electrician. After several calls and texts, we settled on the 26th. On the 26th he came several hours late, so late that I called another electrician and made an appointment with them to finish the work that Gosling didn't. Almost immediately after I made that appointment, the electrician showed up, this time with a helper. They finished the work that should have been completed on the 8th, and this time the electrician started pitching a lightning arrester, something he received training on in Texas. We negotiated a price and figured on the next Monday for that. I paid the bill for the day's service, and after he left, I checked the bill against the previous bill. On the 8th I was charged $90 for a dimmer, on the 26th, I was charged $134 for the exact same dimmer, installed in the same box as the previous dimmer. Very bad form and I cancelled any more work to be done by Gosling Also, without a firm price quote, the electrician was referring to some magic book, that supposedly gave him a range of prices to charge for his services. Lots of room for abuse in this kind of arrangement, as the $44 swing in price for exact same dimmer shows. So in general, we had missed appointments, late appointments, and at least one instance of overcharging. Use these people if you have to, but make sure you get a firm price for your work and get a price from someone else for the same work. I should have, didn't, and "paid the price". read more
