Last year I had to sell my mother's house after she passed away. The township inspector called for several electrical upgrades and repairs. I got an estimate from this company. I held off with posting a review because I didn't deem it worth my time. But I keep getting emails from them after I unsubscribed. So here is my response to their proposal: "I reviewed your proposal for the electrical work. Something I should tell you is that I evaluate contractor proposals for my job. At $3,332.50, I find it difficult to take seriously. I'm trying to figure out how you can justify these prices. If I were buying all of the materials, the 4 indoor GFCI outlets, the one outdoor GFCI, outdoor box and cover, 1 interior junction box and cover, a few wire nuts, and maybe 15-20 cable staples, I would spend under $100 retail. This is going by prices on Lowes.com. So that leaves about $3,230.00 for labor. How much labor did you budget for this? Each indoor GFCI should only take maybe 15 minutes each, so that's an hour for the four of them. Since you're using all new parts for the one outside, let's budget an hour for that. Then you have labeling all the circuits in the breaker box. Some of them are already labeled, but let's say that takes an hour as well. And then re-terminating the neutral in the box...that will probably take you less than 15 minutes, but let's give that an hour as well. Then we have installation of a junction box for the electrical connections for the dishwasher under the sink. I think 30 minutes is a generous amount of time for that. Then let's say there are 15 cable staples to put in. There are maybe 18 feet of cable that need to be secured better. If you take 5 minutes to do each one, which is an absurd amount of time, we get another hour and 15 minutes. So now we're up to 5 hours and 45 minutes. How about we round up to 6 hours to allow time for getting tools in and out of the truck. $3,230.00/6 hours comes to $538.33 an hour. What is the value added that makes your labor worth so much? That is more than five times the union rate for electricians working in Manhattan. I realize you have some office expenses, but how much time is that, realistically? You're only traveling from about 5 miles away, so travel expenses are minimal. And I see you did not include permitting. Would that be extra? I also wanted a price for the dryer outlet. As it is now, I do not see this as an acceptable proposal. If you are willing to break it down by time and materials, I would be willing to look at it again."
I sent that to them, but did not get a response. I contacted an electrician in my area that I had used in the past. They were willing to do it since one of their electricians lives in the area. They charged me $724. read more