American Electric Company

Carrie B.

This company was used on a very difficult remodel (through a contractor) at my house. The first day someone came out, we walked through and he marked down everything on a blue print. I was impressed that the guys showed up about an hour and a half later to start. Until..... we realized that something got lost in translation on that blue print and maybe half of it was correct. The main electrician they sent, Elisha, and later his partner Jerad were both great and would thankfully call me to double check things that seemed off on the plans. Super friendly. Very knowledgeable. Able to fix all of the crazy wiring done by the past owners. The company occasionally did send out other electricians that would make mistakes..... Not knowing the house or scope of this job.

On one of the last weeks, my contractor and I had a bit of a quarrel. He had made a mistake on timing another part of the job and was about to leave for vacation. I had very limited time to get back in my home. He hung up and said he was ""done."" This isn't uncommon, we were practically best friends by month 4! We would laugh, joke, occasionally argue. Remodels are so tough to go through. Contractors understand the tole this takes on the home owner.

American Electric had been at my home so much, I trusted them. And I had a few weeks deadline to move back in, so I called them directly for help. The owner, Jack, answered the phone. I told him the situation, asked him to please contact me only if my contractor stopped work because I would then need to start paying them directly to continue the job. He agreed to do this in confidentiality so as not to worsen the situation. He acted very kind, so I trusted him.

Instead of waiting for a stop work call. He immediately called my already agitated contractor and tattle taled on me! As you can imagine. My contractor was furious. We had to have a long conversation to rectify the situation and keep him on the job.

Contracted or not, I was ultimately the person paying American Electric. Not my contractor. Instead of respecting me as a client, the owner nearly cost me my contractor and it makes me sick that I had to pay the enormous bill to a company with and owner that acted like a 5 year old and told on me after calling for a little help.
Bye Felicia

Charles B.

Watch these guys. The driver of their truck with a ""21"" on the side, and license plate ending in (what looks like on my video) 4922 intentionally tried to hit me on my motorcycle today.

Nice thing about having a GoPro on my helmet, it catches everything.

S-ph-ie S.

They came highly recommended by friends who used them for major remodel. I hired them for new construction electrical work. The estimate was very reasonable and they are done with the electrical rough-in. All they do is custom homes and all builders in my neighborhood hire them...After my experience, I would recommend this company too...

Chris B.

Found these guys because they came up first in Yelp when searching for an electrician in my area. I called them up, explained the problem, and was told someone would call me the next day to schedule an appointment. No one called. I waited about two weeks because life was busy, and then I called them again. Talked to a different person, explained my wiring problem, was told no problem, someone will call me tomorrow to schedule an appointment. Never got a call. Again, life kinda took over, and I didn't get around to calling again for another 2-3 weeks, which was this week. I called, got someone, explained my problem, was told someone would call to schedule with me. And then... nothing. No follow-up. Nothing. I guess I should have moved on earlier but they were the only 5-star on yelp in my area. But three chances, and they blew it. I guess this means they are super busy with jobs, if so, good for them, but they really are bad with letting new work slip through their fingers.

Staci L.

I have used these guys for new construction, remodels, and minor repairs. I have been more than pleased. The most impressive work has been with my remodel projects. They are very organized and show up when they say they will. Sadly, this is not always true in the construction industry. What I am most impressed with is that the guys actually clean up after they are done working...EACH day before they left. This is definitely not the norm in my past experiences. I have always been the one picking up, sweeping and cleaning before the clients get home. Of course, the actual electrical work has always been great as well.

They have been very responsive to getting quotes to me and honoring the quotes. No bogus up-charges after the fact. If anything comes up that wasn't on the initial quote (which often happens with remodel projects when you can finally see what you're dealing with behind the walls, etc) the issue is discussed, problem solved, an adjusted quote is submitted, then work continues. No surprises.