Brennan Electric

Cindy C.

After going through arbitration with this electrician He was ordered to pay me back thousands of dollars for his faulty electrical work. He is a slob and is a poor carpenter.

Brett V.

Brennan electric came out to install a car charging port in our garage. Did a great job: quality workmanship, and was responsive over the phone on a weekend. As others have pointed out, he's pretty direct and a bit gruff, but he does good work.

Leroy B.

Dude is garbage. Very rude. Doesn't fix the problem. Just puts a band aid on it and it will break again within a few hours. The guy who gave him 5 stars lives in chino hills. Doesn't even live around here. Do not waste your money. Find a real electrician.

Cindy C.

Warning this man is not honest.
Was hired to do a electric job, he never finished.
I wish I would have read the Yelps his workmanship is poor quality, was not up to code, he drink beer on the job and provided no permits.
I had to turn him into the State Contractors board.
He conned his way into a kitchen remodel, then stoled from me . More to follow.

Gregory M.

I suffered a total failure of my electrical system and was cold and in the dark. Bill came out on a Sunday during a holiday weekend. I couldn't get other ""24 hour"" electricians to pickup their phones let alone give me a quote. I sent Bill pics of my electrical panels and he diagnosed the problem, gave me an estimate and came out the next day.

I now have twice the capacity in my electrical system and I was able to ditch some dangerous equipment (Federal Signal). My final bill was $2k below what he initially quoted, which was already fair to begin with considering the condition our system was in.

Joseph S.

I don't even know where to start with this guy'. He was rude on the phone. First call. He showed up and I had to ask him to put a mask on. Still rude. I have an older home with knob & tube wiring. I wanted to re wire and have new wires installed. He paid no attention and wandered around the house with his meter and shaking his head saying "" you have a problem here"". Duh, that's why we called an electrician. I showed him where the fuse box was and told him which one was tripping. I told him I had tried two fuses with the same results. Guess what he screwed a fuse in and it blew. He kept talking to himself and was obviously puzzled. At one point he even told me "" you hired the right guy. I'm the best trouble shooter in the Bay Area"". I finally asked him what it would cost to re wire the circuit I was having trouble with. His reply was "" you don't have enough money in the bank to pay for that"". Rather than keep rambling about this the best was yet to come. He charged me $250.00 to tell me he couldn't fix it. What a waste of time and money. This guy needs to retire and stay away from people.

Sway B.

Brennan, is no joke..I had 4 electrical contractors come out to my home for a panel upgrade..All 4 tried to sell me on some bull shiiid..They all informed me. That I may want to think about going from 100 to 200 on a upgrade..Being that my home is almost 2800 square ft..I seriously thought about and decided to get 1 more quote..I called Brennan and he came from Hayward to Foster City to see the problem.. Brennan, informed me..That all was needed was more circuit breakers to support the existing power..$650 dollars later.. The work was done and my problem was solved..I saved myself $5400, on simply making that 5th call..

Bradford A.

Bill Brennan replaced our electrical box and did some other tidying up of electrical around our house and did a great job. He pulled all the necessary permits and was careful to do the work properly and with craftsmanship. He may have a bit of a gruff demeanor, but if you want high quality craftsmanship at a fair price then Bill Brennan's your guy.

Zaheed D.

Bill Brennan Electric is rude and untrustworthy. Upon calling them the lady who answered the phone stated that for the service fee of 300.00 the electrician finds and fixes the issue 95% of the time. Bill the owner came out before Thanksgiving and did some basic troubleshooting and then stated that he would have to open up the walls to find my electrical issues. I had a couple of outlets that weren't working in 2 rooms. He stated that he works with insurance companies and he is a General contractor also and he could do all the work. I did not feel comfortable about this and his assessment of the issue. He stated it would cost me 1500.00 for him to do the work and he would ""wait"" while I make the call to my insurance company. I told him ""no"". I then asked him how much I owed him and he said 300.00 to which I was surprised because he was at my home for a total of 30 minutes and he NEVER FIXED MY ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I paid him to get him out of my house because he was rude this whole time. The next day I found another person to come check out the electrical issue and he found it and FIXED it within 1 Hour. I paid him 200 dollars. The issue was a burnt wire cap in a switch gang box. I should have checked the Brennan Electrical reviews on YELP because he is rated at 2 Star and has many negative feedback from paying customers who are dissatisfied as I AM!
UPdate: Called Bill and he was verbally combative and defensive as I told him what had happened with the other person I called who had found the issue and FIXED it. He made excuses about who I hired and told me to jump through hoops to get a to get any type of refund. He wanted a written invoice from the person I hired who fixed the issue, which was hypocritical since Brennan Electrical never provided me with a written invoice either when he took my 300.00. BEWARE of BILL BRENNAN ELECTRIC!

Sabrielle M.

This guy seriously should not be in business. My neighbor hired him to wire their new hot tub. He had to park on my property to do so. I asked him to put his dog in his vehicle so I can move my client's dogs to and from my car safely (I'm a dog trainer and these dogs are working on reactivity issues) and he point blank said that my ""clients dogs are shit"". What's the point in being rude to someone you don't even know when they're trying to ensure the safety of your dog? I don't care how well-trained YOUR dog is. Safety is my number one priority for my clients. And when I expressed my concerns and offense to him, he said I could bite him. So here's hoping that this will bite him in the ass. Don't do business with these guys.