Brilliance Electric

Ruth W.

Paul is great!

I had a slightly challenging project to shift a fixture ceiling light by 4 ft off concrete ceiling, which required experience and finesse to set it right given that HOA won't allow drilling more than 3/4 inch into the concrete ceiling.

Paul is really responsive to texts and very creative in terms of electrical design. I am really happy about the new light and would highly recommend Paul if you have a complex electrical project.

Catherine P.

Paul is wonderful - he is kind, easy to work with and is very knowledgeable. He replaced all of our smoke detectors and throughout the entire process, he was extremely transparent with his pricing and is so easy to deal with. If you are looking for a great electrician who is reliable and honest, Paul is definitely your guy. Highly recommended!

Vicky L.

Simply the best.

Responsive, friendly, efficient, and very reasonably priced.

Our front gate buzzer was being really cranky, and I was having a hard time getting out of the building (one time I ended up just sticking my arm and key through the gate to unlock the door). Finally I got fed up and decided to look up electricians in the area.

I first left a voicemail for Paul, called a second guy, who told me that I could actually fix the problem myself (no thank you) because he wouldn't be able to come by until the following week, and by the time I hung up the phone, Paul had texted to tell me he could come by in about an hour.

We exchanged a few short texts, and Husband met him at home. By the time I arrived a few minutes later, Paul was almost done with the task, showed us what was wrong, and even fixed our doorbell (which was working fine, but the cover was just cracked and gaping open).

Super wonderful service, and now I can actually get out of the building without having to wiggle the buzzer around for 10 minutes!

Leslie K.

Paul made a house call on a Sunday evening, immediately diagnosed the problem, provided the solution and charged a fair price. Can't ask for anything more. Now we have an electrician.

Justin Y.

I am a property manager and was in need of an unscheduled wiring fix while our regular guy was out of town. We took to yelp and read great things about Paul. I am happy to report he deserves all 5 stars for being quick, reliable and fair with the pricing. I am definitely going to call on Paul again in the future and highly recommend him.

Juliette W.

Paul is amazing. We had lights out back controlled by an outdated (previously state-of-the-art) indoor wall panel. Both were malfunctioning so that the lights were on non-stop, unable to be turned off. Paul was everything everyone had said in the reviews--responsive, prompt, and incredibly professional. He got to the root of the problem with surgical precision and expertise. I was so, so impressed and thankful. Even more, he was able to set up a regular light switch for us to turn on our outdoor light--SO much better and more sensible than what we had before. He's wonderful--works efficiently and very cleanly. I appreciated the text communication immensely. I had been so stressed out about all the lights being on 24 hours a day, I told my husband the night before Paul came, ""if he is able to help us, I'll write a review""--and I never write reviews. Paul gave me peace of mind. ""As good as it gets"" indeed. Thank you, Paul. And thank you Yelp--

holly e.

Paul Fanta is the number one electrician in the Bay Area! Twice now he has come out to my place of business at a moment's notice, on a weekend and a holiday nonetheless and taken care of our electrical problems and stayed as long as it took to solve the problem. We really appreciate his thoroughness and patience. He was great at explaining everything and trying out every option. Super friendly, professional, trustworthy. I would recommend him to anyone and everyone. Seriously, great experience. Thank you Paul!!

Andy H.

Considering his stellar rating, my review is probably just redundant. But I'll leave one anyway.

Highly professional, knowledgeable, punctual, and an almost obsessive attention to communication. Paul sent me multiple text messages with his status and even sent me real time arrival status. Once he got to my house, he was efficient and incredibly friendly. He is my electrician for life (well at least while in SF).

Joan L.

I am a real estate broker and property manager. My tenant reported no hot water and I needed to act quickly after having called a plumber and having had other in-house contractors investigate the issue earlier that afternoon without success, I texted Paul, on a Friday night no less! (Several other electricians I called before him said they were closed after 5pm and through the weekend.)

I was extremely impressed by how quick Paul was to respond to my text and how quickly he came to the unit and even provided me live regular updates as to his estimated time arrival via text through Glympse. Then when he arrived at the unit, he immediately identified and resolved the issue even taking video outside on the rooftop in the rain in the dark of night with his flashlight showing the water damage to the electrical panel which he texted me there onsite. I was totally blown away by Paul's use of GPS and video feedback because in my 10 years of real estate work with tons of contractors, I had never received such tech savvy professionalism!

Paul has done additional amazing work for me since then and he is not only highly skilled, but a gentleman as well.

Steven H.

Earlier in the year I was trying to get an electrician in to do some work on my apartment and I contacted Paul to see if he could support the smaller project and advise. He was very candid and offered to do the work I was suggesting, but more importantly he helped propose a more sensible work-around option that didn't require hiring an electrician. He saved me about $1200 by simply being honest that it was something I could easily do with a quick trip to Home Depot. The suggestions worked out great and I just wanted to make sure I shared the positive experience with Paul.

-Steve (Cow Hollow)