Creative Lighting Solutions

★★★★★ 4.8 / 5 (33)
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: Foster City, CA 94403
: (650) 888-3421
: http://creativelightingsolutions.com/

Company Overview

We are specialists in ""residential"" projects, catering to both vintage and contemporary homes. Our team conducts ""home electrical evaluations"" to analyze load distribution and implement effective load balancing in your home. Our specialization includes working with ""lath and plaster"" structures and Eichler-style homes.

As our name implies, we are the ""creative lighting specialists."" We design and install both indoor and outdoor lighting solutions. We have numerous satisfied customers whose lighting setups you can see firsthand!

Our services include installing high-definition TV screens, home theater setups, and networking cables. Established in 1984 in San Francisco, we originally operated under the name ""Richmond Electric and Lighting Company."" With extensive experience in Victorian homes and properties built post-1906 earthquake, we excel in intricate electrical work.

Older homes often have a history of various tradespeople making modifications. Electrical systems in these homes can resemble the Winchester Mystery House Syndrome, where installations lack a cohesive plan and are done haphazardly, resulting in a ""spaghetti"" of wires. Creative Lighting Solutions, Inc. specializes in intelligently modernizing and rewiring your electrical systems with updated grounding solutions. With extensive experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, we focus on enhancing the safety and comfort of homes, one residence at a time.

Fred is not your average electrical contractor. Fred dedicates time to grasp your needs and outlines the various choices at your disposal. Fred is always willing to make suggestions and respond to your questions without delay.

Fred and his team deliver professional, tidy work. They cover your floors and furniture prior to work and meticulously clean up once the job is done. Fred is meticulous and holds himself to exceptionally high standards.

With a friendly demeanor, Fred is dedicated to helping clients with their electrical projects, particularly in the realm of lighting. As a UC Berkeley graduate, he gladly extends an ""alumni discount"" to confirmed UC graduates.

Business Services

  • Electric inspection
  • Electric installation or replacement
  • Electric repair
  • Wire installation
  • Light fixture installation
  • Light fixture repair
  • Outdoor lighting installation
  • TV mounting

Business Location & Hours



Mon:9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue:9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed:9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thu:9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fri:9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Recommended Customer Reviews

Kim M.
★★★★★

I hired Fred after hearing such high recommendations on Nextdoor to do a very small job. He changed out my thermostat. He obviously does much bigger jobs than this. He is friendly, professional and I thought very fair in price.

Tova L.
★★★★★

Great company to work with. They were on time, within budget, did a fantastic job with the lights, clean and accomodating. Highly recommended.

gary r.
★★★★★

We had Fred and team re-do the lighting throughout our front yard. The mushroom outdoor lights that everyone uses in the Bay Area, and which we had installed 12 yeas ago, easily decay and become unsightly. Fred consulted with us and we agreed on replacing everything with fewer spotlights. The work went seamlessly. Fred stayed within his cost and timeline projections. We are tremendously pleased with the results.
Fred has an excellent eye for aesthetics. He made several recommendations, which we adopted, on changes to the vegetation in our front yard to make our house look better. Nothing to do with lighting, but he wanted the lighting system he was installing to illuminate a good looking yard!
We are very pleased with Fred's work. We would recommend him highly.

Lori K.
★★★★★

Fred and his entire team did a wonderful job with our lighting. Fred is so knowledgeable and easy to communicate with, whether phone, text or email. His team always arrived on time, worked very quickly, neat, efficient and professional. Fred added can lights throughout our hallway and one guest bedroom. In three other rooms, we had existing can lights with old halogen bulbs, he replaced all with LED's. Project cost was absolutely reasonable and if I remember correctly, only took 3 days at the most, to complete. Fred is now my go-to person for all electrical projects.

Natalie K.
★★★★★

I am beyond thrilled with the work Fred just completed at my house which was 4 large rooms of can lights, 3 rooms of adding electricity to ceilings and installing fans. His design plans exactly met my needs and wants and the installation was flawless. He also swapped out some lighting so that all the light tones match and flow seamlessly.
Every room he touched seems transformed and more modern looking.
He was so considerate and detail oriented when it came to working in the house; everything turned out perfect. And, literally, the house was cleaner when I came home than when I had left. I couldn't believe the work had even happened it was so spotless.
I highly recommend Creative Lighting, working with Fred was fantastic.

D. S.
★★★★★

I just realized I forgot to post a review for some work done 6 months ago.

I see other reviewers have pretty much covered it all.

Super professional and very talented.

I would never think of having anyone else do my lighting.

herman l.
★★★★★

I reached out to Fred for a quote on a panel upgrade for my new home. Fred was professional and very knowledgeable about his trade. His prices are reasonable but I did not end up working with Fred simply because I needed to get the service upgrade completed sooner than his workload allowed. I can definitely see myself reaching out to Fred again in the future if I have more electrical needs.

Sheila C.
★★★★★

Engaged Fred for our outdoor lighting project in Belmont. Highly professional. He treats his client fairly in pricing, very knowledgeable and did quality work. we will engage him again for future electrical work.

Al M.
★★★★★

This review is long overdue.

I have one word to describe Fred and his crew - PROFESSIONAL. I first called Fred based on a friend's referral and have been a delighted repeat customer. Communication is excellent. Customer service is excellent. Quality of service is excellent.

I first used CLS to ""creatively"" install some track lights in my raised ceiling, exposed beam living room. I wanted the lights to be installed on the bottom of the beams. Fred cleanly installed the tracks so that NO wires or molding are visible. He carefully drilled an 18"" long hole through the beam so that the track appears to be powered wirelessly!

I also had Fred do a ""big"" job - upgrading our electrical panel to 200 amps. Again his work was performed timely and meticulously.

An added bonus - they clean up after themselves at the end of each workday! A broom and vacuum cleaner are important tools for CLS.

Thanks, Fred!

Vince K.
★★★★★

Fred came highly recommended by the interior designer we were working with. Fred and his crew did a fantastic job! He was able to work in between the other work we were having done in our dining room, living room and hallways (paint, floors). He did a great job recommending a lighting design and with the electrical work. He worked hard to get it completed within our aggressive time frame

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