Darius Kraus Electric

Brandon B.

This review is long overdue for such a wonderful company. Last year I contacted Darius to replace knob and tube wiring in our 1920's house. Based on the reviews here it sounded like he had a lot of experience doing that. I had Darius and a few other companies come out to give bids. Darius bid was well thought out and timely. Darius left us with a sense of confidence that his team could do the job well. After accepting Darius bid for the electrical work I asked if he could run some conduit and ethernet cables for my home network. We talked what I wanted and we added that onto the job.

I was shocked as how few holes Darius needed to cut in the walls. Other electricians wanted to much more holes in the walls to minimize the amount of fished they had to do. This work was prompted by our design to put insulation in the attic and his responsiveness made corridantating between companies seamless.

To borrow a line for another review, if we had another electrical project, I would call Darius and skip other estimates.

Kathy S.

Had my 1920's house wiring replaced and Darius, Jason and crew were exceptional contractors and a pleasure to have around. Beautiful work, efficient, super competent. I couldn't be more pleased.

R U.

Darius and his co-worker installed two fans and three ceiling lights at our home. He had previously installed garage sconce wall lights. His work is always efficient, clean and he does a superb job.
He is local, arrives on time, is focused and even cleans up the work area very well. He is usually booked several weeks out, but he is worth the wait. Highly recommend him, and will definitely use his services again for any electrical work in the future.

Jerry H.

Darius and his helper installed a new main electrical panel and generator switch in our 78 year old Piedmont house. He was one of three people that bid on the job. His solution was elegant and maintained the classic look of our home. Other contractors bid higher and had somewhat half baked proposals. I'm an Electrical Engineer and rather picky when it comes to electrical work on my house.

Darius arrived promptly on the scheduled date at 8 AM and said the job would take four hours. I was skeptical that the job could be completed so quickly. He was in and out in slightly over four hours. The job site was totally cleaned up and the placement of the exterior electrical boxes was neat and clean. No more bids next time....I'm only calling Darius.

Side note: After researching our 1960's Federal Pacific main panel on the internet and talking to the Piedmont building department, I was convinced that the panel could be defective and cause a fire at any time. If your main panel is made by Federal-Pacific google search it and then call Darius.

George L.

Darius and his team are great!

If we had another electrical project, I would call Darius and skip other estimates.

After taking estimates from four electricians, we asked Darius to rewire a number of overloaded circuits, power our garage, and remove our old knob-and-tube. It ended up being an almost complete rewire job for a good deal less than some of the partial estimates.

Start to finish, the job was quick and took as long as Darius expected. The final price was surprisingly close to the initial estimate. There were a handful of small additions of ours as the work progressed and a few points where Darius suggested small changes. The changes were all for the better with minimal impact to the overall project timeline/budget.

I can't recommend Darius enough.

grow p.

You know that phrase 'still waters run deep'? That describes Darius. He's not a big talker, he's not flashy, but he knows his stuff and is a delight to work with. We have an old victorian in alameda, got told by insurance that we have to take out all the knob & tube. I got quotes from 5 different companies, I got told everything from we have to bring the whole house up to code to you can just write a fake letter and not upgrade. Darius was not the cheapest (middle), but we went with him because we felt we could trust him. We ended up being super happy with our decision. They showed up everyday on the dot, left things very clean, actually listened to and executed what we wanted. It felt really good to be able to hand off something to them and know they will do it right. And now we have insurance, upgraded electrical and even a permit. Living large...

Paul F.

Don't bother with three bids, just hire Darius. In 17 years of home ownership, he's the best contractor I've ever worked with. Responsive, friendly, unbelievably punctual, fast, and above all an amazing electrician who does very clean work. And the price was shockingly reasonable. He did a full rewire on my 1906 house, which was more than I originally asked for. I asked him to do the additional work, but the final price was basically the same as the estimate for the original scope of work. I didn't know contractors like that still existed. I'd hire him again tomorrow if he hadn't already replaced everything.

Can't recommend him highly enough. If he's booked out a few months, wait for him.

Kylee H.

We used Darius Kraus Electric for three different jobs: to redo our knob & tube wiring in our 100+ year-old house; to investigate a shorted out light and to replace said shorted-out light (as well as our dining room light). All three jobs were done thoroughly and professionally with great attention to detail. I highly recommend Darius for jobs big and small. We'll be sure to use him again in the future.

Michael S.

These guys are awesome, there's no other way to say it. They know their stuff, work quickly and effectively and his prices are fair. Happy to have found such a great electrician. Thanks!

Daniel F.

Darius and his colleagues/employee Jason did an excellent job installing a bunch of smart led lights and 2 ceiling fans in my loft that has fairly tall concrete ceilings and also did a bunch of other electrical work as well including relocating and replacing switches. A bunch of wiring in the bathroom in my loft didn't make that much sense and they were able to quickly fix it.

They showed up on the day they said they would and at the time they said they would as well. They also did a good job explaining the options I had in the future going forward if I wanted to replace a fairly noisy bathroom fan and explaining how a bunch of things work as well. And they did a great job minimizing any dust from the work they did and cleaning up afterwords.

I will certainly call Darius Kraus Electric first for any electrical work in the future.