Foley Electric

A person i.

John Philpott from Foley came by to give us a quote on a list of items we needed to have looked at/done for our 1980 townhouse. John was great, he helped us prioritize what we need to do now, what we should do and what we don't really need to do.
When the electrician came to do the work (I can't recall his name now) he showed up on time, did everything quickly and well, and left everything clean and working. All for a reasonable price.

Very happy with Foley Electric's work.

Alicia P.

My only kitchen light fixture was out! I called Foley in the morning and spoke with a very friendly woman on the phone who assured a technician would call to make an appointment. Within the hour I received a call to schedule an appointment. By 2 pm, the electrician Earl was sent out. He replaced the broken part quickly and was extremely friendly! I am so happy to have light back in my kitchen and would definitely use and recommend Foley Electric for any electric needs.

Michael A.

I called Foley based on all these terrific reviews and I was really ready to like them: The electrician called me back right away, sounded very competent and confident and we scheduled a convenient time.

The time for the appointment came, but he didn't show up and he didn't call.

About an hour after the appointment was supposed to have started, I called the office and asked what I should expect. The woman was very nice and said she'd have to call me back--and she did, about an hour later to say that my appointment had somehow been deleted and that no one was available.

I had scheduled this work based on a deadline. It really needed to be done. The inconvience and additional expense this caused was signficant. From Foley there were lots of apologies, but no action.

I think all these reviews are probably right on--if you can get the electrician to actually show up.

reem c.

I would give these giys 10 starts if I could. I bought my light fixture in Pakistan and had it shipped here. A beautiful piece but with several problems:
- it was a flush mount so it needed to be converted
- the bulbs it required were specialized European style candle lights
- because it was over 300 pounds I needed an extra beam in my ceiling.
- because the ceiling was so high we needed a scaffold to hang it.

We were getting ridiculous quotes from different people to the point where I was thinking about just selling the damned thing!

John sent his team, they had the fixture sent to an external party who did a very clean job of converting it into a chandleier. It was taking them longer than planned but John kept me posted on any or even no progress made which is typically a difficult call to make to your customer when you have bad news to give them.

His guys came and installed the chandelier. It looks gorgeous, I'm so glad and was so thankful to Yelp that we found these people!!

Thank you John and team, you are good people running an honest business, thats very hard to come by these days!

David T.

Called Foley to get a dryer circuit (220V) checked out as Sears said that it was faulty. They checked it out all the way to the dryer and found the circuit was good. Owner called me the next day to see how if I had any luck getting a new dryer (I did) and also whether it would be OK for him to charge me for the service call (which I said of course). Point of the story - these guys are professional, and honest. They've been added to my list of go-to professionals to call who know what they're doing and don't rip you off. And thank you Yelp for another fine recommendation!!!

Craig H.

My experience with Foley Electric has been extremely positive. We have had our main circuit breaker replaced (twice...fortunately it was at two different homes) and a new fuse box with a 220 line to a hot tub installed.

Working the Michael, the process was thoroughly explained, well-executed and done with high customer satisfaction. I ended up having multiple conversations with Michael and every time I end the phone call, I wish more contractors had his approach to helping their customers. He has a very calm demeanor (much appreciated when it comes to the potential hazards of electrical problems) and doesn't seem to mind explaining all options available to you. I also have had to delay a few projects and this has never been an issue.

Working with Foley electric has been a very good experience and I plan to continue with using them for any electrical issues I have.

k o.

We've used Foley Electric for many jobs around our home, including installing a new motion sensor light fixture and fixing problem light switches. They are always knowledgeable and helpful, and when they leave, you can't tell they were there. Exactly as it should be.

Bryan L.

Well we finally embarked on fixing up some of our old electrical in our house - mainly upgrading the main circuit breaker panel and grounding the office outlets, adding some new outlets and switches, etc. We chose Foley Electric based on the fairly good reviews here and on Checkbook, and they actually were the least expensive of the three electricians we talked to.

Earl and team did the work in about 3 or 4 days. Everything proceeded smoothly and things looked nice. After they wrapped up all was well ... UNTIL... about a week later we started having weird electrical issues again, but worse than before. The kitchen appliances had low power, and the lights would get brighter when those appliances were used, and would flicker when the printer was turned on, the office circuit breaker would sometimes trip if the garbage disposal was used.

Foley Electric had scheduled PG&E to come out and redo some connections, so I was hoping that would fix the problem but it didn't. Electricians thought it was likely a PG&E problem, PG&E blamed the electricians. In fact every single PG&E guy made some sort of remark about electricians - ""I don't trust them"", ""they're in it for the money"", ""I bet this wasn't inspected', etc. etc. while saying it was probably a problem inside the house. Meanwhile the problems continued.

After visits from a few PG&E teams where they were pretty sure it wasn't their problem, Earl came out again and rechecked everything at the house - all looked good on the inside. He called up PG&E, and this guy (who still made remarks about not trusting electricians), brought a device called SuperBeast which could measure the voltage and determine whether the problem was outside or inside. Why they didn't do that test on their previous visits is beyond me, but it showed that yes indeed the problem was outside. So he then fixed the problem - and now all is great!

So thank you to Foley Electric for doing a good job and persisting with PG&E - I would use them again without hesitation. And PG&E why did it take you guys several visits (and it was hard to get them out in the first place) and all that mouthing off about electricians before finally figuring out it was YOUR problem in the first place?

I definitely trust Foley Electric. PG&E - well...

thomas w.

From first inquiry through estimates and many steps of service, it was clear that I was able to make schedules and changes by my needs. Professional, responsive and on time.
Baltho even took time to teach this simple homowner some valuable maintainace tricks

Gordon W.

I needed to have an electrical upgrade to a house in San Francisco with the original 1940's service panel and wiring. They provided me with a comprehensive and competitive estimate for the work. They began the job on time and everything went smoothly. The workers did an excellent job. They kept me informed of each step of the job. They seemed to help everything go smoothly with the San Francisco Electrical Inspectors which I had been told by another firm would likely be a problem. All in all, I was very happy with how they handled things and I would use Foley Electric again.