Hai Lin Electric

ROB L.

The light he installed in the backyard no longer works. It used to turn on and off on it's own, now it just doesn't work at all.

The doorbells stopped working for a while. First in the top unit, then in the middle unit. I replaced the doorbell units, but apparently the top unit's door bell never worked, even after Harry supposedly connected them. I had contacted him a few months after he did the work to have him come take a look at things to see why it wasn't working. He said he was out of town and would contact me when he returned. When he returned, he said there was nothing he could do. I'm pretty upset that I paid him to do work that didn't even hold up for a year.

Mei B.

We were looking for an electrician to install our outdoor heater on our deck. My husband Matt met with several electricians and decided to hire Harry (not to be confused with Harry our dog). He seemed trustworthy and gave us a reasonable quote.

A year later, we hired him to re-do some wiring for us in our living room.

He is a really honest guy and does what he says he will do for the price that he said it would cost. He always turned up when he said he would and called whenever he was running late. We really had no problems with him.

Plus he has the guy from Oceans 11 who is small enough to crawl through the smallest of spaces, it's really amazing.

Give him a chance, other reviewers seemed a little harsh. Everything still works BTW!

Debbie Y.

I wish I didn't have to offer this middling review. Harry did fix an outlet problem that I thought would require new hardware, but turns out was not required. However, I sense that other electricians could have achieved the same result. One star because I called him late one Sunday afternoon to schedule an appointment, and it turned out that he was available immediately that evening and quoted a price over the phone that was reasonable. It seems that he will work with your schedule, which is good.

Oh god. Twenty minutes before our appointed time, I get a call from him and he asks whether I have a ladder. Hmmm, is this not an essential piece of equipment in an adequately prepared electrician's van? I did have one and told him to come over and use ours.

Though he had expressly called to ask whether I had a ladder, and after mentioning its location in the house twice and even showing him where in the garage it was, he proceeded to remove his well-worn sandals, climb onto our dining table barefoot, plant his feet on the table linens and walk on top of the furniture! After insisting that he USE THE LADDER, he stayed on for another two hours and then informed us that he would have to come back the next day to finish the job because he didn't have the right tools.

I have no doubt that he works earnestly, but no standing on our furniture with stinky feet, please And it took two days to install a two-pendant light fixture.

Ari B.

Now, this is really bad.
I have to say that Harry looked like a nice guy. Maybe that( along with some good yelp reviews) was why I gave him the benefit of the doubt to start doing the job despite him not looking like knowing what he was doing. Well, I learned a lesson!
My track light was acting out. Instead of messing with it myself, I thought I would give it to the professionals! I looked at yelp and Hai Lin was supposed to be good enough and cheaper. Called and Harry was in my house an hour later. He looks like a nice guy. So far so good. He doesn't seem to know his way around the track light assembly. Then he drops a pin while he is opening the assembly( it was obvious he didn't know what he was doing) and a pin falls down and goes right into the vent! So far he was talking about repairing but suddenly it changes to replacing the whole thing! Fine! I'll pay for the replacement of the whole track. 3 hours later and he says he can't find a replacement set! I tell him to replace the pin at least so i would have some light. He says ok. Another 3 hours goes by and nothing so I call and he says he can't even find the pin and he will call me whenever he finds it! This is while my poor track light is left wide-open and non-functioning! He hangs up and never calls me back or answers my calls for the rest of the day!
I am furious. The ""professional"" not only didnt fix my light, he made it worse! I say to myself, It shouldn't be that hard. So I start messing with it and 10 minutes later I fix it myself!!!!!! well, at least temporarily.
He never called me back and conveniently forgot about me! would not call him again in a million years. Leaving people in the dark? Not too nice.

Morgan A.

He helps out in a pinch and does good work. Prices are fair and the real-world advice is priceless. Recommended!

Justyna T.

I am a real estate agent and I always hire Hai Lin for any electrical needs of the properties I manage. His charge is very reasonable and he always keep his promises. If he tells you he will arrive at certain time, he will. He always put the problem upfront and tells you all the alternative ways that can be used with different charges for your choices. He is very professional and reliable. I particularly like the part that he is very trustworthy so that I do not have to be there 100% time for tenant occupied units as my tenants can also trust him.
Thank you Hai Lin

Elizabeth H.

Bad, bad, bad! I suspect that the good reviews here were written by this man's relatives. I had such a disastrous experience that everything has to be done over by another electrician. Run for the hills--he may be cheaper but you'll have things that are 1. not according to code 2. unusable, 3. ruin other parts of your project. 4. look AWFUL

Brian C.

My neighbors and I are looking to upgrade our building's electrical from the street through the breaker panels. I sought recommendations here on Yelp. I made an appointment with Hai Lin to get a bid. They didn't show and didn't call. Annoying.

cocha p.

I called Hai Lin on a Thursday afternoon after I found them on yelp. I explained the problem and they told me they would be over in 30 minutes. They called 10 minutes later to confirm my address to put it in their GPS.
An hour passed and still no one. I started calling again but no answer. Left messages but no one ever called me back. By then it was too late for anyone else to come over.
Thanks for wasting my day!
This is my first time writing a review but their lack of professionalism was insulting and I don't want anyone else to waste their time with these guys.

Terry O.

Thanks to Yelp and thanks to Harry, (Hai Lin Owner). Called him to schedule an appt about 1 week ahead of time. Described to him that we were changing our electric stove to a gas range and needed to change the outlet. Gave me a quote and a time for when he would come to do the work. He showed up on time (6pm) and went straight to work, got it done quickly and easily. Will definitely use him again!