Home Owner's Electric

Moe F.

Partial power went out on Xmas night. We did the basics to check (or thought we did) and waited for PG&E to confirm it wasn't their issue. Day after called ppl to get quotes. First few I called said $100+ to just have a look, Roger told me right away a few things it could be and simple fixes I could do. And damn, he was right. Power was back on within our 5 min call and $0 to me. Very helpful, explained in detail, trustworthy, saved us huge $$$ this holiday...could of made himself an easy bucket but thought of his customer instead! Saving his number!

S R.

Awesome guy, really knows his stuff. Fixed our electrical issue in one visit. We're definitely going to contact him for our next project!

Fatima S.

Such great service! Roger was able to last minute come out and fix two outlets in my room. He was quick, efficient and reasonably priced. Will be calling again for any other electrical issues. I definitely recommend this company!

Rachana D.

Very good worker, understands work ethics, neat and price friendly. Would highly recommend them to anyone.

Tom B.

Roger was excellent in a pinch. We had hired another service to come check on several non-functioning outlets in our kitchen including the range. They informed me that the problem was something they would have to troubleshoot and may take several hours. Roger came and fixed the problem as well as wired a new switch for our porch light in an hour. He was very courteous and knowledgeable thoughout. Plus his prices were much lower than the other service. I would recommend his services to anyone in need of electric repair work.

Lisa N.

Roger was referred to us by a friend who swears by him. Sounds heavy right? Now I know why.... He's super nice, knows everything about his job and more, cares about the customer, and did everything he said he would do. His quote was very reasonable compared to the others we received and the work was done quickly. It's nice that he lives in Castro Valley so we can call him again for future needs.

SF B.

Hired Roger to re-wire our older home. Yikes! Terrible work when he bothered to show. Like others have said... caught him in lies and found him often 'out of it' if you know what I mean. BEWARE - there are much better options out there.

Jerri H.

I wouldn't trust owner Roger Smith from Home Owner's Electric, as far as I could throw him. Holy moly! BEWARE! There were a couple of days that he seemed a little....how should I say it....""out of it"". We caught him in more than one lie. We wished we knew this ahead of time.

Allison K.

I had the Home Owner's electric crew out to my house for a complete overhaul of our electrical system some years back: new service, panel, circuits and replace old knob and tube. We were on a tight budget and Home Owner's electric was the cheapest.

I would not use their services again. As another reviewer said - it's worth paying 2x as much for a quality job and to avoid the headaches that we had with them.

Some of the other reviews describe a similar experience that I had: Roger Smith, the owner, didn't consistently show up when he said he would, often left in the middle of the day, and left a mess during the job. He always seemed in a hurry to do the minimum and get out to do another job. This caused the project to drag out, complicating our move-in.

Attention to detail was lacking. Example: we had lathe and plaster that had to come out in order to rewire the outlets in the upstairs rooms. The outlets were down low, just above the baseboard. Roger roughly banged out the plaster with a hammer, up about 8 inches from the bottom of the wall. After the wiring was replaced I had to trim the banged up plaster to even it out, and install 9"" strips of sheet rock over the hole. If he'd been more careful the patch job would have been much easier and less expensive.

Raymond L.

I spent two weeks getting estimates
to upgrade my electrical panels in
the garage from fuses to circuit breakers
I got three bids and each and every one told
me something different that had to be done
to meet code. each time i would go to city
hall and ask a building inspector if what i
was being told was correct and it was not, they must have
got tired of seeing me and recommended that i
call Roger which i did and he responded within
an hour and gave me a bid which was much cheaper
than all the others, not only that but what he told me must
be done was the exact things that the inspector said
had to be done.
Roger not only did everything to the city codes
he corrected a problem at no charge that an
earlier electrician had done wrong