Kennedy Electric

T M.

I was so pleased with the service I received from Kennedy Electric! I called today and requested someone come fix a shorted out electrical outlet. Anna was so pleasant and was able to help me diagnose the problem and fix it! What a pleasure to have HONEST businesses! I will use Kennedy Electric if I need assistance in the future.

Aimee N.

Kennedy Electric has been my personal and extended families go to electrician for over 15 years. The service, price, value and customer service they provide is beyond compare. I never hesitate to refer them when ANYONE needs an electrician.

We recently had solar installed at our home and the contractors commented on the electrical panel and how it was so easy for them to do their work since the panel was all up to date and could hold the new load of the panels. Kennedy installed it and the work is exceptional and noted by other contractors as superior work performed.

Having a great electrician is a valuable asset for any homeowner and I am very fortunate and grateful for Kennedy Electric. They have never let me down.!

Deanne R.

I own two businesses and Kennedy Electric has helped me continuously and has done an amazing job with any task I needed! Kennedy Electric has a very professional work ethic and they always gets things done on time. I highly recommend them for any job big or small! Hope this is helpful to anyone that needs a recommendation for a great company!

Yung K.

It is not surprising to me that Anna is not truthful about this situation. First of all, the wall switches were removed and replaced 7 years ago when I had the house remodeled, a subpanel installed, and the main panel upgraded. If this wall switch or any other wall switch looked this bad, you can bet that I would not have overlooked it. The tech's claim that it was originally installed incorrectly is just not true.

It appears that the tech has a problem with the truth. Anna claims that ""the tech thought he was working with Yung K all along."" When he called to let me know that he was on his way for the very first appointment, I explained to him that I had a work emergency but I made arrangements for someone to be present at my residence. Also, while he was there, the original ceiling box had to be swapped out and he asked my friend to contact me for approval to pay the $37.37 (a 800% to 2000% markup from Home Depot, btw), for a ceiling fan box enclosure. So saying he thought he was ""working with Yung K"" is another lie on his part.

In regards to the follow-up appointment, the tech apparently told Anna that he contacted me to let me know he was running late at 4:30pm. This was another flat out lie and I took a snapshot of my call log and emailed it back to Anna showing her that he called me at 4:58pm, 2 minutes before the window was up. Anna even thanked me for bringing this to her attention and that she was ""absolutely misinformed by my tech and that will be dealt with."" No apologies were offered. Only then after that email did she offer to send the owner or another technician to come out again.

I waited after the initial install to post this review. I do understand that companies do not have control over their employees, and in this case, Gustavo's ""workmanship"" or lies. However, what they do have control over is how an unhappy customer's concerns are handled. In this case, it went from charging an additional $170 to swap out 1 wall switch, to suggesting caulk be generously applied to give it a flushed look, to suggesting that I ""had no idea that the box was installed incorrectly"" (because my lack of expertise can not distinguish when a switch is sticking out of the wall and not flushed), and finally to a follow-up appointment that wasted more of my time which I offered up for an amicable resolution.

Should I give Kennedy Electric yet another chance to come out again after two failed appointments? I probably would have had Anna been a little more apologetic and a lot less accusatory and defensive. You can see it in her Yelp response. The bottom line for you Yelpers out there is that you can roll the dice with Kennedy Electric and hope you get a good end product. But if you are unhappy or if there are questionable workmanship issues, things you can expect are additional costs and a defensive and unapologetic response. There are way too many other better options out there than to take your chances with this company.

Also FYI, I called Zapp Electric, Ideal Electric, Point Loma Electric, and Alvarado Electric to ask how much replacing one existing wall fiber box to accommodate a new switch would cost. The price quotes I received ranged from $60-$90. Kennedy Electric quoted $170 for the exact same work. I have emails to back up all my exchanges with Anna in regards to how this unpleasant situation transpired.

It has been an unfortunate waste of my time dealing with Kennedy Electric and I hope I can save others from this grief.

Henry J.

Excellent experience.

Task: Remove and rewire 240VAC pool timer junction box and clean up some ""dubious"" 40 year old wiring associated with the old pool timer. Got great price on replacement 20 AMP breakers (already on the truck!). In and out in one hour after showing up exactly at promised time. Nothing negative (no pun intended). All positive, including Anna who took the phone order as well as Mike, the electrician, who could not have been nicer, neat and professional (and quick!).

Cost: Total bill including material (20 AMP breaker) was less than other quotes just to show up. My bill represented exactly what Anna quoted for labor. Received one quote from another electrician who want $40 more than my bill just to show up. Who knows how much longer they would have taken and how much they would have charged for the breaker (and would they have had on truck?).
Look no further. Go with Kennedy. (La Mesa and surrounding area).

I definitely would use them again.

Nick K.

Kennedy Electric is the best electric service out there. I use them every time I have an electrical problem and they get the job done.

They have cheap prices and the nicest employees. I talked to Anna on the phone and she was very kind. They got me in the next day!!! That's better than any other company I've used. They sent out Gustavo and he was also very kind and got the job done very quickly.

Do not listen to the one star people(Which there's only one of) because there just dirtbags.

This is the best electrical place around!!!!!!!

Wana L.

Yup, they completed the job and charged us exactly for the amount of time they were at my father's property.

This company is very fair, and professional!! From now on, I am definitely going to hire Kennedy Electric for our electrical needs!

Bill S.

I was recently battling rats in my attic, and I was afraid the little rascals had done some damage to wiring above one of the rooms. After getting the rodent problem under control (thanks, Total Control Pest Management!), I had Kennedy Electric come out to take a look at things.

The phone conversation I had setting up the inspection was a textbook example of stellar customer service. So friendly and knowledgeable! I had a good feeling about Kennedy from the get-go.

The electrician who did the inspection, Mike, was a total pro. Not only did he arrive a little early, but he got right to work, checked everything out, and gave me a clear explanation of what he saw. Thankfully, the rats hadn't done chewing as I had suspected, and Mike did a couple precautionary things for me to make sure we were safe in the future. He was very honest and didn't try to upsell me on anything.

I'm definitely going to keep Kennedy in mind for any future electrical work I need done in my home. I was genuinely impressed with the experience I had and will certainly be recommending them to friends and family.

Elaine W.

Kennedy Electric was referred to me by a friend who has had a lot of work done by them and highly recommended them (so this should count as 2 reviews!).

I had Kennedy Electric come out to put in a new junction box in our kitchen ceiling. On my initial call with them, I was still weighing several different lighting options; they spent at least 15 minutes on the phone with me discussing the advantages and disadvantages of what I was considering. This was all free consulting, as I made it clear I would be installing the light fixtures myself. They were very informative and answered all my questions and then some, and I was extremely grateful for their advice.

When they actually came out to do the work, the electrician arrived promptly (in the first ~20 minutes of the 2h window they had given me), was extremely pleasant, and completed the job so quickly/efficiently that the charge was actually less than the estimate. How often does that happen?!

My experience was terrific and I would highly recommend Kennedy Electric to anyone who needs electrical work done.

Sandra R.

I was referred to Kennedy Electric through my home warranty company. They had previously assigned another company to my claim and after close to a month of them not contacting me to setup an appointment my warranty company assigned my claim to Kennedy Electric. Kennedy Electric called me that SAME day to setup an appointment and they offered to come out the next day. AWESOME!!! Anna is very was very polite.

The tech that came out I believe was MIKE... and he went above and beyond expectations. My appointment window was between 3-5 pm and he was there by 3. Thats always a plus. Its annoying when they give you a window period and dont get there 5 minutes close to the end of the window period. And it beats those 4-5 hour window periods.

Anyhow, back to Mike..... He provided information that was extremly helpful and was definetly knowledable about his line of work. He did some troublshooting, he completed some repairs in my electrical wiring and replaced some outlet covers etc.

I would definetly look at doing business with Kennedy Electric in the future. I wish my home warranty company would had assigned them to me in the first place, but either way I'm glad Kennedy was able to come out and take care of the issues for me. I appreciat their services a lot more since the first company flaked an d left me hanging.