Mister Sparky Electrician Houston

Jill P.

This place was available and came out quickly to help me with a fan that had stopped working. The pros quick to get someone out, the tech seemed nice and knowledgeable, the cons the $69 trip fee was added onto what ever else they charged for, I thought this was waived if I hired them for the job, apparently no that just charged this for walking into my house the diagnosis was $281 to diagnose a bad switch and replace the switch a total of $350 and still the fan doesn't work so my problem was not addressed and not fixed. I asked for an estimate to replace the fan I have a new one in the box that was an additional 800 dollars so the grand total for a fan to be replaced would have cost me 1160 dollars ..... that's insane ! He was at my home about 20 min and cost my $350 and I am not sure exactly what I got for that .... Run don't walk do. Or call these thrives !

James S.

Baron was exceptional. Very professional and knowledgeable. Explained everything he was doing and what he saw. Cleaned the work area and was respectful of his surroundings. I highly recommend Mister Sparky. I will definitely use them in the future.

James E.

**DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY**
Please see the attached invoice and cost comparison. Mister Sparky has refused to resolve this in any way and has acknowledged that they should have informed the technician that if a customer has their own material, and it is up to code, they can use the customer's material in lieu of the businesses. I have never had a company so effortlessly and egregiously screw somebody over. I had the displeasure of having service done by Mister Sparky in Houston. I received some quotes while I was in a work meeting and understood the pricing was around $1800 for the work to be performed, but upon receipt of my invoice that amount was $5365.20. I was immediately appalled, because I only had one outlet run to my garage and a GFCI circuit breaker installed. I thought there had to be a mistake. And there was! I had material provided that was not used and I was charged an ABSURD amount for the use of their own material. In addition, I was double charged for two outlets when I only had one installed. I was charged $594 x2 FOR ADDING AN OUTLET COVER. $1999 for Cable that I HAD AVAILABLE. After speaking with one of the managers, I was told I could receive a refund of $365 to cover the parts I already purchased. But, in doing so, I would have to be fine with paying over $4500 in parts they provided + labor. Absolutely not acceptable under any circumstances. To add insult to injury, the installation was not even done how I wanted. I did not want conduit to be run at all, I wanted it to be installed in the box into the house and not be an eye sore. I would never recommend this company to friends or family, but I would recommend them to someone I disliked, so they could get screwed over, too.

Candice B.

Jeremy T. installed a led strip of lighting that sticks inside the cabinet and just makes everything glow. The other option was to drill a spotlight into the cabinetry, but chose the gorgeous glow option and I LOVE IT!!!!!

James L.

Although the electrician did his job, he told me that a whole home surge protector was required per building code. Though I found on another electrical companies website that there is no such code. So I would have to say this company is lying to get you to buy a $470 upgrade you are not required to have. That's very sad that they have to be dishonest.

Mike G.

Like the other one star reviews what they do is an absolute and complete Scam. They showed up promptly (next day and called in advance, that is where the good ended). First you are stuck with a Service Call for them coming out that was $59.00 (not an issue with that). Tech arrived and removed a couple plug covers and check the main breaker panel. He then produces a contract for you to sign that he will do an entire house electrical review. Let me cut to the chase if you don't sign it you pay the service call, if you do sign it you are stuck paying for something you probably don't want or need. So the invoice reads (L2) Single Circuit Test and Minor Repair (I am assuming Mr. Sparky, Mr. Fix it or whatever name they are going by One thing said Mr. Fix it the other Mr. Sparky? I am assuming they consider resetting a breaker as a ""Minor Repair"". In a nut shell they gouged me for $464.00 to reset a tripped breaker! Sorry but there is no other words to use but a Scam and a Rip OFF! Do not use them you have been warned!

Steve B.

They just came out to replace a circuit breaker for me and did a great job. The technician was prompt, friendly, courteous and professional. I've used them in the past and will continue to use them.

Tim O.

Quick response and know what they are doing. However pricing can be a bit expensive. Scheduling was easy and their timing was spot on.

Ronnie L.

I will only give them 2 stars solely because they showed up quickly. My electric went out in half of our house. I called Mr Sparky based on Google reviews. Before his arrival, I did some tests to narrow down the problem to be sure What I was told was truthful. I found that 240 volts were going into the main breaker but only 120 was coming out. One of the two legs coming off of that main breaker didn't have any power at all. Sure enough, Mr Sparky found the issues quickly once they arrived. I give them credit for coming out within 3 hours of first calling.

This is where the issue arose. He said it would be $958 to change the breaker. $1200 something, to change the breaker and seal the panel box better. $4052 to change the entire panel. That seemed insane to me. The first company I called after that, said they could change the breaker for $350. The other company came out later that afternoon and did the job in 20 minutes for $350 total. I will be using them for absolutely everything electrical in the future.

James B.

Similar experience to other one star reviewers - it appears their bread and butter is diagnostic testing that ensures they are paid up front regardless of what's actually wrong and the work it will require. They pressure you to agree to a price of $400+ for a simple diagnostic hook-up with a tracer (in my case he called it a circuit test), followed by a price that ""starts at $699"" to fix the problem. Within seconds of announcing this, you're holding a signature pad in to authorize the signing over of your electrical soul. I refused as I had already determined it was isolated to a single wall in the house not getting power and that this was incredibly shady business practice...then called another certified electrician out and within a few minutes discovered it was a simple loose wire in a switch on the wall I noted.

On the Mr Sparky website it said they were currently waiving the $59 trip charge during Covid-19, but I paid that fee anyhow. Anyhow, would not recommend to anyone...find another electrician that's not a glorified salesman peddling hundreds of dollars of diagnostic tests.