Mister Sparky of North Orlando

Jim F.

I can not believe what I just experienced.
We called Mr. Sparky and asked them how much it would cost to install a ceiling fan on a 9 foot ceiling on our patio. We paid $365. for the fan.

Mr. Sparky told us they can't quote a price over the phone and that the technician would give us the price when he's here. The soonest appointment was three days away.

The technician arrived and quoted us $565.00 to simply swap out the old ceiling fan with a new. We thought he was kidding. BUT HE WASN'T !!!

We bought the fan at Dan's fan's in Delray Beach where they said it would cost $100. bucks to have it installed. We were even prepared to spend $200. to Mr. Sparky to install it. But $565 ????? What a total RIP OFF!!!

They need to change their name to Mr. Pricey !

I'm leaving one star because they don't have the zero star option.

Fred F.

MAKE SURE YOU READ TO THE END. SURPRISE ENDING WITH THE ""REST OF THE STORY"". Mr. Sparky will have my business forever! And the Electrician, Thomas should be the employee of the year!. What a class act. I needed a chandelier installed and two dimmer wall switches. Thomas was on time, dressed professionally and although only 22, extremely mature and cordial and respectful. He gave us the quote told my wife and I just call the office and let them know. Instead of letting him go, we just said it looked good and could he do it now and he agreed. It was a little complicated with the two wall double dimmer switch. He knew exactly what to and did it and it was great the first time. We paid and Thomas left and I felt so good about it I gave him a tip for his great work. Unfortunately I only had ones and so gave him 10 ones. NOW THE REST OF THE STORY: after he left, he came back and said he thought I had made a mistake and indeed I had. I did not realize it because I did not have my glasses, but I had accidentally put 5 twenties in with what I thought was 10 ones. Thomas demonstrated integrity, class and if I were his employer or parents, I would be extremely proud of Thomas.

Robert W.

Called for a panel upgrade. Techs came out, gave me a quote almost double what another company offered. Tried to charge me $700+ to ""reground"" my home. ( Really? It's $40 for the material) they also quoted $125+ to replace a fire detector. ( $7 - $ 55) . I Do not recommend.

Kristy R.

So far. They have already canceled for appointment booked yesterday. Not looking good.

Jason Q.

I called Mr. Sparky to get a quote for replacement of my obsolete electrical panel. I also wanted an inspection of the wiring in the attic as there was evidence of rodent activity in the past. There were some other issues I was aware of based on DIY work being done around the house by the previous owner but none were critical. I'm an electrical engineer with a passing familiarity with the NEC, but as I usually do I played dumb while the rep was there.

The rep (Jason) never bothered to look in the attic before telling me that an inspection of the wiring would cost nearly as much as a full rewire, that it was basically guaranteed that the wiring was trashed if there'd ever been rodents and in any case they wouldn't touch the panel without a full inspection or full rewire because the ""liability"" was too great.

Long story short he told me my only real option was a $24,000 complete rewire and suggested my house would burn down soon if I didn't do it (not in a threatening way, but trying to get me to panic and jump on it).

Since then I had a different electrician out who, after I paid a different company about $1,000 to remove all the insulation, inspected the attic wiring for free and found a single wire with a tiny nick in the outer insulation which probably wasn't even from rodents and a single circuit that'd need to be replaced because it wasn't run with the proper wire. He was also quite happy to give a quote on just the electrical panel and putting the other issues right, and the total project will be less than $5,000.

I wasn't going to post a review about this but the more I've thought about it the more it's haunted me as I'm sure they're scaring a lot of people into rewiring their house unnecessarily. Remember, just because wire is old doesn't necessarily mean it's no good and always get multiple quotes before starting work.

John R.

( Beware) I had this Mister Sparky come out due to a broken light switch ($300) yes a $2 light switch, replaced 2 garage lights( $500) add a sensor switch ($200) . 30 minute job cost $1000.
this company has no problems and remorse in charging such prices . To bad we as homeowners can't find a good honest electrical company in central florida

Justin F.

Mr Sparkys did a major rewire on our house for $20k. They did a completely terrible job. Most of the outlets are crooked. They left wires strewn haphazardly about our attic. The circuit breaker was completely mislabeled. And the kicker, one of their guys busted a hole in our ceiling, they said they would repair it, and now have refused to do that and are avoiding our attempts to contact them.

Do not work with this company.

Ana L.

I got ripped off by this company. I was told a specific price and / days later after the job was completed I was told that is was way more. It has been months since this happened and it's very hard to forget because I had to max out all my credit cards to pay them. They are a bunch of criminals in my opinion. I called and spoke with the manager and got nowhere in finding a resolution. I would never recommend them. I would say.. stay very far from this company. RIP OFF

Jacob S.

READ REVIEWS...there is a pattern...check google! So I needed a plug install in my garage and have had 3 other quotes by other electricians all of which provided me the same/similar information. Jason, from Mr. Sparky, came out and was very nice and friendly (until he wasn't). He first inspected my panel and said due to the age of the house (built in 1996) there was concern that my panel box was burning out and it would be a manner of time before it would need replaced. Then said he would not be able to do any work until the panel box was replace and then said it would be around $5000!!! I told him I would think about it and would need to get further information and quotes...He continued to call me (over 6 times) within a few hours with sales pitches on what they could do to help me with the price and how important it was to prevent my electrical from burning out. I decide to have another company come who said all the information I got from Mr. Sparky was ridiculous and that there are several options other than ""upgrading"" they entire electrical. I call them back to tell them I was not interested in moving forward with them and Jason became very aggressive and said this was my one and only chance to protect my house and have the job done correctly...I had to block his phone!!
I highly suggest getting multiple quotes and NOT trusting them without getting additional or other information. Thanks to Yelp! I read other reviews and learned this is a tactic of their business. It is a sale scheme...

Paul M.

I had Tanner and Mister Sparky come now on 3 separate occasions for 3 different installs and each time they did a phenomenal job - you do not have to worry about them doing any work at your house - they were on-time, professional and competent - would highly recommend.