Sesco Electrical

★★★★☆ 4.2 / 5 (49)
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: 1563 Solano Ave Ste 151, Berkeley, CA 94707
: (510) 883-0988
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Company Overview

With almost 30 years of full-service home and commercial electrical work, we specialize in troubleshooting, old house rewiring, renovations, installing new wiring, enhancing service capacity, sustainable interior and landscape lighting, low-voltage solutions, and integrated home control systems. Our services include solar photovoltaic design and setup. Being family-owned, we are dedicated to high-quality service and customer satisfaction. Additionally, we are minority and woman-owned.

Our founder, Peitsa Hirvonen began his journey in the construction industry alongside his father. They hail from Finland and uphold the heritage of skilled craftsmanship and devotion to quality. During the 1980s, he gained electrical skills from local contractors and founded SESCO Electrical in the year 1992. Initially focusing on earthquake safety and electrical systems, by the late 1990s, the business had evolved into solar and electrical services as it continues today. The company was incorporated in the year 2005 and added Regina Gilligan, his spouse, as a joint owner. Now, in 2020, Peitsa and Regina are set for a new chapter in life and have transferred ownership SESCO Electrical to two dedicated employees, Virginia Gonzalez and Hugo Lopez.

Virginia Gonzalez grew up the Bay Area and is a dedicated mother of three amazing boys. Hugo was born from Guatemala and has more than 35 years of experience as an electrician. Hugo is proud to be a co-owner of SESCO Electrical. Having worked at SESCO, he is enthusiastic to carry on the tradition of SESCO.

Business Services

  • Circuit breaker installation
  • Circuit breaker repair
  • Doorbell installation
  • Doorbell repair
  • Electric inspection
  • Electric installation or replacement
  • Electric panel installation
  • Electric panel repair
  • Electric repair
  • Wire installation
  • Wire repair
  • Electric vehicle charging station installation
  • Generator installation
  • Light fixture installation
  • Light fixture repair
  • Outdoor lighting installation
  • Outlet installation
  • Outlet repair
  • Add to existing system
  • Add solar panels
  • Solar system installation

Business Location & Hours



Mon:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tue:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thu:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fri:8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Recommended Customer Reviews

Alexander K.
★★★★★

Need to upgrade the old knob and tube wiring in your 100 year old house? Stop looking for electricians; Hugo has been doing this kind of work for decades. He did an incredible job rewiring a 2000+ square foot house. Very minimal damage to the plaster to rewire all the switches, outlets, and lights. Other electricians I got quotes from seemed intimidated by the scope of the work, asked me to do some pre-work (diagram the circuits from the breaker, etc.), and wouldn't commit to being able to to do the whole house. Hugo came in, looked around for 15 minutes, and said yeah, I can do it no problem. He finished on-time, and also added a new outlet for the garbage disposal and added a 220 outlet.

Chris B.
★★★★★

Responsive service. And appreciated their helpful and honest approach. They revealed that the electrician that looked at this issue before was trying to fleece us. easy fix...$300 instead of $1500 quote from other guy. Will definitely work w them again.

Amy D.
★☆☆☆☆

Sadly, I got burned by the good reviews and reputation, which are attributable to the previous owner and not the current. I paid Sesco over $10k for work I had to have redone by an honest company. The wires in the box sesco placed were crossed and caused a shock. I asked Virginia about this and the ring camera I paid them to wire which they just screwed in, but she was unresponsive.
Backing up, I was told I would pay $120/hr each for Hugo and Oscar. They showed up at 8am and never called or knocked in my door. I live next door to the job site. They left and stuck me with a bill for $360 for that hour I had to track them down from somewhere else. I asked about the third person, Kevin's license status and Virginia bullied me into paying for him. She said ""I should charge you for my time building the estimate as I put a lot of work into that!"" Oscar also said I should only be paying for two guys.

They left a filthy mess each day including feces and water on the floor. I asked Oscar to take their half-full water bottles one day and he said, ""you can dump it.""

As someone who always opts to hire minority-owned businesses, I'm sad to steer you away from this one.

Mira P.
★☆☆☆☆

I talked with the receptionist and sent her a picture of the box of my previous ceiling fan. She said that it's not supposed to take a long time to install the new fan so I made an appointment. The technician and his assistant came to my home. The technician was unfriendly and didn't show me his business card. I asked him for the price and he said it will be 440 dollars (The new fan cost me 250 dollars!). He was upset that I didn't agree to continue. On the same day, I found a different electrician, very friendly that did the same job for 180 dollars.
Very disappointed with Sesco Electrical!

Meghan M.
★★★★★

They scheduled us in with one day's notice. Super efficient and solved our electrical mystery.

Jin C.
★★☆☆☆

This was my experience. I called them to check on living room, bathroom, and hallway light that were flickering. Two guys come to my house.

I asked them if they had shoe coverings, they did not. I asked them to take off their shoes. We have hardwood floors and little kids (Asian family we don't wear shoes in the house). They were annoyed (grumbling), but obliged.

They come in and stare at the problem areas, tell me that I need to just replace the bulbs. I was like are you sure, you don't need to do any tests or anything? They were like, ""Yes we are sure.""

They leave, no explanation, I'm out $160. They took longer taking their shoes on and off than inspecting the house.

Yuji M.
★★★★★

These guys are great! Did a good job quickly and for a reasonable fee. Did some hallway lighting and we're about to call them for more work.

John F.
★★★★★

Sesco recently installed our chandelier and did a great job! Virginia was super responsive on email and the process of assessment to final install was really smooth. Hugo and team were faced with a difficult install in the middle of a great room with a 22ft ceiling. They did a great job and I would recommend them for your projects!

Yasmeen H.
★☆☆☆☆

We had them scheduled today to stop by one of our customers location at around 10:30 - 11:00 AM. We have called them, txted them yet no response. BEYOND UNPROFESSIONAL and I would never use them again. Idk how they have 4 stars.

Vindu G.
★★★★★

Sesco successfully tackled a challenging problem of running fiber optic wire through a conduit that stumped the Sonic installers. Virginia, the office manager, arranged for Hugo to drop by first to make sure he could do it, then they both came back with another person a few days later and together they accomplished the job in half an hour. Although he couldn't pull off the same magic for a neighbor's longer conduit run, I was quite satisfied. Other electricians told me they would not even try to do the job at all or quoted me a minimum 2-hour charge.

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