Walter Liebe

Jay L.

Outlets were not working in 3 rooms. Walter found and fixed the problem in about an hour. He also found some lose wiring that made the lights flicker in another room. Great service, he hustles and works very efficiently. Would definitely call again.

rosa S.

I concur, Walter is amazing!
We called on Tuesday night and left a message with 3 electricians about 1/2 the power going out in our house. Each had a different take, 2 tried to prescribe a solution without coming to check the panel. They were off.
Walter called at 8:30am, was available that same afternoon and within 10 minutes of looking at the problem, found the source of the issue and repaired it for about a very reasonable price.
Honest, professional and great disposition.
2 Thumbs up

Norma F.

Walter is amazing. He had time for me on the same day that I called and he did miraculous work. The outdoor lights on my stairs leading to the house hadn't worked for at least 2 years. He found all the places the wires had been cut or shredded and fixed it all. He worked quickly yet diligently, this guy is no slacker. He bills by the hour but this is the kind of person that works hard from the get go and isn't wasting a single penny.

after seeing his work ethic and effectiveness, I asked him to look at a wiring problem I had in the house. I had 4 locations where mutliple switches ran to the same lights but they didn't work correctly. you had to have the switches in just the right combination of patterns to make the lights go on and off. One by one he fixed them so that no matter what switch i use, the lights go on and off as intended. this is going to change my life as it is soooo irritating for the switches not to work. A handyman had previously looked at it and gave me the ""oh, this is going to be tough"" speech so I didn't have him do it. For walter? Not a problem. all fixed and in record time.

Walter was efficient and effective and worth every penny i paid him and his rates are quite reasonable given how much he can do. Walter is my new electrician for life.

Connie g.

I just hired Walter to fix a bothersome smoke alarm and in the span of 2 hours he fixed all 7 things on my electrical ""to do"" list. Besides fixing everything (even going to the store to get what I needed), he explained many of the problems and made me much less worried.

I can't believe how lucky I am to have discovered such a smart, honest, hard-working electrician. I just added more things to my list and I am definitely calling Walter to fix everything!

Tom F.

Track lights wouldn't operate in the kitchen. Walter came out the same day as the call, found the short & repaired. Also willing to look at other problem with deck lights even though he had other calls. Promptly found & repaired that problem also. Price quite reasonable I thought.

I will definitely make Walter my first call again.

Andrew Z.

He is friendly, and professional. Yet, he didn't fix my problem, and when I emailed him about the total post-work failure, he later emailed me that he had been out of town, and wanted to know what he could do. My sense is that he is not really up for complex or high level work. Perhaps not, maybe I caught him on a bad day, or he is very busy. I raised him to three stars because he actually did email me back, and was willing to come back. But I had already resolved the issue.

In any event, I found a contractor who had a solution for the tricky issue within 1 hour at half the price so I would not call walter back as much as I liked him personally. I'm sure he can do straight forward things well, and it may be that the job was a bit over his head or more than he wanted to do given his busy schedule. I scanned the electrical issues on Yelp, and almost all of them are basic things which is great, but not what I needed.

M H.

On 8/28/2010 I left a message on this guy's voicemail, saying that I wanted to schedule an estimate for adding a couple of circuits to my home. As of 9/13/10, there has been no return call. Poor business practices.

John D.

I really enjoyed working w/ Walter. He is honest, highly professional, and he prices his excellent services VERY competitively. His was my second bid estimate. The first was 3 times higher that included work that wasn't necessary!

Last week (7/27/10) he fixed and replaced my aging (30 years) broken electical panel on my home. I probably should give him 5 stars but I think he could have handled PG&E a little better. PG&E was a major pain in the behind and it wasn't Walter's fault that PG&E couldn't commit to a electrical disconnect/reconnect date.

I was also VERY impressed w/ how Walter handled the Oakland city inspector and the entire permitting process. Thanks to Walter and his quality work, it went very quickly, smoothly, and uneventful.

I will be calling Walter Liebe the next time I need electical help/service on my home in the Oakland Hills. THANKS WALTER!

Shannon H.

Walter is an excellent electrician and you will not find a better work ethic in anyone in the Bay Area! He came the day after we called for home improvement electrical work. He installed outdoor plugs and switches in a way that simplified our lives and eliminated formerly complicated connections. In addition he did work inside our house and, at the last minute, accommodated our request for an additional phone jack. He did all of this work around other contractors working at the same time without any problem. He is incredibly focused and knowledgeable. We hired him over another contractor with a lower estimate because he had superior solutions. Funny thing, when it came time to settle the bill, Walter came in way below his estimate. Does it get any better than this? We highly recommend him and will hire him again when we're ready to make some other changes.

11-16-10

Hired Walter again to install our new dryer...which required all new wiring because the last guy was, apparently, an idiot. So, as usual, Walter arrived, expertly evaluated the situation and got to work. Had everything he needed in his truck, too. Geez, we love this guy!

Michael P.

The outlets and lights went out in the bedroom. Shutting off and then on again switches in the box didn't work. Consulted Yelp and found the man of the hour among the collection of reviewed electricians. Walter Liebe stood out Seven 5 star reviews proclaimed
his well deserved popularity. He arrived within the hour of my call.
He found a short caused by an outdoor outlet that literally had a melt down. The melted outlet still had the odor of smoldering wires. Walter replaced the outlet with a handsome expensive looking new one that he had with him. We thanked him profusely for saving us from a disastrous situation. Very efficient without wasting any time, his charge
well worth it.