The Circuit Doctor

Our daughter lives in Berkeley, CA and has need of a professional and honest contractor. Chris Rose, an electrician, truly exemplifies those qualities. I found him to be honest, forthwright and patient in his analysis of the problem. He succinctly assessed the situation and presented solutions for correcting the problem. He is one of those rare individuals who, I believe, will do excellent work on any job he agrees to take on.

I have used Chris several times and I can’t praise him enough. He works around my early schedule, is always on time and responsive, and does excellent work. He makes insightful recommendations that I never thought of and that really improve the quality of my home. I grew up with contractors and know good service when I see it. I am so grateful to have an honest and excellent electrician that I can count on. Thank you Chris!

Chris is undoubtedly one of the finest, most honest contractors I have ever hired. Just finished a lighting project (2^nd one he’s done for me, and not the last) for 3 rooms in my home and I could not be happier with the results.
Top-​notch job by Chris and Caesar, they cleaned up at the end of every day, were very consultative while designing the layouts, explaining everything along the way.
And to top it all off, Chris is extremely fair, always sticking to the price that he has given me, even if it costs him. He’s an overall great guy!
I love my new lighting!

Chris was amazing at listening to our needs, offering suggestions and working within our budget. He kept all his commitments to our job timeline and even came out on the weekend when we needed the extra help during our remodel. We are thrilled with his style of using light to enhance our experience of our new Kitchen, Great Room and Bath. We are getting ready to add 500sf master suite and look forward to seeing what Chris will recommend for this space. I can count on him to have great ideas.

I hired Chris to add a power outlet and some light switches in my garage. The job took much longer than expected due to several unexpected difficulties he and his crew encountered. The problems, we eventually discovered, were due mainly to the fact that some of the wiring they initially used turned out to be defective. Despite the technical hiccups, I was extremely pleased and impressed with Chris and his crew and with the end result. I would not hesitate to hire them again for another job.
Here’s why:
(a) We discovered Friday evening after the work had been done and Chris’ electrician had left, that our garage lights sporadically no longer worked. We called Chris to see if we could get it rectified first thing Monday morning but, instead, he sent his electrician back over on a Friday night at 8 pm to address it, because he didn’t want us to have any safety issues over the weekend getting in and out of the garage without lights. So his electrician, Thomas, left his family and came over on Friday night and stayed several hours — probably until 10:30 pm — to get it fixed. How’s that for customer service? And Chris personally came over to our house after the weekend to check up on us; he personally spent a considerable amount of time re-​checking the wiring job just to make sure nothing further was amiss.
(b) In addition to Chris’ and Thomas’ commitment to getting the job done right and to immediately — and without question — fixing the glitches, there was the cost. The job ended up taking much longer than expected and yet Chris stuck to his original contract price, and wouldn’t allow me to chip in more for the added effort.
Bottom line: these guys are very much on the up-​and-​up, reasonably priced, conscientious and extremely nice to work with.