They also show up under 818-423-5356 phone number in Encino. These people are shysters. They estimated about $4000 for three motion sensor lights installation. CRAZY. No free estimate they charge $50 just to give you an estimate. Very unprofessional and cheap. Stay away from them, businesses like this don't deserve to be in our community. I can't leave no stars so one star and is what I give them. Ps. I did the job that they quoted $4k for $600. That's how they wanted to rip me off. read more

Carlos Gonzales has helped me install a bathroom dimmer, trouble shooted my electrical panel, inspected my kitchen fan, installed a bathroom fan and switch. He's been to my condo three times and performed excellent service each time. Our building was built in the 1950s which has challenging electrical history but Carlos has always been knowledgeable and prepared to complete each task thoroughly. He is patient, respectful, explains his diagnosis clearly and has earned my trust. Thank you, Carlos! read more

WARNING WARNING ! Be extremely cautious when working with this company. If we wonder why housing costs are so high , these people are most certainly part of the problem. They deserve NEGATIVE 3 stars .. so. Like 3 Moons ? IMPORTANT : The people I interacted were both polite and professional. They were bright intelligent and intelligible... ( an important factor in communication ) That's it. Nothing else positive to say. WATCH-OUT for what they quote you. Do not sign anything !! If you are inexperienced with electrical, you should NOT interact with this company. They will try to take advantage of you. Example: " How long ago have you had your panel serviced? " My answer " I don't know , how much does it cost ? " "$1400.00". "To do what?" Their answer " Service the panel and lubricate the circuit breakers". I blinked hard ... replied " It cost me less to install a brand new panel AND new circuit breakers a few years ago, like $500 less to replace everything to NEW !" Next: How much to install a standard GFI outlet 14 feet from panel in wall ? " Well, it would be about $2800.00 and we would cut a hole in the dry wall for access which we will not repair" My reply " I don't have time enough today to be ripped off. Please leave the premises... " I got the outlet placed the same day with the hole in the dry wall for $250". I paid a handy man $75 to patch the hole and paint it.. JOB DONE ! As you see, they are trying to fool you into thinking electrical is both hard and expensive. It is not. You do need to hire a bonded and insured electrician I would advise, but just not such a group like this, that tries to take advantage of your inexperience with this sort of repair. If we are really concerned about the high cost of housing, please think carefully about how we as a society let these sorts of establishments intrude into our lives, erode our trust and sense of well-being. It's up to all of us as a community to do the best amongst one another, and support your neighbor in times of need. Good Luck. read more

This company is an absolute rip off I'm not talking a few dollars here they will screw you for thousands no exaggeration steer well clear yes they will fix your problem but you will pay thousands not hundreds over the true cost read more

I called them in November to fix a recurring short in our kitchen GFI circuit. The electrician gave me '3 options'. I have never had an electrician give me 3 options in my 65 year life. The only option i was interested in was the 'fix it' option. He starts out with $4,000 to install a whole new circuit to relieve overloading on the existing one. the second option was something less (I think i was in shock for a moment). The third option to fix the problem was $550. I was mad but said OK due to other time constaints. He was there an hour. Last week i had him come back as the problem was not fixed. This time the first option was $20000 to rewire the entire house including landscape lighting which was causing the short through an outside outlet. Option 3 was over $900. I tried to negotiate using the excessive payment from the first visit with no success. So i gave him my option, which was to leave. A contractor friend installed a GFI on the outside of the kitchen outlet to separate the landscape circuit from the kitchen circuit. the problem outside still exists but now it only trips the landscape watering and lights. I am a salesman and really was offended by their use of the 'make the lowest overpriced option look good by offering two higher ones first' approach. Do NOT use these guys. read more

Express Electrical Services seemed perfect, friendly staff and helpful and had service in 2 days. I needed just 4 overhead lights replaced, 2 which were more urgent in my home office, and figured this would be pretty straightforward (LED can lights). Hector who was very nice and polite came in, looked at the lights and then informed me it would be $300 per light to replace. I was stunned and confused. It had been a stressful day and 2 of the lights that needed repair were in my office which was dark, they kept going on and off so I figured maybe there was something else going on. I asked him why it was so pricey and eventually he said the lights themselves cost $75 but the $225 is for installation and 1 year warranty. This still seemed outrageous but unfortunately I was too desperate and despite having a sense this was a crazy price I told Hector to proceed with 2 lights that I needed in the office and I'd buy another for $75. This was a dumb move on my part, as I later found out you can buy these lights for $50 or less at HOme Depot (same brand) and it took Hector all of 15 minutes to install the lights. He did spend 45 minutes going out to buy them but he should have had them on his truck. This review is to say don't make the same mistake I did, I saw all of these 5 star reviews on Google and although their actual service was good Hector was nice and competent they are fleecing their customers. For 15 minutes of diagnosing and 15 minutes of installing new lights, in the end I was charged nearly $800. I could see spending $200 for labor and maybe $200 for the bulbs. $800 is completely unfair pricing. They have lost a customer for any future jobs. read more

We called to replace a hard wired smoke detector that was defective. The young man quoted $485 dollars to repair the corroded wires and replace the smoke alarm. I asked him why so expensive and his reply was, "We are a high end electric company based in Los Angeles", really. Then I asked about the corroded wires, what he responded; I'll re strip the wires and replace the wire nuts. Big deal, we sent him away after he demanded his $89 service fee. Do Not Use these THIEVES. BEWARE OF EXPRESS ELECTRICAL SERVICES. read more

This company came out and charged me $1700.00 to change the main breaker. I spoke with other electrician and they LAUGHED when I told them the price. Grossly expensive....... read more

Alex Kavoossi showed up for the service call. He was very informative and helpful. He not only fixed our situation, he provided several recommendations for future references. We appreciated his service and will use this company moving forward. read more

I was quoted over $1000 for a short and asked just for a written summary of what they found during the inspection so that I could try and get the home builders to pay for it but was told they couldn't provide it. So I lost $59 for the service fee and got nowhere and will have to start the process all over again. read more

I called because I was told by Edison that I needed to have my main breaker replaced, I asked specifically for that service. My first quote was for $11,000 to replace the entire box, my second option was to replace all the breakers for $4000.00. The cost of the breaker at Home Depot was about $200.00. My neighbor who is a contractor looked at it and said the problem was the screws were loose. He tightened all the connections and the problem of flickering lights went away. I would not recommend this service unless you were so desperate that you were willing to pay 5 to 10 times the going rate to have it repaired. read more

We needed electricity run for two ceiling fans in our home. They came out and quoted us between $2,000 - $3,000. Seems extremely overpriced. Also I don't understand why we were given 3 pricing options. should be one price for it to be done correctly. I found a receipt for a company I used a few years ago to install fans in two other rooms of our house. They charged us $390.00. I will be giving them a call. read more

I called for a simple estimate to install a new porch fixture. I did not want to provide my address until I received a ball park cost estimate. The lady on the phone hung up in my face when I would not provide my address first. I called back to ask her name, and the second woman who answered claimed she couldn't tell me the name of the individual who hung up on me. Pretty sad. Now I believe all the 1 star reviews below. Moving on to the next electrician. read more

This company is honest and friendly. I got multiple estimates and they were by far the best. My tech was Carlos.

EXPRESS NO WAY !! Very slow none responsive . I had Express coming to work on my house. They were supposed to replace every socket in my house and they did it. But charge me for it. I was told that when I bought my new light fixtures, they would come over and replace them and I believe that they charge me for that and that was supposed to be in the contract. I had them replace my fuse box and they both did it closed. I tried opening it and it sliced my thumb open. I don't know why they both did they closed after they did the work. I have a fan that's outside that just turns on by itself never happened until they did the work, they were very dirty and never cleaned up after themselves. I left a lot of mess. I would've thought they would've vacuum, cleaned it since I have little kids. They left the screws all over the place. I just replaced my carpet they never were shoe covers. I've been trying to get them down here to open my box and fix the problem. It's taking forever when they put the fuse box and they left a big hole in my wall and never covered it. We had plenty of storms that came and left and never did anything until one day a guy came and put a piece of plastic over it. According to them, they couldn't find an inspector. That's why it was left open. Actually a guy said to me that they forgot about it so I would not recommend this company I believe that was overcharged because, they didn't really do know where they didn't pull wires out or nothing out of the wall $25,000 for nothing take my advice is don't use this company read more

Technician was extremely professional and friendly but they wanted $700!!! just to hang a fan that already had pre-existing wiring to it and a new fan that I had already purchased. To say their prices are steep is an understatement... read more

Don't call these people. I called them and Wallace came out with no intention of getting my lights back on. He started taking pictures of everything with his tablet. He looked in the attic and opened up some electrical sockets and took more pictures. Then he went out to his van. He returned with three quotes all over $10,000. I am sure if he wanted to truly help me he could of fixed it easily. They are looking for gullible people who believe them when they tell you that your entire house needs to be rewired. Its a ripoff. I called another local electrician and he came out and fixed the problem in about 15 minutes. read more

Forget wishing Yelp had a zero star option, this one needs a "Pass the crack pipe" button. Called for an estimate to put in a few outlets and some minor work. I could have done this entire job myself in about 8 hours with $300 worth of supplies from home depot, but really was not in the mood. Their bid? $3600! The dude told me the cost of a quad 220 circuit breaker alone would run $511. Looked it up online and it's less than $21 from home depot. Called someone else, got a reasonable estimate of less then $1,100. Job done in 5 hours. Don't call these morons, you're just going to waste 2 hours of your time and the $28 fee they charge to come out and do an estimate. read more

Oh, I wish I had read these reviews before I called these guys. I had the exact same experience. I needed a couple outside lamps installed and they said they could send someone out for a $60 service call. They came out and said it would be $1500 to do it. Why so much? because of all the work to drill and bring the wire down from the attic. I said, well, how much to use that old covered outlet box over there instead? He said, I don't know if that outlet is live, but I'll troubleshoot it for $400. At that point I got suspicious. Most electricians would just open a cover and see if a wire is live (they're getting $60 for showing up after all). Not this guy. He just stood there trying not to laugh as he threw out all these ridiculous estimates. I remembered that I had recently paid $300 at my work to install an outside GFCI outlet behind an inside plug (so it didn't require running any additional wiring). It took that guy under an hour to complete and the only part he charged for was a waterproof outlet cover, so I probably overpaid a bit at $300. Knowing that $300 should be the upper limit for that task, I asked the guy from express "ok, what if we just put a plug outlet here, tapping into the inside outlet that's just behind it?" His answer: $600. Hmm, an electrician that charges $600 per hour. At that point I realized I'd been had. I paid the service fee of $60 and threw the guy out of my house as he mumbled something about yellow pages ads costing $3,000. Five minutes later, I get a call from their office offering a discount. Total waste of my time. Guys, someday you're going to run out of rich gullible people to rip off and have to start running an actual business that charges fair rates, oh, and one other tip - if you're going to put a couple fake 5-star reviews on your Yelp page, next time don't put them both up on the same day. You must really think people are stupid. read more

I lost power to my upstairs. After flipping all the breakers, the power was still out. However, I did notice there was a problem with a switch. Being a Sunday, my handyman was unavailable. I found Express Electrical, who would come out on a Sunday. I will start by saying the eletrician was a very nice man. And he did fix the problem, which was just to replace a breaker switch. However, for that 15 minutes of actually replacing the part, with a part that costs maybe $20, I was charged $525!!! He actually tried to charge me more, stating that the service call for a Sunday was $129 (taking my total up to $600). I told him I was quoted $49.95 over the phone. He told me that was not for a Sunday. He ended up calling the office. The receptionist reviewed the call and confirmed that she had, in fact, misquoted me $49.95, so he had to honor the quote. Also, what type of "service" company does not apply their service charge towards the work done?? He did write up four recommendations for me. #1 was changing my house from 100 amps to 200 amps and "rejuvenitating" the circuit box, costing over $10,000. #2 was leaving it at 100 amps but "rejuvenitating" the circuit box for $4600. #3 was for just replacing the one breaker that was out and four other breakers that were "weak." That one was about $1600. And #4 was just replacing the one breaker, which ended up being $525. Being a retired female on a fixed income, and knowing nothing about electricity, my first inclination was to replace all five breakers. However, by that time my handyman texted me and my brother texted me (he's an electrical engineer, but out of state) and both said no, no, no! The price was outrageous! My handyman told me to replace the one breaker and he would take care of the rest. I know an electrician isn't cheap. And I expected to pay a couple hundred dollars. But $525 for one breaker? I will never, ever use this company again. read more

Power went out at our home. Called this company and before they knew the problem I was presented with a "quote" for service. How can you quote the service if you didn't know the issue? The guy wanted $800 before he could start working. I kicked this company out of my house and called another electrician (after paying the $50 show up fee) the other electrician came out and found out there was a burnt out wire, only charged $150. This company is strictly trying to work with folks that don't know or understand. Absolute rip off. read more

The dispatcher (Cynthia) arranged for my condo to be serviced on a Saturday morning, I was very grateful. I called the morning of service to confirm when they would be there and was told nobody was coming...their insurance only covers 2 story buildings. Mine is 7. I would have been ok with that if I had been told this last night. Thanks to her negligence I'm scrambling on a holiday weekend. Thanks Express Electrical. read more

Express Electrical will take your money and not repair properly. They are taking advantage of people who are experiencing electrical issues during the heatwave. My parents were charged $750 for less than one hour of work. They were desperate due to the heat so they had to pay. My parents have continued to have multiple problems, even just one day after the repair. And when Edison came by to follow up, the Edison employee said the parts that were used were not new and advised my parents to complain. I will be filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and researching whether a small claims court complaint would be feasible. read more

Wow I'm so impressed with the work Express electrical Services did at my n laws home. They provided great options which was pricey but gave their honest recommendation for the work that was needed to be done. My n laws are happy as well with the work and how well they cleaned up after themselves. I also appreciate how they did a party verification for my n laws to make sure they fully understood what was going on with the electrical work. I would use this company again. read more

I had the best experience with EES , Jessie Castelan gave the best service he was very kind and organized , he is professional and made suure I understood the process step by step and kept me informed through out the process. Thank you!! Will definitely call again if ever needed read more

Booked an appointment over a week ago online, which was confirmed via their customer service department. During that confirmation call, we confirmed the details of our condo, including the address and the fact it is on the top floor of our apartment building. Today, a day before our appointment, I received a call saying that they don't service buildings higher than 2 stories. They should not be taking and confirming appointments online, and charging a fee online, just to cancel an appointment. read more

If you live in the LA area and need an electrician, I highly recommend Armen from Express Electrical Service. I don't normally write reviews but in this case it's necessary, he did a great job. I called them last week and they gave me an appointment within the hour. The electrician they sent, Armen was right on time! He was super friendly, quick and professional. The cost was very reasonable and I would definitely call them again. read more

Recently, I had an issue with my garbage disposal (associated with an electrical matter) so I contacted the company Express Electrical Services. I informed them about my concern and my limited availability due to my work schedule. They were able to set a time and date that revolved around my schedule. They were able to set a time and date that revolved around my schedule. On the day I received my home service, Wallace Mejia provided me with a thorough explanation of the entire process of how the garbage disposal would be troubleshooted and the installation of my electrical panel (I had a prior issue regarding my split A/C shutting off when both were turned on simultaneously). He spent hours working on the installation while maintaining cleanliness and professionalism (answering any questions that I had). Yes, I would recommend any service offered by Wallace. read more

The service and integrity that Oren Karni provided was outstanding. He explained the work that needed to be done in an easy to understand non-technical manner. He went out of his way to complete the job with expediency and perfection. Additionally, his demeanor was polite and friendly. At the completion of the work, I felt that I would want to recommend Oren and his company to all of my clients, as I am a Realtor and always need to refer a company who can provide electrical services. read more

BE WARNED!!! These people are crooks! Think they feel they have you in a vulnerable position if you want or need work done 'right away' because they advertise that they will show up in a few hours. I needed a new outlet for a new appliance. The service person went to his truck for quite a long time came back and quoted me a price close to $600. I told him that was ridiculous, Figured I could wait to get it done more reasonably; which I did for $100. The job was completed in 45 minutes!!! read more

Loss power for a couple of wall outlets in the kitchen and had a circuit breaker upgrade. My electrician, Mario Reyes, was helpful, patient & diligent with the work. After completion of upgrade , he labeled each of the circuit breaker. I'm a satisfied customer. Would use this company again for future projects. read more

I called this company to fix a problem in our kitchen, when the electrician Robert came out he gave us a quote to fix the problem, he also gave us a quote to fix a variety of other issues. I was thinking this is a scam, however I went up in the attic to take a look for myself and I found the exact problems Robert told me about. We had wires running all over, not in any kind of conduit, breaker boxes left open with exposed wires and more. This is not the cheapest company in town but they are the only electrician who has ever looked at our electrical and let us know of the problem we had, I don't know if we would have had a problem or not but I feel better knowing it is all fixed. Don't just assume they are trying to rip you off, take a look for yourself. read more

My wife should have read the existing reviews on Yelp prior to contacting these rip-off artists. This was a simple problem that appeared to be a problem with a single breaker. The tech- Jay- hit us with one of their (as one can see on Yelp) patented 3 cost level quotes- The top being $4,000 (he said to re balance the inappropriately proportioned loads on the two breaker boxes) and the lowest being $1,672.00 to just fix the singular problem. I told him that considering the expense we would contact the home insurance company concerning this. I paid him $45.00 for the service call. After he left I went down to the breaker boxes and discovered he had turned one breaker off. They were all on earlier as I had gone through them all earlier in the day prior to contacting them. Upon turning the one back on I returned upstairs where I then was going to unplug the television and related items and re-plug them by use of an extension cord to an outlet I knew was working. When I went to remove the cord the television and attached lights came on briefly. I toyed with them and was able to duplicate this several times. This, I speculated, was nothing more than a short in a wire in the wall plug apparatus. When the electrician sent by the home warranty company arrived the next day he confirmed my diagnosis and repaired the problem in less than 5 minutes. The total cost: the $79.00 service call. So I saved almost $1,600.00. Since (according to numerous yelp reviews) Jay is not the only perpetrator of this kind of scam attempt and given the way in which the various techs routinely utilize the same "pitch" it seems reasonable to conclude that this revenue generating technique is part of the "training" this company provides to their service techs. Being able to pass this information along to others is why Yelp is a valuable community service. read more

Marco came out and after about 10 minutes established it was a problem with Edison. It cost me $129.45 and he said he could not honor any of the discounts in the yellow pages or on their website. While I was calling Edison he left an invoice/receipt with my wife. The description was left blank which means I have no hope of getting reimburse from Edison. OK he diagnosed the problem ok, but v.lazy and unprofessional with the paperwork. Won't think I'll use these guys again. Beware of the discounts offered -this is bait & switch!!!! read more

Express Electric installed a full panel to my house which was costly. During some other work in the house it was realized our wiring is super old and could not hold the Wired Ring doorbells. After having an issue with one of their employees, Franco jumped right in and made sure our wiring was redone in a professional and extremely courteous manner. Thank you Express electric, both time I called they came right out and worked diligently to fix the problems. They are costly, but I believe guarantee and warrant and reliability are very important. We feel secure that if there are any issues, Express will come with out to fix! Thank you Express Electric! read more

Rob Fry has helped us with some electrical work to prepare for Tesla charger. He's great, very helpful and patient. Answered a lot of questions and gave us a lot of great advice. Thanks! read more

I will NEVER call Express Electrical Service again! They charged me $49.95 for an estimate on a severed wire for my outdoor landscape lighting (which I informed them about when I called). When the electrician arrived he gave me a TOTAL of 3 options and the lowest was to tape the wires for $450.00 with NO WARRANTY. Don't waste your time with this company! read more

The technician Oren was a nice guy he seemed knowledgable and helped us get our power back on, but at a ripped off price. He quoted us $800 ( and nicely offered to put the $129 service call fee towards that) to troubleshoot and repair the problem, then the day of the service my father-in-law waited for him because both my husband and I had to work. He was over an hour late showed up @ 10:30 as opposed to 8am, he did the troubleshooting and then called me to tell me that he found the problem and the cost to repair was $675 or $935. I went over the differences and said lets go with the $675 if we are going to have to rewire in a few months anyways and we were expecting to pay the $800 so the $675 was a deal great thank you. Then when I get home from work I saw that he apparently charged the $800 plus the $675. I immediately called my father-in-law to find out what happened and he said that the technician told him I authorized the additional charge which I absolutely did not! I authorized a charge of $675 and that was it. Saturday morning I called into the office to discuss us having been over charged and I was told a manager would call me back and they never did. I called again this morning and a manager did call me back after I complained of no one calling me back on Sat. The manager gets on the line and she apparently had the technician right there with her and she wasn't even listening to what I was really saying she was more telling the tech what I was saying (only half of it) and then she listened to his side. So now we are playing a he said she said game. As I proceeded to get more and more upset as I explained the tech totally took advantage of my father-in-law and I absolutely did not authorize $800 plus $675 I authorized a charge of $675 she suddenly had to go to discuss this and she will call me back. Another hour goes by and I call back and she's now in a meeting (shocker). DO NOT USE THESE PEOPLE THEY WILL RIP YOU OFF!! I CALLED ANOTHER ELECTRICIAN AND WAS TOLD THE COST OF MY REPIAR SHOULD OF BEEN $300-$500 MAX AND THAT $1400 WAS A TOTAL RIP OFF! I WILL TAKE THESE PEOPLE TO SMALL CLAIMS COURT TO GET MY MONEY BACK IF I HAVE TO THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE THE WAY THAT THEY DID! read more

They are very good at taking your call and setting up the appointment. But it is bait and switch. I just needed an outlet placed in one corner of a room for a lamp, that was it. There is also an unused AC unit in that area, so they used that as an excuse to call the landlord about some kind of "dedicated circuit". Somehow they ended quoting 6k. Naturally, they were invited to leave. I will just use an extension cord. read more

Our family has used 'Express Electrical Services" for a few years now to insure the fitness of our many home smoke detectors & other electrical issues. We've been so fortunate each time to have the service of Technician, Mr.Alex Kavoosi! "Mr. K," as he's introduced himself, has consistently been kind, patient with our "millions of question," & articulate in expressing how our units have malfunctioned, and what we can personally do to insure as much as possible, these units are properly maintained. We specifically asked Mr. K. for his magnetic calling card to keep on our fridge, because with him, we know we'll receive outstanding service. Express Electrical Services, Mr. K, is the Gold Standard of what professionalism, dedication & unparalleled service are. read more