Emanuel Perakis, Licensed Electrician

These guys are excellent. They offered to give me free advice over the phone on how to solve the problem myself, so that I wouldn’t have to pay them. Who does that in this day and age? Eventually Emanuel came out himself, and fixed the problem quickly and effectively. I’m definitely hiring them again!

Such an excellent service, fast too and so efficient. Highly recommend these guys. thank you Emmanuel and Pablo. 5 stars from me. So professional.

This is review for the phone call since the problem was solved over phone therefore the service was not needed.
Some of my kitchen power outlets are not working, after reading so many good reviews, I called Emanuel and summed up the problem, he told me straight «To save you money, maybe you can try to reset the power outlet yourself.» and gave me some instructions. I tried and the outlets are all back on.
Thanks for the free advise!

I’ve had Emmanuel out to my house to work on 3 projects now: clean up the demo on my kitchen, install undermount lighting, and install bathroom fans. All three are excellent. What I appreciate is that he pays attention to the details and didn’t take short cuts on the work. He made sure that the right adjustable boxes accounted for the tile I put in, the location of the plugs matched up what I needed, and everything looks clean. He also noticed that the previous installer did the three way switch incorrectly, and he fixed that too.
I replaced the fluorescent cabinet undermount lighting/​transformer with LED undermount lighting, which is actually quite strong (it reflects very strongly against my countertop), but it’s effective and works well. Most people haven’t seen anything quite like it before.
He’s really easy to get along with — very fair and patient. I called maybe 6 – 7 electricians before finding Emmanual, and many of those other guys were not friendly at all. I have no hesitation recommending Emmanuel for excellent electrical work.

Another 5-​star review for Emanuel and Ted. After a home inspection highlighted some areas of concern, I called Emanuel who was able to schedule me in the same week with Ted, at a time that convenient for me. Work done was great, efficient, and the price more than fair. Ted was professional, answering all my questions and took time to explain work performed.
I’d highly recommend ECP Electric to anyone in need of electrical work.

Emmanuel has now done two jobs for me — one small (outlet installation) and one bigger — car charger in a detached garage involving trench work. Super nice guy. Punctual. Tidy. Knowledgable. Can’t recommend highly enough!

I’ve had Emanuel work on a number of homes we manage through our property management company, and some that I work on independently. Emanuel and Pablo both do EXCELLENT work. Very thorough, on-​time, clean, informative, and very professional. ECP Electric is one of our preferred vendors, and I highly recommend them to anyone in need of a skilled electrician.

Emanuel is simply awesome I also found Emanuel via Unilocal and I could not be any happier with his services. He is courteous, prompt, pays attention to detail and most importantly knows his stuff. I had him install an electrician panel which he completed promptly and got the permit approved. Another note is that his rates and in my case, the lowest. I would definitely keep using Emanuel in any of my future electrical work and will recommend him to my friends and family. Thanks Emanuel!

I wanted to install dimmers and a ceiling fan to surprise my wife before she returned back from a trip with the kids. I had called a handyman to install them and he failed miserably. The handyman said he would come back on a Saturday to get the job done but after spending 5 hrs to install a ceiling fan and 3 dimmers (and failing), I had lost about as much faith in a persons capabilities as one can lose (that might sound harsh, but dimmers and a ceiling fan are pretty straight forward installations… I had hired him to save me time from doing it myself so I could work on other projects. Instead, he was asking me to troubleshoot things with him). I looked on Unilocal and based on all the great reviews, I called Emanuel explaining my issues… the botched job and my «surprise» deadline. He was pretty booked and actually in the middle of a job but said he would call me in the evening to see what we could do. He called. He asked a lot of questions that impressed me. The most memorable, «did the handy man go into the attic to make sure the box can support the weight of the fan». Memorable because the answer was «no, he had not». Emanuel said he would verify the box in the attic could support the weight to prevent potential collapse as well as wobbling. We spoke and he was fairly confident he could get the fan working, citing some general mistakes that are often made. He instructed me not to return the old fan just yet and let him take a shot at it. He made time on a Saturday to come to my house and give it a shot to help me out with my ‘surprise’. Right there, a 5 star effort. I mean, what more can you ask for than a person going a extra mile. He spent about an hour trying to undo what the handy man did and ultimately concluded that the unit was likely fried (humbly saying it might have come that way and not necessarily the work of the handy man). He then took it all down and installed a back up fan that I had purchased at Home Depot. When it was all said and done, he only asked for the original quoted fee (that is to say, he basically tried to troubleshoot and install a fan for about an hour, couldn’t get it to work because it was faulty and started all over again and installed a second fan and asked for the original single fan installation rate). He also saw that the face plates on the dimmers were a bit skewed and took them off, double checked the wiring work of the handyman… noticed an error which was causing some issues between a multi-​switch and fixed that problem and then put the plates back in a more ascetic way (straightening the plate and aligning the screws). A perfectionist.
He came back a week later to install LED lights throughout the house. Very courteous, very down to Earth and his pricing very reasonable.

Waited for him all day, turns out he decided to blow my call and never had the courtesy to even respond

We had a problem with our rental unit and needed to get it fixed right away. I came to Unilocal to see what the reviews are and found ECP Electric right at the top. After having Emanuel come out and fix the problem, it’s easy to see why he’s rated so highly by everyone. He’s fast, efficient and reasonably priced.

Called Emanuel to get a quote on recessed lighting. The way in which he talked with me for the first time was enough for me to realize that this was the guy I’ll be going with. Extremely courteous and provided an extremely detailed explanation of what’s in store for recessed lighting and possible ideas that he had in mind on how he would accomplish the job.
We got recessed lighting done from him in two rooms. In one of the rooms which was on a lower floor, he had to cut a few holes in the sheet rock to get the wiring in but he had already given me a heads up regarding this and also mentioned that I will have to get another person to get the holes patched and textured as he only did electrical work. Fair enough.
The recessed lighting work was excellent, very professional installation and he was nice enough to explain every step of the process.
He was punctual enough to arrive on time and finish the job in the time he has estimated.
The completed job is as good as it can get.
Will definitely recommend Emanuel for any electrical work.

Emmanuel from ECP Electric is the BEST!!! We called him on a Friday and he came out Saturday morning, spent 2 hours fixing some circuit problems, was friendly, and very reasonable. And everything now works perfect! We highly recommend him!

I felt wary of hiring an electrician because of poor past experiences with other service people. It’s easy to feel vulnerable when you need to hire someone in a field that you know nothing about.
The Unilocal reviews led me to Emanuel and he changed that feeling completely. He is the perfect professional, friendly, down to earth, explained the problem issue in a way I understood, charged the price that he had ‘guesstimated’, and was a delightful guy. He was immediately able to identify the reason that a breaker kept tripping, repaired it, and suggested other simple upgrades to my 37-​year-​old home that would make it safer and bring it into compliance with current codes. You cannot go wrong with this guy. I would strongly recommend him to my family/​friends and to anyone with electrical problems.

It’s really hard to earn a 5 start review from me. Here’s why Emanuel deserves it.
Emanuel listens and has good ideas:
He listened to what we needed, rewired the old half of our house, cleaned up a functioning but messy/​jenky city approved rewire to a 200 Amp panel.
Emanuel is very neat:
Many times, contractors know their stuff, but are messy and don’t pay attention to the details that leave most of us with a smile on our face. All the wires were neatly routed under the house, drop cloths were used, and there was no unnecessary drywall patching– yay.
Emanuel does what he promises:
Although we paid him fully upon completion there were a couple small details that he told us needed to be finished. Some people wouldn’t bother to remember and care to come back to do this, but he did, and I can’t be happier.
He also guaranteed a ceiling fan remote when similar remotes have failed in the past. Well, it failed (no fault of his) and he stuck to his word and came back to put in a permanent switch for us AND he had great attitude.
Thanks Emanuel and Ted!

We needed an electrician and had called a couple of electrician who were very difficult to schedule so I called Emanuel in the morning and he called me back with in the hour and was able to come by that same morning to do the work (awesome)!
He replaced a 3 light bathroom vanity and was able to trouble shoot the placement of the new light I bought. He replaced a bedroom light, worked on a outdoor fan & worked on and went to the hardware store to get replacement bulbs for a bedroom fan/​light. He also fixed a few loose recess lights in the dining room.
He did a great job, very friendly and kept me in the loop of what he had done on each of the jobs. I thought he went above and beyond to get these jobs done and his price was very reasonable. I will use ECP electric from now on!

I have hired Emanuel to perform several jobs at my house over the past few years. He has always been on time, courteous, and honest with his assessment of the issue and the solution which he presents, along with a reasonable price to get it done.
Emanuel has installed new outlets (interior and exterior), LED pot lights, track lighting, a new sub panel in my garage, new copper wiring from the main panel to the sub panel, and solved several other electrical issues in my house (built in the 60’s). Each time, he surprises me with the completeness of his work, and the reasonable prices that he offers.
I have had two other electricians work in my house in the past, and was never satisfied with their work. Emanuel actually had to fix some of their work, since they were unable to perform the work correctly.
That is why I never hesitate to refer Emanuel to my friends and family, since I know that he will reflect well on himself and me. If you need any electrical work done, he’s your electrician!

I called Emanuel based on the good reviews, and found them all to be true.
We upgraded to a 200amp panel with permits, installed a disconnect for a mini split ac unit, and also grounded an outlet. He and his other electrician Ted did the work themselves and they were very respectful moving in and around the house. I shopped around and his prices were very competitive.
I appreciated that he was careful and didn’t damage our drywall when grounding the outlet. He also did a good job of patching the exterior wall around the new panel with matching stucco.
I also agree with another reviewer that he has a great personality and sense of humor!
Just a note, he also goes by ECP electric (which stands for his name).

I ran into some trouble replacing an old dimmer switch and Emanuel was able to fix it for me. His base charge covers two hours of labor, and since replacing the dimmer took so little time, he offered to install several other outlets and switches that I had planned to do myself at no additional charge. Great service and very easy going.

We had Emanuel come in and install 11 exterior lights and 1 exterior drop down light. He was great, very professional, clearly knows what he is doing but you would expect that from a licensed electrician.
The best three characteristics are 1) his personality 2) the ease at which you can talk to him and 3) his ability to quickly get the job done.
He goes above the call as he offered to take the garbage with him.
We would absolutely use him again. He takes providing service to a higher level.
He is very competitive on his pricing.