JP McCurdy Electrical Services

Do not use this company… McCurdy Electric sent their Project Manager aka Car Salesman to come to my house to look at a small job and ended up getting me to agree to a lot more. For starters they put in a larger circuit breaker box, with so many extra spots I have no idea how I’ll ever fill them. They made several trips back to the house because they couldn’t get my original problem fixed. In fact, I had to keep calling to try and get them to come back. The office staff are unfriendly so dealing with them was not fun. In the end I ended up with a washer and dryer that I can only use one at a time and an air conditioner that when I turn it on it shorts out the whole house. It took me many phone calls to get an answer. I finally asked to speak to the owner and he just gave me the runaround. The bottom line is these guys are jerks. They came to my house they sold me more than I needed an left me high and dry in a s***** situation. Oh and they live around the corner from me. How’s that for neighborly love?

We used McCurdy twice for electrical services and they have been really great especially with giving a reasonable estimate of costs and tailoring their services to what we needed.
The first time we used them the person that came gave us a lot of different options on how to fix the problems we were having which is helpful when you are trying to figure out to fit this kind of stuff in the budget.
Their pricing is reasonable and I have no complaints about the quality of the work. In the past, I have had to call back electricians after they were done but I haven’t had that experience with McCurdy.
Communication has been really open as well which is not something I really appreciate in these kind of service providers.
Most recently we had an emergency situation and were very flexible and responsive. Overall they are our family’s preferred service provider for electrical work.

My initial experience with J. P McCurdy Electric Services has been great. All employees have been very responsive to my requests (both email and phone), and the owner, Jack McCurdy, spent a very pleasant two hours at my home walking me through an estimate, with very honest feedback/​ideas about projects that I want to accomplish. He was knowledgeable, courteous, inquisitive, and friendly, all while being sensitive to my tastes/​concerns. The company’s hourly rate is more competitive than most of its peers, and from doing some due diligence by reading the company’s reviews elsewhere (e.g. Angie’s List) also suggest that the value they provide is a reason why they have been able to maintain a great reputation throughout these years. If their service does not match these expectations, I will be sure to update this review.

We recently used JP McCurdy for several projects around the house. I can’t say enough about their professionalism. Everything was done on time and done correctly. They communicate throughout the entire project and stay on top of all issues. Would hire them again in a heartbeat.

My experience was in the past, but Unilocal was not around then. I am reviewing JP McCurdy as I look at my invoice, and in months later, still can’t believe what these guys did.
1 Light Switch
3 Blank Plates
2 4″ Square Blank Plates
1 Box Extension
50’ ¹⁴⁄₂ rx
10’ 14/​3rx
1 4″ Round old work box
1 Dimmer
Grand Total $ 550.00
I used to live in Maynard, these guys posted an add on CList, and I responded to it. They posted an ad because they were looking for work, right? I can only imagine ‘why’…
Tese ‘kids’ Brian and Mike, spent 4 hours at my house. Mike was fresh out of school, or maybe not. he was slooooow, and had to keep asking Mike questions. When I say slow. I paid this guy what $ 40 – 50 an hour, and he didn’t do a damn thing. He covered up some boxes with a blank plate… this guy should have been billed at $ 15 an hour.
My dimmer was flickering. Brian looked at it. Said it probably couldn’t be fixed.
Added a dimmer to my living room, that was quick and easy
2 Critical (are you serious)…
The main reason I wanted these guys out to my house was to install some track lighting. Brian had to read the directions… that took about 10 minutes. I was floored. You need to read directions on how to install track lighting? I thought these guys were professionals. He installed it, did a decent job.
I had an installed Carbon Monoxide detector. hardwired. When Mike did some work, they had to make a change to the detector because it wasn’t working. They couldn’t figure out ‘why’. So, esentially they ‘broke’ my hardwired Carbon Monoxide detector, and they made me go down to the hardware store and use a plug in. If they had looked on the wall (like we realized a few months later). the GF thing was clicked off. My husband reinstalled the thing. These ‘professionals’ didn’t use their heads…
The bill came it was over $ 600. They said they got stuck in traffic and I had to pay that. I have to pay for traffic? I have to pay for them to come to me at the tune of 1 hour + EACH? This was never explained. I have never heard of this because I had never used an electrician before. Common sense to the guy who I talked to would have laid out the terms ahead of time, If someone is an hour away, don’t you think they would be honest and tell them, You would get charged $ 100 just to come to the house. I realize time is $ and if this is the business fine. but educate your customers, and better yet. educate your staff. I put up a fit about it so they ‘discounted’ me, but nearly enough.
I talked to an electrician that has been in the business for 25 years. He told me I got totally screwed. He woudl of had the job done in 2 hours by himself.
McCurdy = Rip Off at customer expense. The only reason these guys get 1 stars is because my house didn’t burn down in the months after I owned it.
(comment: I originally had 2 stars. but years and months later, I still can’t believe how badly these guys screwed me. very frustrating!)