All City Electrical

It went fine, every time. All work was done promptly and professionally whether performed by any one of his electricians or by Mike Volpe himself. I am not a personal friend and found All City Electrical via Angie's List or a similar web site/service some years ago.

Very smooth, professional, friendly, clean work. Michael was flexible and helped with electrical issues that came up and did not take advantage of the last moment additions. Highly satisfied and will hire again.

The results were great! We now have a modern electrical system that's much safer.

Arrived on time, did excellent work, curtious, very Responsive to my requests, cleaned completely after the job. Very professional as well.

Always promptly, very professionally, with high standards and very fairly priced. I recommend All City all the time. I have always had very satisfactory feedback.

Michael was extremely thorough, explained the problem very well and followed up later to make sure that the problem was resolved.

I was pleasantly surprised with the professionalism this company has provided. Joe who was the electrician was very helpful, polite and professional on his work and very detailed. He had safety concerns for my old house and advised on few things for the future without being pushy with sales. My family loves all the work, and the 2 ceiling fans which required all new wiring put in looks beautiful adding touch of elegance to the living room and bedroom. He thoroughly covered floors and furniture and then cleaned the area very nicely. Wife is very happy with the work therefore happy home. It went very well and we will definitely use this company again for future work. I hope they will keep up the great job and honesty of their work.

No issues, the contractors patched up all the drywall cuts they had to make In order to pass the wiring from main panel to where the outlet was installed. They also properly cemented over the buried grounding rods. Very friendly, competent. Thank you for a job well done.

The electricians were punctual, professional, and offered great advice to any issues encountered during the job. Overall very satisfied with the result.

It took two visits to finally find and fix problem.

Prompt and professional service. Electricians are clean cut, courteous, and respectful of your personal belongings and property. Efficient workers who clean up neatly after completing the job. Highly recommended.

Very professional, courteous, and high quality work performance done. The guys took their time, explained everything, set up their equipment with no damage to the furniture and once the work was completed they cleaned everything up and put all the furniture back in its original setting. I cannot say enough good things about the quality of service and the pricing was extremely fair. They honored a $50 dollar coupon from Angies List and gave me another 5% discount for paying with cash. Highly recommended.

Very professional. He was on time and explained everything before he did it so there were no surprises. Even wore booties inside the house (which I appreciated!) and cleaned up after he was finished.

They arrived on time and did a great job.

Excellent job! Extremely professional.

I had used them in the past and they were great, but this time around I felt as though I was being given the run around for the work that was performed. The person that came to my home was kind and courteous. He did good work, however when speaking with the main person at the company, I was told that his people don't do estimates and that he would have to come out again to do an estimate. So then my question is, why didn't he come out himself the first time around? If it was an issue of availability, I would have appreciated a phone call or a message stating that he couldn't make it, especially since I was originally expecting him and I had spoken with him on the phone. I stayed home expecting him to come and then he sent his employee (who did what he could) but his employee completed the diagnostic and understandably could not deliver a quote. I stayed home and found childcare for my baby for this visit and then I was told that I had to schedule another appointment for an estimate and then on top of that, that it would not be able to be done until later. Had I had this information prior, then I would have held off as I knew this might be a possibility and saved the money. So, in a nutshell, the process works like this: I call you for a service, your people come out to do a diagnostic service call for close to $200 for the first hour, then in the event that they can't fix it, after they leave, I then need to call you for an appointment to come out to setup an estimate time. You don't call me or e-mail me, I have to call you. Then, on top of that, this service which most likely would have required some ground work (which you mentioned on the initial call) can not be done in the winter time and we are in the middle of December. Since this is my first home, I have worked with several contractors and each one that has done good work, has received repeat work from me and recommendations to others. Unfortunately, I can't do the same for this company even though their first job went over so well. I'm not quite sure what changed since then.

He did a good job in installing fan in my attic for a reasonable price. Good attitude towards work completing on time.

Hi everyone, Before you read this review, just know, I am a normal reasonable guy just like you. I am a software engineer in Jersey City. Following my encounter with Mike and his crew I severed ties with angies list and cancelled my membership. In fact I changed my whole approach on hiring self employed service providers, and only work with contractors and companies. Mike Velope was almost 2 times more expensive than all other offers I had received. I hired him because he exuded confidence to deliver, and had an A+ rating. He was a celebrated and well reviewed electrician. I didn't care bout money, I wanted tob pay a lot to get a decent outcome that would last for years. Mike wasn't able to deliver on what he had promised in writing. He had seen! my apartment weeks before rhe project, and claimed he had worked in that building. He charged 145$ for 20 min for his assement. Thus I was shocked when Mike changed the agreement we had obtained months before, on the day of the job: claiming all of a sudden that one of the walls was concrete hence he couldn't move an electrical box to that wall as he had promised in writing. Begging him to try and use another wall, that wasn't concrete didn't help. He right there and then made up another argument that there isn't enough wire for him to move the box. His attitude was humiliating, and extremely impatient and agressive. He didn't care what the outcome will be. I agreed to his new change. Luckily had to drop that portion of the 8,150$ job, since the building management reqiured permits for a new electric box and rewiring. Obtaining permits takes beyond 2 months, as mike said, I therefore asked to split the contract. I wanted to pay only for what will be done during that week. And not 2 months in advance. He was angry. So I simply spoke with him kindly on the phone next morning, asking to meet him, at the expense of my day of work, which I will miss just to meet him at my apartment. Shockingly I found he had no intent to even show up, but just to send his 2 employees. He did not intend to show up after the first day, and said he isn't going to drive all the way to my place. He had no time to see me, since he was 'loosing money'. He urged me to read his new contract/invioce that he just mafe up that morning, and which did not have any itemized prices! The new invoice just had an overall blownup price of over 4,600 $ for all items. Without describing the cost per item. The rewiring and adding of a new electric box had to be delayed. It was the heart of the job, but in the new invoice was all of a sudden reduced to merly 2,700$. The new invoice also included moving the electric box. Which he said was impossible. Mr. Velope got tired of me after 15 minutes over the phone. He said he is dropping the project. Mr. Velope simply damaged!!! my property took the deposit money of 1145$ , left me without bathroom and holeway lighting. His two workers left wholes in my cielings and walls. Mike didn't finish the job. In many of his F reviewed projects, he seems to not finish his job. When I read the F reviews I ignored them on that argument: he didn't finish so it doesn't count. But for the portion of the job that was finished, Mike used cheap and ugly light switches, without asking me what I wanted. Mike's team placed crooked outlets over the old ones. Mike's team replaced an old switch that isn't even connected the anything!!! without even testing or noticing that, and! charged me for it. Mike can't work with plaster walls! Not at all! Or should I say, his employees (If I could send pictures of the terrible way they handled the ceilings). They cut random holes in the bath room, found a water pipe, and then just cut another whole next to it... I thoght I will pay extra for quality reliable work, and peace of mind. As the building super told me, Mike's crew left at 3 PM, the first day accomplising nothing but putting wired messy wholes everywhere. The created wholes in my closet too, wich made all my clothes dirty, and some had to be dry cleaned. Please understand, If the service provider has no time to consult you, or care for your input, move on. Maybe he could use a secretary to save him time, and comunicate to clients, since he considers himself 'a company'. Bottom line: Mike overcharges for poor work, of his employees without overseeing it. His product leve is not customized to the client at all! It's the most basic tear of product. Mike is rude and aggressive, when a controversy rises. Please do not pay his high deposit. Pay him per item, after you see results, or better yet, don't hire him.

Mike was extremely responsive, punctual, reasonable and clean in his work. His crew was exactly the same and I look forward to having work done by them in the future.

Everything went very smoothly. We called to first get an estimate. A technician first came out to review the work and give us an accurate estimate, which we accepted. On the scheduled day, the technicians who did the installations (Joe and Igor) were both extremely professional and knowledgeable. They were patient with our questions, made sure to ask us and do the installations exactly how we liked it done. Overall great experience. Would highly recommend this company.

Perfect, as always with All-City....We have used All-City for almost 10 years. From landscape lighting, to remodeling and a standby generator. Mike and the crew (Joe in particular) are the definition of professional...on time, on estimate on job always done right! The tops

Mike did a thorough inspection and came up with a list of recommendations which he put into an email with an estimate. The inspection cost $149 and took about an hour. On hindsight, since I used All City to do the work, perhaps the cost of the inspection could have been used toward the cost of the work, which totaled $1.200. Would definitely use these guys again. They are timely and efficient.

great...all done as requested. very professional and on time.

Perfectly. Joe and Igor could not have been more professional or courteous .

Two men came on the appointed day at the appointed time, one was a master electrician, the other an apprentice. The work was completed in less than the allotted time, no need to turnoff the electricity. The addition of separate lines did the trick and I am so happily vaccuming away while the air conditioner is blasting. So, I would use these guys again. Distance seems to be no object, I live in Caldwell and the size of the job can be big or small. I know there is more electrical issues coming down the pike.