Powell Electric

Very unpleasant experience with this electrician. It was my mistake for not asking for a set price at the beginning--but I trusted him because of a friend's referral. He got the two lights that I bought hooked up to existing wires in a normal period of time (about 1 hr) . However he ended up charging me another 5 hours at $90/hr to install a new ceiling fan that I purchased, including all the parts he asked me to get. He kept having problems figuring it out, and worst of all, kept "forgetting" to do things--he had to repeatedly keep taking the fan down and putting back up, because he forgot to use all the proper supplied parts per instructions--all the while wasting precious time. Despite taking at least 2 or 3 extra hours because of his mistakes, Mr. Powell still charged me for a full day : 6 hours x $90 = $540! I will never again allow an electrician to bill a job by the hour! In fact I now wished I would have done all this work myself since I had all the parts and materials--and if I wasn't busy doing my taxes--I could have easily done all he did in LESS time (I DO read directions) and my labor would have been free->Lesson learned: ALWAYS get a written quote before you hire Powell Electric for anything!