Safe-Way Electric & Solar Co

Coming and just for 1 hour and bill us $ 1500 dollars…
Don’t try this company.

The day before New Years Eve 4 of my outlets went dead. I called and they said Albert would be out at 10 AM New Years Eve. Albert is awesome! He was professional, kind and knowledgable. Unfortunately he had to replace ALL outlets in my house. He showed me what the issue was and explained how when house was built it was ok to use outlets without screws, some of them were not even hooked up? Scary. It took him about 5 hours New Years Eve and then he came back New Years day for 4 hours. He even put in GSIs as they did not do them when they built house. He went beyond GREAT SERVICE. I paid 3100 total and I am happy. I had at least 60 outlets. He even swept up the floor too each time. Incredible service! Thank you Albert you are the best!

We were in need of proper electrical repair and not «handyman» service. My husband called Safe-​Way and got an immediate response. The communication with the office was an indicator of what was to follow. A courtesy call was placed prior to the technician’s arrival.
Albert was the technical expert sent to our home. He was professional, patient, honest, and confident in his craft. He returned a second time to troubleshoot the same issue we were having and left no stone unturned. Thank you all and especially Albert for his expertise and integrity.

I am a retired school teacher who will be reviewing like giving out a report card to Albert. This kind gentleman who is a state certified electrician was asked to come to my house to give an estimate for changing my current kitchen ceiling lights into the ‘canned light fixtures’ or as I called them ‘recessed lights’; repairing or installing a brand new doorbell; and checking wall sockets for repairing or replacing. Albert came prepared to access my issues and to provide the estimates for the work he would be doing if I happen to choose him. I, immediately, felt a strong connection to his polite ways and friendly disposition. [ A+ ]
Albert wrote up the estimate and I initialed the amount for the diagnosis fee. His writing was clear and understandable. [ B+ ] He indicated that he would return tomorrow and get started early in the morning. Instead of leaving, right away, he went around to see how much he could do before he would be leaving. Since I had indicated that he has been chosen to do the job, I did not have to pay for his visit, because that would be credited to the completion of the job. His professional control of the estimate convinced me he deserved an [ A ].

The next day he came and was prepared to start the work. His truck was equipped and organized with the necessary items needed to deal with the issues I had for him. [ A– ] I noticed that he was meticulous and he focused and he did not let the distractions around him detour his concentration! [ A ] I often walked around and observed his work habits and tried to keep my regular house-​keeping chores as normal as possible. When I thought he was able to stop for a moment to listen to my concerns — I waited for him to choose that time and he would indicate that he was ‘all ears’ and that was when I communicated to him with a concern I had. If I thought he made a mistake or left something undone, he would reassure me that he was ‘on top of things,’ but he explained it to me in a non-​intimidating way and he tried not to show impatience to me or not to show that he was not happy with my comments on what he was doing! He needs to get [ A ] for being patient with me.
The next day, which was the last day of working at my house — I asked him to walk around with me so that I could show him some things that I would like for him to fix or redo. He was, still, polite and patient with me and reassured me that he would make a great effort to satisfy me and to help support any small projects that he could do before he left completing the issues I, originally, had that brought him to my house. Albert went ‘over and above’ to please me and to leave, only, after that the issues were to my satisfaction. Well, I was more than satisfied. I was amazed that I had some beautiful ceiling lights in my kitchen, breakfast nook, hallway and entryway. Wall sockets were nicely done and completed to the best of his ability. I gave him rave reviews before he left. What I observed during the time he was doing was [ A– ].
There is, always, room for improvement. I was vacuuming the floor when I saw a few nails in my den on the floor. I caught them in time before the vacuum cleaner caught them. Well, no one is perfect I said to myself. Then I saw some smears of paint left on one of my kitchen cabinets. I thought, oh well, that cabinet is going to be taken down anyway, because I am going to get new cabinets in about six months. So, big deal! That gives me more of an incentive to start planning for new cabinets, soon. [ B– ] That is okay by me. I am satisfied and motivated with the work that Albert did to some rooms in my house. He left me more of his business cards to pass out to friends when I have them in my beautiful home for dinner. Thanks to Albert, I am going to be so proud of my new lights, the doorbell with chimes and my other projects which support the atmosphere which I will be providing to others to appreciate what I will be appreciating. [ A+ ]
Do you think I will be recommending Albert to others? Yes, I will!

The effort that Mitchell put in to ensure that the replacement of my electrical panel was safe and professional was greatly appreciated. If you choose SafeWay for your electrical jobs, you can be sure that they will do the work in a professional manner and do it the «safe-​way».

MT.
I called them to assess and give me an estimate for repair or install two ceiling fans. their person showed and said both needed replaced and after I bought new ones to install then it would be $ 380 each to install them. I called another person, listed on a handyman site, he installed one fan with a burned out motor and fixed the other one for $ 80…great person and great service. Don’t use Safe-​way, you will pay more than you need to.

Safeway Electric helped me out. I had an issue with my main breaker and they came out to help right away. Got the power resored to the house. Thank you so much Safeway Electric!

They charged us $ 850.00 for $ 150 – 250 of work, saying that it was an «emergency call» because we called them at 4:30p on a Friday. It was $ 70 for the call, then $ 780 more for the work. The work was a 45 minute job changing a breaker and fixing a wire that was nicked. His total time was 2 hours, but the first hour & 15 was the diagnosis, covered by the $ 70 call fee, so really it was $ 780 for 45 minutes. I pointed out that was $ 375.00 per hour (2 hours at $ 750.00 plus $ 100.00 max for parts). Really, it was $ 1,000.00 per hour ($ 780 for 45 minutes), since we owed only $ 70 for the diagnosis. He justified it several ways, saying it was «commercial» since it was a mobilehome park, and they do «unit billing» at $ 141 per mobilehome space since 6 homes had lost power. All that had happened is someone had knocked over the meter pedestal to a home, and it took out power to 6 homes that were in line. He repaired the breaker to one home and fixed the wire that had a nick in it, all in 45 minutes. So, it was $ 780.00 for that 45 minutes. We had to say yes because 6 homes were without power. This was the ultimate example of screwing someone because they could. A fair business would have charged us $ 150 – 250, maybe $ 350-​$ 400 max due to the emergency. This was the first and LAST time we will call Safeway Electric & Solar Co.

This place sucks. I called them for a bid, ok that cost me $ 60 right away but I hoped the bid would at least be reasonable, NOT! It was $ 800 for an electrical outlet, got someone else to do the same job the next day for $ 150 (thank you All City Electric). Besides that the electrician was rude, impatient and told us we had called a «company» not an electrician which was why the bid was so high, um doesn’t your name say Electric? Do not recommend them at all.

Just had my Electric Vehicle charger (EVSE) installed today by Safe-​Way Electric for my Fiat 500e electric car.
Did a lot of research about the EVSE, settle on EVSE by Clipper Creek, and was prepared. All I need was a friendly certified electrician to install the new 40 amp breaker and run 240 V (6−50r) outlet line for me without charging me an arm & a leg for it. Had use other electrician before but was not impress or satisfy because they try to up-​sell or do things that I don’t need. I had no choice but to Google for an electrician online. Found Safe-​Way electric and spoke with a friendly lady. She made a good impression so I thought I would give it a go.
What impressed me was they didn’t try to sell me somethings I don’t need or tell me that «I needed this and needed that». I told them about my situation what I needed done and they came back with a fair price to get the job done. Even more impressed with the electrician that came out to service the job. He was meticulous, did not take short cut and took his time to get it done right. I was very impress with the care he put into the project hence this long detail recommendation. I believe when someone does a good job put the care into it like it was for their own home, that person and or company deserves recognition. In this case, Save-​Way Electric and Armando deserves a «job well done». Give Safe-​Way Electric a try you won’t be disappointed. I am very satisfy.
Nathan of Corona

Safeway Electric & Solar Co. is the worse electric I have ever dealt with, I had them to come out to install a gang box (a box were two or more electric wires come together) and hook up two outlet that was already in. They started off at $ 250.00 which was good, but quickly went up to $ 650.00, then to $ 826.55. I then protest the increases so he went back down to $ 650.00. He said the $ 250. was just to install the gang box and not to run new wire to the outlets. He used my wire to run the wire to the boxes that was already in place. I will never use this company again. I should have called out another company. I made a very bad chose I hope you don’t make the mistake I did. This company will rep you off.

Recently had Safe-​way electric come out and investigate some electrical problems that my mom was having at her house. Safeway was the second estimate that I was getting for damages/​repairs because the first estimate that we got was for $ 6000 and the insurance company was unwilling to pay that kind of money to fix the problem. there was a difference of opinion lets say between what the insurance company was arguing was the problem and the initial estimate that I had gotten from another electrician ($ 6K). So I thought the best approach would be to get another opinion so that I could hopefully find out exactly what was going on with the house and what repairs needed to be done to keep my mom’s house safe. There was some concern on my end that the initial bid was too high and that perhaps the electrician was trying t milk the insurance company a little bit.
So in comes Dave with Safe-​way electric. The first thing he tells me over the phone is that, «insurance companies hate me.» I immediately told him over the phone that all I wanted was an honest opinion as to what happened at her house and what was necessary to get done to keep her safe. I expressed that I was not looking for someone to come in and take advantage of the situation and to try and take it to the insurance company. So Dave does his inspection and gives his estimate for repairs…$ 11,000!!!
I was immediately disappointed and left feeling that I was never going to get an honest opinion as to what was happening at her house. I now had to separate electricians with an average estimate between them of $ 8500 and neither estimate was in agreement with the other as to what exactly was necessary to be done.
Fast forward about a week and I had Sean with Duke Electric come out and for $ 200 and an hour of his time he was able to diagnose a «bad neutral» in the house and after it was repaired the 240 volts that had been running through the house in several areas disappeared and things were back to normal. The breakers didn’t need to be replaced, the panel didn’t need to be replaced, none of the lights or ceiling fans needed to be replaced… all for $ 200!
Safe-​way Electric, as did the original electrician that I brought out, was not able to correctly diagnose the problem and made recommendations for repairs that were unnecessary and over the top. Clearly this was a case where an electric company was trying to take advantage of an insurance company. I am disappointed and don’t recommend their services.

It’s 9 PM on Saturday night. We were not getting any electricity to our tankless water heater or our solar system. We tried resetting the circuit breakers, the GFI socket, reading the manuals, the Internet, You Tube videos and it still didn’t work. We called family & friends for recommended electricians, no luck there either. Finally my wife went to one of the phone books we normally just throw away and called Safe Way when we saw the «No overtime for night, weekend or holidays». The technician on the phone walked me through several actions over the phone. He said he’d try to help me before charging us to come out. It worked! And no charge. Safe Way will get our business from now on; hence this recommendation. Call them!

This is the worst contractor I have ever dealt with in my whole life! I had a problem with my pool lights not turning on and I suspected faulty old wiring. Just to «find and fix» the problem, they wanted to charge me $ 450! In addition, to replace a 2 gang switch and a GFCI they wanted $ 350.00! This is a total of $ 800.00 for a very simple job! I opted for the GFCI replacement ($ 183) because they were charging me $ 40 just to go to my house, so I shelled out $ 183 for the GFCI replacement (10 minute job at the most). If I did it myself it would have cost me $ 15 for the GFCI at Home Depot and 15 mins of my time! I know because I am an engineer. To top it off, their technician (Albert) could use lessons in customer relations as he had an arrogant and «know it all» attitude, not friendly at all! I will never ever call on this company for service — customer beware!

This is the most over-​priced whack job of a company. I installed a fan in my room and called them to connect a couple wires and they (at first) tried to charge me $ 277.00 for being there 30 minutes. After I complained he decided to charge me $ 204.00
I WILL NEVER USE THIS COMPANY AGAIN. EVER.

Responsive telephone service, arrived on time, official vehicle. Explained the problem and even hinted what the electrician will find and should do to fix it. Would not look into problem until I signed form that commits me to pay at least $ 400. Asked if the work was just a loose wire or poor installation from previous home owner and the work would be 10 – 20 minutes, can the charge be $ 100. No it cannot. Offered $ 200 but denied. I approved of the work and bam, the guy found the problem like i said, worked on the tight spot for 30 minutes with no installation of new parts (20 minutes prepping area & walking up and down my stairs). Left with my money but earned a 1-​star for consistently making Unilocal customers feel dissatisfied with service. Next time I’ll just go craigslist and save 75% or throw money in the toilet.

Well I found their ad in Verion telephone book and very happyyy with the service and they send me OC tech and very happy with it
What happen my high tech washing machine went out on the family so my mother had the guy from Sears week ago and he said Lady you need electrican so Mom decied get some guy out here
He was just hour late he call in first before he came down his last job took longer I very impressive of knowledge of electricty
I would recommand OC office again

I was having problems with my electrical outlets in my kitchen so i called safeway from the phone book. Their electrician Albert came out to my house in less than 2 hours and troubleshooted the problem right away… It was super affordable which was key! And I felt very safe with the electrician because they sent me and email that had his picture and a brief description of him. The owner glenn even called me right before albert came out to
Thank me for picking them. I would definitely use safe way again … Thanks guys!

We have a Old house that needs some TLC. The house Electrical is very old, some old wires went bad. they came out fix everything in 3 day. the cost is worth the of mind it we get from getting it done right.

Rip off artists!!! My technician spent less than a minute diagnosing my problem as then reported I needed a whole new electric panel and handed me a $ 4150 estimate. Turns out I only needed 2 circuit breakers replaced which cost me less than $ 500. The company I hired tested everything. Even my AC. Safeway is overpriced and dishonest.