Big Bear Electric LLC

Unfortunately I’ve spent the last 2 months dealing with Burke Anthony Leon of Big Bear Electric LLC. He is the owner and basicall…

Unfortunately I’ve spent the last 2 months dealing with Burke Anthony Leon of Big Bear Electric LLC. He is the owner and basically the entire company except for one worker who he likes to use as a scapegoat for any issues that you find. I hired him at the start of a home renovation project at the beginning of December. Over two and a half months later I still do not have power (Update: After hiring a new electrician I've found that the wiring work he actually did do was done incorrectly less than half of the light switches and outlets actually function and most do not function as intended). Initially Burke seemed great and quoted a price for the entire job (rewire house, upgrade service). It was a pretty reasonable price and he got to work immediately after a ~25% down payment so that he could get supplies. But soon after starting the job he stopped showing up. He might come in for an hour or two here and there but no work was actually getting done. I decided to ask Burke Anthony Leon what was wrong. He informed me that he needed more money because he had spent the initial money on supplies. So I gave him another 25%. He then showed up for a couple of hours for each of the next few days but soon stopped and I was no closer to having power in my house. After he didn’t show up for a week and a half and wasn’t returning my calls/texts. He comes to the house requesting more money to finish the job. He said he had spent all the money on materials and needed more. So I asked to see his receipts before paying him more money. He gave me all the receipts from his Home Depot account under my job number. And sure enough it appear as if he had spent a lot of money on materials. However on closer inspection in those receipts were materials for other on going jobs he was on and personal items (6ft inflatable Santa, various Xmas lights, google Home.....among many others). Being an engineer and a person who likes to trust until proven wrong I let this slide and calculated what I actually thought he had spent in the job and showed him that he still had plenty of cash left. He disagreed but started working a little bit here and there. A week later he asked for another 25% saying he needed to get the permit and some metal tubing. I told him I’d give him 10% more. Long story short a month later the permit hadn’t been filed for and no minimal work had been done. I also had no power and only loose wires, holes in the walls (that I had to patch), holes in my ceiling. By this point after many promises I had paid him 85% of the bill and the job was only half done and all I really had was a bunch of wires hanging outside my house. And still he was saying he wouldn't finish unless I gave him more money. That's when I started looking into his qualifications. His license was revoked in 2018 despite him telling me he was licensed. It was only after I asked him about his license that he started to do a little bit of work to keep me from reporting him. That only lasted a few days tho. In the end I hired a qualified and licensed electrician.

Presented a detailed scope of work with price break down.  Knowledgable, friendly electricians. Will definitely use again

Presented a detailed scope of work with price break down.  Knowledgable, friendly electricians. Will definitely use again