Brugger Electric

Twenty-seven Google reviews, every one of them five stars, and none older than six months — Brugger Electric's page reads like a business that's suddenly gotten busy. It's John Brugger's solo outfit, run out of South Hamilton and working the North Shore, and by his own site's account he handles panel and service upgrades, rewiring, EV charger installs, generator hookups, and general electrical repairs. What the reviews actually describe skews smaller and more everyday: ceiling fans, flood lights, recessed lighting, tripped outlets, a stubborn dimmer switch, security cameras that stopped working. One customer called him about a dining-table dimmer and dead exterior cameras — the kind of small, annoying jobs, they noted, that a lot of electricians can't be bothered with. Another had him install outdoor outlets hidden in a porch ceiling so cleanly the feed lines were invisible. The recurring theme across the batch is responsiveness: reviewers describe him calling back the same day, showing up when he said he would, and quoting a fair price — occasionally less than what was first quoted. One reviewer said he made a 40-minute round trip mid-job just to source a replacement switch cover. That history is corroborated outside Google, too — a BuildZoom profile puts him at a 90 score, and he's active on Nextdoor fielding calls directly from North Shore neighbors. One thing worth sorting out before booking: a handful of the Google reviews name the electrician who showed up as "Jake," not John Brugger, even though the business and its other testimonials are built entirely around John. It's not clear whether that's a second technician working under the Brugger Electric name or a mix-up in how reviews were left — worth asking directly. And while the site describes itself as licensed and insured, that's the company's own claim; nothing here independently confirms it against a state registry, so it's worth requesting the license number before signing anything. For small, time-sensitive residential electrical work — a dead outlet, a fixture that needs hanging, a quirk in an older house's wiring — Brugger Electric looks like a fast-responding call, though the review history so far only spans a few months. Confirm who's actually coming to do the work, and ask to see the license before booking.