John P McHugh Electric

Three hundred fifty-five electrical permits filed in Boston since 2017, closed at an 87% rate — well above the city median. That's the kind of unglamorous number that says more about a one-person electrical outfit than a star rating does. John P. McHugh Electric works out of Charlestown, run by John McHugh, who describes himself as a licensed electrician with 22 years in the trade after training at Minuteman Technical Institute and Wentworth Institute of Technology. It's a small operation — one employee on the books — built around residential wiring, lighting layouts, and the home-entertainment installs, home theaters, mounted TVs, that tend to come with a renovated room, alongside commercial and municipal jobs. The BBB has accredited the business since 2018 with an A+ grade and no complaints on file, and it holds a 4.7 out of 5 across 15 Google ratings. Across that history, the same handful of words keep turning up — punctual, professional, easy to schedule — echoed almost verbatim on a couple of directory sites that look to be reposting the same underlying reviews rather than offering independent accounts. What's still thin here is volume: fifteen ratings is real, but modest for judging consistency over years of jobs rather than one good stretch. For residential wiring, a lighting upgrade, or a home-theater install around Charlestown or greater Boston, the permit history and the clean BBB record point to a contractor who follows through on what he starts — worth confirming current license standing and job scope directly before signing anything.