Mount Auburn Electric Inc

Mount Auburn Electric runs out of a single address on Warren Street in East Cambridge, and the company says three generations of the same family have kept it there — a shop dating to 1946, according to its own site, with a master electrician on staff handling both house calls and small commercial jobs. That's not the only date on record, though: a business database backdates the founding to 1959, and the Better Business Bureau logs the company as started in 1992 — worth asking about if a long track record matters to you. The review trail is thin but consistent. Google shows just 4 star ratings and two written reviews, both five stars — the newest one, from this year, calls the work 'highly professional and prompt' at 'competitive rates.' Independent survey data leans the same way: Consumers' Checkbook found 76% of its surveyed customers rated the company's service 'superior.' There's also a heavier footprint in permit records — BuildZoom credits it with a 99 score built on 6 electrical permits and 159 other filed projects, more volume than a side operation would typically rack up. Not everything on file is positive. A review on a separate site describes months of promised work that never started and an appointment nobody showed up for — undated, but a real account worth weighing against the newer, better reviews. The company also isn't BBB accredited, and the bureau says it doesn't have enough information to rate it either way. For routine electrical repairs, panel work, or lighting jobs in Cambridge, the permit volume and recent reviews both point the right direction — just get a firm start date in writing before signing on.