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When downed service entry wires left a Roslindale household in the dark, Bates Electrical's electrician Hien reconnected them and carried the permit process through to the end. The customer's June 2026 Google review wrote "5 stars" for that part of the job, while rating the company four overall. The caution sits in the same review: the household was without power for 12 days, and the reviewer said Bates added scheduling delay at the point when they were hoping for an emergency response. Bates Electrical Corp. works out of 4592 Washington Street in Boston and says it serves Roslindale, handling residential electrical repairs, emergency calls and wiring upgrades. Its site describes the company as a Massachusetts licensed electrical contractor and says it has served the neighborhood since Roslindale first lit up. For service-entrance work or a wiring upgrade where the permits need pulling properly, Bates has done exactly that job in the neighborhood. If your call is an outage that cannot wait, pin down when a truck will actually be on site before you commit, and look the company up on the Massachusetts electrical contractor register.
Electrician Hien did a great job connecting downed service entry wires and seeing the permit process through 5 stars. We were without power for 12 days Bates Electrical did add some delay "scheduling" not great when without power and hoping for an emergency response, mostly it took a long time due to the Boston permit process that Eversource was requiring to turn power back on. The company location on google and their website are strange
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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from Bates Electrical Corp.. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
Standard receptacle swaps — a new dedicated circuit is a bigger job ($350–$750).
Flush mounts, pendants, chandeliers — hung on existing boxes.
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$530 – $1,100
Typical electrical project around $820