Colman Electric

Colman Electric has been wiring houses in Cambridge and Boston since the fall of 1976, by its own account, and still calls itself a family-run shop. The work it lists is the everyday electrical range for homes and businesses: repairs, chasing down a fault in the wiring, new lighting, and pulling knob-and-tube out of the old housing stock both cities are full of. The Better Business Bureau gives it an A+ and counts the same half-century in business, though the company is not BBB-accredited. That page also carries an electrician licence number for the business, which is the bureau's listing rather than something confirmed against the state registry. One thing to settle on the first call: in April 2026 a commenter in r/CambridgeMA wrote that they pass the shop regularly and had not seen activity inside it for a while, with the company vans gone from the street. That is a neighbor's observation rather than word from the company, but if you need work scheduled, confirm they are taking jobs and who would be doing yours. For a straightforward residential job in Cambridge or Boston, a knob-and-tube removal, a new lighting run, a circuit that keeps tripping, this is a long-established local name. Ask them to confirm the licence themselves, and get the scope and start date in writing before anyone opens a wall.