Cora Electrical Services

Cora Electrical Services is an East Boston electrical contractor run by owner John V. Zirpolo, listed by the Better Business Bureau at 261 Maverick St, Boston, MA 02128 with four employees and a start date of 1 January 2005, and by BuildZoom at 228 Maverick Street. Local news coverage of the East Boston waterfront describes the company as one that maintains drawbridges in the Boston area — municipal and marine infrastructure work sitting alongside its house wiring. The house-side record is a permit history rather than a customer one. Permits filed between 2006 and 2019 cover residential electrical work in Peabody: wiring new single- and two-family houses, attic remodels, and in-ground pool wiring, plus a commercial men's-room permit in Chestnut Hill in 2005. That is the concrete evidence of what the company does in homes. What is missing is any customer voice. No platform reached in this scan publishes a single review of the work — BuildZoom states outright that it has received none, and the BBB profile carries no review bodies, no star average and no complaint count — so no rating is published here. The BBB does grade the company A+, and separately states the business is NOT BBB Accredited; both are true at once, and the grade is BBB's own assessment rather than customer feedback. BuildZoom's score of 90 is likewise derived from licence and permit records, not from anyone who hired them. The licensing picture needs a direct check. BuildZoom lists a single number, 16003, under three different labels: an Electrician record it marks 'Verified License' and says was active as of December 2025, a Master Electrician record it marks 'License Not Verified' and shows expiring in July 2016 while still printing it as Active, and an Inactive Massachusetts Plumber record described as having been cancelled. Those are the directory's entries, not a registry confirmation. A homeowner hiring here should verify licence 16003 directly with the Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electricians, confirm which street number on Maverick Street is current, and — since there is no published customer feedback at all — ask for references from recent residential jobs.