D. Reed Electric, Inc.

D. Reed Electric is a Hingham-based one-man-and-crew operation, and the through-line across 117 reviews since 2021 is speed: reviewers keep describing the same experience of calling multiple electricians, getting silence or a weeks-long wait, and then Dan Reed calling back within minutes to hours. Its Massachusetts electrician license is active, and Google shows a 5★ average from 134 ratings. The range of work is wide. Reviewers describe small jobs — swapping a light switch for a dimmer, fixing a single warm, burning-smelling outlet (a 2022 review) — done with the same care as bigger ones: full 100-to-200-amp panel upgrades, removing extensive knob-and-tube wiring in an antique home to install recessed lighting (a 2023 review), installing a complicated chandelier and flush mounts, and a Sunday-emergency main breaker replacement finished by 11am the next morning with wiring fixed along the way at no extra charge (a 2024 review). One general contractor in greater Boston says he's brought Dan onto a handful of projects and plans more; a Duxbury Bay Maritime School review describes years of ongoing commercial work — outlets, LED upgrades, parking-lot lighting, a backup battery transfer panel. Individual homeowners return too — one reviewer says Dan has been out twice in a year for outlet, breaker, and ceiling-fan work; another hired him to hardwire smoke and CO detectors throughout the house and specifically calls out how he solved a complicated wiring snag with a simpler fix instead of the obvious expensive one. Pricing transparency comes up unusually often for a trade where estimates are typically opaque: several reviewers mention his website lists standard rates for common jobs, that DocuSign estimates arrive quickly, and that final invoices match what was quoted. More than one customer describes switching to Dan after a previous electrician overcharged or underdelivered, and coming away with, as a 2024 review put it, renewed faith in hiring contractors. Nothing negative turns up anywhere across four years of reviews — no pricing dispute, no missed appointment, no complaint about workmanship. For anything from a single outlet to a full panel upgrade or a knob-and-tube rewire in an older South Shore home, the reviews point to fast callbacks, an upfront quote, and Dan personally showing up to do the work.