Dignan Electric

Dignan Electric is a one-person electrical outfit run by William Dignan out of 46 Brackett Rd in Newton. The company says on Angi that it's been doing this for 42 years, working mostly residential jobs in the area. Its visible review history is short and mixed rather than deep: Google shows 3.7 stars from just three ratings, and that same 3.7 figure turns up again on a lead-directory site — the same handful of votes, not a second, independent look. The pattern in that small history includes praise for sorting out wiring in older Victorian houses around Newton, alongside at least one rating that called the work below expectations. A separate look at William Dignan's building-permit history in Boston is a more concrete flag: of five electrical permits filed since 2012, only one has closed, a rate about 30 points under the city median, with four still open years later. BuildZoom's own scoring puts him at 97, which sits oddly against that permit picture — worth asking about directly rather than assuming either number tells the whole story. Before booking, ask how quickly Dignan closes out permits and inspections on a job, since city permit filings raise a real question there, and confirm current availability, since one reviewer described the shop as busy. This reads as a small, long-running shop that's a reasonable call for an older Newton-area house with a specific wiring problem — just go in aware of the permit-closure question and get a clear timeline before signing on.